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THE ENTERPRISE
ESTABLISHED 1S65
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
JAS. P. COOLEY, Editor.
"Entered at the 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 $1 Per Year, In Advance.
All le?~l advertisements must be paid for
in cash before first insertion.
Advertising rates furnished on application.
Covington, Ga., May 31, 1907.
Now we're in the midst of those
gladsome commencement days.
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Political job hunters are now
paying “Handsome Hoke Fmith.”
CrPfi !
Alabama hailstones produce
h-'ino nin=—they fall out there as
Invge as ba«ebiUs.
‘■One 0 tl)i> advance in price of
vbeat fl >ur has just simply “took
wings and Hewed.”
Beef isn't high to the New York
man who ate sixteen and one-half
pounds at one meal.
Those pesky flies, mosquitoes,
cliigger- and fleas the good old
summertime doth bring.
NY hen you are tempted to speak
i't rf anyone, remember you are
not 6o very good yourself.
The worst proportioned man liv¬
ing is the one whose lungs are out
of proportion with his brains.
Women might live considerably
longer than men if thev were not
* > shy about passing the 80-mark.
Late arrival of warm weather
has saved a great deal of wear and
tear on spring and summer goods.
Atlanta is evidently keeping up
with the devil. A fellow up there
has written a hook on “The Devil
of Today. > >
.Iim Woodward is in his glory
when he sits in the Atlanta mayor¬
alty chair. Pie’s going to run again
next time.
*
When a young man gets so selt
impoitant that he thinks he can
rule the world it is time for him to
get married.
Lowndes county expects to vote
out liquor on June 24. Prohibi
tiomvard the course of Georgia
takes its way. %
The baseball season has burst
forth in Covington, and all the
fans extend best wishes to the team
lor a winning season.
If all the energy expended in
needless worry was turned to ac¬
count in efforts to succeed, a fail¬
ure would be almost a curiosity.
Negro farm hands in Texas will
not go into the fields and chop
cotton for less than $2 per day.
There's the negro problem again.
An exchange says that the ham¬
mer is man’s oldest implement,
there having been knockers ever
since the Garden of Eden was
ruined.
Itatio of 16 to 1 still reigns in
Indiana, especially among the
women. Sixteen of them soundly
thrashed a fellow who had whipped
his wife.
It transpires that Secretary of
War Taft began his career as a
: ewpaper reporter. What golden
opportunities he has thrown away
by not sticking to his early life!
AN OPPORTUNITY.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 22, 1907
Board of Trade, Covington, Ga.
Gentlemen: We are looking
for a site to establish a plant for
the manufacture ot refrigerating
machines that will employ at
least fifty adult people the first
year.
Our plans are such that this
number will be greatly increased
yearly, and if you will kindly
name the advantages that your
locality possesses, wdwill be glad
to consider same and send a rep¬
resentative to look the situation
over. Kindly mail to us any
printed matter you may have re¬
garding your situation.
Thanking you in advance for
the information, we are,
Very truly yours,
Industrial Engineering Co.
H. S. Walker, {secretary.
The above has our consideration.
While we have written to the above
named company, giving them all
the information at our command
on the subject; yet there ought to
be complete information in a tangi¬
ble shape to present to prospective
manufacturers. If we had a num¬
ber of folders, booklets, etc., por¬
traying the advantages, resources,
etc., of Covington and Newton
county, they would materially aid
us in bringing industries and en¬
terprises here.
This matter is one we should
like for the Board of Trade to
look into—not only this but other
matters of great importance. How¬
ever, we are sorry to say that the
citizens and members of Coving¬
ton Board of Trade won’t come to¬
gether. It is almost impossible to
get them out when a meeting is
announced for the Board of Trade.
Gentlemen, let’s throw off our in¬
difference and work for the ad¬
vancement and growth of our town
and not allow the impression to
get abroad that we are a set of
men, not alive to the best interest
of Covington and Newton.
We wish to say further that the
above is the third request of a
similar nature we hrdve received
along the same line. We stand
ready to do or say anything that
witl help Covington and Newton,
but we are not aole, financially or
otherwise, to direct or offer the
proper inducements to would-be
investors. In fact, we don t feel
encouraged to go ahead boasting
Newton county or Covington un
less the citizens who are able and
who have interests here stand by
us in a concerted and definite way.
