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Clerk S u Peri or (j oiirt THE ENTERPRISE
VOL. 45. NO. 19
3EAR IN" MIND l Many People Read THE ENTERPRISE Who Do Not See Any Other Newton County Paper! I
THE FIRST JOYS
OF LINOTYPE
WORK
The Enterprise this week greets
its many readers at least partially
composed on its new Mergenthaler
Linotye machine.
While the machine has been in
the office for more than a week,
yet it has been impossible to use
it until late this week, owing to the
fact that shafting and qulleys and
needed to get it .
other things
working order were delayed consider
abIy„on account of the recent strike
the eGorgia road. After the
on Laterial took
arrived it necessarily
sometime to get it all in good or
Ser, hence the work for this issue
is by no means perfect, but it w'ill
L i n much better shape for the
next issue it is believed that all
[the machine put in perfect working
[order and then the readers of the pa¬
per will get the benefit in the very
greatly increased capacity of this
office to handle its composition.
This will result in a vastly better
paper than has ever been issued in
this city or county.
GIRLS TO STUDY
FOR SUMMER
A group of Covington’s attractive
young ladies of the High school are
not going to throw their vacation
season idly away, but have perfected
plans for the organization of a
Reading Circle which will meet every
Friday afternoon. The initial meetin
will be held this—Friday—afternoon
at the home o Missf
Miss Kathryn Butler, who will di
rect the reading course.
Under Miss Butler’s tutelage the
girls expect to make a study of Mac
beth or Les Miserables—either
tion will be a most happy one,and
benefit the young ladies shall de
rive from such a course of study
will be too vast to be told.
Certainly the beautiful spirit exhib
itde by Miss Butler in devoting her
time and talent to this noble work
cannot be too deeply appreciated nor
too highly commended.
Miss Allie Louise Travis, the at¬
tractive little daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. W. D. Travis, is visiting her
grandparents, Capt. and Mrs. A. R.
Bomar, of Douglassville.
streettax notice'
Notice is hereby given that every
male inhabitant of the City of Cov¬
ington, betwene the ages of 16 and
lears, residing in said city at any
time since March 1, 1909 be and is
hereby required to pay a Street
Tax of Three Dollars for the year
1909> on on before July 1, 1909, and
in defaut of payment thereof, to
°n the streets of said city for eight
'In.'s at such times as they may be
notified by the Marshal or
Marshal of said city.
Passed at regular meeting of the
council, Jun 4 , 1909.
CHAS. G. SMITH, Mayor.
J- 3 CORLEY, City Clerk.
Mr - Carl Carter, of
111 the city Sunday night with his
‘'Other Mrs. Mary Carter.
Tlie Lowest Market Prices
Are always to be had of us in Bed Room,
Parlor, Dining Room* Kitchen and Office
Furniture. CJLawn Swings, Porch goods*
Matting, Rugs, Art squares, cook stoves,
Refrigerators, Ice Chests, Ice Cream
freezers* Fireless cookers
Cv erything that goes to make Home place of comfort.
your o
Our Undertaking department Is the best in
cit y having the only Licensed Embalmer.
Everitts Furniture Store.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY JUN E 4 1909.
SUDDEN DEATH OF
W. M. M’DONALD
THURSDAY
The sudden death of Mr. W. M. Me
Donald, which occurred about5 p. m.
at Fis home in this city yesterday,
came as a shock to hie many friends.
Mr. McDonald was reared in the
adjoining county of Henry, near
Snapping Shoals, from which place
he came to Covington where he en¬
gaged in the livery business, in which
he had been very successful.
Mr. McDonald had been complainin
for sometime, but even this didn’t
cause his friends any uneasiness, and
his death was a great shock to all
of them.
Of his immediate family Mr. Me
Donald leaves a wife and a little
child to mourn his death. He was
33 years of age at the time of
his death.
hTe county commissioners met in
such proportions that a great deal
attend to the various items of bus
iness for the county.
The meeting was not an important
one in any particular. The regular af
fairs of the county having grown to
such proportions that a great del
of time is demanded every month in
which to transact it.
At the meeting Tuesday the busi¬
ness was of aroutine nature, per
I j haps the most importantto some— be
i j ing the payment off bills
j PRETTY MACON WEDDING.
Mrs. A. H. Milner has gone to
j Macon to be present at the mar
r i age ot - her brother, Mr. Andrew
1
Milner and Miss Georgia Curtis, of
Florida, which occurred last Tuesday
evening at the home of relatives of
| the bride in that city. The wedding
details were very pretty in' every
way.
