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VOL. 45. NO. 21
BE AR IN' MIND l Many People Read THE ENTERPRISE Who Do Not See Any Other Newton Gounty Paper f
PUBLIC SCHOOL TERMTO
BE INCREASED BY BOARD
Funds on Hand Permit Small Ex
tension of the Terms for ail
the Public Schools.
Board of Education met in regu¬
The last Monday.
lar sesion county has been receiving
*?. the public school from the
^ for the and this
n6t hire of the convicts rev
having been cut off bythe law
enue the convict lease sys
a Kniishing January decided to
tem. the Board in
make the public school term proper
months in order to meet the new;
four r with the understanding thati
con “ rtitions extended if the funds
this was to be
warranted . . it. ..
nn hand meeting Monday the report
At the Commissioner A.H.Fos
2 fnunty School suffi
showed that there were
Lt funds on hand term to of warrant eachschool the «c
tension of the take I
two weeks. The schools may
advantage of this additional two weeks
whenever they desire.
This does not mean, however, that
the Newton county schools will have
only four and a half month’sterm, as
it is the fixed policy of the Board to
pay one half of the expenses of the
fall term of schools in the coun
» whenever they are held.
The Board received reports at the
Monday meeting that four or five of
ihe schools in the county had deter¬
mined to hold summer sessions. The
Board does not encourage these sum¬
mer sessions except in such instances
as they are demanded by local con¬
ditions. of special Interest
Several matters
In all the schools in the countywere
discussed and committees appoint¬
ed to make reports on them at fu¬
ture meetings.lt is expected that ow¬
ing to matters now pending the next
sesion of the board will be the most
important in Its history for this year.
NEWBORN NOTES
Mr. J. J. Carter celebrated his birth
day last Friday by entertaining sev
eral of the oldest men of the town
at his home for dinner.
Mrs. R. H. B. Keeney, of Gordon,
one of our former teachers, has been
a visitor for several days, the guest
of Mrs. W. E. Stowe.
On the morning train yesterday Mr.
J. L. Harwell left on a business
trip to Haddock, Ga.
Several of the younger set of the
young ladies are attending a house
party in Covington this week.
Prof. H. B. Robertson and family,
left promptly after the close of the
school two weeks ago, for their old
home at Cedar Hill, Tenn. He writes
that he is enjoying his “rustication”
very much, but can’t succeed in
landing a W. W. society—Want Work
society—for the reason the people
up there are too busy. How differ¬
ent down here.
Dr. R. D. Murrell, of Aikerton, was
in our city last week visiting rela¬
tives.
Mr. J. L. Pitts, one of our former
citizens, arrived yesterday from Barns
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Sassnett, of
Hapevilie, are spending several days
>n town the guests of the latter’s pa¬
rents, and they are accompanied by
tieir son Joe.
The rain yesterday was very ac¬
ceptable to most of us, but not so
not finished chopping cotton.
Mrs. J. E. Gay and children, of At¬
lanta, are spending several days with
*0Yed ones.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pitts arrived last
Saturday from their home in Fort
smith, Ark., for a several days stay
w ‘th relatives.
Mrs. Minnie Eubanks, of Atlan¬
ta, came down Monday for a week’s
visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
°lin Pitts.
Covingt* P Du ^ e spent yesterday in
Vacation is usually a pleasant pas-
The Lowest Market Prices
Are always to be had of us in Bed Room,
Parlor, Dining Room, Kitchen and Office
Furniture. fJLawn Swings, Porch goods,
Matting, Rugs, Art squares, cook stoves,
Refrigerators, Ice Chests, Ice Cream
freezers, Fireless cookers
Everything that goes to make your Home o place of comfort.
Our Undertaking department !s the best in
city having the only Licensed Embalmer.
Everilts Furniture Store.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY JUNE 18 1909.
FETE OF FLOWERLAND
OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT
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THE FAIRY
time for most folks, Russell Sage ex¬
cepted, but it may not be to one
we know. Ask Jack.
Our town seems quiet since school
closed.
Mrs. J. E. Pitts returned from At¬
lanta Monday, after several day’s
visit to a sick daughter.
