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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
JAS. P. COOLEY, Editor.
Entered at the PostofSce at Covington,
Ga., as second-class mail matter.
After July 1, 1907, all subscriptions must
be paid in advance. Paper will be discon¬
tinued immediately upon date of expiration.
Subscription 81 Per Year, In Advance.
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Advertising rates furnished on application.
Coving ton, Ga., May 24, 1007.
The straw hat is king.
This is the weather for farming,
fishing and Baseball.
A man who persist in blowing
his own horn seldom hits the right
tune.
An honest dollar is seasoned
with independence; a counterfeit
dollar with fear.
It is said that Wm.J. Bryan now
weighs 234 pound*, minus his
presidential aspirations.
Short i5-ss and simplicity charac¬
terize the name of the little Span¬
ish prince—Alfonso Pio Cristino
Edttrado.
People who pass the most com¬
pliments before marriage generally
pass flat irons and rolling pins af¬
ter marriage.
If it should become unpopular
to talk about the weather some
conversationalists would simply
have to 4- 23.”
Atlanta is going to make all
southern cities get dizzy by bring¬
ing all suburban towiiB into
* ♦ Greater Atlanta.”
The price of sugar is advancing
and is expected to go still higher.
Well, sweetnesses are better when
they come high, anyway.
« i Pocahontas punch’’ is a drink
meeting with much popularity at
Jamestown, Maybe many who
partake get on the "warpath.”
Tbs mother-in-law problem has
changed—a fellow in Philadelphia
has just died of grief over the
death of !m beloved mother-in-law.
A traveling salesman in Virginia
caught cold in a sleeping car and
is suing the railroad for $50,000.
He will get warm, all right, if he
gets the cash.
Dollar wheat now and indica¬
tions pointing to fifteen-cent cot¬
ton fulfill the slogan of the past
year, "Dollar wheat and fifteen
cent cotton.”
Another line oil painting adorns
the walls of Georgia’s capitol: that
of or.e of our former splendid gov¬
ernors, Hon. Allen D. Candler, the
4 4 one-eyed plowboy o f pigeon
roost.
A love-sick young man in this
county recently made the announce¬
ment to his sweetheart that he was
ready to die tor her. She asked
him the size of his life insurance
policy.
An Arkansas woman who was
for several years a martyr to dys¬
pepsia has recently been entirely
relieved. She attributes the mi¬
raculous cure to the burial of her
husband.
\ and
Clouds snowstorms in south¬
ern Wyoming, where the inhabi¬
tants have iiot seen any sunshine
tor nearly a mouth, cause us to
again rejoice that we live in earth’s
garden spot, earth’s only para¬
dise—dear old Georgia.
As the time is near at hand when
our School Commissioner, G. C.
Adams, will resign, it is incumbent
upon all who have the school in¬
terest of the county at heart— and
especially the County Board of Ed¬
ucation—to begin to cast ubcut lor
the most available man for the
position.
A county school commissioner
should be a man of broad experience
and have*an intimate knowledge ot
existing school conditions in the
county. Above all, he should be
a man deeply interested in the
school question, and should be a
teacher of experience. It goes
without saying that he should be
well trained and educated, possess¬
ing tact, diplomacy, unquestioned
honesty, and an abundance of
common sense.
The new man will have many
difficult questions to come up as
soon a9 he assumes his duties.
Every disgruntled patron who has
been thwarted in his plans by the
former commissioner will bombard
the new commissioner Every
fellow that has some pet scheme
that has failed to attract the atten
tion and secure the support of Mr
Adams and the Board, will test
the patience and endurance of a
new man.
The new man should be one who
is not hampered by any promises,
or pledges to friends, or districts.
He should be a man broad enough
to grasp the situation in a commu¬
nity—and do the best for that
particular community without
causing dissention or strife. Then
he should be a man who can create
enthusiasm; a man with a person¬
ality which will add strength to
his convictions.
Of course, in these days of hurry
and bustle, when there is such a
conflict of opinion as to what con
stitutes a leader, or man fitted for
a position, it will be difficult to
locate a man lor Superintendent of
Education who will be the choice
of everybody. The best the Board
can do is to select the man who
can best meet the conditions—a
man of wide equanimity—one
whom the people will trust tho
they may disagree with his plans
or policy.
