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thTstate officers of the d. a. r.
GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE
Meeting of the State Executive
Board of the D. A. R’
executive board of the D. A. R
The in Covington on Tues
was in session 5:30
from 9:30 a. m. till p. m.
day consists of the following
The board
lad W. Godfrey, Regent.
\lr< ' P.
' j m. Graham, First Vice Re¬
Mrs.
gent. id. Brown, Second Vic
Mrs. George
Regent. Howard McCall, Recording Se
Mrs.
^Miss Flora Carr, Corresponding Sec
retary. Treasurer.
Mrs. A. o. Harper,
Mrs. Q jl. Green, Historian.
Mrs. W. C. Clark, State Editor.
A gr eat Quantity of important busi
ness was transacted by the board and
the Regent anticipates calling another
meeting of the executive board in
Atlanta later on in the year.
Mrs. Clark Entertains.
The social side of the State Ex¬
ecutive Board meeting of the D. A. R
had a beautiful introduction Monday
when Mrs. W. C. Clark entertained at
1 lovely luncheon complimentary to
the local members of the Board and
those who came in advance of the
executive meeting which was held tha
following day at the home of the
State Regent, Mrs. Peter W. Godfrey.
The guests were invited from 12 to
2 o’clock, and every minute of the
time was crowded with that beautiful
hospitality which could not have
had a more charming radiating cen¬
ter than at the hr me of Mrs. Clark.
It was a nasturtium luncheon and |
the charming cordiality of the gra¬ i
cious hostess was reflected in the
glorlovs nasturtium blossoms which
were seen with graceful effect every
where.
The exquisite table covering was
kaulif’Rl.v embroidered ’n nastur
ti>m.s ami yrseofnljy thrown over it
was a profusion of the golden b los
soms, while each plate was marked
with a bouquet af the same pretty
bloom.The luncheon included five deli
.’ii'is ionises, and ai each serving,
this sunshiny blossom completed a
charming decorative arrangement.
Besides the i'Hess, covers were
laid for Mrs. Peter W. Godfrey,Mrs.
S. B. C. Morgan, of Savannah, Mrs.
J. E. Phillips, Miss Flora Carr, and
Mis- Maybelle Clark.
The menu includedt
Iced Oyster Cocktail Plum Wafers
Stuffed Tomators a la Creole
Baronet Wafers
Fish Croquettes Creamed Peas on Toast
French Salad Beaten Biscuit
Iced Maraschino Bananas
Whipped Cream Frosted Dainties
Tea
Dinner Party for Distinguished
Visitors by Mrs. Godfrey.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Godfrey gave a
beautiful dinner to the visiting D.
A. R.’s Tuesday at their artistic home
°n College-st.
Besides the members of the execu
e board the guests of honor w r ere
r8 ' S. B. C. Morgan and Mrs. J. E.
fillips, D Regent of the Sergeant New
ton Chapter.
The dinner was elegant in
d «ail and the every
decorations were very
The Lowest Market Prices
Are always to be had of us in Bed Room,
furniture. parlor, Dining CJLawn Room, Swings, Kitchen Porch and Office goods,
Vlatting, Rugs, Art squares, cook stoves,
Refrigerators, Ice Chests, Ice Cream
freezers, Fireless cookers
er > thing that goes to make your Home o place of comfort.
Our Undertaking department Is the best in
c A y taving the only Licensed Embalmer.
Everilts Furniture Store.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
BE
COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY JUNE 25 1909.
THE CENTRAL FIGURE IN D. A. R. MEETING THIS WEEK
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MRS PETER W. GODFREY, STATE REGENT, D. A. R.’s.
exquisitely arranged. Festooned from
the leaded dome over the table
were the ribbons worn by
Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Godfrey in
honor of their offices as Vice Regent
of the National Society of the D.A.
P nnd Regent of the State.Pinned at
regular intervals on these ribbons
were tiny United States flags and
at everyj plate was another tiny flag.
The occasion was very enjoyable and
the guests were very full of kindly
expressions to Mr. and Mrs.Godfrey
for their delightful hospitality.
Entertained in Honor of Mrs, Morgan
On Monday evening from 6 to 10
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Davis enter¬
tained at tea at their lovley home on
Corley Heights. The guests of honor
were Mrs. S. B. C. Morgan and Mrs.
