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COVINGTON GEORGIA.
ONGRESSMAN
L. F. LIVINGSTON
Regarded As One of the Hard¬
est Working Representatives
in Congress From
Georgia.
A Washington correspondent has
lie following to 6ay about our
npular Congressman: “Hon. L
'. Livingston of the Fifth Dis
rict of Gotrgia. is possibly the
ardest worked Member from hia
ate and one of the busiest men
the House, He is regarded
merelly as a hard working Legis
tor and is most attentive to his
iramittee duties, ol which he has
heavy share, In mentioning
xe Committee assignment of Mr.
piviugston it will be remembered
bat the announcement that lie
fould retain his position on the
[ppropriations (ratifying Committee was of
news to public men
11 parties. On matters having to
with economics, Mr. Livingston
s trom the start taken a promi
r \ ni part. Since his assignment
Ions >»' he Ooa.»iitUe_o» has made himself AW-f*; a student
p that Depart meut of National
L gislation, and his natural bent
i d abilities have placed him high
I' the Councils of the Nation’s
taders. He has long been count
d one of the shrewdest most
luietly forceful Representatives in
lougress. Mr. Livinstons IB years
service has done much for him
p advancing him to power in the
house, while bis sound judge
h ra nt and steady attention to busi
iess in the House has also
ided in gaining for him his en
table position in that body. By
poking k°ple after the interests of bis
in detail, he is acknowl
I^Rcd to be oue of the most success
pi ttempts. men of this day in whatever he
The quiet courteous
kmeanor of the Georgia States¬
man in daily intercourse, has made
N popular with his colleagues
his constituents. It is a
[ easiire tc assert that his work
in the GOlh Congress is j’et more
active and promising than any
previous Congress in which Mr.
Livingston haB served.”
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LAUGHTER ANALYZED.
The Observations of a Man With i
Sensitive Ear.
“Of course you hove heard,” said the
man with a sensitive ear, “a laugh
that jarred. I don't mean.” lie contin¬
ued, “so much a laugh at an inoppor¬
tune time—I imagine we have ail heard
such laughs—as a laugh the quality of
which is unpleasant. There is some¬
thing contagious in laughter of the
right kind, even though you may he
the object of it. It hubbies from the
well of gjod burner. There is no hid
den thought, or ‘artiere pensee.’ as the
French say, behind it. it is the es¬
sence of frankness; it is spontaneous
and whole souied, and it cleanses the
system of the laughter and, too, of the
hearer, like a spiritual hath.
“But there are other kinds of laugh¬
ter. The sneering laugh is perhaps the
most familiar. Then there is a quiet
laugh, a sibilant, secretive sort of laugh
that is quite as certain to mean mis¬
chief. Another laugh, disagreeable in
its nature, is the high pitched, nervous
cachinnation that comes either from em¬
barrassment or is a mere vocal habit
The worst laugh of all, however, to
uiy mind, is that mirthless sound pro
voiced by the distress or embarrass¬
ment of others, and it rasps naturally
tnc >st of all the object calling it forth
Press.
HUMAN LOVE.
The One Joyous Impulse That Rules
the Whole Wid- World.
There lives somewhere in the depths
of every human heart the divine spark
that we call love. It is the voice of the
universe slumbering in its narrow cell
to l.e awakened by a whisper or tocij
out in dear desire and hear the echo¬
ing answer from another soul, \Y ith
out tt life would be a pale, relentless
episode. Without its quickening force
11 " temples would be reared by human
hands, yet hovels wherein it dwells be
come more glorious than palaces. Am¬
bition, fame and fortune are its slaves
It chains the mind in sweet imprison¬
ment, makes credulity a guardian queen
and lulls suspicion to repose.
No censorship of right or wrong can
light the way of love, It walks iu
pathways all its own. It laughs at
reason and dispels despair, it is the
lisping word of children, the puzzle o
philosophers, the talisman of rulois. It
is the first and last of life—murmured
at the cradle, cherished at the grave.
It is the rainbow after tears, the cure
for every aorrow, the one joyous im¬
pulse tflat rules the whole wide world.
-Wade Mountfortt io Era Magazine.
THE ENTERPRISE, COVINGTON GA
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The new spring Shoes are just beginning
to arrive from our various manufacturers.
King Quality and Eclipse for men.
Regina and American Girl for ladies being
our greatest Shoes.
Everything guaranteed to wear or a new
pair. Who can sa> more.
FARM WORK TO
BEGIN SOON.
Farmers Are Already Beginning
to Make Preparations for
This Year’s Crop—La¬
bor Plentiful.
Many fanners in Newton took
advantage of the days of last week
of good weather to come to Cov¬
ington and complete purchases of
needed supplies for the beginning
of the work on the farms for the
coming year, which starts out
auspiciously.
It will be greatly to the advan¬
tage of the farmers that labor will
be more plentiful this year than in
a long while, and under improved
moral conditions this labor will be
more efficient. Several farmers
have told The Enterprise that
they would be able to hire all the
labor required on their farms, a
condition not prevailing recently.
The farmers have not laid out
their coi ton acreage as yet, but
under favorable circumstances,
and in view of excellent prices ot
the current season, the acreage
this year will beabout as iisua*.
The crop in Newton last year,
which has been about all gathered,
was one of the largest ever known
in the history of the county aud
sold for prices highly satisfactory.
Not a few farmers sold a large
portion of their crop at 12 cents,
while probably half of the crop
grown in this county sold above
10 and 1-2 cents.
Already a large portion of the
crop lias been marketed at the
Covington warehouse, but stili a
great porti< n is being held by the
farmers.
Schedule of Trains at Covington
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JOHNNY’S CAREER.
The Same That Was Started by the
Cornell Widow.
