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THE ENTERPRISE
ESTABLISHED 1865
PUBLISHED EVERY FRipAY
JAS. P. COOLEY, Editor.
Entered at the Postoffice at Covington,
■Ga., as second-class mail matter.
After July 1, 1907, all subscriptions must
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Covixoton, Ga , June 14, 1907.
For n rare day iu June, what was
the matter with last Sunday?
Good fid summertime has hand¬
ed a lemot to that winter suit for
keeps.
No search warrant i« necessary
in looking fnr trouble or finding
lault.
Sinners in this glorious old
world are rarities; at least that’s
what the t<>mbstones#ay.
Now we know why the weathpr
has grown so warm—the Georgia
legislature is soon to meet.
Here’s to the sweet girl who has
just graduated, and may she never
have to do the family wash.
Will the young cotton plants
survive that unusual and injurious
experience? Here’s hoping.
t • These are the days of my joys
and blessings,” says the school
boy who ts dwelling on easy street
■during vacation.
People surely can become en¬
slaved by a habit—a Tennessee
woman hns married the same man
seventh time. A t
the
( l There’s no room in the South
for tbe loafer,” says an exchange.
You bet there isn’t. There’s hard¬
ly room for the crops.
Press dispatches indicate that
the price ot meat will make the
feat of the cow which jumped over
the moon seem like a cheap vaude¬
ville performance.
A Chicago woman offers $200
for the return of her green parrot.
At that rate, what would be the
reward for the return of an ab¬
sconded husband ?
That Jamestown exposition will
look like three slick dimes now in
a few days by the side of what the
daily press will have to offer in
print—the “doings” of the State
legislature.
Teddy’s speech at Georgia Day,
Jamestown exposition, on Monday
indicated that he has a deep feeling
of genuine love for the land of his
mother’s birth—good old Georgia.
But how could he help it!
One of our nearby contempora¬
ries w'ants to know what becomes
of the honey after the honeymoon
is over? She just picks up the
cook-pot if that partner in error
is able to furnish anything to cook.
It is said that a Florida preacher
delivered a sermon of unusual
power Sunday night, taking as his
subject: “Dope, Dime Novels and
Divorce.” He is evidently bidding
for a broader field, or either trying
to get in the Dr. Broughton class,
lt,s up to every wide-a-awake
citizen ot Covington now to get
busy on the water works problem,
The time is here and ripe, and we |
need them to keep abreast with our
sister cities of even less population.
Covington is growing steadily and
substantially, and water works is
a necessity.
COMMENCEMENT. 1
J -t at this season all over our
at o untry the schools and coi
- a re giving to the world their
finished products—the college-bred
man and the sweet girl graduate.
Commencement is naturally and
pr — minently the event of the
c \lege year. It is a time of re
imi n and remembrance, of hopes
and h nors, of greetings and good
byes.
Sob^r-minded seniors are saying
. t k_j r valedictories while the hope¬
ful undergraduate is planning for
a happy vacation. Old memories
are revived, traditions cherished
ai d future plans and policies dis¬
cussed.
We note with pleasure that in
the majority of instances the re¬
ports show the most succesrful
term in the histories of the school.
The graduates in point of numbers
are record breakers. This is in¬
deed a most hopeful sign.
There waB never such a demand
for educated people, and never be¬
fore such opportunities for attend¬
ing schools of higher learning.
It is for the vouth of our coun¬
try to make these advantages a
blessing and not a curse.
In every line of business, in every
profession, the demand for men of
preparation, men of thought and
skill is ever on the increase.
The “Help Wanted” columns in
our dailies keep up a constant ap¬
peal for men who can do things
now and do them right. To those
who say they have had opportuni¬
ties we hold that in the great ma¬
jority of cases, a boy or girl cau
get a college education if he orshe
desires it. So if you are not fit,
blame yourself. Don’t curse con¬
ditions. Cure yourself.
The world is slow to hear hard
luck stories, but when it finds a
young man who will grind at any
mill; when it finds a sticker; it is
ready to hear and help.
Wo have heard various theories
on education and countless an¬
swers to the old question, “What
is the mission of the college?”
We have heard of fellows being
“finished” at a certain college.
