Newspaper Page Text
tcL.43.NO 45.
MR’S UNION
M ET SATURDAY.
J Monthly Meeting Held
ar Here-Im
Court House
'ortant Business Union. Before
the
Newton regular county meeting Farmers^ in'
held its
iugton Saturday, Oct. 12.
most interesting meeting is
irted. A number of important
jects were discussed. The
L [sin of sowing a large acreage
this fall was brought up
the farmers seemed united in
jition to prepare for the future
lowing liberally of jats and
t.
lively discussion was entered
over the cotton question and
.bouse situation. It is the
C y of the Farmers Union to
,all fanners, whether members
ie Union or not, to hold their
on for a higher a*id more rea
ible price, providing this can
one without injury to their
[itors. This they are banks able that to
v the help of the
iroving themselves the far
Is friends.
lunty liking Organizer Thos. Speer,
to a representative of
I Enterprise, stated that he
Lot 1,000 bales, 700 of them
lie southern portipn of the
Jity, ihut were being held for
ler prices by members of the
in and that many more would
leld, as much cotton is yet in
Itields to be picked.
bo Newton division firmly be
e in 15-ceut cotton and the
llty of the members to the or
Ization, which is one of the
lest in the state, is quite corn
Idable indeed.
pe following resolutions were
pd and adopted in regard to
local cotton market and ware
ies:
phereas, certain of the local
on buyers have beer, taking off
p the amount paid to fafmers
CLOSING OUT
C. E. COOK.
I am closing out my entire stock as fast as I possibly can, as I will make a change on January
1st, 1908. Will sell all to one man or firm if such should apply.
gj r j T' T?r 7lf
See my big circular for convincing prices on first ‘ -■ s
seasonable merchandise. There is no one who needs good
winter apparel but who can save money here. The goods
and prices speak for themselves.
Come right along and supply yourself before it is too late.
I
1 ST!
^ ‘ 1
G E. COOK’S
r
w.
c 4* g T0N, GEORGIA, FRIDAY OCTOBER IS. 1907.
for c-?tton ten cents per bale for
cotton weighed in the Farmers
Union warehouse, and
\\ hereas, this has been done in
many cases without the farmer’s
knowledge of the fact, and in cer
tain cases these amounts have been
paid back to the farmer by the
buyer when the farmer has learned
ot the fact and demanded it. Be it
-Resolved, That the Newton
county Furmers Union instruct all
Union men, and do urge all far¬
mers of the county to refuse to pay
any warehouse charges on cotton
weighed and sold at the Farmers
Union Warehouse.
Bird Season Opens on Nov. 1st.
Only a few more davs now and
bird hunters will be in their glory
traversing the hills and woods
with dog and gun in search of
partridges and other birds, for the
season begins on the first of
November at.d ends March 15th.
The bird law reads: i t Ii shall
not be lawful for any person to
shoot, trap, kill, ensnare, net or
destroy, in any manner, and wild
turkey, pheasant, partridge or
quail, between the fifteenth day of
March and the first, day of Novem¬
ber each year, * * * or to soil oi
offer tor sale, or have in possession,
during the closed season, any bird
or animal or any part of either,
whether alive or dead, that are
protected by this act during the
period they are so protected.”
This law should be strictly en¬
forced. Not only in Newton, but
other counties as well, do hunters
break the law, and those who have
a tendency to hunt and kill birds
out of the regular prescribed sea
son should be brought before the
grand jury and prosecuted to the
lull extent of the law.
Let all Newtomtes, no matter
how well they enjoy the sport, do
their hunting between November
1, and March 15.
Let us do yohr job printing.
WATSON’S LETTER
DISCORDANT NOTE.
Covington Carrier Regrets That
v Editor Couldn’t Attend Con¬
vention, But Regrets His
Letter Also.
Editor Atlanta Journal: I re¬
gret that Mr, Watson was not in¬
vited to address the convention of
National Rural Letter Carriers
which was recently assembled in
Atlanta. I urn sure an address
from him would have been bene
tidal.
I also regret the unjustice done
the convention by Mr. Watson, in
his letter to The Journal, in which
he refers to being “ignored by the
convention. » >
His article is the only discor¬
dant note I have heard about the
convention, and while I do not like
to believe it of Mr. Watson, still
it impresses me with the idea that
it was provoked on account of
some other Georgians being in¬
vited, while he was not.
If I have been correctly inform¬
ed, I think Mr. Watson is labor¬
ing under a mistaken idea as to
vv.hat the Georgia convention did.
The Georgia convention passed
a resolution inviting Mr. Watson
to address us at our next conven¬
tion at Albany, Ga But so far as
my knowledge goes the Georgia
convention did not express a desire
that he attend the national con¬
vention.
in a letter to the Constitution, ot
a later date, Mr. Watson refers to
his appropriation as the “acorn of
the rural free delivery service, > >
and to hitnself as “the man who
planted the acorn,” which has de
velyped it)t0 a ra ,ghty oak cover
infr boper the entire republic.
credit should be give,,
Mr. Watson for this, but there are
other who watched and assisted
the growth of this acorn that de¬
serves some credit for the niagni
fioieut oak we have today in the
rural free delivery service.
’
Ur as i b v) - bee., a bie to aS c e r.
tain, Mr. Watson is the only pub- j
lie man Wuo ever accused a rural
letter carrier of “reaping rich ben-1
efits from the rural free delivery
service.”
It is to be deeply regretted that
Mr \Y at sou was not given proper
recognition by, and did not appear
before the convention.
It is also to be regretted that
Mi. Watson did not have a single
kind word tor the convention, nor
for anybody who was in any way
connected with it in Atlanta.—
Lemuel D King, Rural Letter
Carrier No. 1, Covington, Ga., in
Atlanta Journal, Oct. 15.
Negro Will Not Hang Today.
Fred Roaeberrv, the negro who
was tried at the September term of
Newton Superior court and con¬
victed of the murder of Ike Floyd,
another negro, at a church gather¬
ing near Alcova in October 1906,
and who was sentenced to hang to¬
(Friday), will not he executed,
Judge Roan having signed papers
for a uew tria', motion to’be held
in his court in Atlanta on the first
Saturday in November.
A petition was circulated here
this week asking life sentence for
Roseberry, and it is quite likely
the pardoning board will com¬
his sentence to life imprison¬
in the penitentrary.
Justice of Peace Elected.
Mr. Joe S. Peek, one of the
city’s most, popular citizens and a
well qualified to till the
position, was last Saturday elected J
Tustiee oP the Peace for Covington
district to succeed Col. Jas. P.!
who resigned shortly after
his election as Solicitor of the new
City Court of Covington cf Sep¬
tember 20.
Mr, Peek had no opposition and
only a light vote, 37, was polled.
**3 11 r* 1 ~~ > ' t ' '*' : p . ’.J
.
.. /Bailment ..
Our Millinery business is as usual starting off in very fine
shape. We are being crowded each day.
Attractive prices will be made in this department also.
-
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
GSrO TO'- I
CEO. T. SMITH
FOR
ANYTHING IN THE DRUG LINE.
Prescriptions A Specialty,
TELEPHONE ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
PHONE NO. 43
A Full Line of Cigars, Tobacco, Etc.
We Serve The Best From Our Soda Fount.
9
0
Dr. Tully U. Smith, 9 9
DENTIST
t
Room 23, Star Building, Covington, Ga. 9
9
I
His prices low 9
are as as you can get 9
anywhere. Nothing but ■5
the best mate¬ I
rials used in all work.
Operative and Crown and Bridge tS
i
work guaranteed. 0
9
EXAMINATION FREE. I
a
9