Sheer nonsense rhymes and jokes
without apparent reason or object are
frequently used to fill the pages of the
Cornell Widow’. If anything more foot¬
less than the “Man of Giegicdorf”
verse has ever been written, the Wid¬
ow wishes to state that her hump of
credulity was imported from Missouri
and must be shown:
There was a man from Glegledorf
Who. to save his barber's fees,
Would wet his hair and let it freeze.
And when ’nvas frozen break it off.
The Widow claims the credit of orig
inating the nonsense rhymes which
dealt with the cleverness and precocity
'Of the bright little lad who carelessly
slaughtered his mother, father and im¬
mediate relatives. These poems, if so
they may be called, appeared in the
Widow in October and November, 1000
The same year they were collected and
published in pamphlet fortnv under the
name of “The Johnny Book ” Johpn.v
started his career by "an tragedy" as
follows:
Johnny hung his tittle sister.
She was dead before they missed her.
Johnny’s alius up t' tricks
Ain’t he cute?—he's only six.
Next we find that—
Johnny with his little ax
Dealt his brother orfu! tvacks.
He don't care if mamma kicks.
Ain't he cute?—he's only six.
Later development of the little romp
shows that—
John lias gone from bad to worse.
Now his father's in a hearse.
Smeared him with a load of bricks.
Ain't he cute?—he's only six.
And so oti until finally—
Johnny saw a buzzsaw buzz
X-ike a hike and thought it vuz.
Johnny's corpse is fail of nicks.
Ain'.t lie cute?—he's only six.
These verses terminated the Widow's
connection with John, hut papers ail
over the country took up his instruc¬
tive and edifying career and pushed
it to a finish. Still another verse which
started in the Widow otfice aud trav¬
eled all over this country and part of
others was the bit of "El> and Flo"
doggerel. In this we discover that—
Flo was fond of Ebenezor—
Eb. for short, she called her beau.
Task of “tides of love:" Great C.esar!
You should see 'em. Eb and Flo.
By itself tliis beautiful bit could
hardly claim a place in a volume of
great American poets, but when it
traveled far and wide and received an
extra verse at each restiug place it be¬
came a pursuing nightmare. — From
“Humorous College Journalism” In Bo¬
hemian Magazine.
Lon L. Flowers is the authorized
agent of “Uncle Remus’ ” maga
ziue in thie section. See him at
The Eoterpiise.
JACKSON BANKER
ENDS LIFE IN POND.
Left Note Saying That He Knew
His Mind Was Unbalanced.
Prominent in Business
and Political Affairs.
The body of Mr. J. R. Carmich¬
ael, president of the First National
Bank, of Jackson, '3a., and owner
of a carriage fact' ry at that place,
was found last Friday morning in
a mill pond, near his home.
A note wi itten by Mr. Carmi
ebae! v.as found stating that he
did not commit suicide on account
of financial troubles, but that In
knew and felt that hi.s mind iva*
unbalanced and took his oun lit ¬
as the best thing for all concerned
He wished the note to be posti d in
the bank window, which was done,
and upon investigation, it was
found that the suicide was not
committed on account or financial
difficulties.
The affair created a sensation In
that town, as the deceased was not
o nlv prominent in business circles
but socially as well.
He was a member of council
whose members had been charged,
it is stated, with malfeasance in
office, and th.re had been consid¬
erable bitterness between the Jack
son Banking Co. and the First
National. Whether these facts I
had anything todo with the suicide j
is not known.
Mr. Carmichael was 60 years old
and is survived by his wife and sev¬
eral children.
Wanted. —Two young single
men to travel and solicit for Chi¬
Portrait Co; experience not
necessary. Write C. A. Walker,
Atlanta, Ga, Gen. Delivery.
NOTICE.
Swann, Davis, Co- is liquidating tber
business and Have sold their stock ot roer
chandiee in store to T. C. SWANN Vo
All persons indebted to us are requested to
at 0 » ce Tbi* January u, mw
■tt SWANN, DAVIS CO.
Pastor Ciotfelter
Is ‘'Short Changed.’*
Rev. J. A. Ciotfelter, a well
known Presbyteriai minister*
some time ago reported that he
had been victimized by two
smooth young men who gave him
short change.
Rev. Ciotfelter entered tho
Georgia train in Atlanta one after¬
noon bound for his home in Stone
Mountain. A young man sat down
beside him and asked the pastor i£
he w< uldn’t give him a twenty for
some small bills. Ho wanted to
ma:l the money j n a letter, he
sa.d, and didn’t have time to go
to the postoffice.
Pastor Ciotfelter, used to all
kinds i f r< quests, complied. When
he counted tiie money, however, it
was short a one dollar bill.
“How stupid of me, said tho
young man. He took back the
small bills and added another one
dollar note. Then he left the trau.
Am ther young man dropped in¬
to the seat by the pastor,and made
himself agreeable. He made him¬
self so agreeable that the pastor
forgot all about counting his
money until the train started aud
the second young man had gone.
Then he found that on the
second deal of the bills he had five
ones, but was short the remaining,
three fives. When Pastor Clot
r reached home he wrote out
dus article and mailed it to The
Journal:
“A number of I t short change 5 *
men are going here and there rob¬
bing those who are not on there
guard. So watch out for those
fellows who approach you with a
handful of ones, twos, fives, etc.* /
desiring to exchange for tens.,
twenifii s, etc. After counting ant£
recountaing and a little manipu¬
lation they will hand you money*
but not as much a* you hand them.
It’s a slick game and the poblis
should know that it’s being played
on innocent people. Theae sharp¬
ers, so lull of dishonesty, deeervq,
to be ought and brought to
speedy and severe puuishowot •*