Birthday Dinner.
Our broad minded and generous
fellow townsman, Mr. John J. Car
ter, afforded quite a number of the
old citizens of the town a day of
enjoyment and great pleasure on last
Friday, the occasion being his birth
day.
A most bountiful and delicious din¬
ner, just such as his accomplished
wile is capable of serving, was
and which was most highly relisheu
and enjoyed by the aged guests. After
dinner pleasant chatting with the
ily and among themselves was
ed for a while. All the guests
on leaving, in the wish that their
host might enjoy many returns of
day. Those present were as follows:
Our worthy pastor, Rev. John D.
Milton,Dr.R.D.Murrelle, J. W.
W. F. Gay, J. P. Williams, Wiliam
Cart and W. J. M. Preston.
Guest.
CARD OF THANKS.
To the many friends who were so
sweet and kind to me during my re¬
cent bereavement, I desire to ex¬
tend my heartfelt thanks and
ciation.
I shall never forget them for
invaluable service and many expres¬
sions of sympathy.
May Heaven’s choicest blessings be
showered upon each one of you.
MRS. JOHN HENDERSON.
Mr. John Henderson Dead.
The many friends of Mr. John Vg:
derson, deceased, will receive
intelligence of his death with
row. Mr. Henderson was loved
the people who knew him. He
be greatly missed at Oxford,
knew Mr. Henderson personally
twenty-five years and his death
a personal sorrow to us. We
condolence to the bereaved ones.
Mrs. D. B. Bond, of
Thursday and Friday of last
with Mrs. F. A. Briscoe, in North Co
in gton.______
THE FETE OF FLOWERLAND
AT OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT
The Fete of Flower land, with its
many glorious scenes and cast of
sixty-five children and young girls por
traying the awakening of Mother
Earth will be without exception the
most completely artistic affair ever
offered to a Covington audience.
It is a beautiful Operetta full of the
flowerlike people and the fairy, who
speak in the tuneful language of mu¬
sic and are garbed in the glorious col¬
ors that represent their flower-like
life and nature. The general scenes
which are considered in three acts
are:
First, the faky waking up the Snow
Drops, calling the Violets for-get-me
not and the daisies.
Second, greeting to Easter. In this
the beautiful chimes are heard in the
distance.
Third, the fairy calling the roses,
the Quarrel of the Butter Cups, the
NEWTON COUNTY IS NOW
FREE FROM INDEBTEDNESS
The good roads question is
prominent with the people of every
section just now, and nowhere is it
any more of a live issue than it is
with the people of Newton county.
The discussion of this matter here
within the last few weeks has be¬
come very interesting, and it has
developed the fact that the people in
all sections of the county want good
roads.
The matter has been discused by
various prominent citizens with the
various members of the county com¬
missioners and this has developed a
line of information that it is sure
will prove of great interest to the
people of the county generally.
Eight years ago Newton county was
in debt about $28,000, and the com
misioners had to face this deficit
and provide the ways and means of
keeping the county going and dis
pose of the indebtedness, In eight
years the entire amount has been paid
.
This is regarded as a piece of
SCOUT CARS OF PATHFINDERS
AROUSE INTEREST IN ROADS
The scout cars of the Journal-Her¬
ald arrived in the city Monday and
attracted a great deal of attention
from the people of the city as well
as from along the route from Atlanta
to Covington.
These care are travelling through
best and most serviceable roads for
forming a great highway for good
roads from Atlanta to New York.
One route has been suggested to
pass through Newton county and Cov
ington, and efforts will be made to
have this route selected.
That the people of this section are
deeply interested in the movement
was demonstrated on the occasion
of the visit of these scout cars.
The cars were met at Conyersby a
delegation of Newton county and Cov
ington people, headed by Hon. John
H. Echols and County Commissioners
J.Z.Johnson and William Boyd.These
STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE CHILDREN
The W. C. T. U. has done much
towards refining our civilization and
making life more valuable to the
citizens of the United States.
