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RULES GOVERNING PRIMARIES
TO BE HELD THIS YEAR.
The State democratic executive
committee, in ragular meeting as¬
sembled, adopted the following
rules, governig the primaries to be
held by the party during the year
1908:
1. That a democratic primary
ejection be held on Thursday, the
•] b day of June, 1908, m each of
're counties of the state, at which
all white democratic voters, who
has duly registered according to
.-.a- u, 1907 or 1908, not less than
leu ua> s i efore said primary, and
who are otherwise qualified to vote
in the next general election, shall
4ih e ntitied to vote for the demo
crat ic c mdidate.
The democratic executive com¬
mit ice i:i each county are hereby
required to prepare iTwin the re*
' gistratioii books and furnish to the
managers of such democratic
primaries a list of the voters quaii
- participate in said primary
fi d to
i »i the t.ctius above stated.
The term white democrat a9
rued above, shall include all quali
fled white voters in Georgia, irre
!• e,.motive of their past political
affiliations, who in good faith
desire to align themselves with the
democratic party and who intend
V) abide the result of the party
primary and support the party
nominations.
In cus" the name of a registered
Letter to Cook Bros.
Covington Go.
R *ar Sirs: A pound of good
meat and no bone is worth mo r e
1 han a half-pound of meat and a
half-pound of bone; but there are*
as you say, a great many people
who won’t pay more than a certaiu
pi ice by the pound. Give ’ em
bone; that’s right; give ’ em
plenty of bone!
There are people who won't pay
more $1.50 a gallon for paint; give
’em bpue!
There’s, no better school than
experience; cost is high; but the
lesson is never forgotten.
Let a man paint two bouses
alike, same size; one Devoe, the
other that $1 50 paint. He buys
•10 gallons of each, and pays $3 a
day for labor— $8 a day is $3 a
gallon, easier reckoning.
11“ has to buy two gallons more
«-f the $1.50 paint; and has two
gallons left bt Devoe : 12 gallons
. $1.50. $18; 8 gallous $1.75; $14;
$4 mure for “cheap” paint.
He puy»$3 ^.gallon for painting :
'^gallons $24;gallons $36;$12
m. uv for painting .“cheap” paint.
He’ll 1 ess-gal Ions paint
after that. If people are slow to
learn, it’ 7 because th^y keep-on
i 7 y ing bone- nwat.* Give ’etd
plenty of bone.,'a
~ !
Y.ours' truly
ft A ■G> F. >v Devoe & Co
EiucUe.r^ .NprpiljjdHardware Co.
seilsG^lr.paintV .
Wanting What We’re Not.
be-fat. ; Hyery
thin woman' to
Every fat WormtH wants gru,w thiir.
Every town longs for the
time when he can retire to the
quiet of the country, and every
farmer hopes to some day quit
work and move to town. Country
newspaper men would like to try
their hand on a city daily. The
fellows on the big dailies dream
the time when they can own a
paper of their own. In youth we
long for maturity, in age we yearn
f »r the happy days of childhood
There is no excuse for it other than
that we all seem to be built that
way, says a writer in What to Eat.
The grass seems to be just a little
bit greener and thriftier most any
direction from the place you
occupy right now.
is as near the happiness as you can
g t this world.
Schedule of Trains at Covington
EAST WEST
No 2, :>:59 a m No 1, 11:17 a m
. ( 4, 1:39 am) “ 3, 3:16am
i I 2^, 4:43 p m ' r 7, 6:52 p m
4 • 10, 8:00 p m 11 , y :4U a m
Voter is omitted fr.mi the list fin n
ished the managers, he will be
entitled to vote upon satisfactory
evidence furnished that he Yiad
regis.ered , and , qualified. .... ,
The names of all candidates will
apaer upon the ballot and tlie vot
er will strike the names of c those
for whom he does not wish to vote.
In the event no cadidato for anv
ofhee „ . majority . . of , ad ,. the
receives a
votes cast, a second primary will
be held on Tune 17th between the
two leading candidates. This rule
does not apply to judges of the
superior court and solicitors gen¬
eral.
The majority rule is a new de
parture in Georgia, at.d one which
has worked successfully in South
Carolina.
The state convention will meet
in ... Capitol Atlanta June
toe in on
23d and select delegates to the
national democratic convention.
8. All candidates for state
house offices are assessed $50 each.
The ban is put on the use ot
whisky and the buying of votes.
If it is proven that a candidate or
his friends use money and whisky
to influence voters, with tile
knowledge of the candidate, he
will not, be declared the nominee.
