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In Honor of Miss Carr.
Several very pretty parties have
been given Miss Clara Carr, whose
engagement is announced to Mr.
B C Jenkins, of Columbus, on Jan¬
uary 8th, during the past week.
Miss Dessa Hays entertained in
Honor of Mis9 Carr on Saturday
morning from 10 to 12 with a
linen shower. The decorations
were beautiful in greeu and red—
the yule tide effect, The red
hearts, Christmas bells and can¬
dles were shaded in red. The
bride-elect was presented with
many lovely pieces of linen and
lingerie. At 11 o’clock delightful
refreshments were served.
On Wednesday afternoon Miss
Hyda Heard entertained a number
of lady friends informally in honor
of Miss Carr, from 2 to 5. Miss
Heard’s home was beautiful in its
decorations, and presented a yule
tide ( fleet. Quite a large number
ot Covington ladies were present.
On Thursday afternoon Miss
Frances Henderson entertained in¬
formally a number of her lady
friends at her lovely home on
Floyd street, in honor of Miss
Carr.
Mrs. P. W. Godfrey will enter¬
tain at a wedding breakfast next
Wednesday in honor of the Carr
Jenkins bridal party %
Miss Porter Entertains in
Honor of Miss Clara Carr.
A merry Christmas party was
that of Miss Charlie Porter on
Monday afternoon in honor ol
Miss Clara Carr, a bride elect,
whose wedding to Mr. B. C. Jen¬
kins, of Columbus, will occur on
January 8.
The decorations were in accor¬
dance with t e season, in red and
—t e the festoons were
1 f he ceiling hung Japa
}, shedding a soft glow
rc ns. Besides the deco
ons or mistletoe and holly,
some very rge palms and vases ot
carnations were used. The round
tabie in the centre of the dining
room was « delight to the eye
The center piece was of Florida
fruits, which were cut from th>
trees in clusters with the stems re¬
maining and some of the waxy
green foliage.
Each guest was requested to
bring a stocking which she hung
at the lire place. As if he were in¬
deed a good fairy in the air, St.
Kiel i and filled each stock¬
i ing wiA confectionaries and Xmas
t- 1 i ved quite an amuse
m nt'tor the guests. Santa was
very partial to the guest of honor,
and Miss Port?r*-herself presented
her with a pair of silk hose.
A Christmas pie was also one of
the featnres of the afternoon, from
which Miss Pearsall, a guest of
Mrs. Towers, drew the ring, Miss
Clara Carr, the dime, and Miss
Annie Carr, the thimble.
Those invited were, Miss Tow¬
ers, of Rome, and Miss Mary Pear¬
salls, of Marietta, guests of Mrs.
Towers; Misses Clara, Annie and
Flora Carr, Bonner and Sara
Simms, Heyda Heard, Katharine
Butler, Dessa Hays, Ackie White,
Lillian and Eva Stephenson, Ola
Bradley, Mrs. James Porter, Mrs.
Donovan Towers, Mrs. Annie Pace
Wooten, Mrs. Oliver Porter.
Stewart-Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Stewart, of
Montgomery, Ala., announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Grace, to Mr. Leon G. Bailey, of
Montgomery, the wedding to take
place on Wednesday, January 15.
Blair—Edwards.
On last Tuesday afternoon at
the pastomum Mis9 Maggie Blair
and Mr. J- 0. Edwards, both of
the Covington Cotton Mills, were
happily united in marriage by
Rev. E. R. Pendleton.
Smith-Vining.
A marriage which surprised
many friends of the popular young
couple, was that of Miss Pinkie
Lee Smith to Mr. Robert Vining
Thursday of last week, at the
Baptist pastorumi, the ceremony
being preformed by Rev, E. R.
Pendleton.
Miss Vining is the youngest
dadghter of Mr. and Mrs. Win. E
Smith of this city, and is very
popular, while Mr. Vining is one
of Covington’s popular young bus
iness men and holds a good posi¬
tion in the dry goods store of C
E. Cook.
Wo wish for the “newly wed > ?
much happiness and prosperity.
Carr—Jenkins.
A marriage of unusual interest
to the people of Covington is that
of Miss Clara Carr, of this city, to
Mr. B. 0. Jenkins, of Columbus,
which is to cccttr at the home of
t he bride on January 8th.
