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JAS. P. COOLEY, Editor.
Entered at the Postoffice at Covington,
Ga., as second-class mail matter.
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UbvixoroN, Ga , Oct. 18, 190i.
Adieu to those p u sky flies and
mosquitoes.
What does the coal man care if
the summer of 1907 was the short¬
est ever?
Tack Frost has already appeared
v-nongh t<> let the populace know
that lie isn’t a stranger.
It is expensive to keep clean
Imw that soap has gone up since
Urn trusts got hold ot it.
A Mrs. Blizzard, in Iowa, has
applied for a divorce, and an ex¬
change says it’s no wonder.
A log dose at night is not half
so gonrl as a little doze in the
morning, says a philosopher.
That .ball on top of the 41-story
Singer Building in New York may
wfII lie termed the American high
balj.
The straw hat has joined the
ranks of the departed till the spring
<>f 190S resurrects it from its hid¬
ing place.
The governor of Minnesota says
that $ 10,000 a year is enough for
any man. That sounds greedy to
most ol us.
Wheat, corn and oat crops may
be short, hut thanks that indica
t’ons point to a splendid persim¬
mon crop.
A London scientist’s best girl
gave him a lemon for not saying
1 hat n 11 of a girl’s weight is sugar,
instead o*' two-thirds of it.
Many politicians have bees in
1 heir bonnets for longer periods
tban tlm Dakota man who had a
bug in his ear for four years.
Twelve hundred loyal citizens of
Augusta, Maine, have gone on the
m<> 6 t unusual strike that has ever
occurred—struck against the rise
m meat.
George Washington evidently
laid aside IDs cherry tree habits
when he became a taxpayer, it
having just been discovered that
he was a tax dodger.
The alleged discovery has been
made that people lie by instinct
and tell the truth by education.
Then the education of some peo¬
ple lias certainly been neglected.
Tommorrow will be a great day
in Atlanta—Hon. Wm. J. Bryan,
tiie peerless orator and statesman,
is to speak at the State Fair. He
will be introduced by Gov. Hoke
Smith.
President Roosevelt didn’t have
all the good luck he expected kill¬
ing bears down in the marshes of
Louisiana. Weather not so bear¬
ish, probably, as the cotton mar
ket often is.
There are any number of men
and women in New York City
never «, a cow, says one ,.f ,h,t
city 3 papers. There’s a great
deal of milk sold there that is 1 in
the same lix, too.
After the voters of Covington
decided overwhelmingly for w a -
ter work s last week, who could
have then said that individual sel
-
bsbness here reigned? The city is
progressive and will continue so.
COVINGTON S BOND ISSUE.
_
Borrowed money has built many
fortunes, many railroads, and
more cities.
This is particularly an era ot
bond issues. No city has accom¬
plished any great things without
borrowed money or bond issues,
and the result or last week’s bona
election only goe3 to demonstrate
the enterprising spirit and co-oper¬
ation of a large majority of our
best c'tizens, and we now predict
much for Covington’s future.
We all may find it necessary to
borrow money, Covington and
Newton comity, as well as some of
onr private citizens, to keep the
wheels of progress turning, espe¬
cially if we expect to hold a respec¬
table position in the procession.
Future 'generations will pay
this debt without realizing it.
They will be the real beneficiaries.
We are building for them. Cov¬
ington and Newton county will
soon literally and actua'ly belong
to them. They will not object to
the burden imposed any more than
they will object to tke investments
made in their interest.
So far as The Enterprise is con¬
cerned, we have always been for
waterworks and sewerage and any¬
thing for the upbuilding or future
development of Covington and
Newton county, and are ready and
waiting for the work to begiu on
our water and sewerage system
Let it begin as early as possible.
And it should receive the support
and encouragement of every loyal
Covingtonite. Don’t be a knocker,
pull off your coat, roll up your
sleeves and let’s all work for a
« ft Greater Covington.”
EVERY MERCHANT SHOULD
ADVERTISE.
A tramp went down to the beach
for the purpose of taking a bath.
When he arrived there he gave it
up because somebody else was
using the ocean.
Other merchants are using the
newspapers, but that does nbt bar
you. The fact that they are using
them ought to convince you that
it pays them to do so.
People do not select one store
from a given bunch. Their selec¬
tion is based on what the store
has to say for itself.
If you are not in the newspaper,
you don’t compete. If you do not
compete 3 'ou lese to stores inferior
to your own.
It, pays advertisers to use The
Enterpiise, because it is progres¬
sive and up tod ate in every way.
Every issue of The Enterprise Is
of vital interest to the people of
Covington and Newton county.