An itemized statement of ex¬
penses and whence the money
came must, also be furnished.
MAGIC MIRRORS.
Peculiar Effects In Sorr.e of the Pol¬
ished 3ronze Reflectors.
Now aud then mirrors of a curious
kind are seen in Europe. Tbey are
called “magic mirrors” and are of Jap¬
anese origin, made not of glass silver¬
ed. but of cast bronze, polished cm the
face aud bearing on the back raised
patterns, inscriptions, symbolical de¬
signs, crests or pictures. When ex¬
posed to a bright beam of light from
the sun or from an electric lamp they
reflect in the light from their polished
face the image of the pattern on their
backs.
This is a purely optical property and
has of course nothing in common with
the fortune telling magic crystals of
the astrologer or the alleged magic
mirrors of necromancy, yet it long puz¬
zled the scientific optician and even
now is little known or believed. The
researches of various scientific men
have established the fact tHat the phe¬
nomenon is due to very minute differ¬
ences of curvature in the polished face,
differences so minute that they do not
affect the ordinary use of the mirror
as a looking glass and that can be de¬
tected only by delicate optical tests.
The only remainiug mystery lias
been as to how these delicate differ¬
ences of curvature, were produced in
exact correspondence to file pattern on
the back. The makers themselves are
often in ignorance of the which paagic-prop¬
erty and do not know of their
mirrors possess it and which do not.
The mirrors are cast in molds aud aft¬
erward polished by hand, and it is
held by scientific men that the differ¬
ence of yurvature is caused by the met¬
al’s yielding unequally under that pres¬
sure of the tools used in scraping and
BjOjt^hing, hoi)ding the than thin the parts thick. naturally This
more ac¬
counts for the mirrors’ becoming
ra^gic.—Chicago News.
Book Auction Back In 1732. *
John Montgomerie’ governor of thb
province of New York, died on July i.
1731. In the New York Gazette of May
8. 1732, is fiie following'advertisement,
the first of the kind:
“On Thursday. June 1. at 3 o’clock
- in the afternoon, will begin to be sold
. at piibije. auetipn a collection „of valua¬
ble-books belonging to the library of
his excellency John Montgomerie, Esq.,
late governor of Now York, etc., de¬
ceased A catalogue of the hooks may
be seen at the Coffee House in New
York, with the conditions of sale.” ■
This is also the first instance where
( the word “auetiou” appears,” “vendue”
| being the term in general use:’
Heavier Ammunition.
“Is this the man we are to. initiate
tonight?” asked the illustrious cou
doctor.
“It is,” replied the outside guard. The
illustrious conductor walked around
tbe 350 pound candidate, inspected him
carefully and turned to his assistant.
'Tut the goat back.” lie said, "and
bring me a mule.”—Chicago Tribune.
He Gets Tco Many.
1 “My, John, you haven’t a particle ot
tact:”
| "What Asking sve Mr. I Hamfat done now?” to dinner and
j ^ ng him you will give him a good
re st! And he a second rate actor!”—
Baltimore American.
One Way,
Husband—I don't know how much
of an allowance to give you. Wife—
You know how much you can afford,
don’t you? Husband—Why, yes. Wife
—Then give me as much more as you
can spare.—Illustrated Bits.
Subscribe for the Enterprise.
THE ENTERPRISE COVINGTON GA
MADE IT RIGHT.
Y " *?£££•&££?
In one of the suburbs of London
there is a wholesale firm the senior
member of which may be known as
Mr. Blank. The firm has two traveling
salesmen—a single man, receiving 30
shillings per week, and the other a
married man, drawing £2 per week.
A short time ago the single man, be-
1!;S ln * he s5l0 P anfl looking over mat
ters, discovered that the married sales
man W as receiving 10 shillings per
week more salary than himself, while
he (the single man) was selling more
foods. lie called Mr. Blank's atten
tion to this anJ suggested that as he
was selling more than the other fel
low - he should at least receive as much
pay.
The senior partner acknowledged the
apparent inconsistency and assured his
man that he would look into it and if
the statement were correct he would
make matters right.
Another week rolled by, and when
the single man came to draw his sal
ary from the bookkeeper he was sur
'
prised to find only 30 shillings passed
out to him the same as before. Me de
j uuried ' TLe 1,ookkeei ' ei ' UIRiSted he
bad received . no instructions to raise
his pay and referred him to the gov¬
ernor. Approaching Mr. Blank, he
said:
“You remember, sir, I spoke to you
last week about my salary, stating
that, while I was selling more goods
than the other traveler. I was receiv¬
ing less pay. and I thought I should
receive as much as he did. You assur
ed me you would look into it and make
matters right.”