After the ceremony the happy ones
left for an extended trip north,and
they will visit Niagara aFlls and oth
er places of interest before return
ing. They will make their home in
Macon, where Mr. Milner is very
successful in thebusindss world.
EXCURSION FARES VIA
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWY.
TO AMCON, GA. and return, ac¬
count GENERAL STATE BPTIST
CONVENTION to be held June 16-
21, 1909. Tickets on sale from all
points in Georgia.
T OOMNTEALE and
and return, account MISSIO WEK,
Willetts and ilbert Lectures, to be
held July 1-16, 1909: oMnteagle Bi¬
ble School to be held July 17-29,
1909; Monteagle Sunday School In¬
stitute to heart the the esth the
stitute and Music Festivl which is
to be held uly 30-August 15, 1909.
TO NASHVILLE, TENN., and re¬
turn account Peabody College Sum¬
mer School for teachers and Van¬
derbilt Bibical Institute, to be held
June 9-August 4, 1909.
For furtther information in regar
to total rates, dates of sale, limit,
etc., applyto nearest ticket agent
Take a look at the bargain buggy
—only $60— offered for this price thi
week at D. A. Thompson’s.
Mr. Felix Wright, of Leguin, was
in the city Tuesday.
_
EMORY COMMENCEMENT
STARTS WI TH A MEETING
OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES
A Complete Schedule of the Events of the
Week Marking the Seventy-Thii d An¬
nual Commencement of the College.
Today marks the opening of the
seventy-third annual commencement
of Emory college, and the event is
certain to be the most brilliant one
in the long history of this old and
well known institution of learning.
The session which comes to a close
with the weeks e’xercises has been
perhaps the most successful that it
has ever known, and the faculty and
student body are looking forward to
a week of profit as well as pleasure.
As a result of the commencement
season, Oxford, the proud seat of
grand old Emory, has completed all
possible arrangements to make the
week one of pleasure to the unusu
al number of visitors who are ex¬
pected to be present. For it is dur
ing this week that many a man, now
gray with the touch of years, will
make a fond visit to his Alma Mater
stroll through the dear old college
campus and mingle with his class
mates of the long ago, and look at
the present student body with pride
as fit representatives of classic and
historic Emory.
The complete and official commenc
ment program for the week will be
found as follows:
AT THE GYM.
FRIDAY, JUNE 4.
10 a. m.—Annual meeting of the Board of Trustees in Candler
Hall. At 4 p. m. the trustees will complete unfinished business of
the morning session.
8 p. m.—Freshman and Sophomore declamations.
SATURDAY JUNE 5.
10 a. m.—Meeting of Trustees.
8 p m.—Athletic exhibition in the J. P. Williams Athletic
hall, under direction of Profeseor Nolan A. Goodyear.
SUNDAY JUNE 6.
11 a. m.—Commencement sermon by Rev. J. H. McCoy, D. D.,
president of Birmingham college, Birmingham, Ala.
8 p. m.—Sermon by Rev. S. P. Wiggins, pastor of First Method¬
ist church, Jackson, Ga.
MONDAY, JUNE 7:
10 a. m.—Junior orations.
4 p. m.—Champion debate between representatives of the Few
and Phi Gamma societies. Delivery of prizes and medals by President
Dickey.
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8 p, m.—Literary address by Dr. Lincoln Hulley, president of
Stetson University*, DeLand, Fla.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8.
Alumni Day, 11 a. m.—Alumni address by Judge W. L. Cham¬
bers, of Washington, D. C. Immediately following the address an
nual reunion of alumni and meeting ot Alumni Association. Follow¬
ing this alumni barbecue on campus.
4:30 p. m .—Laying of cornerstone of the Young J. Allen me
rnorial church. Address by Dr. George W. Yarbrough, of Rome, Ga.
8:30 p. m.—Receptions.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9
Commoocement Day, 9:30 a. m.—Senior orations; baccalaureate
address by the conferring of
BABIES, BIRDS AND FLOWERS
Babies, birds and flowers
the subject for the very pretty
attractive Children’s Day exercises
the Midway Methodist church
afternoon.
And it was one of the very
arranged and most perfectly
out programs one will see in a
time. The church was most
ly decorated with ferns and
mixed with flowers of the brightest
hue and sweetest perfume, while on
the walls and also suspended from
the chandeliers were a number
cages containing canary birds, and
the little feathered songsters poured
out joyously their very sweetest
songs throughout the entire program
This was an especially attractive and
unique feature of the exercises and
won an exclamation of wonder and a
proval from each person who enter-
Prof, and Mrs. D. F. Nicholson
left last Friday for Seneca, S. C.,
where they will spend the summer.
