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THE ENTERPRISE
ESTABLISHED 1865
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
JAS. P. COOLEY, Editor.
Entered at th? Postoffice at Covington,
Ga., as second-class mail matter.
After July 1, 1907, all subscriptions must
he paid in advance. Paper will be discon¬
tinued immediately upon date of expiration.
Subscription SI Per Year, In Advance.
All Wa] aflvpr'isements must be paid tor
in cash bet eve frst insertion.
Advertising rates furnished on application.
Covin i- in, Ga., May 17 1907.
T he beautiful and lovely June
bride- is on the way.
Alfo’ eo. Jr., now has the floor.
Vive El Principe Austria*!
A kiss on the<’heek is not as
cheeky as -i kiss on th ti lip3.
When money makes the mare
go she'doesn’t always travel in the
ri^ht direction.
The true patriot works lor the
future welfnre of his country in¬
stead of boasting of its past.
t 4 Take a man for what he is
worth” is a sign nor. to be found
hanging in a photograph gallery.
The Enterprise agricultural col¬
lege contest increases in interest
p td now subscribers keep coming,
coming.
A f.'llow may step on a banana
pern and tali and not break any
bones, but his Christianity is often
badly strained.
People in Vermont are evidently
slow to act A man up there has
coughed up a whistle he swallowed
a quarter ot a century ago.
After living a life of gentleness
and usefulness a 40-year old mule
ran away for the first time up at
Canton. Ga.. a few days ago.
Brvan Launches ideas and Roose¬
velt appropriates them. These
two statesmen thus steer the coun¬
try safely, savs an exchange.
Tim proprietor of a canning fac¬
tory mav truthfully sav 4 4 I can
not,” when lie finds that his sup¬
ply of fruits for canning has about
skid oned.
What is a Democrat?” is the
question being asked numbers of
editors who are endeavoring to
start a Democratic get-together
movement.
Georgia’s noble farm°r bovs
derive much benefit from the mod¬
el farms that are to be established
a r the agricultural colleges by the
U. S. government.
The “unwritten law” is
ing entirely too common in
der trials. Many brutal
ers who appeal to it deserve
noose around their necks.
Illinois people are now riding
two-cents a mile on all railroads
the state.* What’s the
with Georgia? Two-cent rate
nnreiy come—why not now?
A western physician say’s
is no such thing as a “brainstorm,
which leads a Kansas paper to
mar tv that there aie many
wlio haven t brains enough
work up more than a drizzle.
A Missouri justice of the
mates a specialty of
folks and thus advertises m
streetcars: “Go choose the
you love best, and come to
ton for the rest.”
pa\s
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Beginning July 1 The Enterprise will institute a cash paid in ad
system° We shall discontinue every unpaid subscription. So
a subscriber desires to receive the paper, he will pay up and pay in
advance. We believe the majority of our subscribers will appreciate
the change from the credit system to the cash system. We shall dis
continue'a 11 papers the day they expire. No deviation will be made
f rom this rule. We will present no bills; iu fact, there will be none
to present when everybody pays.
Of course every subscriber is expected to pay up arrears between
now and July 1st. Jas. P. Cooley, Publisher.
THE POSTOFFICE IN PRI
VATE HANDS.
W. D. Boyce, a multi-million
of Chicago, has made a prop¬
osltion the postoffice to the off government its hands and to take |
run
it for half what the government
charges. In other words, to charge
one-cent where the government
charges two cents. He further
proposed to place a free delivery
in every section of the country.
He offered to tender any amount
of bond the government might re¬
quire, and also to run the depart¬
ment under the supervision of the
government. He says he can make
money at it at the price, and guar¬
antees better service than we are
now receiving.
The expenditures for the past
year were $178,000,000 and the re¬
ceipts $167,000,000, an annual de¬
ficit of $11,000,000. While the
object of the postoffice department
is not to make money but to give
the best service possible to the peo¬
ple at the smallest cost, yet there
is something: wrong when a private
party can run it better atjialf the
cost. It is a serious blow to gov¬
ernmental operation of public utili¬
ties.
Mr. Boyce’s proposition contains
the following provisions:
To turn over the postoffice busi¬
ness to a $50,000,000 private corpo¬
ration under full Government reg¬
ulation.
To reduce by one half all postal
rates, establish rural postal express
and apply business methods
throughout.
To pay the Government
for its postal business.
To eliminate all politics.
To pay the Government all prof¬
its above 7 per cent.
To place In charge an expert
traffic manager.
One objection to the present
methods is the frequency ot chang¬
ing officials. Within the last 20
years there have been nine Post¬
master Generals. No business
can succeed that changes heads so
often.