Itmiay appear all right to stand by
and say “Go ahead,” but it is no
encouragement to man when he is
not assured that the business men
and developers of the city and
county are with him and willing
to show their faith by their works.
We have the best town and
county in the slate. Why uot
show to the outside world that
such is the case. In this 20th cen¬
tury of progress and industrial ac¬
tivity we can’t afford not to keep
abreast of the procession.
The Philadelphia woman who
gave $1,000,000 for negro education
in the South possesses $5,000,000,
is 84 years of age and has never
been married. Now won’t we all
excuse her!
The Georgia Weekly Press Asso¬
ciation meets in Sandersville next
week and the beautiful and historic
city is preparing a royal welcome
for the faithful members of the
fourth estate.
Mr. Merchant, there is a side of
your business which the public has
not seen. If you will show this
up in an advertisement it will
prove attractive and take you out
of the class of commonplaces.
Governor's signature to the bill
is all that remains for New York
to have two-cent railroad fare.
The Empire State of the U. S. has
done the right thing , now let the
Empire State of the South do like¬
wise.
THE ENTERPRISE COVINGTON GA
NOW FOR WATERWORKS. I
The committee has made its
reports and has reconmended that
the City of Covington put in a
system of water works
The committee made its report
after a careful inspection and ex¬
amination of the systems at Mon¬
roe and Greensboro.
The system of Monroe which is
practically what we wimt in Cov
ington, cost about $86000. Within
a few years it will pay for itself iri
the way in reducing fire insurance
premiums and the money the city
receives from the water meters,
But aside from that the great con¬
venience to the public and the cit¬
izens generally cannot be estimated
in dollars and cents.
In these days water works are
almost a public necessity in a
tow:, of Covington’s site. But we
are building for the future. Cov¬
ington must grow and will grow.
Municipal stagnation must not be
our lot. We have all the natural
advantages we need, and it is no
more than our duty to supply the
artificial necessities.
Submit it to the people—the free
holders and citizens—who are in¬
terested. There can be no mis¬
take in taking the people into our
confidence. They ought to know
what the council is doing and ex¬
pect to do. There should be pub¬
lished statements of the city’s
financial condition, of her expen¬
ditures and resources. With the
exception of a very few—the aver¬
age citizen has no idea ot Coving¬
ton’s condition.
The lack of this public statement
causes distrust and unrest among
the tax payers and others interest*
ed in our civic improvement.
WHEREIN WE CONCUR.
Conyers, Ga., May 27, 1907
Kditor Enterprise: While in
Covington yesterday I discovered
on arriving and leaving that there
is one inconvenience there that
should and could be easily reme¬
died, viz: The passing?* traius
have to my knowledge for twenty
five years stopped at a point for
the convenience of loading the bag
Raee aud to the groat mconven
ieace of the passengers. It’s very
e aa y ^o correct the inconvenience:
Have the baggage placed so that
the first-class coach will be stopped
near and opposite the waiting room
! 0 f depot instead of at a con
s jd erable distance away. To get
to the coaches Sunday evening a
number of ladies and children
walked away down the track in a
a rain to get aboard, when, if the
coaches had been stopped just
across from the waiting room they
could have gotten aboard without
any inconvenience from the rain
or otherwise. It can be easily cor¬
rected, and the railroad officials
will make the change just as soon
as their attention is called to the
matter and it is better to accommo¬
date human beings than trunks.
Yours truly,
P. S.—Our merchants associa¬
tion here has taken up a number
of matters like this and called the
attention of the railroad officials to
the same, and they have been cor¬
rected at once. So get to work on
this aud you will wonder that the
people have suffered uncomplain¬
ingly so long. s.
The above speaks for itself and
it relates the tacts. We have long
noticed and complained of the
above enumerated abuses. In fact,
our own personal experience will
tally with Brother Scott’s com¬
plaint. Not long since we had oc¬
casion to assist a lady to board the
train. She had three little child- *
ren and a grip. An old fitight
car was o:i one track and we had
to crowd and jam among a horde
of people between the passenger
am u Jg- t cars in order to reach
the ladies coach. We agree with
Brother Scott, ‘that passengers
ought to be given more considera¬
tion than express end trunks.