We have no inclinations to dic¬
tate to the Board of Education.
They are men of experience, and
have studied the question aud no
doubt will do what they think best
for this county, regardless of any
other pressure that may be brought
to bear on them. We believe the
question of politics will not enter
into the selection of a successor to
Mr. Adams. The Enterprise
pledges its support and hearty co¬
operation to the Board and educa¬
tional interests of Newton. Our
watchword is Greater Newton,
aud we know there can be no
greater Newton without Better
Schools.
Cruel fellow was he who a few
days ago predicted that the world
would come to an end the next
day. Why, had his prophecy come
true, spring hats wouldn’t have
had any show at all.
Honesty and economy can ac¬
complish much, says an exchange.
A retiring police official in New
York has saved $800,OCX) out of a
total salary of $72,850, after living
comfortably in the meantime.
An Iowa woman, who has not
washed her face in fifteen years, is
unmarried and happy. The small
boy will agree with her that a
bowl of cold water is unpleasant,
especially on cold winter mornings
An . exchange gets off . tho
fol
lowing sermon in a nutshell: "A
little more of common honesty,
a little better grade of veracity!
a a li little e more mnra r,t’ ot fellow-feei (c ti„ <- , ng, and ,
a little less of envy, bickering and
hatred, would do as much Dr this
old world as auything that is being
contended for at present.
The weather man is now kinder
letting us realize "where weareat.”
THE ENTERPR lSE COVINGTON GA
THE CLOSING OF OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
At the end of this week nearly
every school in Newton county
will close its doors till n xt No¬
vember. The average school has
run about six mouths. Perhaps
very few of the same teachers will
teach in the same schools. This
brings to our mind a sad sta' ■ of af¬
fairs. The frequency with which
teachers are changed is becoming
alarming. No school can progress
changing teachers - 1 “ Iten -
What we need is to get up
enough money in each community
to pay a first-rate teacher, and
when his school expires let him
have enough ahead to visit various
places of interest, attend normal
schools, chatauquas, etc., and when
he returns to the school room there
will be a freshness and brightness
that will have a beneficent effect
on all the school.
We *dmit that some teachers
jet as much as they deserve for
the ability they display and the
results they accomplish. A teach¬
er that does not merit a good sala¬
ry has no business in the school
room, and one who does deserve a
better salary should be paid one,
and not be forced to resort to all
manner of expedients during five
or six months of the year in order
to gain a livelihood.
A school teacher in Cleveland
county, North Carolina, recently
wrote to the state school commis¬
sioner ot that state that, in order
to make a living, he has had to
mine monazite, haul tan bark,
mend shoes, mine mica, and play
the fiddle during his vacation.
Don’t let any such condition exist
in our schools. Let the good
teachers be well paid and the sorry
ones eliminated.
Foi the most part the schools of
Newton county have had a success¬
ful year, and the teachers and pa¬
trons have been earnest in their ef¬
forts to better school conditions.
There are no people more re¬
sponsive to school interests in the
state than the good people,of New¬
ton county, and once they find a
teacher who can do the work satis¬
factorily, he can command his own
price and will be supported. The
school system is improving in most
of the sections of the county, but
of course there is yet more room
for growth and development.
Hon. Hoke Smith finds that an
automobile is the "whole show,”
so to speak, when it starts down
the pike in Germany When an
auto runs down a citizen over there,
the latter is arrested fi not getting
out of the wuiy.
Whiskey is a great demoralizer
of labor. Everybody who hires
hands know this to their great
worry and sorrow. Atlanta con¬
tinues to be the distributing point
of this soul-destroying stuff, but
the legislature will knock the .bot¬
tom.out of it next week.—Mari¬
etta Journal.
An irate citizen says that here¬
after he wants the editors to mind
their own business. My dear
Christian friend did you ever
reflect, in your contemplative mo
meins,when the moon is beaming,
when the whippoorwill sings in
the tree, when the hired man
snores in the loft, the yellow' dog
sleeps in the lea, and th« mosqui
to gets in his work—did you ever
reflect in such times upon the idea
that a paper containing ^ onlv ac
counts enmito of nf the editor’s own private •
business would be apt to prove
monotonous to the general public?