The plan of Mr. Boyce and his
company has many commendable
features and deserves serious con¬
sideration from tne American peo¬
ple.
Representative Glenn, of Whit¬
field county, will introduce a bill
for two cent railroad fare in Geor¬
gia at the coming session of the
legislature. SsTHere’s to you,
Mr. Glenn!
Fish stories are numerous at this
season of the year, ai:d a good one
j comes from Alabama. Two Dav¬
i elers were riding across Terrapin
Creek and a two-pound black bass
leaped from the water into the
j bottom of the front part of the
| buggy and was made captive by
one of the gentlemen, who placed
a foot upou the piscatorial speci
j men.
Astronomers declare that the
arth has, practically, just begun
j ’I s climb upward—its probable
j term of life being ne hundred
| million years, of which tweuty
j five passed. Man has oc en here
j a * ,ou f th.re* hundred thousand—a
aore second in the world’s Tull
day. But you could hardly get
y <- itug man who is just begin
"’■’K ni oust a e to be
lieve it savs an x Miami
j ael DeWitt's Salve does Carho.i.ed not merely Witch heal Ha- the
surface; it penetrate- file pores
j ** n< ^promptly relieve pain, p caused
j r ^ n > ' f,„•]„* lh nts specially and
good . Be war f imita
tions. >>
AMEND OUR PENSION LAWS
_
No doubt steps will be taken in
the coming Legislature to amend I
our pension laws so that they wll'j j
operate equitably and fairly over !
the State.
There can be no denying the
proposition that unfair discrimi¬
nations are now being made under
the present pension law. Some
of the most potent are the discrim¬
inations made against widows of
Confederate soldiers who happened
to marry after the war, and the'
other is the soldier who has any
property in his name.
We have in mind one old soldier
who has been turned down year af¬
ter year, because he happened to
have about 40 acres of red hills
and gullies in his name, while the
little place was covered by mort¬
gages enough to gobble it all up
and no ddubt it would have been
long ago had not been for well
disposed neighbors. And yet the |
proud State of Georgia—that boasts
of its liberal policy towards those
who fought for her honor, and
whose deeds of daring and valor
are among the grandest heritages
the State has—we say in spite of
all this the State resorts to a tech¬
nicality in order to thwart a brave
and needy old confederate soldier
from becoming a probationer upon
its bounty.
We believe every man who
fought in the civil war ought to
have a pension. We know he de¬
serves it, Perhaps there are a few
who do not need it—and would not
accept it, but they be few and far
between. And the widow of a
Confederate soldier certainly is
entitled to and de c erves the small
pettatice which the State would
have given to her husband.
S'> we say let the State give a
pension to all the soldiers and
their widows. The State owes
them. Tliny were poorly paid and
paid in a depreciated and worthless
currency. The service in the army
was for the most part disastrous to
their health. The end of the war
found many unfitted for peaceful
pursuits. For these reasons they
have been unable to provide for
their declining years, The State
is under moral obligations to pen¬
sion every soldier—to say nothing
of the debt she ewes them for four
years of service.
Of course there will bo
fraud and an occasional unworthy
person will share in a bounty he
does not deserve, but it is
that some unworthy be given a
pension thau it is for a worthy to
be denied.
Gentlemen of the Assembly,
right the wrongs, correct the abus
es, remedy the evils of the
system. Remember a liberal pen
sion policy strengthens the
eminent. It intensifies
feeling, and builds up
strengthens the volunteer
meut of the country.
But last of all there, be
soldiers and their widows who
in need of help. That ought to
enough lor a conscientuous
tor to act upon.
We shall watch and see.
Dashing into the dispensary
■ the Pueblo, Colorado, steel
I the other morning a Servian,
! had only b( , en t j, ere from tbe
, qq u 11 1 ry r, few day’s, excitedly
c ]ared fie had eaten three
piasters to cure a backache,
! danced around the room in
| of stomach the doctors, w« of shout, fire, g ,d that it
:
two of them to ho’ him
j another gave him a cioee of
killer. Guess there was a
! time in the abdomen, not in
old town.
THE ENTERPRISE COVINGTON Ga
“Jesus Paid It All.”
An editor sometimes receives a
card from the postmaster like this:
•’Third Notice.” All editors get
them. It means that some su
scriber has refused to take his pa
per out of the postoffice. Oneedi
tor tells about it as follows: 4 4 His
name was Tim Short. We did not
know wjjat was the matter with
Tim. Upon a look at the sub¬
scription book it was made plain.
Tim Short was short $5.70. A
few' evenings later vve chanced to
step into a church, and Tim’s me¬
lodious voice rang out ‘‘Jesus paid
it all!’ That explained it. Next
day we sent him a receipt in full
a[)d Q kttei . of ul)olo gy asking him
to pardon us for not knowing that
he had made an assignment of his
I iabilities to the Lord! ’’—Burnett’s
Budgett.
