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THE ENTERPRISE
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L. L. FLOWERS,
Editor and Manager.
Entered at the Postoffice at Covington,
■Ga., as second-class mail matter.
Subscription $1 Per Year, In Advance.
All legal advertisements must be paid for
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Advertising rates furnished on application.
Covington, Ga., Fell. 21. 1908
WHISKEY ADVERTISING.
Many of our readers, perhaps do
not realize what it costs a news¬
paper to uphold the cause of pro¬
hibition. Since the prohibition
law went into effect The Enterprise
lias been besieged by advertising
agencies to take whiskey adver¬
tisements. The pay being above
the average for other advertising
the temptation is great. From
the Marion, (Ala.) Standaid, we
clip the following experience of the
editor of that paper on this line,
and we congratu'ate him that the
victory is his in refusing to put
such advertising in his columns.
« 4 The Standard has been wrest¬
ling with the devil the past week.
Thus far we have held nnderhold
aud kept the old fellow back to the
ground. Several times he has
lain still and parleyed t-o reasona¬
bly that our hold would slacken.
It came about this wav. Wo have
received two liberal advertising
contracts from two large liqu' t
houses. They were both properly
»ud legally made out and signed.
The work was easily handled and
the Uv i would pay us a net profit
©f $100.00.
The devil argued the work as le¬
gitimate; that some of the best pa¬
pers in t lie country accept it
That we have a dispefsary in our
iniiLt. That the profit on the
goads in this dispensary is too per
cent against 50 per cent for the
goods desired advertised. That
the two contracts would pay us a
better profit than 100 cash sub¬
scribers. That these are "bard
times" and we need the money.
That some moralists herebouts
would send to Kalamazoo for an
envelope before they would have it
printed at home for the same pi ice.
That one could give halt of the
1i 100.00 to the church and
laudable causes and become a
leading philanthropist within
days. That hundreds of
church people, in fact church
■officers, order whiskey.
and many more equally as
Knocks the devil has prodded
with.
But we have dreamed over
Prayed over it. Counted up
cash and substracted our
ness, summed up what is due
accounts and figured futre
ness. That hundred dollars
growu m onr eyes as big as the
nowned cart wheel. It would
a boy’s college expenses nearly
term. It would clothe an
family a year. It would
our premises and increase
valuation $800 00. It would
the expenses uf a two month
vaction at a popular summer
sort. It would knock a Whole
the grocery bill as big as a
door. In fact it would pay
ous necessities to say nothing
the luxuries.
Put friends, the Standard
sents th u or J' ~c
mong whom it circulate •
nave been few instances £■
good people have failed to sustai
the principles it has advocated
upheld its arm like Aaron’s rod
its efforts to promote progress
good government. } ?
Notice.
-All persons are hereby
idt to hire, ' harbor or or give 0 2tve ,.
oharley . „ Davis, . colored, . .
hood to
he is under contract with me
the year 1908. R W. Dobbs.
Almon, Ga. 4t
Subscribe for The
51.00 a year. Worth $2.00.
THE NEW PENSION LAW.
The recent change in the pay¬
ment of the pensions to old
soldiers seetn to us a slap in the
face those drawing the pensions.
In fact the government has ap¬
pointed a guardian for the men who
1 fought, bled and died tor their
country.
No iaw placed on the statute
books has ever proven more unpop
ular, perhaps, than that changing
pensions from annual to quarterly
payments.
From Confederate veterans all
over the state there has come stren¬
uous objections to the change, and
it is more than probable that an
effort will be made to restore pay¬
ments to the old basis at the com¬
ing session of the general assembly.
The first quarterly payment was
begun on Monday of this week. It
19 due March 1, nut arrangements
have been made to pay it ahead of
time. Veterans say that when the
$00 they receive annually (that is
the amount the great majority re¬
ceive) is split up into four pay¬
ments the money does them little
good.
The protests against the change
have been general, and this leads
to the conclusion that the next
legislature will knock quarterly
payments out.
Our confederate soldhes—the
men whom every citizen should
honor for their crave deeds and
hardships— have been by the body
of would-be lawmakers denomi¬
nated as incapable of attended to
their own business; in other words
they seemed to say ami did say
that this noble class of men need
ed a guardian and could uotmanage
the insignificant amounts paid
them as pensions.
We think that all this amount
should be paid them at once, then
they would be in a position to
manage it to advantage. This
should uot be considered a gift,
but a d^'bt that the State of Genr
gia owes to those noble men, then
lets give it to tlp-mi all in a lump.
Lets pay th un the whole amount'
at the beginning of each year.
The po ir widows, most of whom
live on their pensions, have been
reduced to $00; they should have
$100. This act the would-be law
makers should be ashamed of tie
balance of t heir lives.