They might stand it for a while
but in the end it would be a thorn
in tb» cirtu o weariuess to iV the
Hesh, ,, , and all that
sort of thing,
brother, the true editor’s
business is to make everybody’s
business his business. That’s
. c t. tore’s no . use in
making a chronic kicker of your
f°r anyone.—Montezuma
Recprd,
Orino Laxative Fruit -Syrup is a new
remedy, an improvement on ibe laxatives
ot former years, as it does not gripe or
nauseate and is pleasant to take. It is
guaranteed. For sale by 0. C. Brooks.
It’s a Prince.
A little red-faced, squalling
baby with closed eyes and clench¬
ed fist9, half English and half
Spanish has been delivered in
Madrid by the stork, and it’s a
Prince. If he lives, one day he
will be the king of Spain—that is
if that weak and unhappy nation
remains a kingdom until that day
All the world wishes that his
reign will be a hrppy and prosper¬
ous one for his subjects and him¬
self. Yet all must be uneasy, to
some degree, and uncertain.
Loyal to their country and king
the people gathered, and when
the cannon thundered the an¬
nouncement that a king had been
born, some day to rule over them,
they cheered and gave expression
to great joy and enthusiasm
They have never known anythii g
else.
Here in America, it is the
proudest boast we make that the
people select their lawmakers and
the chief executive, and it gives
courage and hope to the lather
and mother on the farm or in the
weekly newspaper office or in the
crowded tenement where poverty
dwells, and to the widow who sees
her sewing work through blinding
tears that even in spite of the
poor circumstances and surround¬
ings of parents, each American
boy may be honored with the high¬
est office in the people’s gift and
each American girl has a chance
of being the first lady in the
land.
We often forget the blessings
which our fathers gave us through
their blood and fail to duly regard
the privileges which we enjoy as
American citizens.
In the rule of the majority the
people must find the safest and
best government. And each
American citizen may proudly
claim when the stork comes
through the valley of the shadow
to his home and brings a boy,
that it’s a prince, or if a girl, a
princess, to rule over all that God
intended they should be born to
rule—the hearts and love of the
proud parents themselves.
A country where the fittest
survive and where all men have
equal opportunities aud where none
are born to rule—is our country.
—Sandersville Herald.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMT’S.
Sheriff Sales.
Will he sold before llie court house door
in the city of 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 lot or parcel of land lying and being
in the town of Oxford, in Newton county,
state of Georgia, and described as follows
one house and lot, the house being a two
room house, and the lot being forty feet
East and West, and seventy feet North and
South, and bounded East by land of (Jap
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 Ourrington with a
Justice Court Fi fa issued from the Justice
Court of the 462nd Distr’ct G. M., of said
county and state, in favor otS. E. Swann:
administratrix of T. C. Swann, deceased,
against Fannie C urrington. 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.
Notice is hereby given to the qualified
voters of ,he t0WI > of Mansfield, Georgia
that an el «=tion will be held .n said town,
at the usual place for holding elections for
said town, on the 4 th day of June 1907,
said election to be held to determine the
question whether or not the Mayor ami
town Council of Mansfield shall be author
ized t0 lss,ie the the fo,lowin S b™ds to-wit:
Bonds to aggregate the sum of Six Thous
and Dollars, (16000 ) principal and to bear
interest, payable annually on the first day
j of January of each year at the rate 5 per
! cent P er annom >and the said bonds to
co,,sist »•»„ »sue of twelve . 12) bonds,
<*» h bond to he of the denomination of =
.^00 oo each and to mature as follows: I
One of said bond of $500.00 principal to
mature and become due and payable Jan
nary 1,1915, and one bond of $.’>00 00 due
and payable on January First in each of
the following years, to wit: 1917, 1919,
1921, 1 ,*23, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933,
1935 and 1937. The proceeds arising from
the sale of said bonds is to be used for the
purpose of purchasing a school lot for the
town of Mansfield and building and equip
ping thereon a schoolliouse. 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 377, 378. 379 and
380 of the Political Code of the State of
Georgia. If two thirds of the qualified
voters of the town of Mansfield vote in favor
of the issuance of said bonds then the
municipal authorities aforesaid will be
authorized to incur the indebtedness for
the purpose above specified, as is contem¬
plated by paragraphs one and two, section*
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
Application For Dismission.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Whereas R. L. Cowan administrator of
M. VV. Harcrow represents to the court in
his petition duly filed and entered on re¬
cord, that he lias fully administered M. W.