Consequently it is read thoroughly
and is, therefore, the best possible
kind of a medium. It you are in
a position to handle more business,
an ad in The Enterprise will bring
it to you.
Covington, already one of the
best towns in the State, has voted
on the issuance of $60,000 in bonds
for waterworks. The vote stood
: 140 to 7. This will begin a new
era in their prosperity.—Jackson
j Argus.
The convention of the R. F. D.
carriers in Atlanta last week di¬
rected attention to an organization
j in the government’s service,
says
an exchange, that has been a pow
‘ erful factor for education and the
making of farm life less isolated
and more enjoyable. The rural
letter carrier is a connecting link
1 between the and
country the town.
He not only brings to the farmer
! lbs letters and magazines
1 and daily
papers, but brings also the news
of the neighborhood and the good
stories that are told that he hears
>ie the central postoffice. visit'
| therefore, a doubly welcome
or, as well as a careful and de
pendable public servant. The or
ganizatioo of the rural delivery
service was a stroke of genius, and
its development has illustrated the
capacity of Americans to work out
j a big problem quickly and satis-
1 factorily.
Do you read r J he Enterprise ads?
THE ENTERPRISE COVINGTON GA
DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD
ROADS. , ,
Until the recent publication of
the complete statistics on the im¬
proved and unimproved roads in
every county in the United States
there was no means of ascertain¬
ing just what states were taking
the leading part m the develop¬
ment which follows these popular
channels of commerce. With the
advent of the book issued by the
office of public roads in the gov¬
ernment agricultural department,
however, all the information de¬
sirable on that subject is at hand
and as a result of this publication
development in a still higher, de¬
gree on the public roads of the
country will set in.
This book is a compilation of in¬
formation from all the counties
concerning the mileage of roads in
the year 1904, and the expenditure
on the roads and bridges from
property and poll taxes, bond is¬
sues and state funds under state
aid laws, and the amount of value
of the labor expended under the
statute labor laws.
In 1904 there were 9,151,570
miles of public road in the United
States. Of this mileage 108,282.9
miles were surfaced and gravel;
88.621.7 miles were stone, and
6.809.7 mere special materials,
such shells, sand-clay, oil, and
brick, making in all 156,664.3
miles of improved road, From
this it fellows that 7.1 per cent of
all the roads in the country have
been improved.
By comparing the total road
mileage with the area of all the
states and territories it appears
that there was 0 73 of a mile of
road per square mile of territory.
A comparison of road mileage with
population sh aws that there was
one mile of road to every thirty
five inhabitants, and one mile of
improved road to every four hun¬
dred and ninety-two inhabitants.
The 2,151,570 miles of public
roads in the United States do not
include roads in Indian Territory,
Alaska, and the island possessions.
Indian Territory and Alaska were
not organized by counties in 1904,
and it was impossible to secure
complete information from Porto
Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines, and
Guam. The mileage of roads
given in the tables does not include
streets or boulevards in incorpora¬
ted cities and villages.
Georgia has a hundred thousand
miles ot road. Only four states
have more than 100.000 miles of
roads. Texas stands first, with
121,409 miles; Missouri second,
with 105,133; Iowa third, with
102,448; and Kansas fourth, with
102,196. Rhode Island has two
thousand three hundred and sixty
one miles, which is the smallest
mileage of any state. Delaware
has only thivee thousand, and Ari¬
zona only five thousand nine hun¬
dred and eighty-seven miles.
It was generally believed at the
time when railroad building was
first undertaken in this country
that the railroad would supplant
the wagon road, and this line of
reasoning accounts in a large meas
ure for the neglect ot the comnion
roads ftom about 1835 until is90.
The necessity for the improvement
of the common roads is impressing
itself upon the people more now
than at any time in the history of
the country. The mileage of pub¬
lic roads is greater now than it has
ever been, and the extension of
railroad and trollev lines has in¬
duced such an amazing develop
me lit of the country’s resources
as to bring about a remarkable in¬
crease in traffic over the common
roads. The heads of the great rail¬
road systems are now seriously di¬
recting their efforts toward sec 11 r
ing the improvement of the com
rnon roads, which they recognize
as feeders to their railroad lm es.
For every mile of railroad we have
about ten miles of w T agon road.
The amount which was expended
on public roads in the United States
in 1904 would represent the inter¬
est on $1,994,285,449.25, if com
puted on a basis of four per cent.
When it is considered that the ex¬
penditure which this vast suiii rep
resent i was for the construction
and maintenance of 2,151,570 miles
i of public highways, enough roads
to reach around the earth at the
equator eighty-six times, it is
somewhat surprising that the ex
penditure was not greater.