FATFV*HAlirV * * JLSL f 3", I I^IAK A Tl
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•top* the cou|£U and Jieals lungs
A hole 185,000 miles wide has
been discovered in the sun and can
be seen through a telescope. An
exchange guesses this accounts for
the coolness the sun has been
showing this,old world this year. ,
Fill up the hole and turn on the
heat.
The man who is selfish with one
thousand dollars will be a hog
when he gets a million. A geu
erous man is as generous with ten
dollars as he could be with ten
million. Thequaiityof generosity
is located higher up than the pants’
pockets.
When your brek aches it is al¬
most invariably an indication that
something is wrong with your
kidneys. Weak, diseased kidney
frequently cause a break-down of
the entire system, DeWitt’s Kid
ney and Bladder Pill afford prompt
relief for weak kidney, back-ache,
inflammation of ihe bladder and
all urinary troubles. Sold by J A
Wright.
Street Railway Schedule.
Leave Covington Hotel 5:25 am
it 1 4 8:25 aui
4 ( # « ( “ 10:50 am
4 < 4 < “ 2:10 pm
4 4 li “ 4:15 pm
44 4 4 “ 6:10pm
« 4 4 4 “ 7:80 pm
DeWitt’s SnN*
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Petition For Charter.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
To The Superior Court of Newton county.
The petition ot C. A. Rockwell, William
Boyd, J.A. Cowan, Thomas Harris, et ah
all of said State, respectfully shows:
I
That they desire for themselves their as¬
sociates, successors and assigns, to become
incorporated under the name end style of
The FARMER’S UNION WAREHOUSE
AND SUPPLY COMPANY.
II
The term for which petitioners ask to be
incorporated is twenty years, with the
privilege of renewal at the end of that time.
If!
The capital stock ol the corporation is
to be THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS,
divided into shares of FIVE DOLLARS
EACH. Petitioners, however, ask the
privilege of increasing said capital stock
from time to time not exceeding in the
aggregate FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOL¬
LARS.
IV
Sixty per cent cf said capital stock has
already been actually paid in.
V
The object of the proposed corporation
is pecuniary profit and gain to its stock¬
holders.
And petitioners propose to conduct a
general warehouse and supply business,
the weighing and storing of cotton and
other farm products; the buying and sell¬
ing of any article of merchandise and
farming implements; to act as general
or special agents for other persons in sell¬
ing or handling any articieot merchandise
or farm supplies. Also, petitioners desire
to engage in tic business of ginning, pack¬
ing and compressing cotton and preparing
same for market; to buy and sell real estate
for the purpose of carrying on their busi¬
ness, and to exercise the usual power and
to do all usual necessary and proper acts
which pertain to or may be connected with
a general warehouse and supply business.
VI
No stockholder to be liable for the debts
of tke corporation beyond the amount of
his unpaid subscription to the capital stock.
VII
The principal office and place of busi¬
ness of the proposed corporation will be in
the City of Covington, said State and
county. Petitioners, however, desire the
right and privilege of establishim: and
maintaining branches of said FARMER’S
UNION WAREHOUSE AND SUPPLY
COMPANY in any section of the State
of Georgia.
Wherefore petitioners pray to be made a
body corporate under the name and style
aforesaid, entitled to the rights, privileges
and immunities and subject to liabilities
fixed bv law. .1
JAS. P- COOLEY,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
GEORGIA, NewUn County.
I. John B. Davis, clerk of the Superior
Court of Newton county. Georgia, hereby
certify that theforegoing is a true and
correct copy of an application - ot C. A.
Sockwell, Win. Boyd, J. A. Cowan, et. af.
tor charter of the FARMER’S UNION
WAREHOUSE ANI) SUPPLY COM
PAN'i as the same appears on file in this
office, w miess my hand and seal of this
™ ll .e 2B; day ot May, 1907.
JXO. B- DAVIS,
Clerk of the Superior Cour'„ Newton Co.