We are informed by Ordinary
Heard that the first "installment 1 )
of these pensions will be paid about
February 2nd. Now how much
better woul 1 it have been for tho
legislature to have made it a law to
pay these gallant old soldiers the
full amount due them on the first
of January each year.
Let the people see to it that the
men elected to the next genera) as
sembly and upper house that will
repeal this law and make full laws
for the payment of these pensions.
Home Made Club
Grows Popular.
Newspapers and boards of trade
all over the South are becoming
enthusiastic over the Home Made
Club, and the indications are that
it will grow to such large propor
, tions in the near future that part
j g 0 id e u stream of $3,000,000
I a day will be stopped 111 its course
j to the pockets of Northern and
Western manufacturers,
Persons in several states are
joining the club and are showing
they are members by asking for
3 v.hen they
r, 31 r money.
r
I At la ua, is well Ii fcLCC who
1 have given it consideration, and
j J everal have spoken
6 newspapers
1 highly of it in their editorial col
! umns.
Letters have been received from
E S. Shannon, secretary of the
j Nashville Board of Trade, in which
jhe enthusiastically indorses
' proposition and gives his opinion
j Other thftt S nod letters results will from be obtained, Louis B.
1 | come t*‘
l Magid, of Tallulah Lodge; T , \V. T L.
Skelton, manager of the Elberton
' Star, and others, speaking higly
of the Home-Made Club. The
Waycross Journal is pushing
organization in that city and
urging the people to join the
and ask for home-made goods.
Atlanta Georgian.
THE ENTERPRISE C VINGTON GA
Newton’s Primary.
■ The question that is now
agitatiug the minds of the prob¬
able candidates for office in New
ten county is whether we shall
have an early or late primary.
We believe that question is of
least importance to the one a 9 to
whether or not the piimary shall
be held with the State primary or
at another date earlier than when
the State primary shall be held
As to the time best to have the
county primary is a matter con¬
cerning which men differ. One is
just as much entitled to the
opinion as the other, and one is
ju9t as much liable to be wrong as
the other.
Newton county has an executive
committee composed of good men,
and men who we believe have the
intere-t of the county and the party
at hea't, and will not knowingly d >
nothing to injure either. What¬
ever action this committee shall
take, we shall heartily endorse.
There is every reason to believe
that we shall have a warm state
campaign. There are already a
half dozen candidates in the race
for prison commissioner and two
candidates lor state treasurer.
The indications are that there will
be several candidates tor other
state hoime positions.
Consciously or unconsciously,
the average voter allows his
prejudices to control his vote. If
the average man is deeply interest¬
ed in the success of any particular
man, he allows this to influence
his vote in regard to the remainder
of the ticket. He votes for or
agamst other men according to
whether they are for or against the
man he is most interested in. It
is wrong for a man lo take this
position, we admit, but that men
do allow themselves to be influenc¬
ed in this way, is beyond doubt.
We know of no reason other than
the above why the two primaries
should not be held at the same
time and there are some .good
reasons why it would be well to
combine the two
In a short time the democratic
executive committee will be called
to meet, and at that time we have
no doubt the members will labor
honestly and zealously to do that
which is best tor the county and
the party in the county, regardless
of the interests of any person out¬
side of Newton. When they have
done that, there cannot be and
will not be any criticism.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Nkwtox County
To the Superior Court of said county:
The petition of J. L . P. J. and H. I. Hu
son, ol said county, respectfully shows:
1 . They desire for themselves, their as
sociates, successors arid assigns, to become
incorpora'ed under the name and style of
‘•HUSON ICE AND COAL CO VI PA NY.'”
2 . Jhe term for which petitioners ask to
he incorporated is for Twenty Years, with
the privilege of renewal at the end of that
time.
3. The cipital stock of said corporation
is to he Fiye Thousand Dollars, to be di¬
vided into shares of One Hut dred Dollars
each. Petitioners, however, u-k the priv¬
ilege ot increasing said capital stock from
time to lime, uot exceeding ii, the aggre
gate of Fifty Thousand Dollars.
4. The whole ot said car ‘ock has
already been actually paid in.
