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Covington, Ga , April 24 , 1908.
The straw hat ani the straw
ballot is in season.
The “Merry Widow Hats” were
much in evidence here Sunday.
From now on the “Weary Widow
Huts” will be all the r^ge.
It is against the law to rob bird
nests, and it every one will report
to proper authorities any one
caught taking eggs it will do much
to prevent the practice.
The friends a: d supporters of
Governor Hoke Smith are confi¬
dent that he will carry Newton
county by a larger majority than
two years ago. Newton, true to her
colors, will remain one of the hau¬
ler Hoke Smith counties.
Newton county gave Hoke Smith
a large majority two years ago,
and she’ll do it again, Newton
countv voters are largely men who
vote from convictions, nor do they
change their convictions with ev¬
ery shifting wind that blows.
What are the Clark Howell men
of two years ago doing in Newton?
We can’t speak for all, but here is
what some of them say : “If we
couldn’t heat Hoke Smith with as
able a man as Clark Howell two
yoars ago, we sure won’t try it
with as weak abrother as JosephM.
According to reports from all
over 1 he state the whisky men are
for Joe Brown and against Hoke
Smith for governor. Is this not
enough to convince prohibitionists
in Georgia who to support for toy
erno ?
A prominent Hoke Smith man
from Newton was told at the Kim¬
ball the other day that he could
make “some little money if he
would work for -Toe Brown”.
He ain’t working that way yet,
notwithstanding “times are hard”.
Wonder who pays it?
« 4 Just any old name” will do to
sign to some of those “Joe Brown
Clubs that are being organized in
South Georgia. We might say
that North Georgia has a few
Brownies who are capable of sign¬
ing a petition more than one time.
It isn’t that the average little
boy has grown any more religious,
says the Brunswick Journal, but
with the bare foot season, he
realizes the Sunday school picnic
is nearly ripe, hence his devotion.
This is a white man’s govern¬
ment. Gentle voter, did you
notice that account of the Re
publican Convention up in the
Seventh District, as reported in
the daily press, where the negro
chairman urged all the negroes to
be at the polls June 4th, urging
their white friends to voto for Joe
Bruwn? Wouldn’t that be a
picture though? NOBODY in
Georgia will stand that except the
whiskey man who may need the
negro’s vote if ever there comes ft
whiskey election in Georsia. All
decent Joe Brown men, and them
are not a few, win resent it as
heartily as do all Hoke Smith men.
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Will the people of Georgia place
the management, ,of the State’s
affairs in the hands of a man who
has been fired from every position
i f trust he has ever held, and a
man who has been the' tool of a
“■ing” and “click” all his life?
Will they elect a man who has
lever known anything but to be
nossed by stronger minds, and a
nun who never had a thought of
his own? We believe not!
THE
THE GOVERNOR’S RACE.
The Enterprise has been at all times a coiisistent supporter of
Hoke Smith and his administration, and notwithstanding the great
atnotiufcWf noise being made in behalf of Joe Brown, we fail to see
why we shouU lessen our ardor one whit in Hoke Smith’s support
cow . On the contrary there are many reasons why, to our mind, the
supporters of Hoke Smith two years ago, should think long and care¬
fully before allowing themsel ves to face-about in the present campaign,
and many reasons why the former opponents of the Governor should
join hands, with his friends, to give him a rousing endorsement now.
Why not? Two years ago the People of Georgia commissioned Hoke
Smith to do certain things. Let’s follow him up and see if he follow
ed the People’s instructions.
1. It is urged by opponents of Governor Smith that he discharg¬
ed Joe Brown for spite. W T ell, let’s see. In his numerous campaign
speeches of two years ago, he stated that Joe Brown was siding with
the Railroad’s in their fight before the Railroad Commission, and that
if be was elected as Governor, he would remove him from office. The
People elected him to do it, and he did it.
2. He promised the People a Railroad Commission with enlarged
powers, if the Legislature would back him up. He asked it of the
Legislature and got it.
8 . He promised the abolition of Railroad passes. He got it.
4. He promised to provide for negro disfranchisement, if the Leg¬
islature would back him. He demanded it and got it, for the People
demanded it.
5. He said he was a local optionist but would sign a State Prohi¬
bition bill and enforce it, if the Legislature passed it. The People de¬
manded it. He did it.
There are many other campaign pledges fulfilled, which we will
refer to later. In the short time of nine months during which he has
been in office, he has made remarkable progress toward redeeming ev¬
ery campaign pledge he made, and do the things the People commis¬
sioned him to do. He has not changed. Surely the People have not.
We invite every voter to take a sober second thought upon all these
matters. Political instability is the most dangerous feature of a re¬
publican form of government and the most unappreciative. A faith¬
ful public servant deserves endorsement, if he has made an honest ef¬
fort to fulfill the commissions handed him by the People. Who is
there who dares to eav Hoke Smith has not? Have the People changed?
We believe not.
Nor have we an unkind word to say of Joe Brown. He is a gen¬
tleman, but no one can charge him with being a statesman. His father
left him a fortune, bnt he has not builded upon it, showing a lack of j
business capacity.
