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WATCHES WATCHES
& 5= My watch sales for year 1907
have exceeded my expectations,
F i attribute it to the fact that the
C0 DU blic has learned that 1 handle WATCHES
UJ 3 = only the best grade movement
& and cases, and my prices are as
hr if not lower than other
low
F houses charge for the cheap in¬
(ft LU ferior grade. I have a large WATCHES
stock to select from. All sizes,
t gold filled and solid gold.
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[Miss Annie Carr visited friends
\ Atlanta this week.
Dr. J. T. Gibson, of Oak Hill,
|bb in the city Monday.
For Furniture and Undertaking
bods go to R E Everitt’s.
Mr. J. A. Venable mode a busi¬
est trip to Atlanta Thursday.
Mr, Levy Chambers of Madison,
fas here on business Monday.
Misses Linda and Willie Berry
bind the Atlanta Fair Thursday.
Miss Anni« Mae B^rry was the
aest of friends at Rutledge Sun
py
Mr. ai d Mrs, II. D. Terrell spent
Wednesday and Thursday in At
,nta.
I Miss Jacobs, of Savannah, is
[isiting bxford. Miss Carrie Mitcham, at
I Mr. II. L Ivev, of Mansfield,
las rccepted a j ositiop at C. E.
Cook’s store.
Mr. YY. G. Norman returned
fuesday from a several days trip
o New York.
Mr. YV. Willingham’s pretty
bew residence in Midway is near¬
ly completion.
Mr. J. J. Corley returned Tues
lay from a trip to several northern
md eastern cities.
I Mr. and Mrs. YY T . S. Mnrbnt and
fchildren, ot Alruon, were with
■elutives here Monday.
I Miss Agnes Godfrey, of Madi
l ou i is the attractive guest of Mr.
fnd I Mrs. P. W. Godfrey.
Mrs W. M. Venable was
pest prdav of night relatives in Conyers Sat
and Sunday.
I Dr. N. Z. Anderson was
r° Decatur a day or two of
r te k i n professional business.
I Miss Fannie Taylor, of
pircle, kf her was the guest last
sister, Miss Edna
Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Travis
pttle daughter are spending
pavs at the Jamestown
Mrs. John B. Davis spent
r 1 da vs of last week at Social
p, thi guest of Mrs. T. L.
herd.
Miss Lena Wiley, of Social
kle, was the attractive guest
Misses Myitle and Eva Byrd
Lritluy.
M s- Sudie Belle Ivey, of
’&s the attractive guest
ttie Berry from last
J. B. Byrd has accepted
"Position, at Veuable Bros,
* tore &!| d invites his friends
\ °“ aim, there.
*' Ir - and Mra. L. D. Adams
Mr, R ward Heard attended
riitnttve Baptist Association
* uU *ke Sunday,
Judge and Mrs. W. H. Whaley
and children spent from Sunday
till Tuesday in Atlanta, guests of
Mrs. Cora Welch.
Dr. E. YYL Ragsdale, a former
citizen ol Covington but now of
Tignall, was here a few days of
last week on business.
Mr M. Levin went to* Atlanta
Monday to meet his wife, who has
returned from a three month’s
stay in New York City.
Lost —Large Pointer Dog, with
small lemon colored spots. If
found, notify Lester Lee, Coving¬
ton, Ga. $2 50 reward.
Mr. and Mrs. Janies R. Steph¬
enson are receiving congratula¬
tions on the birth of a son, who
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made his arrival Tuesday.
Attending physicians state that
Col. Jas. P. Cooley is now on the
road to recovery, which will be
gratifying news to his scores of
friends. t
Miss Pearl Davis, of Rocky
I Plains, left Tuesday for Arkansas,
where she goes to accept a position
as teacher of a good school in the
western state.
Mr. J. M. Bickers, representing
the Michie Publishing Co,, of
Charlotte, N. C., was iu the city a
few days last week with his sister,
Mrs. J. W. Andefson,
Mr. C. S. Thompson spent Mon¬
day at Shady Dale looking after
the interests of the splendid new
Bank of Shady Dale, and of which
he is the popular and efficient pres¬
ident.
