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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 * w % • ■V .a*? 9 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 . 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 HE IS NOW A PAST CHANCELLOR : m ■ - '■ * •$£ ;* 4; ;I m n t-v. t n m s L 4' - HON. JOHN H ECHOLS, Also 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 I | 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 ! 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- [ . J | Continued on Last Page- 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. , . MODEL PYTHIAN OFFICER IS HE JF jrfr v 'CCTjl ul - ' • . : -« . mwm VA 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. ■ 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.