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***** ' t; °<in THE ENTERPRISE
VOL. 45. NO. 20
gEiVR IN IMIND I Many People Read THE ENTERPRISE Who Do Not See Any Other Newton County Paper! *
brilliant events mark the closing
OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL EMORY
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT AT OXFORD
twenty years as
EMORY TREASURER
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PROF. H. H. STONE, Professor
Applied Mathematics.
EVERY DAY IS
HIS BUSY DAY
Prof. H. H. Stone has been
elected to the chair of
Mathematics in Emory college, a
position he has held for many
years.
Twenty years
was elected treasurer of the
in which office he has served
tinuously since. This hard
er is scarcely ever seen out of
ford. The amount of work
basR> do in order to keep in
shap- the details of th e collegs
so great that a holiday is
thought, of. The bookkeeping
the college is a man’s work
nothing else, this Professor
does aside from his teaching.
An hour recently spent in
ilass room revealed to ns
painstaking work this scholar
doing to bring out of the boys
best that is in them.
rrofessor Stone is also
of Hu- college and custodian of
Museum, and ;s chairman of
Newton county board of
tion.
Lie otdiuary calls attention
a ll administrators, executors
guardians that the first
Nly is the time to make
returns of all estates entrusted
their care.
The j
Lowest Market Prises
Are always to be had of us in Bed Room,
Parlor, Dining Room, Kitchen and Office
Furniture. fJL awn Swings, Porch goods,
Matting, Rugs, Art squares, cook stoves, |
Refrigerators, Ice Chests, Ice Cream
freezers, Fireless cookers
Everything that g oes to make your Home o place of comfort.
tW Undertaking department L the best in j
city having the only Licensed Embalmer.
Everilts Furniture Store.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY JUNE 11 1909.
Every Feature was Carried Out in a
Very Creditable Manner.
A visit to Emory college and to Oxford now brings most forcibly
to mind the line:
“I feel like one who treads alone some banquet hall deserted.”
After a week crowded with the happiest pleasures this little col¬
lege center has been deserted by the hundreds of students that have
for the past nine months made it vibrat6 with the vigor and life that
can a hone emanate from the college student.
Last Wednesday the curtain was rung down on one of the bright¬
est and most successful commencement seasons in the career of this
historic institution. An institution that is contributing annually its
quota of manhood who have in the years gone by and will continue in
the years to c ome, to do theirart in shaping the destiny of the na¬
tion.
The meeting of the Board of Trustees last Friday and Saturday
marked ih: opening of the business side of this most auspicious oc¬
casion, while the dinner given this distinguished body of gentlemen
Friday evening by Dr. and Mrs. James E. Dickey introduced most
beautifully the social side of the commencement season.
The Formal Opening.
The formal opening of the sev¬
enty-third annual commencement
occurred Fiiday evening when rep¬
resentatives from the Freshman
and Sophomore classes entertained
a large and appreciative audience
with declamations. The young
men acquitted themselves most
creditably. Mr. D. C. Morgan, of
Vienna, was awarded the medal
for the best Freshman declama¬
tion while Mr. W. H. Burke, of
Beuna Visita, won the medal for
th „ best Sopbomore declamation,
Athletic Exhibition.
An audience that taxed to its
utmost the seating capacity of the
J. P. Williams Athletic hall wit
nessed the athletic exhibition Sat-1
urday evening. The athletic class ;
under the direction of Prof. Nolan
A. Goodyear, had attained the
highest degree of proficiency and
the program presented was
ticularly interesting from the j
opening number.
Sunday Services McGov, president | j
Dr. James II.
of Birmingham college, of Bir- j
! mingbam, Ala., preached the an- j
| nual .commencement sermon at I
1 eleven o’clock, reading as his first |
lesson the 90th Psalm and for his
second lesson he gave the 17th
chapter of the Acts of the Apostles.
Dr. McCoy pitched his sermon
on a very high plane, holding the
rapt attention of his audience from
his opening words.
Taking as his text the 28th
verse of the 17th chapter of the
Acts: “For in Him we live,move
and have our being,” the doctor
delivered a most powerful dis¬
course which emphasized the per
fectness of thought in the spiritu
al relationship of men, the supre
macy of spiritual things over tem
poral, and the greatness of love.