The anti-prohibitionists making determined effort to change i
are a ;
the prohibition law; and they are almos* unanimously for Joe Brown.
Now don’t misunderstand us. We don’t say that those who are sup¬
porting Brown are all, whiskey men. It is not so. A great many of
our cleanest men who opposed Smith two years ago, can and do 0011 . 1
sistently oppose him this time because they did not gudorse the re
forms he advocated then. Some of them have not changed their views.
They are consistent. But wouldn’t it be a pity for a clean and able
statesman like Clark Howell or Dick Russell or J. H. Kstill, all of re- i
cognized merit and ability, to be unable to defeat Hoke Smith and yet
have it done by Joe Brown who never even made any claim to states.
manship.
Nor can we blame most of the P.ailroad men for wanting Joe
Brown. In every contest before the Railroad Commission while Joe
Brown was on it, between the Railroads and the People, Joe Brown
stood by the Railroads; and wouldn’t they be a heartless set, not to
want him Governor? The Railroads are the only people who can be
thoroughly consistent and support him. But where would the dear
people Ire?
Let us take sober, careful thought. This is a campaign For or
Against Hoke Smith. Can Georgia afford to pay the price of electing
a Governor to spitk Hoke Smith? especially if it be a man with no ex.
perience in statecraft and so closely alligned with corporate interests.
We call upon the farmer, the solid backbone of the State, upon
the careful business man, and upon the laborer so long oppressed bv
corporate greed, to think thrice before they yield the demands th* y
made in the memorable campaign of two years ago, lest we having put
our hands to the plow, turn backward.
A vote against Hoke Smith can mean nothing but that the People
have given up their convictions, so forcibly expressed in the last me¬
morable campaign and do now repudiate their chosen leader while he
bends his every energy to perform in full the work the People gave
him to do.
It Is Up To You, Mr. Mayor and Councilmen.
up to you
Councilmen of the city of Coving¬
ton, whether Covington shall have a
dull, spiritless summer, or a sum¬
mer full of lite and vigor, and
hopefulness—a summer marked by
public improvements, by active
business, by a leelirg of pride and
determination, 01 a summer mark
ed by a lethargy in business, by a
decreased interest in betterments,
by a feeling of sorry indifference
to the welfare of the city.
It is up to you, Mr. Mayor and
Councilmen. The responsibility
rests directly and immediately on
> ,ol,r shoulders. You eauuot
esca P e You are the tEcial
lenders of tlle clt >'- th " re I>
ntatives of tlie people. In
>' r,ur ha ” da a " Pl»“ d E r eat public
»«M>o<»»»rm«* «ud dotin'. It is
for you to say whether these powers
">*> •* u,ed « ,his t;me *“ such
way that Covington will be aroused
a9 never before, and planted
°n a foward march that
can never be arrested.
Mr. Mayor and councilmen of
the city of Covington, it is up to
you whether we shall at once begin
the erection of the water and
sewerage system for this city. It
; to you whether we shall
, have that annex . to .u the public
school building, so badly needed,
COVINOTON, QA
or not.
The people have voted bonds.
They came to the polls last year
almost unanimously. The period
when bonds might have been
placed with difficulty has now
passed.
It is up to you. Mr. Mayor and
Councilmen, to place those bonds
to use the proceeds as intended, to
make Covington the city it
should be.
It is up to you, Mr. Mavor and
Councilmen, whether Covington
shall stand in the high ranks
among other cities m Georgia for
the condition of its thoroughfares,
for aspect of push and bustle and
progress that, it wears.
Ihere is n movement on foot to
build an auditorium and pavilliop
on the city's property at the
Academy Spring, and Ji'r. Mayor
alld Councilmen, it is up t0
assist in this creditable move.
The erection cf an auditorium
at the Academy Spring would tend
considerably to bringing people
from over the county to Coving
tor >. increasing trade and thereby
place our little citv r, ‘> the top
round of f he ladder among Geor
gia s foremost cities
M'- Mayor and Connclmen, il
is up to you. What are you
ing to do about it? go-
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THERE ARE MANY WHO WAIT UNTIL THE ^EA
aSoN’,5 *SToCK 1-5 PICKED OVER, THINKING THEY
WILL GET THEIR GOOD-S CHEAPER, ^o THEY
WILL, 5UT THEY WILL GET CHEAPER G 00 D.S.
THE BE,5T THING.5 WILL BE GONE. THEY Go BE¬
CAUSE THEY ARE THE BE.5T. IT 1-5 THE UNDE¬
SIRABLE THING THAT Do NoT -5ELL, ^O IF YOU
CREAM BETTER THAN -5KIMMED MILK,
COME TO OUR -5TORE WHILE OUR -5PRING LINE 1-5
COLORED LINEN-5 FOR 1 5C To 25C A YD.
CHOICE WHITE LINEN-5 FOR 25C To 50 C A YD*
SELECT 90 INCH LINEN FOR $ ] .00 A YARD.
SELECT LINEN LAWN FOR 50C TO $1.00 A YD.
To MATCH.
