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OUFU KILLED
BY
Being Shot Down Greer
te , Ground and
Arose From
Wounded His Slayer.
hand tn-haaa i c tight i i last t out- c*
In a of the
rdtfV a.v afternoon, Ul on one
, • ..
rtncipal streets ot Monticello,
Ml Goolsby sbo. O D Grow.
Ogr Gr^er was shot down he got
p and knocked Goolsby in tbe
ead with a heavy rock.
Mr. Greet died Monday morning.
Goolsby has been piaced in jail.
Mr. Greer fe'i within live teet
f where he shot and killed his
rother-ia-law thirty years ago.
The Goolsby- Greer fight was the
kitcotna of a difficulty which oc
Lrred near the Greer home last
eek
Mr. Gmer was the father of our
Tow-townsman, Mr. Colquitt
reer who is in the employ of W.
0 heu Dry Goods Co.
| In Loving Remembrance
On June thi twenty-sixth the
Lath angel visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Moon and took away
Ittle Jewell, aged two years and
jght months. Little Jewell was
Inch an obedient and loving child.
Ill who knew him loved him. The
bar iittle fellow was too sweet
bd bright for this world, so God
hok him home, Oil, how hard
b give him up. Yet, we can look
p through our teai'3 and say,
[Thy will, Father, not our will,
is done. i y We know that he can
ever come back to us, but we can
L to him. His presence only
bakes heaven dearer and more real,
if.) hope to meet him when this
[eary iith life is over, and in heaven
joy to greet him, there to part
to more. Little Jewell is gone,
wt not forgotten. Never will his
penury fade. Sweetest thoughts
[ill [here ever linger round the grave
he is laid. He leaves moth*
r, father, and iittle sister.
His aunt, Annie Whitehead.
Wants Better Roads
Covington, Ga., July 20, 1908
Editor The Enterprise:
If I were asked what was the
ireatest economic question before
toe people of Newton County to
py, I should unhesitatingly
pawer, that of “Bad Roads. y y
It is an important question
keause of the expense involved in
wilding good roads. But more
kuportant on account of the
xpense involved over traveling
[verbad roads.
There are those who favor the
[uiiding of roads by the govern
P-nt, either state or national,
pose ment favoring national govern¬
building our roads are force¬
ps |»eut upon us a centralized govern
aud the abolition of state
Hghts and home rule. Those who
! avor the state building our high
r liatant a >’ s i place good roads in the far
future.
Ybat we are in need of is not so
touch national highways, or state
highways, but good roads for New¬
ton county.
The avantages of good roads
puend bounty to every citizen of our
aU( I to every enterprise in
It, because we are all more or less
Impendent upon the common high
as one method of transporta¬
tion.
Of course the burden of bad
oads falls heaviest on the farmer.
^ he cost of them is tremendous.
x w °uld be hard to present a
Longer argumeut for good roads
han io present the indirect tax
svied on the farmer who must
a -sport his cotton, cotton seed,
,uai, ° an( J previsions to and from
C * J over bad roads.
But th ere are other advantages
demand improvements of
roads, Advatages which eau
ot be r measured by any monetary
a ue, but must be looked for in
l0ra ^ a:,,{ I intellecutal advance
^ nt of our citizenship. Church
tendance would be better. The
a H‘cal strain of travel three
over
f our nnlos of bad roads, binders
Urctj a ttendance, especially up-
° n the part of cmr aud f
Wb«e*«. if the, had I
,uce ■* mootl1 r(,ad to drive !
s over i
ttifty would attend church more |
regularly.
V-roed rt , roads I
would revolutionize !
countrv ry school. school ■ Take T-t. the n average
COUUtty child in winter with sachel
over shoulders i„„„u QC 1 , ^ . 10 ■
'
. hand, leaving • home from half an
i hour to an hour befor- school senoot onen- npen.1
w
over loads that are wot. and muddy
a..dif it to school 0 „ „ me , ii
is often with wet feet and body so
chilled that it u ,n no condition to
study. Ttuse conditions cause
Irregular attendance.
Improved roads would help re
dace illiteracy, by giving oar chil-1
drea better opportunity to attend
school.
Another thing which is depen
dent upon good roads is our R. F.