One of the impressive features
of the morning service was the
filing in of the graduating class,
in academic dress, taking the
seats reserved for them in front of
the speaker, and to them Dr. Mc
Coy said:
i t You, young gentlemen, will
go out holding one of tw T o concep
tions of the universe, and your
conception will mold your charac
ter a<id mark y° ur destiny. You
will have to accept an agnostic
theory and live under a dark sky,
s i n kiag deeper and deeper into
pessimism day by day, or ehe you
will feel that yours is your Fath
great task, and the world will
daily become more essential to
Among many other things Dr.
McCoy in speaking of life said
“Man has a glorious love-iife that
ail. I » Man’s life consisted
not in the abundance of the things
he possessed, but that life is;
Tire trust of the wife, the love
of the child and the confidence of
tbe parents. t 1
Dr. McCoy in speaking of the
great men that had gone out from
the halls of Emory college paid
the institution a beautiful tribute
when he said “I have never met
an Emory mat. who was not a
high minded, cultured Christian
gentletnai I J J
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At the evening service Rev. S.P. I
U P-t-r of the M.thodi.t
church at Jackson, preached to a
large congregation. Preaching
from the text, “Let this mind be
in you that was in Christ Jesus, 11
PYTHIANS
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Good Roads Advocate
Mr. Wiggins delivered a most
forceful and eloquent sermon.
Junior Orations.
Monday morning was given
over to the Juniors, a large au¬
dience assembling at 10 o’clock in
in the auditorium for the Junior
orations.
There were eight speakers con¬
tending for the medal for the best
oration, which was captured by K.
D. Kenyon, of Albany.
Monday alternoon the champion
debate between the representatives
of the Few and Phi Gamma liter
ary sceities attracted a large au¬
dience, which packed the anditor
torlum. The question was: “ In¬
solved, That the fifteenth amend
ment should be repealed. The
affirmative championed by Hor
a ce Sandiford, of Oxford; T. O.
Marshall, of Cedartown; and J.
M. Bryan, of Wrightsville, of the
Phi Gamma, while the debaters
| f 0l . p ew were J. N. Townsend, of
[ Tiftati ; W. S. Bryan, of Wrigbts
v ;u e? an( j Herman Holbrook,
Gumming. The decision was ren
der*ul in favor of Few, making the
fourth succeeding champion debate
I won by the Few society.
An interesting feature following
the debate was the delivery of the
medals and prises of the year by
Dr. Janies E. Dickey.
| A i umni Day .
Tuesday was Alumni Day
for this occasion hundreds of
dents make annual pilgrima.es
their Alma Mater. The Alumni
address was made by Judge W. D.
Chambers, of Washington, D. C.,
who spoke most forcibly and elo
q'uently on the subject, “Educa
tion—A Trust; Its Highest Mi9
sion—Service.”
Following Judge Chambers’ ad
deess the annual reunion of the
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Alumni was held after which the
Alumni Association was called to
order in annual session by the
president, Mr. L. B. Robeson, of
Marietta, aud the regular business
transacted.
Among other important features
of the session was the liberal re
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spon8e to an appeal for funds with
which to carry «n the summer
campaign of the Greater Emory
c | u h movement. President Robe
son indorsed in the very highest !
terms this movemant, pro- j
j uouncittg t launched it “the very by greatest the under- pro- j
0C ever
graduates.” Immediately follow- [
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SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
THEIR NEW OFFICERS
Strong Men Named
as the Officers of
The Lodge
Covington lodge No. 118, Knights oi
Pythias, held its regular semi-annu¬
al election of officers at its regu¬
lar meting on Monday night and
as usual in the selection of officers
the lodge put its best foot forward
and for the coming semi-annual period
wil have at its head men who will
exert every effort to keep the lodge
up to its high standard.
The oficers who will serve the lodg
for the coming semi-annual term are
as follows:
Past Chancellor—J. H. Echols.
Chancellor Commander—J. L. Call
away.
Vice Chancellor—J. 0. Bradshaw.