The Georgia Yam.
The so-called smaller things of
life are rarely estimated at their
true value. We go into ecstacies
over the queenly American Beauty
rose, and g : va not more than
thought to the violet, more frag¬
rant and modest, the fit flowery
emblem of faithfulness. We fall
into hero worship over the general
and think but little about the
soldier whose bravery, endurance
and suffering won the victory. We
look with pride upon cotton, never
tire of statistics to show its im¬
portance, are ever ready iu prose
and verse to sing the praise ot
King Cotton, and give barely a
passing thought to the sweet
potato. And yet is there among
the agricultural products of the
South, or of the world, a single
one which as a real good thing
surpasses the sweet potato?
Modest it is, growing in the
grond. Neither flowers nor waving
foliage can it show for beauty. All
its qualities appeal chiefly to the
inner man, and even these are not
generally know can measure them
at their value, and will render th«
unanimous verdict that if cotton
is worthy to be King, the Georgia
yam is equally worthy ot being
pioclaimed queen of our Southland
farm products.
Not that there is no beauty in a
potato patch. From the time when
the “slips” are set out, and crown
the crests of long rows like little
green waifs from the woodland
ranged in lines, until the time
when the “matted vines from roll¬
ing billows of green” there is an
ever changing attraction in the
aspect of a sweet potato patch
that is peculiarly its own. But it is
the tubers which possess the qual¬
ities that make the sweet potato
merit the crown of the vegetable
kingdom. It is the Georgia yam.
In homely phrase, and largely
as a joke, are the excellencies of
the sweet potato sometimes alluded
to in the combination of “possum
and ’taters,” but it is only those
who do not really know what they
are who would think slightingly
of the latter and most essential
part of this combination. It does
not require the adjunct of a fat
opossum toothsome as that may be,
to make the sweet potato, the
Georgia yam, a dish for mao to
equal the fabled and famed am¬
brosial feed of the gods. As grown
in Georgia soil, under a Georgia
Bun and watered by Georgia’s rain
the Georgia yam gathers sweetness
as it grows, snd when baked to
softness, coated with the saccha¬
rine juices liberated by the process
of baking, there isn’t anything
grown or cooked auywhere which
is as palatable and at the same
time as wholesome and as nourish¬
ing as the Georgia yam.
Let us then give it the place of
honor to which it is entitled. The
people of other countries or other
sections may not know', they can¬
not know, how most excellent are
our sweet potatoes, because they
cannot raise Georgia yams to eat
But we who know, should never
fail iu the appreciation due this
queen of the vegetable kingdom,
or in telling of its merits—
Augusta Herald.
Steeple-Jack to Get $1,000.
The work of erecting the flag
pole on top of the Singer Building
—the loftiest portion of the tall¬
est building in the world—was be¬
gun in New York a few days ago,
and the tiny figure of the steeple¬
jack who topped the pole with a
large copper ball was visible mov¬
ing about 679 feet above the 9 treet
level E. D. Capell, the steeple¬
jack who has undertaken the task
of painting it, will receive $ 1,000
lor climbing the pole five times to
put on as many coats, and once to
put the 20 -inch copper l all in
School Teacher Wanted.
A good teacher is wanted for
Fairview Bchool; salary $50 per
month. Apply at once to
2t S. W. Everett, Almon, Ga.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMT’S;
(Notice— All legal advertisements must
be brought to the business office not later
than Wednesday noon of each month to
insure insertion, accompanied with the
tee. This rule be inforced.)
Executor’s Sale.
GKORGIA— Newton County :
By virtue of authority contained in the
will of S- R. Mitcham, late of Walton
county, deceased, we will sell at public
outcry before the Court House door in the
City oft'ovingroti, in said county, during
the legal hours of sale, on the First Tues
day in November, 1907, the following
tracts or parcels of land belonging to the
estate of said S. R. Mitcham, to-wit:
One tract or parcel of land containing
Ninety one and Four One Hundred acres,
(91 4 100). more or less, and bounded as
follows : North by lands of S. R. Mitcham
estate; East by lands of Joe Dial; West by
lands of J. W. Arnold, and South by lands
of the estate ot S. R Mitcham.
ALSO—At the same lime and place will
be sold; One tract or parcel ot land con¬
taining Seventy and Forty One Hundred
acres (70 40 100). more «>r lsss, and boun
ded as follows : North by lands of the es
fate of S. R. Mitcham; East by lands of J.
W. Gibs; West by lands of Robt. Tuck,
and South by lands of S. R Ellington.