Miss Gladys Lee, who has been
attending Agnes Scott, in Decatur,
has returned home for the summer.
Her friends are delighted to have
her at home again.
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indulgence of its readers this 4*
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The exercises at the gymnasium
Saturday evening under the direc¬
tion of Prof Nolan A. Goodyear,will
be one of the finest features of the
Emory commencement occasion.
No one should miss it, because it
will clearly show how well Emory is
taking care of the physical as well
as the mental man.
The faculty and trustees will be
provided with seats on the first
floor, and also on the first floor
will be seats for those holding tick¬
ets. Others will find seats in the
race track above.
Mrs. F. G. smith, of Tennille, is
visiting Rev. and Mrs. E. R. Pendle¬
ton. Mrs. Smith will be pleasantly
remembered as Miss Fay Pendleton.
ed the portals of the church.
The program w T as most carefully
selected, songs by the school, the
classes and choir being interspersed
with recitations, marches and other
I interesting exercises, that filled an
hour and a half so full of entertain
! ment that the audience, which taxed
j the capacity of the church, scarcely
1 knew' how' the time flying.
was
j A decidedly interesting feature
the afternoon was the baptism and
christening of a number of infants
and children, this beautiful and
teresting ceremony being performed
by Rev. W. H. LaPrade, Jr., the pas
tor of the church,
Every child on the program evi
denced the most careful and pains
taking training, and the songs, reci
tations and drills were rendered in
a most pleasing manner.
J Miss May White, one of the city’s
most popular and charmiing young
ladies, left yesterday for Milledgevill
where she will be the guest of
Mrs. Ed Hines and Miss Julia Conn
during commencement, after which
she will visit Miss Louise eKndrick
at Sharon
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
THE NEWBORN HIGH!
SCHOOL HAS
CLOSED
NEWBORN, JCE 1.—Friday eve¬
ning last brought forth the closing
exercises of the spring term of the
Newborn High School, which has
marked the most successful term In
the history of the school.
A very interesting programme had
beex prepared for the occasion which
had a very auspicious opening Friday
evening when Prof, and Mrs. H. B.
Robertson entertained the Juniors at
a lovely reception. It was a par
t lcu larly pretty affair, every detail be
ing arranged with the artistic taste
that has always marked the enter¬
tainments heretofore given by these
attractive people. The class colors
were artistically arranged and were
seen with pretty effect everywhere.
The beautiful hospitility dispensed
by the charming hosts made it an af¬
fair long to be remembered.
Sunday morning at 11 O’clock the
commencement, sermon was preached
by Rev. S. P. Wiggins, of Jackson.
Mr. Wiggins was once pastor of the
Methodist church here and his pres¬
ence among us and his impressive
sermon was a treat to his scores
of admirers.
The exercises by the Grammar pu¬
pils on Monday night were a decided
success, drawing an audience that
completely taxed the capacity of the
auditorium, and the affair w'as among
bright events of the entire commence¬
ment festivities.
Tuesday at 10 o’clock a. m. both
school and patrons were assembled t
witness the the qresentation of a
program that was replete with at¬
tractive numbers. The chapel exer
cises were conducted by Rev. James
D. Milton, after which followed the
troduction of Rev. J. N. Snow, of Cov
ington.
Mr. Snow was given an ovation
which lasted for several minutes.
Having served this church as pastor
some years past, it was with a feel
ing of the tenderest love and ap
preciation that the warm and
hearty reception accorded him rung
with. His subject, “Correctness of
Vision, Fineness of Feeling and the
Greatness of Character,” was forci¬
bly impressed uupon the audience, as
he eloquently unfolded the beauti
tiful thoughts of his delightful theme
in a masterful and convincing way.
The vocal solo rendered by Miss
Ruth Burchett, who has
first assistant in the school for the
past year, was sweetly touching.Her
connection with the school terminates
with this term and she returns to
her home in Clarksville, Tenn. Her
many friends in the audience could
not suppress a flood of tears as
she sang feelingly “I Long to Meet
With Mother Where the Sw'eet Magn
lias loom.”
Hon. A. H. Foster then addressed
the audience on the subject of the
“Changes in Times.”
Professor Foster, who is always
heard with qleasure, handled his
subject in an atractive manner hold¬
ing in captivity the rapt attention
of his audience from the beginning
to the close of his address.
Following this the promotions w-ere
read by Professor Robertson.
Friday evening was devoted to the
closing exercises, and the pro¬
| gram was a particularly attractive
j one. work just clos
The year of school
! ing has been a highly successful one
| reflecting great credit upon the ef
j ficient principal, Prof H. B. obR
j ertson and his faithful co-workers.