News From The
New England States.
If any one has any doubt as to
the virture ot Foley’s Kidney
Cure, they need only to refer to
Mr Alvin H. Stimpson, of Will
mautic, Conn., who, alter almost
losing hope of recovery, on ac¬
count of the failure of ss many
retmdies, finally tried Foley’s
Kidney Cure, which he says was
4 4 just the thing” for him, as four
bottles cured him completely. He
is now entirely well and free from
all the suffering incident to acute
kidney trouble. C C Brooks.
Eleven Years of Faithful Service
4 I I’ve stopped my paper, yes I have
I didn’t like to do it.
But the editor he got too smart
And I allow he’ll rue it.
I uni a man who pays his debts,
And won’t be insulted ;
So when an editor gets too smart,
I want to be consulted.
I took his paper ’leven years,
And helped him all I could, sir,
And when it comes to duntiin’ me,
I didn’t think he would, sir;
But that he did, and yon can bet
It made mo as hot as thunder!
I hunted op,the measley whelp
An’ for his cunuin’ caper,
I paid bin) ’ieyen year* and quit!
Yes sir, I’ve stopped his paper! 5
for children; safe, sure. No opiates
LEGAL ADVERTISEMT’S.
Sheriff Sales.
Will he sold before lhe court house door
in the city ot Covington, on the first Tues
day in June, next between the legal hours
of sale to the highest bidder for cash, the
following drscribed property, to wit:
A loi or parcel of land lying and being
in the town ol Oxford, in Newton count}’,
state of Georgia, and described as follows
one house and lot, the house being a two
room house, and the lot being forty feet
Fast and West, and seventy feet North and
South, and bounded East by land of Gap
Hightower, South by land .of Silas Harper,
West by land of Joseph Shackleford and
North by a lane running East from Benson
street. Said property levied on as the
property of Fannie Currington with a
Justice Court Fi fa issued from the Justice
Court of the 4fi2nd District G. M., of said
county and state, in favor ot S. E. Swann!
administratrix of T. C. Swann, deceased,
against Fannie Currington. Written no
tice given Sam Gunn, tenant in posession,
as required by law. This April 29, 1907.
S. M. HAY, Sheriff.
Notice of Election
For School Bonds.
Notiee is hereby given to the qualified
voters of the town of Mansfield, Georgia
that an election will be held >n said town,
at the usual place for folding elections for
said town, on the-1th day of June 1907,
said election to be held to determine the
question whether or not the Mayor and
town Council of Mansfield shall be author¬
ized to issue the the following bonds to-wit:
Ronds to aggregate the .‘uni of Six Thous
and Dollars, ($0050 i principal and to hear
i»terest parable annually on the first ' dav *
j of , January , of , each , year at , the rate 5 per
,. en j per annum, and the said bonds to
con si St of an issue ot twelve (12) bonds,
j j each bond to he of the denomination of
j to
m.iure and become dne .ml m aide J„„
j 1 and nary payable I, 1915, and January one bond First of $500 in each 00 due of
on
the following years, to wit: 1917, 1919,
1921.1923,1925, 1927, 1929, 1V31, 1933.
1935 and 1937. The proceeds arising from
the ale of said bonds is to be used .for the
purpose of purchasing a school lot for the
town ot Mansfield and building and equip
ping thereon a schoolhouse. Those in
favor of authorizing the Mayor and town
Council to issue the above described series
bonds shall cast their ballots ‘’For School
Bonds.” Those oposed to the issuing o!
such bonds will cast their ballots “Against
School Bonds ” This notice is given in
pursuance ot a resolution adopted by the
Mayor and town Council of the town of
Mansfield at a meeting held on the 1st day
of May 1907, and this election is called in
pursuance of sections 977. 378, 379 and
380 of the Political Code of the State ot
Georgia. II two thirds of the qualified
voters of the town of Mansfield vote in favor
ot the issuance of said bonds then the
municipal authorities aforesaid will be
authorized to incur the indebtedness tor
the purpose above specified, as is contem¬
plated by paragraphs one and two, sections
7, article 7 in the Constitution ot 1877.
By order of the Mayor and town Council
of Mansfield.
This May 1st, 1907.
R. G. FRANKLIN,
J. C. HAYS, Mayor ot Mansfield, Ga.
Town Clerk.
Petition For Discharge r
In Bankruptcy.
In the matter ol ^ In Bankruptcy
J. E. Smith j Petition fo: Discharge
Bankrupt.
To the Honorable Y m. T. Newman.
Judge of the District Court of the United
States tor the Northern District of Georgia.