The fact that the good women of
the W. C. T. U. have their eyes
open and stand ready to give alarm
w r hen danger is seen makes it safer
for us all. The prohibition law in
Georgia is the work largely of the
W. C. T. U. Now that mighty organi
dark zation problem has turned, of illiteracy its batteries in Georgia. on the
They now want a state law enacted
making education compulsory.
are glad to be able on account of
our Increased facility in type setting
to give these good women space in
The Enterprise for the spreading of
their teachings on lines of reform.
Read carefully the article on illiter
eracy in Georgia, which is as follows:
Illiteracy in Georgia—
Editor Constitution: I am glad that
School Commissioner Pound printed
the statistics of illiteracy in Georgia.
Nothing is going to decrease It very
much until we bring to bear the
f actg
Our discredit is not that we have
not contributed generously from the
state treasury,more generously in fact
than most of the states, but in
having compelled the ignorant to send
their children to school. We have
spent $8,825,000 in the past five year
on, our common schools by state tax
and about $$2,500,000 by local tax.
We have run a school within three
miles of almost every child We
kept these open from five to nine
months, and j et we must report that
84 380 children, betwen the ages of
of 10 and 18 are illiterate, and that
we have allowed during these same
j'ears 90,000 more to pass 18 years of
age and assume the responsibility of
citizenship without ever having
darkened the door of a school house,
Lullaby of the Poppies. In this act
the drill and Rossini’s Pastoral Cho¬
rus song, rendered by the Sweet Peas
together with the grand march makes
a fitting finale to a delightful even
ing of music and beauty.
This beautiful Operetta will be pre¬
sented at the opera house this even¬
ing under the auspices of the Sec¬
ond Circle for the library fund.
The participants have been thor
ouehly trained by Mrs. J. E. Phillips
and Miss Carrie Beck Davis in many
ways rendered valuable assistance.
The curtain will be rung up at
8:30 o’clock, and the audience is urg¬
ed to be present at this time. The
first act is conceded to be the very
sweetest. Anyone arriving later will
be a great loser.
Tickets are on sale at the Bank of
Covington. Admission 15, 25 and 35
cents.
excellent financing, for in addition
to the items mentioned several new
steel bridges have been built, while
a number of other old bridges have
been almost rebuilt,and not a cent of
additional indebtedness incurred.
With the begining of the present
year the county was completely
free from debt and the commissioner
had mapped out a comprehenslve
plan- of road improvement for the
year, with the means in sight to meet
all the expenses.
With its plans all made last year for
this year’s work, the board finds it
a rather difficult undertaking now to
change any of these plans to meet
with conditions which have arisen
recently and at the same time keep
the county free from debt. It would
seem that, while this may not give
the good roads advocates perhaps the
new fload building they desire, that
this is a situation that should prove
veer gratifying to the tax payers of
the •county.
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gentlemen went up in cars and es¬
corted the scout cars to the city,
pointing out the best and most avail¬
able roads. All along the route the
greatest interest was shown by the
people.
The county commissioners have ex
pressed themselves as being per
tectly willing to do the county’s part
in this big undertaking if the people
want it done, and will join with the
county in the work.
This would seem to leave the mat¬
ter up to the people of thecounty and
they should not be slow in making
their desires known to the county
commissioners .
The gentlemen composing the scorfr
ing party were very much pleaseil
with their trip through this way, al¬
though they did not make any state¬
ment of just how the route compared
in every way with the others sug
gested.
While school kept, the ignorant young
child plowed rings around the school
house. No onehad any right to say
to the parents of any of these 175
GOO children that they must give
their children some education.
Eleven millions dollars taken from
{}j e taxpayers of Georgia in five year
f or the sole purpose of giving every
c hild a common school education
an( j y e ^ s tate school commissione
can show a reduction of but 1.6 per
^0 andl8. At this rate, how many
fj ve yg ar periods must pass before we
C an reduce our illiteracy to a decent
I per cent,
Clearly the voluntary system ha?
failed, as It has always failed, for illit
eracy tends to reproduce Itself. We
reduced the school illiteracy a frac¬
tion over 1 per cent, but I doubt if
our total Illiteracy can show as great
a reduction, for the 19-year old illiter¬
ate does not cease to count, but still
lives to count tor weal or woe in
the body politic.