I The splendid work done this year
by the Newborn High School will be
greatly enhanced next year when a
new grade will be added. This addi
j ! tional matriculation grade will place equal this to that school of
on a
all High Schools, and this
ment wil1 be most gratifying to thp
many^pmrons and friends of the
j A Thrilling Rescue.
How Bert R. Lean, of Cheny.Wash
was saved from frightful death is a
story to thrill the world. “A hard
cold,” he writes, “brought on a des¬
perate lung trouble that baffled an
expert doctor here.Then II paid $10
to $15 a visit to a lung specialist
in Spoakane, who did not help me.
Then I w’ent to California, butwith
out benefit. At last I was induced to
use Dr. King's New Discovery, which
completely cured me and now' I am a
well as ever.” For Lung Trouble,
Croup and Whooping Cough its su¬
preme. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle j
and C. C. Brooks. . ,
IF RAINED ON A
BAPTIST PIC t \
NIC, IT DID
It rained!
Who can im agine the pangs of dis¬
appointment that rent the hearts
of the little folks—members of the
Baptist Sunday school and their many
friends who had been invited t»
join them in their annual picnic and
outing yesterday morning when on
awakening the rain and the lowering
clouds made impossible the out¬
ing which had been so‘**happily an
ticipated.
Be fo good cheer little folks, “be¬
hind the cloud the sun’s still shin¬
ing,’’ and your picnic—well, just rev¬
el in the happy anticipation of it
again.
BECAUSE I’LOVE YOU
IS THE PLAY
Next Wednesday evening the Mad¬
ison Dramatic company will appear at
the opera house under the auspices
of the Fourth Circle of the Womans
Club for the benefit of the Li
brary. Their play is “Because I.
Love You,” a charming romantic com¬
edy full of dramatic situations.
The Madison Dramatic company is
made up of excellent players, who
are certainly able to handle any part
from a comedy to a high tragedy
role. Although not professionals, the
company has made many public ap
pearances, and their work ia Uni
versally praised. In offering them to
the Covington public, and it is be¬
lieved that they will challenge com¬
parison with the best actors who
have appeared here,
There are fourteen characters in
“Because I Love You” each standing
out prominently. An artist, a Gyp¬
sy waif, a jealous rival furnish col
or and variety and ad
mit of lurid melodramatic situations.
But the comic spirit is by no means
neglected, for there are
maid, negro and Irish. The scene
shifts several times incidentally, the
ending is a happy one.
The play is excellent—the cause
worthy. Prove that you are inter¬
ested in helping to further the free
library cause by coming next Wed¬
nesday evening, June p. Tickets will
be on sale at Wrights drugstore and
the admission will be 25, 35 and
50 cents.
MR. W. E. EVANS HERE,
Mr. W. E. Evans, of New York,
was among the interesting visitors
j j taking hands during with numerous the week, Cov
h,gton friends
Mr. Evans is a Covington boy who
has attained success in the financial
world of the great metropolis and
in the social life of the Georgia col
ony of New York Mr. Evans and
his charming wife who is lovingly
remembered as Miss Sadie Fowler,
are among the popular leaders, Mr.
Evans beinga member of the Board
of Governors of The Georgia Soci¬
ety of the City of New York. The
aim of this society is to bring all
Georgians together to mingle in so¬
cial intercourse, to foster a good
fellowship among all those who have
known what it is to LIVE—or be#
ter still—to be born in Georgia,and
who now reside in New York; and
welcome those who may find them
se j ves j n this great metropolis from
Georgia Land, whether on busi.
ness or pleasure bent, that they may
feel, that though a stranger in a
Grange land they can come into
t k e j r owu .
j Many elegant dinners and brill
j iant entertainments are given during
tlie year p y t pj S soc iety at the Wal¬
j jorf-Astoria and St. Regis, and the
mem bership of the organization in-
1 the t distinguished eGot
cludes mos
gians in New York city.
mother. Mrs. Evans who will return
to spend the summer with him and
Mrs. Evans in New York.
Mr. Mart Fowler ,of New York,
was the guest of his brothers, Mess
rs. R. R. and E. W. Fowler du#
the week which has just passed.Mr.
Fowler is an old Covington boy who
has made asuccess in the busi
ness world of the mtropolis and his
annual pilgrimaage to Covington is
always an event of great interest
tQ h [ g scores of friends here,
Mrs. J. W. Black and daughter.
of Kings, were in the city Tuesday.
Mr. Ben Anderson, of Starrsvilie,
was in the city Tuesday, z
