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LET’S BUILD MORE HOUSES.
Every few days a good man and would-be citizen is turned away
from our town because there is not a house to let or sell. If vve expect
men to come to our town we must prepare tor them, Some of our
progressive townsmen have been building during the last few months,
but a few men can’t furnish homes for all who come. Build houses
gentlemen and we guarantee that every one will have an occupant.
THE COTTON ASSOCIATION AND FARMER’S UNION.
The little paper warfare that has been going on between Presidents
Jordan and Barrett has hurt both organizations, so far are real benefit
to the farmer is concerned, and has a tendency to demoralize the
forces of both organizations and make both a practical nulity in main¬
taining a stable market. Never in the history of cotton was there a
greater need for united effort and unselfish co-operation on the part of
the various organizations. And yet what do we find? Nothing but a
continual wrangle between the two highest officials in the larged as¬
Gentlemen, quit your foolishness.
As Bob Toombs would say, “You have wearried public indigna¬
tion, fatigued our disgust; you rot as you rise.” The public is not in¬
terested in the careers of neither of you, and your constant flauntings
concerning your personal history is not what we want at this critical
time.
We have hoard a number of farmers express their opinion on this
and the verdict of all was: “It is positively harmful to the
interest ot the farmer to have Jordan and Barrett quarreling at this
time.”
Put up, gentlemen, or shut up!
GYMNASIUM AND READING ROOM.
Editor Enterprise:—
The young men and boys are very anxious to secure a gymnasium
and public reading room for Covington. We feel the need of it very
much. After the day’s work is done we have no place of amusement or
recreation where we can go. If a frieud visits us we have no place to
take him. It we had a gymnasium, with modern apparatus, bath,
reading rooms etc., we could meet and spend the evenings pleasantly
together and at the same time get physical development. We wonld
like to hear from you and other citizens who are interested in the
young men and boys of the community.
i l One of The Boys.”
We assure our young friend that we are much interested in the
plan he has outlined and we pledge him our active support in effecting
the proposed plan.
A nicely equipped gymnasium, reading room, etc., with a live,
energeti# man at the head of it, would certainly mean a great deal lor
Covington.
We trust this matter will he taken up at an early date and some
definite plan outlined to begin work on to secure this much needed ac¬
quisition to our town.
RAILROAD COMMISSION MAKES REPLY TO MEMORIAL.
Atlanta, Ga., November 9, 1906.
Mr. Jas. P. Cooley, President Board of Trade,
Uovington, Georgia.
Dear Sir:—
Y r cur communication of the 3rd. inst. was considered by
the Commission on yesterday, when I was directed to advise you that
the rule which you refer to, namely freight rule No. 5, provides that
similar rates shall be made to points where the circumstances and
conditions are similar. The Commission, from the information before
it, was of the opinion that the conditions obtaining at Covington are
dissimilar to those existing in Griffin, and accoidingly, declined to ap¬
ply the rule referred to. Of course the Board is ready at any time to
set this question down for a heariug and give the people of Covington
full opportunity to show why they should have the same rates as Grif¬
fin, aud if you desire this course given the matter we will be pleased
ta hear from you. Very truly yours,
GEO. F. MONTGOMERY, Secretary,
Covington will certainly lie prepared to show’why she should have
lower rates. This matter will be taken up with the Railroad Commis¬
sion again. We are from Missouri and have to be shown how Griffin
can be given a lower rate than Covington, when we are in the same
class—according the Commission’s own rulings.
NEW-FANGLED SCHOOLS.
They taught him to hemstitch and they taught him how to sing,
And how to make a basket out of variegated string,
Aud how to fold a paper so he wouldn’t hurt his thumb,
They taught Bertie a lot of things, but he
couldn’t
do a
sum.
They taught him how to mend the head of Hercules in clay,
And how to tell the diff’rence ’twixt the bluebird and the jay, i
And how to sketch a horsie in a little picture frame,
But, strangely, they forgot to teach him
how to
spell his
name.