P.W. Godfrey. The affair was a most
lovely one, thoroughly characteristic
of the old time hospitality and of the
charming host and hostess of the
evening.________
Mrs. S. B. C. Morgan, ex-state re¬
gent and ex-vice regent of the Na¬
tional Society of D. A. R.’s, from Sa¬
vannah. lias been Covington’s distin¬
guished guest since last Thursday
afternoon. She is with Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Godfrey and is having
many beautiful attentions shown her
while in Covington.
Mrs.John Marion Graham,first vice
regent of the state, from Marietta,
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.P. W.
Godfrey Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week.
Mrs. Howard McCall, of Atlanta, re¬
cording secretary for the state D. A.
R.’s was with Mr. and Mrs. P. W.
Godfrey on Tuesday.
PLAY WAS VERY
SUCCESSFUL
The Fete of Flowerland presented
by local talent at the opera house last
Friday evening was an artistic as
well as financial triumph for the Sec¬
ond Circle under whose auspices the
operetta was sung for the benefit of
the Library fund.
Unique in character, superb .in qual¬
ity and faultlessly presented the ope¬
retta held the enthusiastic attention
of a select audience which fairly tax¬
ed the seating capacity of the opera
house auditorium.
Adding emphasis to the setting of
the pretty story, a dense growth of
trees and foliage had been artificially
planted on the sides of the stage,
which together with other improvised
features gave the staging a most ef¬
fective appearance.
To particularize would be impossi¬
ble. Every one of the sixty-five of
the cast was individually interesting
shining out resplendently in the
respective roles.
The costuming was superb and so
charming was the imperso¬
nation of each flower that
the sympathy and the admir¬
ation of the audience was challenged
from the opening scene till the cur¬
tain fell upon the grand march, the
happy finale of the artistic per¬
formance.
Between the acts a beautiful progru
of music was rendered by Mr. and
^ rs - J- T Corley and Miss Clara Belle
Adams. Before the last scene Mr.
George T.Smith thanked the audience
on behalf of the Second Circle for the
magnificent patronage.
To Mrs. J. E. Phillips is due the
beautiful success of the operetta. Mrs.
Phillips has worked untiringly, giving
her time and talent very graciously to
training the participants and this
triumph has but won renewed hon¬
ors for her wonderfully superb powers
of training.
HOKE SMITH TO
BE THE SPEAKER
The Sunday school celebration to
be held August 4 at Snapping Shoals
promises to be immensely interest¬
ing.
The committee in charge of the af- |
fair is preparing an unusual program
which the people are suFe to enjoy.
Hon. Hoke Smith has accepted an in
vitation to be present and make an
address and it is sure that a large
crowd will greet this distinguished
citizen and speaker.
These gatherings are fruitful of
much good as well as pleasure. Let
everybody be there. Don’t forget to
fill your baskets with good things to
eat. That helps, you know.
THE VALUE OF
GOOD ROADS
IS SHOWN
Editor Enterprise: —
No one can estimate, or has any con
ception of the be»efits to, or what
“good roads,” as now understood
means to our county. No one can es
timate the results, or sum total
of saving in one year,of loss in wear
and tear of teams and vehicles, in
worry and vexation,cheapening trav¬
el and transportation, and in time,
time being one of the most valuable
elements or considerations entering
into the transactions of the business
and commercial world.
All this burden arising from bad
roads—the lack of good roads—falls
most heavily upon the farmer and
the rural citizen,as they furnish their
own means of travel and transpor¬
tation and bear the expense thereof.
The merchant and manufacturer and
the citizens of the towns and cities,
being to a considerable degree inde¬
pendent \ of good roads, their travel
and transportation being done by
and on the railroads.
Good roads are not only invaluable,
but they are things of beauty. Good
roads will tend to bring the citizens
of country and town closer together;
and the nearer we get to, and the
better we know clever folk the better
we like them and the fonder we are
of them.
Now that the whole state seems to
be aroused and aflame and bent
on having good roads, our county can
not and must not afford to be indif¬
ferent; she must join the procession,
yes, head the procession.