D. service, which places in the
hands of country people the daily
papers and magazines so that they
can be as well informed tegardiug
what is transpiring in the political,
and commercial world as though
they lived iu the city.
Col Livingston secured from the
postoffice department more than
six years ago, a esunty service for
Newton county,dependent upon im¬
provement of certain sections of
our highways and putting bridges
cross streams, and after six years,
the commissioners of our county
are put upon notice that the ser¬
vice will be withdrawn, unless
these streams are bridged aud the
roads repaired.
It will be too late to repair the
roads after the service has been
withdrawn, and it will bo useless
to tun to Col. Livingston for help,
if the fault is in our failure to
comply with the requirements of
the service.
Iu views of the above facts, the
question is not, can we afford to
build good roads, but can we afford
not. to build them.
And how can they be built?
Experience has proven that convict
labor is far better than free labor
to improve r )ads.
We need raordTubor. We have be
fore us now the opportunity to get
our share of state convicts, to help
out our county convicts to improve
our roads.
It is easier to raise money than
to get labor. The direct tax which
will be necessary to support our
schools will lee less than the in¬
direct tax which we pay on
account of bad roads.
Besides it will take only a few
years to build goods roads in
Newton county, and when once
build it will co3t us less to keep
good than it is at preseat costing
to try to get them repaired.
Other counties are building good
roads, notably, Floyd and Bibb.
Shall Newton have a system ot
good public highways?
Lemuel D. King.
In Loving Remembrance
of Mr. James W. Ramey, who pass¬
ed from this life into an eternal
life of bliss aud happiness on June
8th. While we feel sure that our
loss is heaven’s gain, it seems hard
for us who loved him so dearly to
give him up. But we all have to
submit to the Master’s will, for it
is He who reached down from His
throne above and bore the spirit
of our loved one to its happy rest
ing place, Mr. Ramey was ever
ready to help those in need, al
ways cheerful, aud had a smile and
a kind word for ever one he met.
To know blip was to love him. In
bis death Covington has lost one
ot her best men. The beautiful
floral decorations showed how
much every oue thought of him and
we extend to the family our heart
felt sympathy.
’Tis hard to break the tender cord
When love has bound the heart,
'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the word,
Must we forever part!
A LOVED ONE.
Senatorial District Convention,
Meets Aug. 4.
The Senatorial district Conven¬
tion will meet at Monroe Ga., cn
August the 4th at ten o’ clock a.
m. at the Court House.
D. N. HUDSON, Chairman.
,
TffB ENTBRPRlSe, COVINdTON, QA
LEGAL ADVERTISEMT'S.
SHERIFF SALE
Will be sold before the court house door
m the c>ty ol Covington, on the first Tups
day in Aug . 1908, between the legal hours
of stile, to (he highest bidder for cash, the
following described property, to wit:
All that tract or parcel of laud lying in
die l‘ii8tli District, G. M. of Nd'WldM
County, Hardeman Georgia and known as partotthc
Lands where J- 0. Jones lived
a,ld worked ! ast year, containing fifty sev
cn acres more or less, and bounded as
f'Jlows; North by Starr Jones; East by Mrs
Ccpertv levied on as tho property ot the
d>o '618 district. G. M. in favor of J. C.
,ev J r given Defendant and the tenant in
SS*?, ' C. % Vic"^
J This June 30th 1 HOB.
S. M. HAY,Sheriff.
Application for Administration.
To GEORGIA, Nevjton County.
all whom it may concern:
A J. Perryman of said state, having ap¬
plied t" me for letters of administration,
with will annexed, on tho estate of James
Hodge late ot said county, this is to cite
all and singular the creditors and next of
kin ol said James Hodge to be and appear
at ilie August term 1908 of the Court of
Ordinary they of t-aid county and show cause
if any have, whv letters of of Admin¬
istration with iiie will annexed, should not
be granted to said A J Perryman on the
estate of James Hodge.
Witness my official signature this 8th
day of Julr, ) 908.
G. D. HEARD, Ordinary.
Notice of Local Legislation.