Prelate—T. G. Callaway.
Master of Work—J. C. Weaver.
Master at Arms—F. E. Heard.
Inner-Guard —Benjamin Still.
Outer Guard—Wilbur Harwell.
aMster of Finance—W. A. Heard.
Master of Finance—W. A. Heard.
Keeper of Records and Seal—R. R.
Fowler.
Master of Exchequer—Geo.T.Smith.
During the semi-annual period now
drawing to a close the lodge has
added about one dozen new members
to its roster, and there is an abun¬
dance of work ahead for the lodge
COMMISSIONERS AND THE
COUNTY PHYSICIAN CLASH
With the Result that the Incident Made the
Meeting a Lively One.
At the meeting of the county
commissioners last week a very
teresting situation developed re¬
garding the position of county
physician.
At the beginning of the year the
commissioners made a
with Dr. Luke Robinson for a
year, to do the practice and
nish the medicines at an agreed
rate. Last week a majority of the
board thought Dr. Robinson’s
was too big, aud this led to a dis
cussion with the doctor, it finally
reaching some degree ot warmth.
Dr. Robinson declared his bill
just and amply within the b unds
I of his contract. He remarked
j that if his services were not per
fectly satisfactory he would
willing to resign. But that
bill under discussion was perfect
ly just and he insisted on its pay
ment. The matter ot settled
NO APOLOGY TO MAKE.
Iq 0 „ r thj ,
week much of what happened at
Oxford during commencement we
fee! that we are doill£ ? the People
of Covington and Newton county
a real service, as well as Oxford.
Certainly we could not lotas im¬
portant an affair as the Emory
ewnnweement take place in our
county without making proportion
j «1 mention of it.
If the stockholders of ai.y mill
in the county should have a meet
ing our news reporters would
hang around to make notes and
gladly publish all their doings as
news for our readers. |
Did you ever consider that only !
Could not be Better.
No one has ever made a salve, or j
J£V‘£ C beaTeTof «s!
Corns, Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds
KrSoS^yes^CobTsoils.^Chap-S
Handsits supreme. Infallible forplles
Only 25c at Geo. T. Smith’s and C. i
Brooks.
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MODEL PYTHIAN
OFFICER IS HE
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HON. R. R. FOWLER, Town
Builder and Merchant
The showing made for the term un¬
der the administration of Chancell¬
or Comander J. H. Echols is one’
that the lodge may well be proud of
and it is sure that the new- officers
do their utmost to emulate.
The lodge holds its regular meeting
ever - first and third Monday evening
and it is earnestly desired that every
member should attend these meet¬
ings. There will be work in the sec
ond rank at the next metiug and all
should be present.
ju9t then.
The following day the board re¬
ceived a bid from another physi¬
cian to do the county practice,and
this brought a vigorous protest
from the minority side of the table
and a most emphatic statement
I from Dr. Robinson that under the
circumstances he would not re
sign. He pointed the fact that he
: had a contract with the county for
: one year and that he had perform
his part of the contract and ex
pected to require the jcuunty to do
j the same thing.
This brought matters to a stand
still, the board deferring a final
1 settlement until another meeting.
j During the discussion of the
matter between the members of
the board ic was pointed out that,
the new bid received agreed to ren
der services at ? certain price and
j the county to pay for the medi
j cines extra.
uvo institution, in the county pay
more taxes than Emory college?
When the half million endow
ment is raised the college will pay
* n f° th 0 treasury no tucousidera
I ble sum.
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We gladly publish the Oxford
and Emory news with whatever
comment we deem proper to make,
Has Newton county within her
borders anything of which she can
more worthily boast than ofEmoiy
college, the educational mother of
a hundred sons who have gone out
from the best homes of Covington
and Newton county?
Emory i 3 moving on, let us
move with her!
Trouble Makers Ousted.
when a sufferer from stomach
pepsia Pm R sj, c his Lite dy„
and indigestion fly away, but
appetuV 1 'nerves, Wealthy
strong vig
or, all because stoinacb. liver andkid
neys now work right. 25c at Geo.
smiths’ and C. C. Brooks.