M iss Carr is the eldest daughter
of Mr. Ed P- Carr, formerly of
this city, and has made her
with her grandparents here for n
number of years. She is one of
Covington’s social favorites, a
young lady of many traits of char
acter, and loved by all her associ
ates.
Mr. Jenkins is one of the
mg cotton merchants of Columbus
and is very popular, both social
and in business.
Dial-Cosby.
On last Sunday afternoon oc
eurred the marriagd of Miss Daisy
Dial to Mr. Omer Cosby. The
ceremony took pi act at the resi
det.ee of the bride’s parents and
was witnessed only by the imme¬
diate family and a few very close
friends.
These two young peple were
among the city's most popular
members of our younger set and
both have the best wishes of their
many friends.
Miss Dial is the beautiful and
accomplished daughter ot Mr. and
Mrs. U. M. Dial, while Mr. Cosby
is the popular salesman ot C. E
Cook* He came from Elberton
here and since his residence among
us has made many friends by his
gentlemanly and manly coaduct.
THE ENTERPRISE COVINGTON Ga
William Schley Howard i
After Bill Simpson.
William Schley Howard, solici¬
tor of the Stope Mountain circuit,
Saturday consulted with Governor
Hoke Smith ou what steps he
should take to brit:g back from
Pine Bluff, Ark, Will Simpson, a
wealthy saloon keeper of this place,
who is under sentence for involun¬
tary manslaughter, having killed a
man m Newton County more than
18 years ago.
Simnson escaped from jail while
his case was being appealed, went
Arkansas, killed a man there 18
years later and on the day that he
was acquitted in Pine Bluff
escaped and now defies extradi¬
tion.
In Covington, 18 years ago,
Simpson killed a man. He was
tried and sentenced for ten years.
His lawyers appealed the case, but
while the appeal was pending
Simpson escaped from jail. For
eighteen years no trace could be
found ot him, but quite recently he
wrote a nephew in Covington.
He was in Pine Bluff, Ark., where
he had accumulated a fortune of
s me $40,000 iu the saloon busi¬
ness.
This§ fact leaked out, Nixon
deputy sheriff of Newton county
went to Pine Bluff to get Simpson.
•Nixon had extradition papers
from 1 he governor.
Deputy Nixon went to Pine
BluIf a feiv weeks ago. When be
got there Simpson, who was known
tlier j as W. A Alexander, was on
trial for the killing of a man he
had s'ain in his sab on in Pine
Bluff. On the same day that
Nix"ii arrived, the Pine Bluff
jury acquited Simpson, alias
Alexander Nixon arrested Al¬
exander, showing him the extradi¬
tion papers.
The Pine Bluff sheriff asked
that he b GJ go with j I
Alexatide t his house to get ,
som iv ixon agreed
1 to do this he sheriff's
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office for the other sheriff's return.
In some way, however, Alexander
S 0 * 1 awa .Y
Nixton stayed in Pine Bluff four
;days, but could’nt get trace of his
prisoner. Then he went to little
Rock to nsk the governor’s aid..
The governor-said that he could
do no more than he had done.
Nixon then wrote to a man he
knew—a man that hated Al¬
exander—and asked him to have
Alexander arrested. Shortly alter
wards,- however, Simpson, alias
Alexander, himself wrote Nixon.
j declaring that he was back in his.
salco.i in Pine Bluff, and would
dm before he w nld lie taken from
town, Nixon then returned home.
Alexander is very popular in
Pine Bluff, and it will be a difficult
matter to bring him back.
Lost—
A gold pin, crescent shape, with
gold calla lily in tho center. Fin¬
der return to Miss Charlie Porter,
or leave at The Enterprise office.
For Sale—Berkshire Pigs. L.
W. Jarman, Poterdale, Ga., Route
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Directors Named For
Experimental Station.
Gov. Smith lu9t Saturday un
nounced the appointment- of two
directors for the Georgia Experi¬
mental Station. These appoint¬
ments were Messrs. Edward L.
Peek, of Rockdale county, and Fe¬
lix Corput, of Cave Springs.
Mr. Peek, who will represent
the Fifth Congressional district on
the board, is one of the best known
young farmers in Rockdale, and
is the son of Hon. Win. L. Peek,
who at one time was a member of
the board. Mr. Peek succeeds
Hon. Andrew J. Smith, ot Conyers, j
Mr. Corput, will repiesent the i
Seventh district, and is a success
fill and experienced agriculturist.
