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ation at
PING SHOALS.
School Celebration to
| at Snapping Shoals
on Wednesday,
arrangements
lie he'd at
Wednesday,
issued tkefollow
Rev. Jno. B. Gorden.
address— Rev. A. C.
__Col. R. W. Milner.
bv the following schools
County line, Falview, Mt.
Level 1, Love joy, Liber
ect. Stewart, Sharon,
hmrch and Zion.
UHon. J. Q- Molan.
I—Child Training”, Rev.
lieton.
i—Christ as a Model.
Rev. J. B. Gorden
X
-’'Threefold Educa
, T. H. McDill.
- “Eulegium on South
B. H.,Woodruff.
-Hon. L. F. Livings
itions by Earnest Stone,
iarvey, Carlisle Davis,
i Stroud, Julia Cowan.
-Hon. E. H. Jordan.
-Judge W. H. Whaley.
Prof. Victor S. Wil
Id people of this com
Itend a cordial welcome
Idy to attend this cele
lln a recent letter from
Bite#, the following will
■itself: “We extend to
In earnest and cordial
I to come and be with us
piation. I There will be
time dinner spread, so
I baskets. We, as you
fom the program, are
lave a number of fine
pd they will, we can
p give ycu some mterest
jinstiuctive I (he addresses.”
day, Wednesday,
land be sure to attend,
p begin promptly at 9:30.
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Holder* Meeting.
of the Stockholders
raers Union Warehouse
P r Saturday, Aug.. 8th.
pd C. A. to be present.
Sockwvll, Pres.
153 the opportunity and
f Cohen’s bargains.
ake Room
SALE
j
order to make room for our
>11 line of clothing We Offer
ENTIRE LINE OF MEN’S AND
> CLOTHING FOR THE NEXT
>AYS AT COST FOR CASH.
1EAN WHAT WE SAY.
* 10 WHITE & COMPANY.
The Enterprise
COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1908.
I SOU. LOCAL BELL BUYS
COMPANY.
After Seven Years Service Cov¬
ington Tel. Co., Sells Cut to
Southern Bell Company.
The Southern Btll Telephone
and Telegraph company has pur
chased the Covington Telephone
compaay, and thetwosystemsw.il
be consolidated as rapidly as the
physical work can beaecomplished.
This means that in the futere
there will be but one telephone
system in Covington and that
each subscriber can reach every
other subscriber without the neces¬
sity of using two telephones.
The purchase of the Covington
company by the Southern Bell
company has been approved by the
City Council and the matter of
rates has been agreed to by all
parties interested. The State Rail¬
road Commission has been advised
of the sale acd approved by them.
The following is the resohition
passed by the City Council of Cov¬
ington approving the sale:
“Resolved, By the Mayor and Council,
of Covington, Georuia, in meeting duly
he'd t iis 23rd day of July, 1906, that alter
an experience of nearly seven years, we
are of the opinion, two telephone systems,
operating in the same place impose an
unnecessary financial burden, besides
other annoyances and inconveniences
upon telephone subscribers and the public
without compensating advantages.
Resolved further, That we are of the
opinion, one telephone system with ade
quate facilities, giving efficient service at
reasonable rates, will better serve the in¬
terests of the City ot Covington, Georgia,
than the continuance of two different tel¬
ephone systems, and we therefore approve
the sale by the Covington Telep’ one Com¬
pany of its physical property within the
City of Covington, Georgia, and vicinity
to the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele¬
graph Company, which has an exchange
in Covington, inasmuch as we believe such
action will be of benefit to Covington tel¬
ephone patrons and the public generally.”
‘ I, W. T. Milner, clerk of the city Colin¬
cil of Covington, Ga., do hereby officially
certify that the above and foregoing is a
true copy as appearing on the minutes of
resolution unanimously adopted by the
city council ot Covington, this 23rd day of
July, 1908.
“W. T. Milner, City Clerk.”
The Covington Telephone com¬
pany was organized about seven
years ago and its entrance into the
field resulted in two telephone sys
terns in this city. The experience
of telephone users during this pe¬
riod has been such as to convince
them that one telephone company
with adequate facilities and charg¬
ing reasonable rate will better serve
the interests of the entire commu¬
nity ; while two systems are a dis¬
advantage and result in dividing
the commuuity into two parts or
causing subscribers to pay for the
cost of two systems.
The consolidation of the Coviug
ton company with the Southern
Bell comprny is of particular in¬
j terest to the many farmers who
ANNUAL TENNIS
TOURNAMENT.
Covington Tennis Club Playing
Some Fast Games—Large
Crowds Attend.
I he annual tennis tournament
of the Covington Tennis Club has
been in progress during the last
week, at their court on the Public
School grounds. Much interest
has been manifested in the play
and every afternoon large crowds
gather to enjoy the spoit.
The play began with entries from
Covington, Oxford and surround¬
ing vicinity as follows:
Men’s Singles—Miles Turner,
Clarence Terrell, Walton Clark,
Ollie Bradshaw, Roy Stephenson,
Barks Hays, Jamie Knox, Bain
Terrell.
Men’s Doubles—Clark and Bon
nell; Knox and B. Terrell; Odum
and White; Heard and Hays; C.
Terrell and Bradshaw 7 ; Wilson and
Aiken.
Mixed Doubles—Hays and Miss
Hays; Turner and Miss Quillian ;
Knox and Miss Butler; C. Terrell
and Miss Simms; B. Terrell and
Miss White; Heard and Miss Lcs
ter; Bradshaw and Miss Williams;
Clark and Miss Singleton.