Mr. YV. F. Williams has sold his
residence in Midway to Mr. H. V.
Farmer and is having lumber
hauled for the erection ot a hand¬
some home on his property near
the Central depot.
For the convenience of church¬
goers memories, the three churches
of Covington have uniform hours
of service on Sundays. From this
date the evening hour will be 7
o'clock. Note the change from
half pu9t seven.
Mr. Y\’m. A Edwards, formerly
of Covington, and who is now
operating the famous Eagle Mines
in Idaho, has been appointed by
Gov. Gooding, of that state, as a
delegate to the National Mining
Congress at Joplin, Mo., Novem¬
ber 11-16.
Col. L. L. Middlebrook is away
on a three weeks trip to Idaho
investigating the operation, etc.,
of the Eagle Mining Co., a large
gold mining concern and in which
there are several stockholders in
Covington. The mine i9 far back
in the Idaho mountains, being 125
miles from a railroad, and Col.
Middlebrook will have the pleas
ure < <{ a horseback ride this long
distance.
THE ENTERPRISE, COVINGTON GA
Woman’s Club Holds
Interesting Meeting.
The regular meeting of the Wo- '
man’s Club was held at the public j
library on Tuesday afternoon.
Although somewhat small in
point of attendance, the meeting
" as a most interesting one, inas¬
much as the course of study for
the ensuing year was to be decided
upon. After quite a lively dis¬
cussion it was agreed to use the
Stoddard lectures as basis of study
A letter from Mrs Passie Fenton
Ottley in reference to the eleventh
regular Convention of the Georgia
Federation of Women’s Clubs,
which is to be held at Tifton in
November, resulted in the election
of Mrs. A H. Foster as delegate
to the convention, with Mrs Chas
Cannon as alternate.
The club members are widea
wake and trust during the current
year to make greater achievements
than ever before. The meetings
will be held regularly on ths first
and third Tuesdays of each month
at the Library Club Room
The officers for the year are,
Mrs. John B. Davis, president;
Mrs. Eugene O. Lee, vice presi
aent; Mrs. Chas. Cannon, record¬
ing secretary ; Mrs. YV. I). Travis,
corresponding secretary; Mrs A.
H. Foster, treasurer; Mrs. Burton
Davis, librarian pro fcem.
Sigman-Lawrence.
Invitations were issued this
week to the mairiage of Miss
Leidus Sigmon, of near this place,
to Mr Overton Lawrence, of Jas¬
per county. which will take place
on the afternoon of Sunday, Octo¬
ber the 20th, at the home of the
bride’s mother, Mrs. Nannie A.
Sigman. This prominent social
event will prove ol interest not
only in Newton and Jasper coun¬
ties, but in all the surrounding
counties where these young people
are popularly known.
The bride-to-be is a lovely and
accomplished young woman of
the brunette type, and numbers
her friends by her acquaintances.
The groim-to-be is a prosperous
young farmer, and is possessed of
the many excellent qualities which
go to make a true gent leman.
In advance of the consummation
of the happy affair, The Waltonian
joins the many friends of Miss
Sigman and Mr. Lawrence, in
wishing for them all things well.
—Social Circle YY’altonian.
Bishop Ward Here Monday.
Bishop Seth Ward, one of the
ablest and most prominent minis¬
ters in the M. E. church, South,
preached a splendid sermon to an
appreciative congregation at the
Methodist church on Monday even¬
ing.
After the Bishop’s sermon a
ol lection was taken tor the Y\ r es
ley Memorial Association from
which was realized about $600.
While here Bisho;-» YY ; ard was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. YV.
Godfrey.
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Cook Brothers to Begin
Business Next Week.
The handsome uew brick store
building being erected next to the
Hutchins Grocery Co., and which
is to be occupied by Messrs, Will
and James Cook is nearing com¬
pletion and these young gentlemen
expect to be ready for business
latter part of next week. They
will carry a select line of family
and fancy groceries and will run
an uptodate meat market in con
nection.
Infant Dead.