Eleven millions spent in Georgia
In education in the common schools,
and yet Georgia holds the enviable
rank of forty-second among the states
in w hite illiteracy,
Eleven millions voted by our law
makers to be taken by compulsion,
i if need be.from the taxpayer,and yet
these same lawmakers will not pass
law protecting the child in the in
alienable right to education.MrPound
is helpless, the county commissioners
are helpless, the child is helpless,
The child has no legal
right in Georgia to demand the schoo
training. He is at the mercy of the
ignorant parent. Russia.Turkey.Spai
and the south are about the only
civilized nations that do not give the
child school protection,
You had a double column editorial
last wek on game protection, and it
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
PRETTY CHILDREN’S DAY
PROGRAM IS PRESENTED
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SUNDAY AT PORTER
DALE.
It was our pleasure to accept an in
vitation to Children's Day exercises
at Pnrtprdalp last s Sunday .t r Wf r* looked ss.
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ested audience. The people of Por
tprdalp havp not vet fallen into the
modern way of not attending public
services. The exercises werepleasing
and apparently enjoyed by all pres
ent. Mr. and Mrs.D. D. Towers the
committee of arrangements had prepa
ed a well selected program and care
fully directed the little folks for their
parts. Much hard work i*
sary to prepare such a program as
was rendered by the children at
terdale last Sunday. The people are
under obligations to Mrs. Towers for
training their children for the delight
ful exhibition to which it seemed
that everybody in the village had
turned out.
Mr.C.T.Lummus the Sunday school
superintendent was justly happy as
he looked upon some of the fruits of
his labors. It has been several
years since we had the pleasure of
visiting Porterdale and we note with
a feeling bordering on surprise the
vast improvements made. We were
told that the owners of the mill have
very generously offered to build
before a late date two nice, modern
brick churches far the Bap
tist and the Methodist denom
inaionjs. This will add
greatly to the material development of
the place and be a source ot inspir¬
ation and contentment to the many
operatives who are faithfully weaving
away through the week and desire
a place of worship on Sunday. A
new day has dawned in mill service.
The operative is no longer regarded
as simply a machine to be used
till worn out then cast aside, but is
considered in his proper relation
as aliving soul. The church and the
school house are included today in
the assets of the mill with which the
stockholders reckon with the certain
ity of profit.The factory that does not
put into its products head and heart
as well as hands cannot intruth de¬
clare a dividend—the product costs
too much. Let the mill oweners see
to it that the operative has a com¬
fortable home for his wife, a good
school for his children and a place
where he can go on theSabbathwith
his family to worship according to his
own faith and conscience and con
tentment will reign sweetly while the
laborer will go to his toil with will¬
ing steps and gladness of spirit.There
never was a problem Involving labor
and capital that true brotherly love
could not solve. We join the people
of Porterdale in thanking the Bibb
Manufacturing Company for the
prospective new churches and urge
their speedy erection.
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was nee e .
pers that Governor-elect _ . . B Brown n states states
that he expects to make protection
of our fish a feature of hisadmuiistra
tion. Sate Will not you 8 gentlemet^asSO
children of our state?VVhat
Sung^tK? a To 'lie ,'tlVthT state
to continue longer our voluntary at
tendance system is unjust to the tax
payer, a crime against the child, and
a blow to the fair name and pros¬
perity of the state.
JOSEPH S. STEWART,
University_of_Georgia. _March 5.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
From this time on The Enter
prise will publish all legal matter giv¬
en out by the county officials in which
the citizens of the town and county
are interested, We do not receive
any compensation for this, We do it
for the accomodation of our friends.
We intend that The Enterprise shall
be the organ of the people.
Beautiful Children’s Day Exer¬
cises Held at The First
Presbyterian Church
The Children’s Day service at the
Presbyterian church Sunday after¬
noon was uplifting and deeply devo¬
tional. For this occasion the members
of the Sunday school and their
friends from all parts of the city
filled the auditorium of this pret¬
ty church,and certainly there was not
one present whose interest was not
deepened in sending God’s message
throughout the world by the impres¬
sive exercises presented.
