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THE ENTERPRISE
ESTABLISHED 1 S 65
J. N. SNOW, Editor
Subscription $1 Per Year, In Advance.
Enter id at the Fostofhce at Covington, la., as second-class mail matter.
Is Competition a Crime?
In this day of mad rushing after
money and other sordid things of
earth we are too apt to forget the
nobler principles of life and deny our
neighbor rights which are his by in¬
heritance and Divine intention.
Is competition in business a crime
as some people seem to regard it?
There are about 50 business places
in Covington ail seeking by methods
known in the business world to make
bread and acquire a competency for
days when strength of life is wasted.
Back behind all this hurry and wor¬
ry of business men is the (-diet of
the Almighty “By the sweat of thy
brow shalt thou eat bread all the days
of thy life."
It is not only honorable to work
but a necessity. So long as a man
has a stomach he must have bread
and by nature's unchangeable law we
are all bread winners.
To deny one the right to engage in
honest business is an assumption
vicious I
©£ prerogative, too bold and
to be expected outside of the an
imal kingdord. But what shall be
said of the person who resents fair
Landed competition?
Can two parties engage in similar
business without being in a sense
competitors?
Which of the two shall go to the
wall for the accommodation of the
other? In a free country like ours
the above question is answered by the
unconquerable in- I
assertion of the
dividuality of men. To put it mild¬
ly, only one of misguided instinct
would deny a fellow the right to
-make an honest living.
There are men, however, who act
as though they alone had the right
to buy and sell and get gain in the
community where they live. They
would push you to the wall
and chuckle while your children cried
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for bread. They c'an be- found any;
.. their * sleeve ■' J
time with a knife up
ready to give your business a stab.
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The Movement Moves
“That which moves sooner catches
the eye than what not stirs.”
The newspaper talk about good
roads in Newton county is now tak¬
ing on some form and comeliness.
The commissioners are awake to
the wants and needs of the people j
they represent and have taken steps
to provide in a measure for them.
They are witling to accept a bond
obligation of $100,000 highways^fn^ewton for the improve¬
ment of public
county. *
The most important movement yet
made was the meeting of a few cit¬
izens who are interested in good
roads held in N. S. Turner's office
Saturday afternoon when a committee
was appointed to arrange for a
grand rally in Covington on Aug. 18
to discuss the all absorbing ques¬
tion.
This is a good start which we are
inclined to believe the people of the
Editor Scott, of the Conyers Free
Pres ’ms thought out an excellent
“V. i mer Should Or¬
ganize.” We regard the speech as
published in the Free Press worthy
of a broad circulation. W give it
to th re r?? of the Enterprise
week mih tue belief that it will
help tc some good thinking an the
important line discussed.
A note from War rep ton says the
crop prospects at present are fine ant
n great many of the farmers of
ren eoun.y are selling their c. tton at
11 and 12 cents per pound for Oi to
ber and Not ember dein cry. Tuese
Darren county tanners are
mg prices somewhat by living at home
u hen the farmer produces on his own
lands what he needs tor running his
business he w,ll command his priegfor
cotton because not forced to sell.This
ma. not be a good tneory but we have
never known a farmer to gut it in-
Analyze the spirit of such persons
and you find that they are close
akin to the brute creation.
Trying to root another out of busi¬
ness smacks of the swinish nature.
Only a hog wants it all. Competition
is no crime.
Why should business men push and
scrouge and undermine one another
like wild beasts of the forest, tfre
strong preying on the weak? Is it a
mark of civilization when human be¬
ings love blood like a tiger? Does
brotherhood mean nothing in busi¬
ness?
Is the business world in such a
riotous condition that one must car¬
ry a knife for the throat of his com¬
petitor or go down in the deadly con¬
flict? We do not believe that com¬
petition is a crime nor do we believe
that the great majority of the hon
orabie men of business are of the cut
throat type. They live where men
walk and not among the secret places
where the untamed beast ever lies in
wait for the unsuspecting and the un
wary.
Neither do we believe that compe
tion is a dare or menace to an hon¬
est man of business who has sense
enough to regard the rights of every
free born citizen of our country.
Lanier sang the true sentiment
of commerce in his Symphony
“Does business mean, Die, you,
live, I?
Then “Trade is trade" but sings a
lie:
’Tis only war grown miserly.
If business is battle, name it so.”
‘ O Trade! O Trade! would thou wert
dead!
The Time needs heart—’tis tired of
head.”
“Tricks of the trade” have no
charm for the business man who like
Goldsmith’s Minister, of Auburn:
“Far other aims his heart had lean
ed to prize
More' i>£ht to raise the wretched
than.to rise.”
county will approve,
Mr. Turner's view we heartily en¬
dorse, which is that the people them¬
selves should say what they want,
both concerning good roads and the
method of raising money.
Let the people eorhe together on
August 18 and talk over the questions
that will be brought up for dis¬
cussion.
Everybody may join In the discus
sions in a free and easy way.
This Is OUR meeting and the peo
pie are privileged to talk out.