The new directors will go into
office on January 6th, and will
serve for five years.
Livery Stables at Conyers
Destroyed By Fire,
............ ...
Thursday afternoon of last week
about 5 o’clock, fire broke out in
Stewart’s _ , ,. livery stable , , at Conyers _
and in a few minutes the building
was a mass Oi flames and soon
burned down the fire extending
to another stable adjoining burning
it tip together with several sheds,
By quick work the stock and ve
hides were gotten out and by he
roic work of the citizens, many
dwellings and churches close by
were saved. Had any of these
burned, it is doubtful if the two or
three blocks of bouses and church
es near c mid have been saved. The
loss is estimated at about, $1,500.
Some months ago Conyers held
an election for waterworks and the
billAvas defeated, Now since the
fire which destroyed the two Lee
buildings some three weeks ago
and the one last week which de
stroyed the stables, no doubt the
sen tirnent of the citizens of Con
vers have changed and if another
election was held waterworks wouid
win.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMT’S #
(Notice-All legal adveitisementa must
be brought to the business office not iater
than Wednesday noon of each month to
insure insertion, accompanied with the
tee. This rule be inforced.)
Administrator’s Sale.
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By virtue of the Court f
Ordinary of Monroe County, will be sold
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at public outcrv, . tne . hr.st T 1 uesuay . _ : in .
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January , 1908, at the court house , m - saiu -i
(Newton) ' comity, ’ between the , usual , hours j !
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of sale, the foliowu estate, s !
in Newton county, to wit: l'wo hundred i
acres of land more or less, lying and being
in Wyatts district, Newton county and
state of Georgia, known as the V\ m.
Wright place and hounded on the North
by R. C. Cook, East by A- M Cox. South
by S. D. Hight and on the West by Jim
Baker, being an original lot and on this
lot about forty acres of granite lock. The
sale will continue from day to day, be¬
tween the same hours until all said pro
perty is sold. Term Cash.
This 20th day of November 1907.
E. Z. PHARR,
Administrator of the estate of Mrs.
Mary R. Pharr.
Subscribe for The Enterprise,
$1.00 a year. Worth $2.00.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA, Newton County,
To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition of T. C. Swann, Jas. H.
Porter, T. J. Harwell, and Mrs. S. E.
Swann, all of said State and county, re¬
spectfully shows:
l. That they desire, for themselves,
their associates, successors and assigns, to
become incorporated under the name and
style of THE T. C. SWANN CO.
2. The term for which petitioners ask to
be incorporated is Twenty Years, with the
privilege of renewal at the end of that time.
3. The capital stock of the corporation is
to be SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS,
divided into shares of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS EACH* Petitioners, however,
ask the privelege of increasing said capital
stock from time to time not exceeding in the
aggregate Fifty Thousand Dollars.
4. The whoie of said capital stock of
Sixteen Thousand Dollars has been paid in.
5. The object of the said corporation is
pecuniary profit and gain to its stockholders.
Petitioners propose to carry on a retail dry
goods and grocery business, and to deal in
dry goods and groceries, clothing, shoes,
hats, notions at retail; buying and selling for
cash, or on credit, all such articles and
things as are usually embraced in the retail
dry goods business, and all such articles and
thill e s as ma 7 be profitably handled and sold
in connection therewith; acting as general
! or special agents for other persons or com
I panies in selling or handling any articles or
' class of articles appropriate to the afore
said business, or usually, or conveniently
( connected therewith, and to make contracts
: to act as such agents, and to exercise the
i usual powers, and to do all usual, necessary
. and proper acts which pertain to, or may be
: connected with the business of rerail dealers
I in the articles named,
6- The principal office, and place of
business of the proposed corporation will be
in the City of Covington, said State and
County,.
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 the liabili
ties fixed by law.
This January 2, 1908.
J. M. PACE,
Attorney for Petitioners.
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Charter Granted to First
NliiJU, D.l\ of Covington
A O J-iG.
1 mrtment !
W ov., 18th 1907.