J. E. Smith, of Oxford, in die County of
Newton and State of Georgia; in said Dis¬
trict. respectfully represents that on the
29th day of December last past, he was
duly adjudged bankrupt under the acts of
Congress relating to bankruptcy; that be
has duly surrendered all bis property and
rights of property, and has fully complied
with all the requirements of said acts and
of the orders of the Court touching his
bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may he de¬
creed by the court to have a full discharge
from all debts provable against his estate
under said bankrupt acts, except such
debts as are exceptea by law irom such
discharge
Dated this 28th day ol February 1907.
J. E-'SMITH, Bankrupt
NORTHERN BIST., OF GEORGIA, ss.
On this 2ath day of April, A. D. 1907
on reading 1 he foregoing peiition- it is —
Ordered by the Court that a hearing be
had upon the same on the 18th day of May
A. I>, 1907, before said court at Atlanta
Ga. in said district, at ten o’clock in the
forenoon ; and that notice thereof be pub
fished in The Georgia Enterprise, a news
pap«r printed in said district, and that all
known creditors and other persons in in
terest may appeariat the said time and
place and show cause, if any they may
have, why the prayer of said petitioner
• shou'd rot be granted.
And it is further ordered by the court
that the e'erk shall send by mail to all
kcown creditors copies of said petition and
this order addressed to them at their p'aces
of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable Wm T Newman
Judge of said court, and the seal tnereof,
at Atlanta Ga . In ?ai<l district on the 25tli
day of April A, D. 1907.
W C CARTER, Clerk.
Application For Dismission.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
hereas R. L. Cowan administrator of
M. W. llarcrow represents to the court in
his petition duly filed and entered on re
cord, that he has fully administered M. W.
Harcrow’s estate. This is therefore to cite
all persons concerned, kindred and credi¬
tors, to show cause, if any they can, why
said administrator should not be discharged
from his adniinstration, and receive letters
of dismission, on the first Monday in June
1907.
G. D. HEARD, Ordinary.
Notice To Bridge
- Contractors.
The Board of County Commis¬
sioners of Newton county, Georgia
will receive bids at the County
Court House at Covington, Ga.,
for the building of a Steel Bridge
over Alcovey River, at Newton*
Factory, up to noon the 20th day
of May, 1907.
Plans and specifications can be
seen at the office of the Comity
Ordinary at Covington, Newton
j county, Georgia,
„ cash
. j a} ment Upon completion
j and acceptance. Bidders are re¬
- • , file ,
... 9 uir ^n to . certificate ._ check
: a nr
i bidding
I bond iu the amount of
! $500 00 as «i guarantee of good
faith, and the Board reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
I | A!b J at tlle Same t5,)!e place
a,1 d under the same conditions the
Board will receive bids for r the
' , bu J,n of steel bridge
“ 8 a near Bear
Creek known as Gaither’s
• Lodge Directory, fJ j
MWXfl
Hendrick Councipfo^j
* ROYAL
m v ARCANUM
Meets Second and Fourth J]
day evenings.
C. A. Sockweu, Regent.
T. J. Shields, Secretary.
Covington Lodge Nuu
Royal Arch Masons
Meets Second and Fourth Fri
day evenings. #
M. G. TURNER,
High Priest.
R. R FOWLER,
Secretary.
m
m Lodge No, t
W
F. «Ss A.
Meets every First and Thirj
Friday evening.
A. S. Hopkins, W, M.
Tno. W. Peek, Sec.
Sewaunee Trii
A Ho. 62.
Imp. 0. R, 11,
Meets every Wednesday sled
at 7th run and 30th breath. Via
ing brothers are invited to attend]
N. Z. Anderson, Sachem,
J. W. Harwell,
Chief of Records,
STAR LODGE
NUMBER 164
I. O. 0. F.
Meets every Thursday eveuin
Visiting brothers in the city co
dially invited to meet with i
Work in one degree each meetioj
Jas. P. Sain, Noble Grand,
J. W. Peek, Ree. Sect’y.
Knights of
j||gf Pythias
Lodge No. Ill
Meets every First and Til
Monday evenings. Fraternal
come extended all visiting C.C Bratj
ers. E. W. Carroll, tfeS-j
R. R. Fowler, K. of R.
S^lp 0 Elm Camp,
NO. 804
"W. O. YV.
Meets every Second and F^ 1
Tuesday evenings. C-C
J. J. Corley,
W. N. Rainey, Clerk.
Jefferson Lamar
ji*
v-L
5 ? flf
Meets First Tuesdav i"
month at 2 o’clock, p. m- Cc«l
J. W. Andkn- Yi
L. L. Middi.ebrook, Adjt
Shedule Changes
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