Counties over the state are fall¬
ing into tine one afer another for
good roads and Newton will have to
! hurry to join the procession or go
on record as tardy,
j We had hoped that Newton would
| lead off in the good roads move
ment. However, we are coming in
on the homestretch with banners wav
; ing and applause ringing.
Let the good work go on.
to practice who did not verify the
truth of it.
Our good friend Editor John F.
Shannon of the Commerce News,says
m KlaiX, “o P °"
Smith’s retirement to private life“but
slow to answer them.” Our 3 St med
friend has forgotten the rules that ob
tained in the old school davs, gov
ernirg the asking and answering of
questions. In the paragraph quoted
The Enterprise was catechist and not
cat . humen and expected the catechu
j the men, questions, the Commerce News, to answer
of the catechist We no
t ice tie' has not done it If the Com
me rce News will answer the question
as he is able to do , t0 the satisfac
uon of every reasoning citizen of
Georgia then he goes head and wU
1 ,- be promoted to catechist
NEWBORN NOTES
What the People of that Section
Are Doing.
Prof. B. S. Chandler, who has been
attending the business college in At¬
lanta, for over two months, is at
home for a vacation. He will in the
near future take charge of the
Pitts Chapel school for the summer
term as principal.
Mrs. Minnie .Terry, of Monticelio, is
the guest of Mrs. E. E. Gay, her
sister.
Mr. W. E. Stowe spent last Thurs¬
day in Madison.
Dr. J. C. Porter recently spent sev¬
eral days in the Gate City.
Mr. W. W. Cliilds, of Covington,has
has been in our town several days
on business.
Mr. J. M. Loyd is back home again
after a trip to Atlanta.
Several of our prominent citizens at¬
tended court in Covington last week.
Miss Jewel Dickens, of Madison, is
visiting her cousin, Mrs. H. C.
Pitts.
Mrs. Flora Murrell and daughter re
turned home last Friday from Monroe
after a pleasant stay with relatives.
Prof. H. B. Robertson spent last
Saturday and Sunday with friends in
the city He is now in attendance
at the summer school for training of
teachers at Athens.
Mr. J. F. Tolar spent two days of
last week in Atlanta.
Mr. Carl Carter was the guest of his
mother at Covington last Sunddy.
Miss Grant, of Eatonton, has been
the guest of relatives here for sev¬
eral days.
Dr. C. E. Dowman preached an in¬
teresting sermon at the Methodist
church last Sunday night, on his way
back home from the third quarterly
meeting which was held at Penington.
Rev. J. D. Milton and Messrs. J.
J. Carter and S. M. Holland are at¬
tending the district conference at So¬
cial Circle this week.'
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION.
.. bill will be introduced at the pres
ent term of the legislture to author¬
ize Newton County to issue $100000
bonds for Road purposes. Also to
create a bond commission. Also to
order an election.
Try a can of Breakfast Herring roe.
C. A. Franklin.
NOTICE.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday,
August 3rd, 1909, before the court
house doir within the legal hours,
of sale, the following property, to
wit:
One house and lot, situated in the
western part of Covingon and con¬
taining one acre, more or less, and
bound as follows: On the east by
estne of Toney ‘Baker, c u south by
Ernest Austin on west by Alley
Guinn’s, from Washington street to
colored cemetery; on north by alley.
Said property levied on to satisfy
a city tax fi fa issued by the city
cie c in favor of ' 1 <■ cily of Coving¬
ton, and against Cura and Alt Moss.
Written notice given .tenant .as. re-'
quired by law. This June 48,1909.
Bradford Bohanan,
Chief M. C..-C.
CITY ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Covington and
it is hereby ordained by the author¬
ity of the same, that from this date
it shall not be lawful for any person
to run an Automobile or Motor-cycle
through any street in the incorpor¬
ate limits of the City at a speed
‘to exceed 12 miles an hour, and auto-'
mobiles shall have the exhaust prop¬
erly muffled and have two or more
lights in front, and one red light in
the rear, aft^r dark, and have a num¬
ber in a conspicuous place. All res¬
ident owners of machines shall regls
ter the number with the City Clerk.
Any one found guilty of violating any
part of this ordinance shall be pun¬
ished as provided in Sec. 13 of the
City Ordinances. . .
C. G. Smith,
Mayor.
J. J. Corley,
City Clerk.
July 6, 1909.
The cluny lace curtain i« appropro
priate lor an elaborately furnished
guest room: hut it is given an ex
ti'i touch oy 1 aving an noveau over
drapery. This means a silk curtain
ornamented with an art nouveau fig¬
ure stenciled.
Queen of the Pantry Patent
Flour is the Best.
Foley’s Orit:o Laxative cures
chronic constipation and stimu
■ iates the liver. Orino regulates
““ “> "ill act natural-
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purgatives contiuuously. Sold bv
! C. C. Brooks.
W. J. HIGGINS
DENTIST
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drink Coca-Cola, or nothing---at that place. If an insin¬ s
uating salesman smirks, or shakes his head gravely and
tells you of something “much nicer,” tell him flatly you
want Coca-Cola.” If he hasn’t it and frankly says so,
l give him credit for being honest but unappreciative
^ of his customers’ wants, but go some place else and i
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Big Stock Wagons.
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