[JhQAL ADVERTISEMT'S.
Sheriff Sales.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ doot
in the cily ot Covington. on the <irst Tues
j une( 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 Gap
Hightower, South by laud of sjlas 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 Ourringt.on with a
Justice Court Fi fa issued from the Justice
Court of the 4H*2nd District G. M.» of said
county and state, in favor ot S, E. Swann:
administratrix of T. C. Swann, deceased,
against FanDie Currington. Written no¬
tice given Sam Gunn, tenant in posession,
as required by law. This April 29, T DOT.
S. M. HAY, Sheriff.
Notice of Election
For School Bonds.
Notice is hereby' given to the qualified
voters ol the town of Mansfield, Georgia
that an election will be held ,n said town,
at the usual place for holding elections for
said town, .on the 4th 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:
Bonds to aggregate the sum of Six Thous
and Dollars, ($0000 ) principal and to bear
interest payable annually on the first day
of January of each year at the rate 5 per
cent per annum, and the said bonds to
consist ot an issue of twelve (12) bonds,
each bond to be of the denomination of
§500 00 eacli and to mature as follows:
One of said bond of $500.00 principal to
mature and become due and payable Jan¬
uary 1, 1915. undone bond of $500 00 due
and payable on January First in each of
the following years, to witj; 1917, 1919,
1921, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1921), 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 ot Mansfield and building and equip
ping thereon a schoolhouse. Those ip
favor of authorizing the Mayor and town
Council to issue the above described series
b nds shall cast their ballots ‘ For School
Bonds.” Those oposed to the issuing o!
such bonds will cast their ballots ‘ Against
School Bunds ” This notice is given in
pursuance of a resolution adopted by the
Mayor and town Council ol the town of
Mansfield at a meeting held on the 1-t 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 ol
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, 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
Application For Dismission.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Whereas R. L. Cow.-in administrator of
M. VV. Harcrow represents to the court in
his petition duly filed and entered on re
cord, that he has fully administered M. VV.
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 adminstration, and receive letters
of dismission, on the first Monday in June
1907.
G. D. HEARD, Qrdi nary.
JAS. P. COOLEY,
ATTORNEY
And Counsellor At Law,
Covington, Ga.
OfBoa IS, Star Buildiog.
^ D. MEADOR,
LiYWYEn.
Will Practice in all the Courts.
Offices 15 cfe 17 Star Building.
Covington, Ga.
J7DGAR R. GUNN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office 28 Slat Building.
Special Attention Given Collections
Covington, Ga.
DeWitt’s Carboliled Witch Ha
zel Salve does not merely heal the
8urface ; it penetrates the pores
and prompt ly relieve pain, caused
by boils, burns, scalds, cuts and
skin d j seases . It is especially
good for piles. Beware of imita
tions. Sold by J A Wright.
% Lodge Directory'
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ROYAL
ARCADDi
Meets Second and Fourth
day evenings.
C. A. SOCKNVRU, Regent
T. J. Shields, Secretary.
Covington Lodge Noj
Royal Arch Masons
Meets Second and Fourth J
day evenings.
M. G TURNED PrJ
R. R FOWLER, High
Secretary.
Lodge No,
Meets every First and
Friday evening.
A. S. Hofkins, W,
Tno W. Peek, Sec.
m 1 l Sewaunee M
I i n ‘ W I Imp. No. i> 2,
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Meets every Wednesday $y
at 7th run and 80th breath, d
ing brothers are invited toattd
N. Z. Anderson, SacheJ
J. W. Harwell,
Chief of Reconk
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Meets every Thursday svc;
Visiting brothers in the city
dially invited to meet with
Work in one degree each tut'
Jas. P. Sain, Noble Git,
J. W. Peek, Rec. Sect’y. j ■
Kniglits I
Pyi
Lodge I ♦
Meets every First Fraternal aud 11 :
Monday evenings. 1 —___
come extended all visiting a
ers. E. W. Carroll, ofR-M Cj and
R. R. Fowler, K. r «g8
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Meets ever y Secon and • ■Jr^,
TueBtiay evenings. Cl ,
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W. N. Rainey, Clerk. infc
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