Harcrow’s estate. This is therefore to cite
all persons concerned, kindred and credi¬
tors, to show cause, it any they can, why
said administrator should not be discharged
from his adminstiation. and receive letters
of dismission, on the first Monday in June
1907.
G. D. HEARD, Ordinary.
JAS. P. COOLEY,
ATTORNEY
And Counsellor At Law,
Covington, Ga.
OHm I*, Bur BuUdiac.
D. MEADOR,
LAWYER,
Will Practice in all the Courts.
Offices 15 & 17 Star Building.
Covington, Ga.
gDGAR R. GUNN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office 28 Stai Building.
Special Attention Given Collections
Covington, Ga.
Street Railway Schedule.
Leave Covington Hotel 5:25 am
4 4 4 4 8:25 am
4 4 4 i 4 4 10:50
am
4 4 4 4 “ 2:10
pm
4 4 44 “ 4:15 pm
4 4 4 4 4 4 6:10pm
4 4 4 4 “ 7:80
pm
A little Kodol taken occasion
ally, especially after eating, will
relieve sour stomach, belching and
heart-bnrn. J B Jones, Newport,
Tenn., writes: "I am sure three
one dollar bottles of your Kodol
positively cured me of dyspepsia,
and I can reccommd it, as that
was three years ago and I haven’t
been bothered since with it.”
Kodol is guaranteed to give relief.
Sold by J A Wright.
Judge Uses Forceful Language.
Judge W. B. Simmons, of Fiu
castle, Ya., told the reporter that
L. & M. Paint was used on his
residence in 1882, and held its
color well for 21 years; he further¬
more said that 8 years ago he was
induced to use another paint and
is sorry he did, because the other
paint didn’t make good. The
Judge will now use L. & M., be¬
cause he knows if any defect exists
in L. & M. Paint the house will
be repainted for nothing.
The L. & M. Zinc hardens the
L. & M. \\ bite Lead and makes
L. & M. Paint wear like iron for
10 to 15 years.
Actual cost of L. & M. about
$1 20 per gallon.
Donations of L. & M. made to
churches.
Sold by Stephenson Hardware
Co.
^ Ijftl vAfJ&UllvIlLl^PIAIl VT\ff
«*ops tl*e co«*»a *^a Heal.?£S
DeWitt’s Carboliled Witch Ha¬
zel Salve does not merely heal the
surface; it penetrates "the pores
and promptly relieve pain, cansed
by boils, burns, scalds, cuts and
skin diseases. It is especially
good for piles. Beware of imita
tions. Sold by J A Wright.
©©©©©#$§^| Sj-odge Di ectorj.
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Hendrick Council i W.1
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Meets Second and F ourtt)]
day evenings.
c. A. Sockwku, ReJ
T. J. Shields, Secretary, °
Covington Lodge No,,
Royal Arch Mas®
Meets Second and Fourth
day evenings.
M. G. TURNej
.
H igh P r i
R. R. FOWLER,
Secretary.
M Lodge lo,
Meets every First and T
Friday evening.
A. S. Hopkins, W.)
Tno W. Peek, Sec.
pi V ■ Sewaunee hi
I;.?! I No. 62.
W Imp. 0.11
Meets every Wednesday sii
at 7th run and 30th breath. Vi
ing brothers are invited toatti
N. Z. Anderson, Sachem
J. W. Harwell,
Chief of Record
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NUMBER I
I. 0. 0. F.
Meets every Thursday even
Visiting brothers in the city
dially invited to meet with
Work in one degree each meet
Jas. P. Sain, Noble Gran
J. W. Peek, Rec. Sect’y.
Knights of
m Pvtfi
'• Lodge 1,1
Meets every First aud li
Monday evenings. Fraternal!
come extended all visiting Bn
ers. E. W. Carroll, C.C
R. R. Fowler, K. ofR.
&mk. Elm Camp,
* NO. 202!
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Meets every Second and F l,|l |
Tuesday evenings.
J. J. Corley, C
W. N. Rainey, Clerk.
Jefferson Lamar Hi
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Meets First Tuesday
ruontfi at 2 o’clock, p. ra -
J. W. Anderson,
L. L. Middlebrook, Adjt
Shedule Changes
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