The service was opened with a song:
by a chorus of voices and the con
gregation, with Mrs. L. D. King pre¬
siding at the organ. Following the
song, prayer was offered by Mr. L. D
King in which God’s blessings were
invoked upon the hour.
Recitations, songs, responsive read¬
ing, an address and opening the mite
boxes completed a program both in¬
teresting and impressive.
Little Miss Sarah Fowler of the
infant class held in complete thralldom,
the audience when she recited with,
sparkling spontaneity and enthusii
asm the story af the Light Bearer.
John Milner,of Mrs.Thompson’s class
read an interesting article showing
the reasons for establishing the In¬
dustrial school for boys inMexico.the
institution to which the afternoon’s
offering would be devoted. Another
important feature was the respon
sive reading led by the superintend¬
ent Col. R. W. Milner. These exercis
es together with the songs and re¬
citations presented by the classes of
Mrs. Gordon and Misses Nellie Milner
and Ida Higgins formed a beautiful
preparation and setting for the
address delivered by Rev, John B.
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^ as Dilligence to Come ,ui
T!n,othy '
F rom this beautiful subject, . , Mx* . j
aymg in part ’ dilligence trut | to ls, i’
h **?*™ - , e „X ln . !;® r C a ^ meS ept Chr j st *
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^ ar wait ' ng until old * age danger to ™ become s thin ^ ai
£ Sejm.amongAhe> on ® ^ wait f t ! 1 dangers la i, e ' n that life be- to
a Christian . Mr. Gordon spoke
of the weakening of the powers of the!
mind and body. One’s eyesight gets
dim, the nerves become shaky, the
hearing is impaired, the memory and
thinking faculties are lost to ser¬
vice, thus depriving one of the great¬
est blessing in the world—the comple
enjoyment of religion if one waits
till winter—old age—to accept Christ
for his savior.
But if in youth one takes Christ for
his savior all these powers can be
taken into service, making old age the
happiest part of one’s life, for the
old live in the past while the things
of today they do not remember.
Closing Mr. Gordon said:
“Oh, my young friends.the desire ia
my heart is to see you become Chris¬
tians, do thy dilligence before winter
comes on—become Christians before
old age comes on."
Following Mr.Gordon’s earnest and
beautiful appeal the opening of the
mite boxes was an interesting feature
and these little boxes yielded for tl|»
Industrial School for Boys in Mex¬
ico $16.71.
The exercises ciosed with prayer,
offered by Rev. H. M. Quillian.
DOINGS ABOUT DIXIE
Miss Lillian Biggers, who has been
teaching school at Hampton, return¬
ed home last Thursday.
Miss Mary Hays, of Woodlawn, was
the much admired guest of Misses
Western and Nora Dobbs Sunday last,
Mrs. C. S. Biggers and daughter,
Miss Sadie, were welcome visitors at
Mansfield recently.
Mr. Clarence Kenerly and sister,
Miss Mittie, and Miss Ollie Hays,
spent Sunday very pleasantly with
Mrs. Ella Hays at Hayston.
Mr. William Adams and children
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
W. M. Biggers’ family.
Miss Frankie McCart, of Newborn,
visited her sister, Mrs. W. C. Dobbs
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Biggers and lit¬
tle son of Mansfield, were recent
visitors to Mr. C. S. Biggers’ family.
Misses Western and Nora Dobbs
friends with a sine- rl
n S ‘f evenina S ' Ml 1 i resent
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Miss Lillian Adams, of Woodlawn,
^pen^ Monday afternoon with Miss
Several from here attended preach
. * Brick Store Sunday,
DEATH OF MRS. MOSS.
Mrs. Bertha Moss died last Sunday
morning at the home of Frank Moss,
illness from fever. She was the wife
of E. D. Moss, who is also quite ill
with fever. She left.besides her hus¬
band, a little baby boy eight months
old, an aged mother and several brotli
ers and sisters to mourn for her.
Mrs. Moss was a quiet lady, kindly
disposed toward all and greatly loved
by all who knew and appreciated her
earnest Christian character.
Miss Viola” Maddox spenTTast w eek
very pleasantly in Atlanta.