5. The object of the proposed corpora
tion is pecuniary profit ar.d g f ,j i to its
I stock holders .j. Petitii >ner 1 -e ;o car
ry on the manufacture 1 sale of ice,
both wholesale and re‘a '1 d (lie buying
and selling ot coal, and : her things
' incident to the coal an and
! th and sale all 1 roof as both w md Ay retail -- J
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act agents lor
11! or
apprt or
5 usually or conveniently ' v im i ere
! with, and to make com ■ act as such
: agents and to exercise t Hial powers
and do all usual, net and ' proper
acts which pertain to. or >e connected
with the business of and retail
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l branch 7 7 <• - Petitioners Petitioners hou>es of ask ask x,id th t ' to establish
j ssid State and adjact: ■ - if throughout
j 11 D r °GtaLIe. and 1 propo r d< they deem
WHEREFORE, 0
and'st^afon^y 1 , ■ oners pray to
I ?,! nder the name
! rights, privileges ■d to all the
an I'-ties, and sub
•’ ec i 3 .° t ! ,e !iat)i,f t
his January 2
A DOR,
r« Attorney.
LEGAL ADVORTISEMT’S.
Application for Twelve Month s
j Support.
i GEORGIA, Newtos bounty.
Mrs. Alice Pickett, having made appli
cation for twelve me nth's support out ol
the estate <>f James E. Pickett, and np
praisers duly appointed to set apart the
having filed their return, all persons
j are hereby required to show
cause before the Court of Ordinary of said
county on the first Monday in March, T908
why said application should not be grant.'
This 4th day of February, 1908.
g d heard, Ordinary
mpany as well as
y truly,
netware
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City Marshal’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
March, in front ot Court House, within the
legal hours of sale, the following property,
to wit:
One seed house about 16 by 20 feet, and
ol e pair of wagon scales Said house and
scales situated on Central of Georgia Rail
road, in the City of Covington Said prop¬
erty levied on to satisfy a citv tax fi. ta.
is ued by the City Clerk in favor of the
City of Covington against the Putnam Oil
Co. This February 4, 1908.
BRAD FORI) BO HAN AN,
Chief Marshal City of Covington.
Notice of Application to Remove
Disabilities.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Newt n Superior Court, March Term,
190s Verdict f>r total divorce 18ih day
ot March, 19015
Notice is hereby given that on 7th day
ofJanuaiy, 1908, the undersigned filed in
the ollice of the i lerk of the Superior
Court of Newton county an application for
removal of the disabilities resting upon
him under the verdict in the above stated
cause Said applieatio i will be heard at
the term of s fid Court, which commences
on tiie third Monday in March, 1908
.1 E LUMSDEN
Notice of Application to Remove
Disabilities.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Newton Superior Court, March Term.
1908. Verdict for total divorce, 20 th day
of March, 1905.
Notice is heteby given that on 7th day
ol January, 1908, the undersigned filed in
the office of the Clerk ot the Superior
Court of Newton comity an application
(or removal of the disabilities resting upon
him under the verdict in the above stated
cause. Said application will he heard at
the term of said Court, which commences
on the thirl Monday in March, 1908.
W. H.-PIPER.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that application
will he made to the ^secretary ot State, for
the State ef Georgia, lor an amendment to
the Charter of the Atlanta A Carolina
Railway, so that it may construct an ex
tension of its line of Railway from Con¬
yers in Rockdale county through, in addi¬
tion to the counties specified in the origi¬
nal charter, and so th it its line of railway
may pass through the following counties:
Newton, Walton, Oconee, Clarke, Ogle
thorpe, \V ilkes, McDuffy, Lincoln, Col urn
bus ami Richmond, all in the State of
Georgia.
Also that it may construct its line of
Railway through the City of Atlanta on
the following streets:
Confederate Avenue, South Boulevard,
Glenwood Avenue, Cherokee Avenue,
Grant, Logan, Hill, Clarke, Martin, Raw.
son, Pulliam, and Garnett Streets, Madi
son Avenue, Alabama and Glenn Streets,
and Muiphy Avenue; through or near
Monroe, Walton county; through or near
^ atkinsville, Oconee county; on or across
Cqmetery, Thom as Mitchell, Oconee, and
Foundry Streets, City of Athens. Clarke
county; on or across Church Street and
Washington Road, Lexington, Oglethorpe
<' and Mair V Lexington Avenue
ton, V,'ilk-pi;
coil Turr >r; i
i'UU of Augusts
referred j il
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ATI, \ NT A CA KOI, IN A It AIL W AY.
ATT i J. \\ . LxGt.isii, President,
M. T. Ki
Application for Guardianship.
GEORGIA, No
T. M. Swann, a resident o! hit id State,
having duly applied to be appointed g iar
di»n of the pei sons and property of Olla
Hicks, Setta Hicks, Benton Hicks, and
William Hicks, minors, children of Lena
Hicks, deceased, resident in said county.
notice is hereby given that said applicat! on
will be passed on at the next Court of Or
dinary for said county, to be held on the
first Monday' in March, 1908.
Witness my hand and official signature
this 28th day of January, J DOS.
G. D. HEARD, Ordinary,
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