There is no better county in all of
Georgia than is our county—dear old
Newton and there are no better folk
in all Georgia, or anywhere else,than
we have right here in Newton coun¬
ty and we cannot afford to fall be¬
hind or be idle in this matter. To do
so would be a reflection upon our
appreciation of a commendable pro¬
gressive public spirit, a reflec¬
tion oppn our appreciation of the wel¬
fare and high interest of ourselves
and our children, a reflection upon
our appreciation of one of the bright
marks and chief evidences of a high
degree of civilization. It behooves
every man and woman, every boy
and girl in Newton county to wake tip
and get busy in talking and working
for good roads.
That -ood roads are worth all the
money and labor and time and more,
tfc> any and every people, thaR it
takes to build them is not debatable
question.
John B. Davis.
Graduated With Honors.
The Atlanta papers in heavy faced
head lines and in a photographic way
announced through their columns the
high honors won at the Georgia
School ot Technology by Mr. Walton
C. Clark, son of our esteemed towns¬
people, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Clark.
Mr. Clark was graduated from the
School of Technology in Atlanta last
week, receiving the degrees of B. S.
and T. 13.
For the past three years this bright
young man has been the recognized
leader of his class, graduating with
the highest honor awarded any grad¬
uate of this popular institution of
learning.
The news of the honors won by Mr.
Clark will be received with personal
pleasure, not only by his own friends,
but by the scores of friends of his
popular parents.
Young, brilliant and energetic, Mr.
Clark's influence is sure to be felt in
a notably uplifting way in the years
to come.
Good Game at Emory.
Last Saturday afternoon in a close
and exciting game the Porterdale team
met and defeated the Emory Summer
school team by a score of 6 to 5.
The game was snappy from beginnig.
to end.
Both pitchers were peppered pretty
lively but they had good support.
The players that showed up best for
Porterdale were Stewart B,Evans and
Moore. Moore pitched a good game
and fanned nine men. Those that
showed up best for the summer school
were Roberts and Bryan.
The line up was:
Porterdale—Amerson lb; Stewart c;
Ivey ss; Huff 3b; Finley cf;B.Stew
art If; Evans 2b; Miller rf; Moore p.
Emory—Stephens lb; Roberts c; K
Snow If; Williams 2b; Harmon rf;
Rumble p; Kitchens ss; Bryan 3b;
Sandiford of.
Batteries—Moore and Stewart;Rum¬
ble and Roberts.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
GOOD ROADS AND GOOD
MORALS-WHAT’S THE MOTIVE?
The talk we hear on every hand of
good roads is inspiring to say the
least of it. That Newton county
needs better roads than she has
had for all the years past Is known
without argument. We need good
roads and in time will have tnem if
the people will set themselves to
the task.
Wouldn’t it be fine for the farmer
ko start out from his home in the
country and have no hills to pull
up, no gullies to cross and no rocks
to bump on?Just a level highway
that never gets muddy nor dusty but
stays always in good condition for
travel.
We hope to see the good day when
old Newton will have good roads.We
all know that it will take a good
deal of cash and a lot of sens
on the part of the builder and a long
time to build just such roads as the
people of the county are worthy of.
Count us In to help the cause on
to the utmost of our ability.
Gentlemen of Newton county I am
ready to give what I can spare of
cash and willing to be taxed for
good roads in the county. I am not
going to take mine all out in talking.
If some folks would give in propor¬
tion to the talking they do, good
roads would come the sooner. But
there is always a flurry before the
calm. It won’t be long, we hope,
before Newton county dirt will be
rolled up from its resting place for
centuries and mixed with sand, rocks
and cement to form the road bed
we are now dreaming of.
When we get good roads will we
need anything more? Does civiliza¬
tion find its perfection in good roads
Do good roads make good morals?
What is the motive behind the good
roads movement. Is it pleasure? Is it
commercialism? Is it profit and gain?
No, we want good roads because it
helps our brother. That is the mo¬
tive. The motive will have something
to do with the stability of the roads.
The best road the world has ever had
in it or ever will, doubtless
was the road into Rome along which
Caesar’s legions tramped and shook
the world. Along this road St. Paul
was led by his murderers.
Good roads do not make civiliza¬
tion nor save it from decay.
Does this movement for good roads
involve good morals?
What is the motive?
Citizen.