The four mont.is old,baby of Mr.
and Mrs - Ernest Paiker. died at
their home on Floyd street iu this
city on Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker are among
Covington’s most popular citizers
and have the sympathy of the en¬
tire community iu their sad bou:
of bereavement. The interment
was at West View cemetery on
Tuesday uioruiug.
A Record Breakin ?,
Orphans Home Collection.
Two hundred and fifty people
attended the Orphans’ Home exer
cises..f Midway Sunday school
last Sunday afternoon The day
was notable because of the unusu
ally .large sum of money brought
in bv the scholars for the benefit
of the Orphans’ Home at Decatur.
,Tho collection amounted to $73.82
as over against $68 21) of last year,
which was itself a remarkably good
contribution to the "Home. ♦ » Ev¬
eryone had a part in the offering; 1
some of the smallest of the chil¬
dren woiked for the gift of 25 cts.
or 50 cts. which they brought.
1 he program was in charge of a
committee composed of Mrs W.
C. Clark, chairman, Mrs Berry
and Mrs. Henry Odum, assisted by
a committee of young ladies who
looked after the music Mrs.
Clark was, as usual, untiring in
her work nnd giving. Each class
in the Sunday school, either, as a
whole or through one member as
its representative, guve one num¬
ber on the program. The commit¬
tee followed, in the main, the offi¬
cial program provided by the Or¬
phans’ Home in its August "Mes¬
sage.” It was as follows:
Hymn, by the Congregation— i
*'A1| Hail the Power of Jesus’
Name.”
Prayer—Mr. R. P. Lesfer.
Bible Heading—Herod’s Slaugh¬
ter of the Innocents.
Recitation—"The Drunkard’s
Child,” Miss Bessie Wright.
Hymn, by the Choir—"Hark,
Hark My Soul. > >
Recitation—"l'heS'Hils of 250
Orphans,” James Carroll.
Hymn, by the Choir—"Calvai y”
Recitation-”The Orphans’ Plea »»
Miss Annie Mae Venable.
Song by Miss Btrry’s class.
"Some Appeal* lot Help”;—Mrs
Wright’s class.
Hymn by the Choir.
"The Orphans’ C» v,” sung by
Mrs. Henry Odum s class.
Hymn by the Choir.
Rf citation — "The Cry of the
Orphan Children,” Miss Juliette
Skelton.
Hymn by the Choir.
Reading—Miss Vio'ft Dedmgfield
Doxology.
In commending the school for
the excellent returns from its work
for the Orphans’Home, the Super¬
intendent said: "We can well dis¬
pense with the regular Sunday
school lesson today, foi not only
do such exercises as these bring
into our midst the parents of our
children wbomjrve are glad indeed
to have with us, but the good work
that you have done f< r the orphans
and the sheaves you have biought
in today, show that the teaching
and the studying of the lessons on
all the other Sundays have not
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been in vain. You ate showing by
your works the value of the Sun¬
day school and of its teaching of
unselfish effort, and you are prov¬
ing the faithfulness of our teach¬
ers. And just here let me thank
all of the teachers and especially
those on the program committee
for their earnest and devoted eff orts
in the preparation of today’s pro¬
gram To them belongs all the
the credit and all the prai-e. I
congratulate you.”
Honorable mention was "made of
those scholars who brought in the
largest returns, and th«=*ir names
will be posted next Sunday.
A further contribution of cloth¬
ing for the Orphans’ Home is be¬
ing made through a committee of
which Mrs Dial is the chairman,
j Next. Sunday is Missionary Day
and Mr. Ralph McGhee will make
talk “Missions. > 1 "
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Lost.
Lost on Saturday afternoon iu
front of Franklin’s store, Porter
dale store, or on the road between
Covington and my home, a small
black seal skin purse about 8 by 0
inch, clusped on the side by two
pearl buttons, containing a one
dollar bill, a little small change,
and cards bearing -the name of
•*Miss Exa YVoodruff.” Finder
please return to Enterprise office
i or care of Mr. Osborn at Porterdale
•tore and claim rawaid.
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R, S. EVERITT
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