Many of them are. The school
that “finishes” a man should have
a graveyard annex, for a man is
never finished till he is dead; and
then his influence lives, especially
if it was evil.
To many young men and women
the events of the last few days
marks the greatest transition pe¬
riod in their lives. It is a choos
ing time, a time of aims and ideals.
To the graduate we would say:
Find your place and stay there;
have a hobby and ride it hard.
Don’t be afraid of life; live it and
love it. Remember that one
< 4 learner” is worth a million
“knowers,” and that the “start¬
ers” (often called upstarts) have
been the fellow's who made history.
The nature of our government is
such that its very life depends on
an educated citizenship. The pub¬
lic school system is the bulwark of
cur democracy, and a college edu¬
cation fails signally if It only pre¬
pares a man to make money.
We need skilled labor, technical
training and professionals in every
line. But there is a greater de¬
mand. We need MEN—men of
conviction and courage; of sym¬
pathy and love.
The best habit a man can acquire
at college is the study habit. If
he learns how to learn, how to
think and feel, he will be heard
from in the great school of life.
Here’s to the graduates: May
great success attend them.
Have you heard anybody say
Mater works for Covington?”
Get busy brother and talk about
^ * s * n store for Covington’s
future.
The latest in fashionable hat
pins is something ierce as viewed
by one of our fellow-editors; Hear
him: “If you have any old door
knobs lying around, don’t throw
them away. Properly attached to
a piece of hay wire they make ele¬
gant heads for fashionable hat
pin*.”
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THE ENTERPRISE COVINGTON GA
IGNORANCE ISN’T ALWAYS !
BLISS.
I
Hon,
W. Woods,
Bartow, Ga.
Box 55, R No 4.
Hon W W Woods, Dear friend I
will take the greattest Pleasure in
writing you these Few hues toy u
in favor of you notifying, me wb- n
the last Examinations will be n
This mouth-; I thank you to call
me atentions when that will be;
in stating my compossition I’m
are very good advance scholar with
High Up standing: I would like
very well to Reach that place: at
the age of 20: lots us girls wisb to
come up there at preasant tine-:!
Please Write me soon the exactly
time, R F P V. Siencerely yours
Miss----
Bartow ga. Box 55
Rout 4
Above is a fac simile reproduc¬
tion of a letter addressed to a
County School Superintendent in
one of the most prominent coun¬
ties w Georgia. It explains itself
if it explains anything and is a
sad commentary on the efficiency
of those who have the guardianship
and training of future citizens of
the Empire State of the South.
The utter lack of preparation and
absolute ignorance shown in the
above should be considered an in¬
sult to our public school system
and is a disgrace to the high and
honorable profession of teaching.
In the job department of the
Enterprise office we have printed,
ready for framing, the following
news item taken from the press
dispatches of a few days ago, and
expect it to have a great sale,
■rnstly among husbands who have
“strong minded” wives: “A San
Francisco woman dropped dead
while giving her husband a curtain
lecture.”
The City Boy and the Agricul¬
tural College.
At the meeting of the trustees
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
college for the Tenth congressional
district, held here Friday, the board
adopted a resolution which effect¬
ually shuts out the city boy who
might have inclinations toward the
farm. In short the lad shut up by
city walls and incorporated village
limits, cannot enjoy the privileges
of the agricultural school. Once a
city boy always a city boy, is the
maxim set up by the board.
However, it is not confined to
the Tenth district alone. It will
probably be passed upon in the
same way by other boards in other
districts. The rule by which they
govern the appointment of scholar¬
ships is based on rural school pop¬
ulation and property valuation
outside the incorporated cities and
towns. Probably the property in
the cities and towns will be used
in helping to pay the taxes to sup¬
port the institution, but outside of
this the only thing the cities can
do is to stand on the outside and
look in.
It is claimed by the board that
the city farmer does not amount
to much in making up a part of
creation’s plan in rural life. There
are but few city boys that ever go
out into God s great public park
and spend their lives out where
the skies are blue and the air is
balmy. The rural scenes have
little attractiou for the city lad,
according to the construction placed
on him by the trustees. Pastures
fair and pearly waters aie as noth¬
ing compared to the rushing tor
rents of a mighty stream that can
drive the thousands of spindles
and turn the mighty machinery of
manufacturing plants. The quiet¬
ude of nature is not preferable
to the rushing life of commerce,
were hundreds are around every
1 moment of tho day and not foot
a
can a man journey alone.