A OUEER WILL
IS THIS
Below will be found a copy of
the will of an eminent lawyer who be
came insane and was sent to an asy¬
lum. While there he wrote this will
shortly before his death.
“That part of my interest which is
known in law and recognized in the
sheep bound volumes as my prop¬
erty, being inconsiderable and of no
account, I make no disposal of these
in my will.
Item I.—
My right to live being but a life
estate, is not excepted at my I disposal, proceed but j
these things now
to devise and bequeath: I give to
good fathers and mothers in trust
for their children all good little word*
of praise and encouragement and all
quaint pet names and endearments;
and I charge said parents to use
them justly and generously as the
needs of their children may require.
Item II.—
I leave to children inclusively,
but only for a term of their child¬
hood, all the flowers of the fields and
the blossoms of the woods withthe
right to play among them freely ac¬
cording to the customs of children,
warning them at the same time
against thistles and thorns. And I
devise to children the banks of the
brooks and the golden sands beneath
the waters thereof and the odors of
the willows that dip therein and the
whiteclouds that float high over the
giant trees, And I leave the chil
dren the long, long days to be merry
in in a thousand w r ays and the night
and the moon and the trail of the |
milky way to wonder at, but subject
nevertheless to the rights hereinaf
ter given to lovers.
Item III.
I devise to boys jointly all the
useful idle fields and commons where
ball nan may may be oe piajeu, played; all a n pleasant wa
ters where one may swim, all .now
clad hills where one may coast; to
have and to hold the same for the
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period of their boyhood. And all
the meadows and their clover blos¬
soms and butterflies thereof, the
woods and their appurtenances, the
squirrels and birds and echoes and
strange noises and all distant places
which may be visited together with
the adventure there found. And T
give to said boys each his own
place at the fireside at night, with
all pictures that may be seen in the
burning wood, to enjoy without let
or hindrance and without any encum¬
brance of care.
Item IV.—
To lovers I devise their imaginary
world with whatever they may need;
as the stars of the sky; the red roses
by the wall; the bloom of the haw
thorne. the sweet strains of music and
aught else by which they desire to fig
ure to each other the lastingness and
beauty of their love.
Item V.—
And to those who are no longer
children or youths or lovers I leave
memory and bequeath to them the
volumes of the poems of Burns and
Shakespeare and ot other poets, if
there be others, to the end that they
may live over the old days again freely
and fully without title or diminution.
Item VI.—
To our loved ones with snowy
crowns I bequeath the happiness of
old age and the love and gratitude of
their children until they fall asleep.
LIVINGSTON
TO BE A SPEAKER
Below will be found the program of
the annual Sunday school celebration
to be held at Oak Hill on July 3:
Prayer by Rev. T. H. McDill.
Address of welcome by Prof. J. O.
Martin,
Response by J. E. Hemphill, of GrL
fj n .
Sunday School address by Hon.Mur
p hy Candler.
Fourth of July address by Hon.
Jack Nolan, of McDonough, Ga.
Address by Hon. L. F. Livingston.
Revival at Mansfield,
Rev. Rembert G. Smith will begin
protracted services at the Methodist
church in Mansfield next Sunday and
Rev. C. C. Jarrell, of Rome, will as¬
sist him. 0
It goes without saying that good
things are in store for the good peo
pie of Mansfield who attend the
meetings.
Death of Mr. John H. Harper.
Mr. John H. Harper, of Atlanta,w r ho
was a j. one t j me j n business in Cov
j n gt on witli Dr. J. A. Wright under
Hie name Q f Harper & Wright, died
j n Atlanta at his home Friday June 18
after an ilnes of only afew days.
He is survived by his wife,who was
A jiss Liberty Wharton, originally from
Charleston, S. C., one daughter,Miss
Corine, of Atlanta,one son Charles,
of Montezuma, and many relatives.
The body was brought to Covington
for interment, and the following rel
atives and friends accompanied the re
ma j ns: Mrs. Harper and daughter,
Miss Corine, Mr. Harper, Mrs. Charles
Spence, of Clarksville, and Mrs. E.
Q Heard Qf Elberton his sister6 .
Mrg Tom CJayton Mr and Mrs Rich .
ard sj mmSi G f Atlanta, Miss Mattia M
Carr, of Columbia, S. C., his neice.