Now, Bertie’s pa was cranky, and he went one day to find
What ’twas they did that made his son so backward in mind.
“1 don’t want Bertie;wrecked,” he cried, his temper far from cool;
“I want him educated!” so he
took him
out of
school.
The above —Newark News.
voices the average man’s sentiments in regard to edu
tion that does not educate. Very few parents are content with kind
of education that a
does not prepare the child for the practical duties
and responsibilities of life. HH t is all right to spend sometime in the
school room showing and explaining to a boy the difference between
the blue bird and the jay,-how to model, make hats, etc.; but
the boy home and can’t when
goes tell his parents how much 7* dozen eggs
will come to at 12^c a dozen, the patience of the parent exhausted,
and who is
can blame him for taking a boy out of school? Give the chil
dren practical instruction.
LET US BID ON YOUR JOB PRINTING.
THE ENTERPRISE.
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COVINGTON. OA.. NOVEMBER 1». UHHS
It is the fittest thing in the world to live—most people only exist.
—•Hubbard. w
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This is hard editors, judging; from the New York elec
a year on
tion returns. * f t
Senator-elect Beckam'; of Kentucky, will be the youngest member
of the senate.
rnma—mmmmmimmm—m
When desire to change you location, come to Newton, the
you
best county in the South.,
Another Saturday and Sunday gone by and no negro shot in New¬
ton. We arc gitting better.
The Putnam County Fair is said to have been a great success,
Why can’t we do better than Putnam?
The Georgia Railroad Commission sat down upon their own ruling
in the matter of freight rates for Covington.
i < Let well enough alone” is the slogan of some of us when the
water works question is sprung in Covington.
Tom Dixon has been offered $100,000 for half interest in the
“Clansman. This shows what advertising does.
If President Roosevelt reallv desires to see the “dirt fly,” he need
not go to Panama; but come to Covington onj^yyindy frr day.
Bishop Turner is still preachiug deportat tmn to his race. The
Bishop would pb ase a large number of people in Georgia if he wonld
set an example by going to Africa himself.
The Bainbridge Democrat makes this sound comment: “When
yon buy of yenr home merchant you are helping the town and thereby
sharing in the profits of your own purchase. » >
What is the matter with the Newton county mules? Every few
days one kicks its o vner. Evidently they must have come Irom a
state where their masters were chronic kickers.
The Atlanta Journal is making strong arguments in the Sunday
editorials for the building of the State road to the sea. The legisla¬
ture will no doubt^eriously consider the proposition next summer.
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“We want men who feel a sentiment, a consciousness of brother¬
hood tor the whole human race. We want men who will instruct the
ignorant, not delude them; who will succor the weak, not prey upon
them.”—Horauce Mann.
Old Col. Mann is sending out circulars trying to appease the
wrath of subscribers to Watson’s Magazine by saying the magazine
will continue to be radical with the offensive personality of Tom Wat¬
son left out. Great Scott! !
Some one has suggested ihat we dig the Canal with the idle ne¬
groes of the South. In that event we might as well wait one hundred
years. The negro who won’t wirk in a coin,try so full of opportunity
as the South will never dig a Canal in Central America.
The Hon. Joe Hill Hall, of Macon, has filed suit in the Newton
Superior Couit for $30,000 for a negro who had bis leg cut off at Ilays
ton by rolliug off a Central train and getting under the car. Evident*
ly Uncle Joe thinks the negro is valuable “rolling stock.”
Elbert Hubbard says that foot ball bears the same relation to ed¬
ucation that a bull light does to farming. Evidently ho does not
know much about the game. Foot ball is fine training tor the aver¬
age boy; it teaches him to be self poised, confident and level headed.
We all consider these things a part of education. We have never
known a good foot ball player who did not also stand high in his
classes.