Notice is hereby given that at
the present session of the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia
a bill will be introduced entitled:
An Act to allow the Board of Com¬
missioners of Rouda and Revenues
of Newton County to appropriate
from the road funds of other
funds of county aforesaid to
tbe School fund ot said County
for any year or term of years an
amount equivalent to said
county’s proportionate part of the
net hire of felony convicts for such
tune. 7-1-08
AN ISLAND OF QUIET.
Yet Going Downtown In Madeira I* an
Exciting Event.
Madeira is populated, j-et is one of
the quietest as well as one of the most
beautiful places iu the world. Al¬
though the roads are paved with round
beach stones, there is nothing to re¬
mind one of the fact, because, as Da¬
vid G. Fairchild, agricultural explorer
of the department of agriculture, ex¬
plains iu the National Geographic
Magazine, there are no horses or jolt¬
ing wheels.
All vehicles in Madeira are on run¬
ners. If you go calling it is in a bul¬
lock sledge with canopy top and com¬
fortable seats. If you move a bank
safe or a steam boiler it is carried on
a “stone boat,’’ or sledge of poles, and
you may have to get forty oxen to pull
it. If you are in a villa on the hillside
and want to get downtown you take a
running car and slide down over the
cobblestones.
Two 3 trong men. each holding a
guide rope, pull your car over a bag
of grease to grease the runners and
then give you a running shove and
jump each on a runner behind as the
car shoots dowu at a breakneck pace
over the cobblestones.
The men yell, hens and dogs scam¬
per, foot passengers cling close to the
wall of the narrow street, the runners
get hot and fill the air with odor of
burning wood as you shoot round sharp
corners, down the busy thoroughfare,
past gorgeous masses of floweriug
creepers which hang over the walls of
the private villas that border your
road.
But, oh, the change when you get to
the bottom! You are obliged either to
walk or take a carro, drawn by slow
moving bullocks, squeaking and slip¬
ping over the stones.
ORIGIN OF THE HORSE.
The Modern Animal a Cross Between
Two Ancient Breeds.
In Wissen fur Alle Professor Koenig
discusses in some detail the origin of
the horse of today. He finds that the
horse of neolithic times was not spe
cifieally distinct from the horse of the
present. While there is no doubt that
the horse of that period was used by
man for food, there seems to be no con¬
elusive evidence as to whether it was
domesticated or not. nis own opinion,
however, is that it was probably do
m estreated. closely
Tbe horse of that time was
allied to the tarpan or semiwild horse
that lived in southern Russia up to a
century ago. This was a “hog maned.”
short legged, large headed beast. It
seems probable that the domesticated
horses of the Germans of Caesar's time
were derived from this breed.
The Egyptians had horses as early
as 1900 B. C. These were long maned,
more like the Arab horses, and came
from Assyria. Where the PH Assyrians
obtained them is unknown, but it was
probably from southern Asia, where
this long maued breed ha9 been devel¬
oped in all probability as the result of
long coutinued domestication. The
modern horse is a cross between these
two breeds, with a further mixture of
the Arab horse. This Arab horse, too,
was itself ft descendant of the earlier
long maned horse.
The origin of the long maued horse *a
matter of doubt, but Professor Koe¬
a been from an
nig thinks It msy hare
extinct Indian specie*.
GOOD BUSINESS IDGM’T
Is to Buy the Best Values for the least money
C. E. COOK
Is just now giving some
Great Bargains
WiS! you not reap the benefits of them while they
last, the kind of goods you need
Right Now
Parasols at half price should be a great temptation,
you need one to keep off the broiling hot sun, and
show your pretty dress off to the best advantage.
Dress Goods
All kinds of Dress Goods, White Goods, Wash Goods,
Percales Linines, Madras Duck and so on, cheaper than
you get elsewhere, besides we have exercised great
care in the selection of the styles of our goods, and
you look well and display the fact that you have sav¬
ed money at one and the same time.
Millinery
See our new and up to date stuff in this line, we are
prepared to save you large money in this sale on mil¬
linery as well as other .goods.
New Pall Samples
Are here, come and make a selection of your fall suit
and trousers, the value is in the goods, the ski!! is in
our head to make you a perfect fit and the price is
REASONABLE.
Hawks New Eyes
We Test all eyes free of charge and sell you the best glasses for the
eye that money and skill can produce.
C. E. COOK
Covington Georgia