In all the events there has been
fast play and at times brilliant
flashes which brought forth a hear¬
ty round of applause from the au¬
dience. The mixed doubles have
been by far the most interesting of
all the events and the ladies have
shown some very fast tenuis.
The play will close today with
a most satisfactory tournament to
the members of the club.
Sunday School Rally at Lovejoy.
The eleventh annual Sunday
School rally will be held at Love
joy on Saturday, August 15th. An
interesting program has been ar¬
ranged by the committee and a
geuuine good time promised a’l
who attend. Everybody is cordi¬
ally invited to be present and bring
well filled baskets. Dinner will
be served on the grounds.
The following program has been
arranged for the Sunday School
celebration:
Address,—Rev. Irby Henderson.
Address,—Hon. A. D. Meador.
Address,—Hon. L. L. Middle
brook.
Address,—Judge W. H. Whaley.
Address,—Mr. R. P. Lester.
Address,—Hon. E. H. Jordan
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by the Porterdale Brass
band and the Legnin String band.
W. B. Smith,
T. D. Meador,
Committee.
Protracted Service* at Countyline
Rev. E. R. Pendleton, pastor of
the Baptist church here is con¬
ducting a series of meetings at
Couutyline this week, Mr. Pen
d’etod is preaching some forceful
and instructive sermons and much
interest is being manifested in all
the services.
were subscribers to the Covington
company, Heretofore these farrn
ers have had c >mniunic*tioii only
with Covington and vicinity.
When their telephones are operated
thru the exchange of the Southern
Bell company they will be placed
in constant and direct communica¬
tion with all cities in the country
reached by the Bell system of long
distance lines.
The consolidated system will be
operated thru the exchange of the
Soutuern Bell company and all
subscribers to the Covington corn
pany will be connected with this
exchange as rapidly as possible.
The actual work will begin about
August 1, and will be pushed to a
rapid conclusion.
Cohen’s Sale is still going on.
WHAT WE THINK
OF WHAT WE SEE.
Our Special Correspondent Gives
Interesting Acount of His
Trip to Macedonia.
We have heard the Macedonian
ciy, “Come over and help us,”
and for the remainder of the week
will hold forth in this part of the
moral vineyard.
Macedonia is one of the strong¬
est churches in Newton county,
located in one of the most pro
gressive sections.
Flint Hill, the mode! school of
the county, and whose fame has
gone forth, is located m this com
raunity. The influence of a well
organized school m any commu¬
nity is readily seen by the most
indifferent observor.
For live years Prof. Martin has
been principal cl this school. There
are many reasons why this has be¬
come i.ne of the best country
schools In the county.
In the first place, these people
decided that they needed a school;
that they were going to have a
good one; that they could have as
good school out here in the country
as if they were living in town.
Next thev secured a good teacher,
went down in their pockets, paid
him for his work, and gave him
their hearLy cooperation. Having
secured a good tea:her they didn’t
act crazy, like some communities,
keep him a year and let him go;
but they kept him five years, en¬
tered into sympathy with his work
and his plans, and as a result they
have the following to show for
their loyalty and faithfulness :
1st. They have a school that is
the pride of the community.
2nd. A progressive citizenship
that is an honor to the county.
3rd. A eb-ndard of society sec¬
ond to none in this section of the
State.
4th. More beautiful homes, bet¬
ter farms and farmers.
5th. More religion.
6th. A happier people.
All these things as they exist to¬
day are largely the result of a good
school.
These people out here decided
some time ago to go out of the
“slaughtering business.” They
haveloKg since abandoned the idea
that it pays, even from a financial
point of view, (to say nothing of
the righteousness of the act,) to
starve the teacher and preacher.
Any community that pays the
school teacher and preacher will
be found right in the forefront,
enjoying a certain degree of pros¬
perity and happiness that a close
fisted, stingy set never enjoys.
And right here I want to add
something more: These people
subscribe for and support their
county paper. The communities
in Newton county that liave grown
an d developed into communities of
any importance, communities that
afford any of the advantages of so¬
cial oi religions life, are commu¬
nities into which the county pa
per finds its way every week.
These are the people that always
welcome the nreacher and extend
a glad hand to any and all who are
seeking to make them better and
happier. in this section
Crops are excep¬
tionally fine. The farmers say the
corn crop is better than in years—
something that we are all glad to
know. Yours truly could never see
any sense in farmers raising cottan
at. ten cents a pound and taking
the same money and paying a dol¬
lar a bushei for corn.
Sam Jones use to say that he
had met many fools in bis time,
different kinds of fools, but the
biggest fool he ever met in Georgia
was the Georgia farmer. In the
ease of the farmer, HR the old adage,
Experience d^ar school , , but
« ( is a
fools will learn at no other,” has
been clearly demonstrated.
For nigh onto four
years the American farmer
been lashed and whipped until
is getting tired of it. He is
the prodigal son—he has come
his senses and the cry has gone
forth, “Arise,” and he has arisen;
and you mark my word, that from
this time on he’s going to get a
square deal, too.
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Mr. Archer will smile and thank yoj for each nickel tha
you spend.
For the Best Soda Water and other drink s at our
Fountain, made of from the very best Fruits and Syrups,
drawn from a clean fount into clean glasses, our'Mr
Camp will fix a good cold one and invite you to call
again.
Geo. T. Smith
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