These lands lie four miles Southwest of
Walnutgrove. on public road, are well im¬
proved and have'a good dwelling and barn
on each. Sold lor the purpose of distribu¬
tion among the legatees Terms ef sale
CASH.
T. J., and W. W. MITCHAM.
Executors ot last will o! S. R Mitcham
GEORGIA, Newton County
By viriue of an o.-der of the Court of Or
dinary of said county will be sold at public
outcry, on the first Tuesday in November
1907, at the court house in said county,
between the usual hours of sale, the follow
ing real estate, situated in Newton county,
towit: f>0 acres of land, more or less, lying
and being in Statisells district, said county
and bounded as fdlows: On the north
by lands of J. H. and W. II Ogletree;
east by Snapping Shoal creek; south by
land ot J. C. Wilson and west by la id of
W. H Ogletree Said land sold as the
property of Walter A Ogletree, deceased,
for the purpose of paying debts of said
deceased.
This 7th day of October 1907.
CHAS. I OGLETREE,
Executor of Will said Walter A. Ogletree
Administrator’s Sale.
By virtue 0 an order of the Court of
Ordinary of said county, granted at the
September term, 1906, will be .old before
the Court House door in the City of Cov¬
ington, on the First Tuesday in November
1907, within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder, for cash, the following de
scribed real estate, belonging to the estate
of John Day, deceased, towit: Eighty
two acres more or less, in Leguin district,
ot said county, known as the Day home
place and being the place wheieon the-said
John Day lived and died and whereon
M rs. Huanna Day lived and died. To be
sold tor the purpose of distribution among
the heirs'and for paying the debts of said
estate. This October 9, 1907.
R. W. MILNER, Administrator,
of the estate of John Day, deceased.
Application For Dismission.
GEORGIA—Newton County.
Whereas, J. M, Pace and H. B Ander
son, executors of last Will ot Mrs. Mary M
Brown, represents to the Court in their
Petition, duly filed and entered on record,
that they have fully administered Mary M.
Brown’s estate. 1 his is therefore to cite
all persons concerned, kindred and credi¬
tors, to show cause, if any they can, wliy
said executors should not he discharged
tiom his administration, and receive letters
of dismission, on the first Monday in No
vernber 1907.
G. D. HEARD, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, NTwton County.
JamesT?. McDaniel; guardian of James
Stewart McDaniel has applied to me for a
discharge from his guardianship of Jas. S.
McDaniel. This is therefore to notity all
persons concerned, to file their objections,
if any they have, on or before the first
Monday in November next, else Janies E
McDaniel will be discharged trom his
guardianship as applied for.
G. D. HEARD, Ordl 11 ary.
JAS. P. COOLEY,
ATTORNEY
Ami Counsellor At Liw,
Covington*, Ga.
gDGAR R. GUNN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Attention Given Collections
Covington, Ga.
Z———H Directory.
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Hendrick Council No. ? 2 i
Meets Second and I UUi 'th Mon,
day evenings*
C ' A ' SOCKWH.,, Reseo[ ,
i. J. Shields, Secretary.
Covington Lodge No. q
Royal '
Arch Masons
Meets Second and Fourth Fri.
day evenings.
M. G. TURNER,
H >Sh Priest,
R. R FOWLER,
Secretary.
Golden Fleece
Lodge No. 6,
F. cfc A. ]Vt.
Meets every First and Third
Friday evening.
A. S. Hopkins, W. M.
Tno W. Peek, Sec.
Sewaunee Irik
No. 62.
Imp. 0. R. M.
Meets every Wednesday,sleep,
at 7th run and 130th breath. Visit¬
ing brothers are invited to attend.
N. Z. Anderson, Sachem.
W. R. Stillwell,
Chief of Records*
STAR LODGE
jp NUMBER 164.
I. 0. 0. F.
Meets every Thursday evening.
Visiting brothers in the city cor*
dially invited to meet with us.
Work in one degree each meeting.
Jas P. Sain, Noble Grand.
J. W. Peek, Reo. Sect’y.
jjtav . Knights of
Pythias,
Lodge No. 118.
Meets every First and Third
Monday evenings. Fraternal wel¬
come extended all visiting Broth*
ers. E. VV. Carroll, C. C.
R. R. Fowler, K. of R. & S.
ewmwSII Elm Camp,
SO. 202.
w. o. w.
Meets every Second and Fourth
evenings.
J. J. Cori.Ky, C. C.
W. N. Rainey, Clerk.
Lamar Camp,
\ y- SB5
Tf? CPO
Meets First Tuesday in eacb
at 2 o’clock, p. m.
J. W. Anderson i Co®'
L. Middlebrook, Adjt
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