“Yes,” said Mr. Blank, “I remember
your mentioning the matter, and 1
made it right, didn’t I?”
"Why, no; 1 don't see how you have,
as the bookkeeper lias just paid me
the same amount as before. I can't see
bow that is making it right, sir,”
“You don't understand,” said the
senior partner. “I have made it right.
You thought you ought to have as
much pay as the other man, and 1
have njfide i: right by cutting the other
feliowVpay down.”—London Tit-Bits.
THE ENCORE HABIT.
How Sims Reeves Turned the Tables
on One cf His Admirers.
Sims Reeves, who in his day was ac¬
cepted as the most celebrated tenor on
the concert stage, was so much of a
favorite that whenever he sang he was
usually greeted with a hearty encore,
accompanied with enthusiastic cheers.
Reeves was very good natured about
the matter, but be made it a rule never
to sing more than one selection when
he felt that his voice was not in first
class shape. lie happened to notice
that an elderly man, who turned out
to be a dealer in hats along the Strand.
London, attended nearly every concert
within convenient distance if Sims
Reeves happened to be on the bill and
generally led the encore brigade. This
hatter was a persistent person and of¬
ten applauded until he had forced
Reeves to respond to double and triple
encores.
Determined to teach the little hatter
a lesson, one afternoon just as dark
was approaching Reeves entered his
admirer’s store and said, “Ou« hat.
please,” naming the particular shape
which he desired. The little hatter
didn't recognize the great tenor and
handed out one hat:
“Good,” said Reeves. “How much
is this hat?”
“Five shillings,” said the store pro¬
prietor.
“Encore.” said Reeves.
A second hat was forthcoming, and
Reeves ultimately obtained three "en¬
core” liats. When the little hatter de¬
manded £1 sterling for the' purchases
Reeves pretended to be furious.
"Send these four hats to this ad
dross,’’ ordered the.- tenor in terrible
tone, “but 1 only pay: for one hat. Do
you understand? The three other hats
afe ’encore' lints. If you make me sing
s«ngs for nothing^vou must send me
hats for nothing.?
The little hatter was speechless.—
Portland Oregonian.
A Startling Debut.
A comedy of errors d< -or!lies the
first appearance on- the stage of Mr.
Iluntley Wright. He was supposed to
impersonate the warder of a rnad
house, and the scene opened with the
brutal ill treatment of the hero, and it
ended with a gunpowder explosion. In
his nervousness the warder dropped
his cap, and, being agitated and short
sighted, be picked up the pau of gun¬
powder instead. It instantly blew up,
nearly He frightening him out of his wits!
rushed from the stage and col¬
lapsed, as he thought, on a stool in the
wings, which turned out to be a fire
bucket full of water! - London An
swers.
Good Judgment.
Your partner.” remarked th
ieged friend, “seems to
unusually good jm
“You bet lie i«,” ^ ac- !
Iged brains < hy, I
he never make a move Jt a FT
my ad vicech lea •
!
A Mean Quest
ChaHos—I hoard ■ the i flay that
Gerald is gOI! j;
Edward — W * way s Ill in't he?
He s comfortably well (iff
“That's just the w* - Why
doesn't he remain so?”
“Why Obstinate.
don't you quit Pmok eg, old
chap? “Certainly. You know it hurts 'von ”
But every tim
up my mind to do it su-mw.iv 1h ,3 V 1
around ’ 0011163
and tells , I ' t to!"
Puck.
# NORMAN BUGGIES,
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§' Visit Harness Shop when in Need of Repair or New Work
S' our
% We carry the best grade of Harness oil, Axle grease,
a and Axle oil. Come to see us and be convinced.
§
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ill it. They are built with exceptional a
care, from the pick of the world's
best materials, in the largest and
Hi® best equipped vehicle factory in the
world. They are made right and
they give unusual service and ex¬
ceptional satisfaction. rm
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\mL?& be sure?
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HAVE YOU NOTICED?
That about 90% of the ground
hog’s predictions have come true?
That Covington merchants are
m fine shape, and better able to
iccommodate the trade than in
many years?
That you hear very little about
Covington’s water and sewerage
n’Btem being put in soon?
That the banks of this city are
among the most substantial insti¬
tutions of the state, and that the
officers are accommodating and
the banks are very popular among
i 1 classes of business people?
That some ot Covington’s side
walks are in very bad shape and
hardly passable?