\\ lereas, I ry evidence pre
seated to tl undersigned, it has been
made to appea that the ‘FIRST NA
TION.iL BANK of COVING ION,” ■ ^
the City of ... t . . the , County .. . ol .
ovingion, m
Newtii ; ’i ndt!l ' e of fleortjia has
c0ln pii e with all the provisions -ot q ie
S]ames of {he Ullited St ates. required to
be c | ied wlth belore an association
shall authorized to commence the- busi
of , Ranking; ,, , .
ness
Now therefore I, William B. Ridgely,
Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby 7
certify that the “FIRST NATIONAL
BAN K ot t DYING TO V\ indie City of
Covington. i:. die < - unty •■> -ewtoo, am..
Star-- of Georgia, is authorized to com
mence th<' , business . of ankmg as provided
fifty . . hundred . , and , sixty • ,
m Section one
nine , o f the Revised Statues of the United
States
In testimony whereof witness
(SEAL) my hand and Seal of office
this 1 Sth day of Nov. 1907.
William B. Ridgely,
Comptroller ot the Currency.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Information having come to me that the
estate of Mrs. Isabel Roberts is unrepre¬
sented, this is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to show cause before me at the
January term 190S ot the Court of Ordi¬
nary why administration on said estate
should not be vested in the County Ad¬
ministrator or in some other discreet per
son- Witnesa my hand and official seal
this Dec. 2nd. 1907.
G- D HEARD Ordinary.
Cjirt of Ordinary.
Sheriff Sales.
Will he sold before the court house door
in the city of Covington, on the first Tues¬
day in January, 1908, between the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash,
the following described property, to-wit:
One bale of lint cotton packed
in jute bagging and ties, also about fifty
bushels of corn, more or less, in the house,
also twelve hundred pounds of seed cotton
in the house, also forty five hundred
pounds seed cotton in the field, more or
less, also two hundred bundles of fodder,
All the above described property on the
lands of P. D. Coffee, said lands in said
county nnd cultivated by Aleck Martin,
year 1907. And also at same time and
place will be sold one two horse Studeka
ker wagon. Said above described property
in possession of Aleck Martin. All the
above described property levied on as the
property of Aleck Martin to satisfy a
laborer's lien fi fa issued from the City
A'ourt ofCovington, Newton county, Geor¬
gia, in favor of T. Safford vs- Aleck Mar
tin. Also one land lord’s lien fi fa issued
from the City Court ofCovington, Newton
county, in favor ot l’. D. Coffee vs- Aleck
Martin.
ALSO
20 bales lint cotton in warehouse at
Mansfield, Ga., numbers 6111, 5044 4982
5116,5213.5547. 4591, 4968, 4857, 6508.
5934,4781,5247,5271,5414, 5527, 5544,
5544, 5546, 5671. Said property levied on
with a mortgage fi ta issued from City
Court of Monticello; Jasper county, Geer
gia, in favor ot The Almand Supply Co.,
vs. J. M. Flemi ter. And also two other
fi fas, one issued from Jasper County
Count in favor of The Hutchenson Com¬
pany vs. J. M. Flemister and one issued
from City Court of Monticello in favor ot
Robinson Kelly 7 Co. vs- J. M. Flemister.
This Dee. 2, 1907.
S. M, HAY. Sheriff.
Application for Titles.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
B. H. Woodruff having made applica¬
tion to require titles to be executed to him
to certain land described in a bond for
titles thereto attached purporting to be
signed by T. C. Swann, late of said countv,
deceased, the said application alleging that
said land has been fully paid for, all par
ties concerned a r e hereby notified that
said application will be heard before the
Court for said county on the 6th day of
January, 1908.
G. D. HEARD. Ordinary.
For Letters Administration.
G EO RGIA—Newton Cou nty.
To whom it may 7 concern, H. L. Bridges
having made applies ion to me in de¬
form to be appointed administrator upon
the estate ot James P Cooley, late of said
county, ■ notice is hereby given that said
application . will ... be . heard . . at the , regular ,
ol Court ol Ordinary for sac county,
to be held on the first Monday m January
"* tne8S han * " nd officsa ‘ 8, . * nature ’
this , December 2, 190i.
G. D. HEARD, Ordinary.
Dissolution Notice.
The firm of Ammons & McGar
lty 1)as this day dissolved by mu
tual consent. McGarity 3 will coa*
t.mue , business at the , place. ,
same
Ammons go j s to Flemister’s barn.
This Dec. 2, 1907.
W. ’V. Ammons,
A. S. McGarity.
Real soon you may expect Colo¬
nel Winter to pay this section »
real visit.
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