Some anxious souls continue to wonder why so many people are
indifferent as to the education of their children. Remember that the
cure for such indifference is to convince parents that it is as mnch their
religious duty to train their children as it is their duty to observe the
law: “Thou shalt not steal.” All the people are convinced that
stealing is morally wrong, hence they will not tolerate thieves in good
society. Whenever parents are convinced that keeping people m ig¬
norance is morally wrong, they will not tolerate that crime any more
than they now tolerate crimes against property rights.—Ex.
OUR POET LAUREATE.
i * Sages and chiefs long since had birth,
Ere Ceaser was, or Newton named ;
These raised new empires o’er the earth :
And those, new Heavens and systems framed:
Vain was the chief’s; the sage’s pride!
They had no poet, and they died.
In vain they schemed, in vain they bled!
They had no poet, and are dead.—Pope.
What would we do in this commercial age were it not for the
poet! As long as .■ a community can boast of a poet, that community
is all right. Covmgton has not given herself wholly to commercial
gain,—3he too has a poet and is in no danger of decaying iike the an
ceint cities Pope refers to. This poet is the venerable T, H. Greer
The Enterprise readers have been reading after him for some time. lie
comes again this week with his usual message of good cheer aud com
sn on sense.
Long live the poet!
THE ENTERPRISE, COVINGTON GA
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Why Stove Putty Makes
An Expensive Stove—v
f<TF JL the joints don’t fit, daub • little way, ®o the total air-leakage
store puity in ’em.” soon becomes very large.
That’s the policy of most stove Bnt by the Cole Method the
manufacturers, because it costs them less. 8 heet steel sides are 1 'flared,"
But it costs you more. and the smoothly ground edges
shrinks, Every time a piece of this _ putty of the cast iron top are forced to
and drops out, there’s a crack fit so closely under a screw press,
to suck in air. that not a particle of stove putty
Half of the heating power of soft coal is necessary to make a tight
and a great portion of hard coal, is gas. fitting top.
These valuable gases which should be The same airtight construe
burned\ and a big part of the heat go up tion is used in fitting every joint,
the chimney-wasted Thus, all the air is forced
From f.oo to $ 5 oo lost in fuel during through ^ p roper drafts, and
the 1 e o the s o\e. the gases and fuel held back
f oUl l ng ,° f th : is T mf ° rt and until they are consumed by the
unsatisfactory „ heating of r the house. patented top Hot Blast Draft.
7011 ““ *“ St ° VeS “* PUt The smoke-proof feed door in
together ° ' top does away with an air-leak¬
ing door frame on the side; the
me joining patented the steel ash-door collar connection casting
to
ORDINARY COLe the body, the patented com¬
METHOD METHOD pound (which hinge for the ash door
makes it water tight like
In the ordinary a steel pump jacket valve), the straight
stove there is an open- and water tight
ingof about one-eighth inch between the steel bottom all make the use
top and sides. The seams are filled with of stove putty unnecessary in
stove putty, and the parts are bolted to- Cole’s Hot Blast.
gether. Cole’s Hot Blast burns Hard
After a few months’ use the putty dries Coal, Soft Coal, Slack, Lignite
up and falls out, leaving this one-eighth or Wood.
inch crack all around the top, which in an It holds fire so well that the fuel
18-mch stove means seven square inches of putin the night before will heat
leakage.' The eight ten other joints ... in the rooms for 2 or 3 hours the next
or the morning. Come in and see this
stove are fastened together in the same wonderfully economical stove.
COLE’S ORIGINAL
HOT BLAST STOVES
SOLD BY
STEPHENSON HARDWARE CO
ri. T. HUSON,
t Real
Estate a n D insurance.
A Special Bargain
94 acres-$225o.00. Rents for 8
bales cotton. One 4 room white
house; one 3 room and one 2 room
tenant house. 2 miles of Covington,
and 1 mile of Oxford.
H, T, HUSON,