That Covington is badly in need
of hitching posts for the con¬
venience of the farmers who come
here to buy their supplies? That
the public square is often crowded
so that it is unsafe for a lady to
try to cross the the streets? And
how easy our merchants could
remedy this by going before the
council and asking for hitch¬
posts for the convenience of
farmers?
That the Southern Express Co.,
receives for distriubtion in
county several two-horse
loads of ‘‘booze’’ eachdav?
the receipts are not as heavy
they were in 1907?
That the past few days of sun¬
have put the farmers to
preparations for their
And that nearly every day
rings a «r >wd to town to purchase
r usuai farm implements, sup
and other necessities?
Central of Ga. R. R. Schedule.
from Gordon 5:30 p. m.
U i % Porterdale 8:45
a m
( ( ( ( ( ( 6:15
p ra
from Gordon 9:00 a m
I i « ( I’orterdale 5:55 p m
( I ( ( ( « 7:45 a
m
It PAYS to advertise.
Birds Are Invaluable On
The American Farm.
President William Catcher of
tie National Association of
Audubon Societies at the annual
meeting of the association in New
York last week declared that be¬
cause of the decrease in birds the
United State is losing yearly,
without protest, a sum larger than
the capitalization of all the ra¬
tional banks in the country.
The public, declared Mr.
Butcher, placidly allows agricult¬
ural crops valued ar, $8,000,000 Jto
be annually destroyed by insects
which destruction is entirely due
to the rapid decrease in the number
of insectiverous birds ii: the coun
try.
“If a million or more dollars are
lost through the management of a
bank or other 'fiduciary institut¬
ion, he said, “;t creates a wave
of protest throughout the entire
country, yet a yearly’loss equal to
the entire capitalization of the
national bank of the country
creates no comment whatever,
simply because the public do not
real ze what is going on.,,
Well, supposing the statements
to be true, and that the people
believe it, what is to be done?
Tiiat is the question. What laws
should be enacted on the subject,
and how shall they be enforced?
Cloth all Woof and Paint all Paint.
Is cheaper than shoddy cloth or
shoddy paint. The L. & M. is Zinc
Metal made into Oxide of Zinc
combined with White Lead, a nu
and then made into paint with pure
Linseed Oil in thousand gall )I)
grindings and mixings, Wears j
long: actual cost only $1.20 per |
gallon.(bl) |
r t \t r> a,il i. Agents, » i
:
_.
Wanted—Competent stenogra¬
pher desires position at once. State
salary and dav to c:>me.
2t Miss Marie Dale,
General Delivery, Macon, Ga.
NEWTON COUNTY
JURY US'
List of Jurors Drawn For Mai
erm, 1908, of Newton Su¬
perior Court.
—GRAND JURY —
W B Smith, Fielder Ozbid
J C Stewart, F E Heard,
A B Simms, J W Peek,
M H Smith, W H Boggus,
W P Odum, W S Marbut,
J H Porter, E C Hull,
O P McCord, Jas W. King,I
E G Martin, J M Rogers,,
H H Mabrv, J A Scqtt,
C D Ramsey, J L StepheiisoJ
A L Jackson, A S Hays,
C G Smith, J) C Albert,
J S E R Phillips, Ellington R L C M E iddlebrooksj Harden^
L A Patrick, T N Skelton.
—TRAVERSE JURY—
W T Patrick, E N Dabney,
J T C J McClendon Edwards J H G WillinghaaJ Aiken
T
Woodie Piper J \\ r Branhao
J W Osborne W P Hooper
J L Marks B H Woodruff EllingnJ
C C Brooks W *A
E W Fowler W B Livingstoi
J II Downs J D Ellington
T G Calloway C M Pace
J J Moseley CO Kimble
J L Skinner p H Hendersl
W II Gaither N II Pip p ‘"
J R Meador A J Banks 1
J J Owens ,T O Stanton I
J B Glass C A Lassiter I
J G Turner E F Ha vs I
F H Branham N A Skelton
Subscribers Take Notice.
The Post Office ^lepartnDUt U
made a ruling which effects
mailed newspapers in the United matter. Statj
as second class
who are a year or se 1 j
can’t have th” pap' r
them unless a one-cent. staflipi
to each copy. The
of papers is out of they
so publishers must subscri^ stop
to their delinquent
are fortunate enough to
few and every possible tbeaffl^ £ “n
be made to collect
from those to whom « e tA
3 ►— .
sending that if the pap pr bac* - ( j
are '
you at
to square up j
we hope that this notic 2 ^
heeded and regarded D
spirit.