BIG LINE OF IN ALL -5HADE-5 5C To
50C A YD.
RE-SPECrrULLY,
MOBLEY & CO
LEGAL ADVERTISE l
For Letters Admi min, strati
To Whom It May 0tl
Con cern ;
. A- due form, Owens, bavin S road*
in to be app j„ -rmojtj
administrator 0 t , Penc !"
Owens, late of upon cown,^ the est«7„ ° f , A "V »n
h said
h e V s ereb -V eiven that said 48ed ' S
will < ourt -, , be of , heard Or.'inaryofgaid at the regular tern tp ap > t jl 'ca^ of J
First Monday in May c <a?o y
day of April, * 1 This } Ik
1908.
G. D.
BANKRUPT SALE
Under and by virtue of
the United States Court. an or r
will sell before tU hoS^' „ . fOI
Newton, the court
County, Geort-i, e “° 0f '
lawful hours the’ i
of sale on
in May. 1908, the following
property of the C 0 vi n K ton < 'h ; Co
bankrupt, to wit: a r 111 pig
Seventy Five Thousand feet of ! ] iu *k« v
more or less, oak, ash, ^ B
Also the following lot Bn
blower, 0 f ^
one hand joiner, one swin
saw: one rod machine; one band
shaper; do b e and counter shaft-T’ ■ :
heater; band one double filer; esd Emery’ m! ? ?'
one saw one knite rin
hand power dr.II; one circular g
Eagan gauge lathe; one single en j T , f i,
on machine; one rip saw and ,
pump; two knives for Mt
drum; one chuck cut off saw 'andT 0 '
one check mandrel and three child,,
water lot of t heater; u°!i one lot b-iler and ene-in!'°“ pi°I
; V- 0< SDppl:es
unfinished , - chairs; one , lot 0 f mi ' |] “ 1
lot ers; of one shafting; lot ot belting; one lot of 150 boxes dozen aK trlr i
more All or that less; tract also the following’realZui
or parcel of land W
or being in the (’ity of Covington
bounded formerly as owned follows: by J On C. the Harwell, i
formerly orchard of owned B. M. by Lucinda Hollis e Cheney, «a?it cast r,,
and by lot ot land owned by Georgia? col
the lor, col; by on the north of by Mrs, public road [j I
west property S. W. H
gia kins, Ralway aud on Company, the south by said Central of Geor' ,
tain ing two acres property less, c»
buildings more it being or the inciudigr
Cftvington on Chair same, Company. plant oftl*
Terms Cash.
Trustee Covington J. O. Chair BRADSHAW 1
Co, Bankrupt
SHERIFF SALE
Will he sold before the court h r «se <iiv»
in the city of Covington, on the first Tu»
day in May. 1908, between the legal bn
of sale, to the highest bidder lor cash,4 k
following described property, to wit:
Union 4 bales^ Warehouse. lint cotton Numbers in the 228ti, Farmer* 'M, 1
2288 and 2289. said proper y levied on »
the property of J. W. McDaniel with t
a laborers lien fi fa issued from die Os
Court of Covington in favor of Frtiir
Sams vs W. McDaniel bevy nuii
and turned over to me by J, C. Niin,
deputy This sheriff
March 30th, 1908.
S. M. HAY, Sheri
Also at the same time and place will k
sold : One seventh undivided interest»
the house and lot stuated on East street#
the city of Covington, Newton county, Gi
containing one acre, more or less. ««i
bounded as follows: On the North bt h
A. Thompson; On the East by E. F. Y»
rey; On the South by C. I Cash, and #
ihe West by East street Said property
leveid on as the property of W. B Yanctf
with perior a mortgage fi (a issued and frmn State the Su¬ il
Court ot said county
favor ot C. C. Brooks vs. W. B. lancej,
Written Notice given W. J. Higgins, ten
snt in possession, as required by l»
This April 8, 1908.
S. M. HAY, Sheriff
Announcements i
For Solicitor-General of Stone
Mountain Circuit.
W’ith grateful acknowledgment to th
peopled Newton County for their w*
support in the past. I announce mvselt
as a candidate for re election to the oflicr
of Solicitor General of the Stone Mountt*
Circuit, and will greatly apprec ate y«
support it you deem me worthy of jo®
suffrage. Most gratelullv HOWARD. youw
\VM. SCHLEY"
FOR STATE TREASURER.
To the Democratic Voters of Georgia
I am a candidate for Treasurer of th»
State, subject to the action of 'hd 1 ^
ooratic primary on June 4th. M. v fi .
didacy is based upon my former serv
to period the people of in than this office twenty coven”?^ V e *
more ,■
record which I believe will bear P
scrutiny and which has never been
ponged. If elected, I promise the '
faithful attention to the duties 0
office that marked my previous ai
istration. Y r ours truly, SPETK.
WM- J
E. H. ADAMS, M. D
Resident Physicisn.
Office in Star Building, No
Office Hours 8 to 9 am 12:30 to - P
During absence from office
calls at Wright’s Drug ^ ! ° re
with Venable Bros.
Residence Phone 284. Office
Schedule of Trains at Coving
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