But in spite of the fact that the
trustees place such a construction
on the subject there are hundreds
of boys in the cities of Georgia
who are thirsting for an agricult¬
ural education. 1 he inborn bu-
colic instinct speaks out at times
above the din of the city's noise
and a sort of an indescribable
longing comes surging through
the soul that causes man to look
once more to the soil. Fiom the
pains and the pities of the cities
there are always cries of thousands
going up for relief and there is no
better place than out on the farm,
Men who grow old in the strug
gle in the cities turn at last, when
the sunset is upon them, to the
land of promise, back to the old
farm, whore once again they can
play in childish fancy over the
fields where youth and promise
once bloomed in abundance. But
the youth of the city must never
know the joys of such an existence
and they cannot revei iu the bliss¬
ful field of the country until they
grow old, or else make efforts ot
their own to go to some other ag¬
ricultural school than the district
colleges of Georgia.— Augusta
Herald.
RIGHT OR WRONG?
“Georgia wants immigration,
right or wrong.”—Rome Tribune.
No. That is not a correct state¬
ment. Georgia wants only the
right kind of immigrants, and it
wants them in the right way. It
does not want an undesirable
class, and it does not want them
brought here through misrepre¬
sentation abroad, or perjury at
the port of admission.—Americus
Times-Recorder.
Georgia, of course, would prefer
the best class, but our belief is
that there is not as much danger
from foreign immigration as some
people seem to think. Immigrants
who comes here express by this
very act a desire to be American¬
ized, and speedily become so It
is wrong, of course, toer.ticethera
here by misrepresentations and to
admit them by false methods.
However, there are plenty of good
industrius foreigners knocking at
our doors, for whom we have work
and of whom the South stands in
need. Many an immigrant was
unpromising wheu he landed here,
but under the influence of our in¬
dustrial life and institutions he
speedily became a good citizen.
We trust tho Americus Times
Recorder will not he to critical.—
Savannah Evening Press.
We agree with the Times-Re¬
corder, Georgia only wants the
best of the foreign element, and
if we cannot get this class, we
don’t want any kind of immi¬
grants. Rather than let the “rag¬
tags” of the foreign immigration,
come into our country, we would
prefer nagging at the problem we
have before us.
Other counties may, if they
choose, accept just any kind of
of immigrants, but we are sure
that Newton wants only the best
of the foreign immigration.
Imperative.
An Infantry soldier named Scheiber
died on the last day of his leave in his
home in a little village in upper Aus¬
tria. The vi?*ge burgomaster, himself
an old soldier, remembered that the
commanding officer of Scheiber's regi¬
ment should be notified of the death,
and he proceeded to do so In tbe fol¬
lowing letter:
“The undersigned village burgomas¬
ter requests on behalf of the soldier
Scheiber two days’ more leave, as oth¬
erwise his Interment cannot take
place.”—Vienna Press.
Remarkable Vision.
An old woman who had been in the
Infirmary with sore eyes told a neigh¬
bor that the doctor took out her eyes
and scraped them with lances. ‘‘Non¬
sense, woman,” replied the other. "Ye
shouldn’t believe all ye hear. The doc¬
tors would only be stuffing ye.” "Ob,
but ye knew it’s no use saying that,
for I awakened up out of the chloro¬
form and saw both of my eyes lying
on the table!”
His Clever Son.
The Pad—My son, I want to tell you
that the secret of my success, ns It
must be of any man’s, is hard ivork.
I— The Son—Sh! Pad, I don’t care to
bear other people’s secrets, and I am
too much of a gentleman to take ad¬
vantage of information gained that
way. Say no more.—Cleveland Leader.
An Insinuation Feared.
Clergyman — Madam, you must be
eonsoled with the thought that your
husband Is at rest. Widow—Do you
moan that he didn’t have any before
he died?—New York Press.
Ail must respect those who respect
themselves.—Beaconsfiel^.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMT’S.
Sheriff Sales.
Will be sold before the ca rt house door
in the city ot Covingt i, on he first Tues¬
day in July, next, between | ie legal hours
of sale, to the highest 1 iddeg for cash, the
following described property to-wit:
One black mare muii na; ied Kate arid
one brown colored mare mule named
May, said property le d o i with a mort¬
gage ti fa issued from tee County Court of
Nuwton county, Georg a, h favor of the
Bank of Newton C mriiy transferred
against N. C. Euban.s. This June 1,
1907 . S M. 3 aV, Sheriff.
■
Application For Dismission.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Whereas W. A.Skinner, administratorof
Marvin T. Skinner, represents to the court
in his petition duly filed and entered on re¬
cord, that he has fully idndnistered Marvin
T. Skinner’s estate. Tlis 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 adminstratioi, and receive letters
of dismission, on the irst Monday in July
1907. G. D. HEARD, Ordinary.
Petition Fur Charter.
GEORGIA Newton County.
To The Superior Cout of Newton county.
The petition ot C. A. Sockwell, William
Boyd, J.A Cowan, Thomas Harris, et al
all of said State, respectfully shows:
1
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 renewals: the end of that time.
Ill
The capital stock ot 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 of said capital stock has
alreadj been actually paid in.
W
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 ana 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 article of merchandise
or farm supplies. Also, petitioners desire
to engage in the. business ot 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
vr
No stockholder to be liable for the debts
of the corporation beyond the amount ot
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 establishing and
maintaining branches of said FARMER’S
UNION WAREHOUSE AND SUPPLY
COMPANY in any section of the State
"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 bylaw.
JAS. P. COOLEY,
Petitioners’ Atf&rney,
GEORGIA, Newton County.
I, John B. Davis, clerk of the Superior
Court of Newton county, Georgia, hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of an application of C. A.
Sockwell, Win. Boyd, J A. Cowan, et. al.
tor charter of the FARMER’S UNION
WAREHOUSE AND SUPPLY COM
PAN Y as the same app irs on filelin this
office. Witness my hai.d and seal of this
court the 21st day ot May, 1907.
JNO. B. DAVIS,
Clerk of the Superior C urt, Newton Co.
Street Railway Schedule.
Leave Covington Hotel 5:25 am
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pm
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Wanted— Good, large sacks,
oats and hull sacks desired. Good
price. Huson Ice and Machine
Works. tf
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Lodge Director, {
Hendrick Council No. n I
Pi s - 3 s ROYAL
arcanum
Meets Second and Fou rth Mo,.
day evenings.
C. A. Sock well, R egent i I
T. J. Shields, Secretary.
Covington Lodge NoMi,
Royal Arch Masons 1
Meets Second and Fourth ft;
day evenings.
M - G. TURNER, 1
R. R. FOWLER, Priest, ■
Secretary.
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Lodge Ho. I
F 1 . «ft? jo. .. nvi.l
Meets every First and Third
Friday evening.
A. S. Hopkins, W. M, I I
Tno. W. Peek, Sec.
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r I No. 62.
V Imp. 0. R. I ■
Meets 7th every Wednesday Vitif-H sitep.H
at run and 80th breath.
ing brothers N. Anderson, are invited to attend.| |
Z. Sachem,
J. W. Harwell,
Chief of Records. K
STAR LODGE
NUMBER 164
I. 0. 0. F.
Meets every Thursday ivoninf, i
Visiting brothers in the city cor¬
dial 1 v invited to meet with r !U
Work in one degree each meeting,
Jas. P. Sain, Nobla Grand, j if
J. W. Peek, Ree. Sect’y. 3
Knights of I
■r Pythias,
£*=2=4 Lodge No, ill
Meets every First and Thirf 'j
Monday evenings. Fraternal*
come extended all visiting Broth
ers. E. W. Carroll, C. Of
R. R. Fowler, K. of R. &S.
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iWSsVK, Elm Camp,
NO. 202. i
w. o. VP I Si
MeetS CVery SeCOud and M s
UBsday evenings, C-C. j
J. J- CORLEY,
W. N. RaINEY, Clerk,
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Jefferson Lamar Call ifi .
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Meets First Tuesday in $
month at 2 o’clock, p. ni. ll t
J W. Anderson, Co®'
.
L. L. Middle brook, Adjt.
Shedule Changes.
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