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VOL. 45. NO. 27
\i EA R IN M IND : Many People Read THE ENTERPRISE Who Do Not See Any Other Newton County Pap er!
HE TWIN NEEDS OF
THE PEOPLE OF TODAY
}ood Roads and Bet-j
ter Schools.
iditor Enterprise: —
As one > ho iwf wins it a privilege
rentain a citizen of Newton county
n without her borders.
ffllll0 sojourning
md in a minor v ay, as one of her
•ay-payers, 1 have watched with much
interest the agitation, through the
tclumi;i5 of The Lute i prise, of the
jucstu-n of good reads,
And in the last issue I find a
named a-a sensible statement from
•lie Board of Educa’mn regarding the
juestion of better school facilities
or the children of Newton county,
desire, with the editor’s permission,
L register my emphatic endorsement
the movement for better schools
in d better highways.
What two subjects in the whole cat
(gory may rightfully demand of the
citizen mere consideration than these
■ It scenes almost superfluous to re
m, !-a!.. the necessity for greater op
^Klong Hjoriunities for our boys and girls
educational lines.
Hi Hiyai i n the dazzling light of the Twen
century it seems almost like a
“Buict 'B from the Middle Ages when we
i|IjI '‘ !! 311 argument to prove the ne¬
is cessity for cdu< ation
<['■ This is a case where proof unan
'-Bland. tfB weiabl,e P resents itself on every
There are few, if any, parents
more of it.
B Wh bright ° haS mind, n0t ____, SeGn confused, the b embarrass- ° y ° r gld
and often defeated solely because
eelected’ egiecieu. u It is is all an rieht rignt to to sit sit in in
i comfortable home and calculate
hat the proposed expenditure for
on or daughter’s education is too
reat an expense, but a voyage into
e ^Bhe whirling .... se$ of „ commercial . , activ
... , . ,
Can the parents of Newton, county
>oys and girls send them forth into
he struggle, where equipment counts
or so much,without first giving them
possible to give.
B Wll en the children of Georgia ask
or better schools they do not ask
^possibilities. They do not ask
for more than a pittance compared to
p>e total outgo. The increase in the
mount of taxes necessary to im
'rove the schools will not be felt by
tax payer. It will be as nothing
'hen compared to the benefits of an
tp-to-date school system. But money
pent for the betterment of the public
ools is not to be counted as
i‘ v ’en to charity, or wasted in profit
e ss pleasures. it is not
!d «sfv' d. nor worn ti.1 as clothing,
* be §ins paying dividends
y and yiese dividends continue at an
^increasing rate.
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 g oes to mahe your Home o place of comfort.
Our Undertaking department Is the best in
city having the only Licensed Embalmer.
Everitts Furniture Store.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
THE ENTERPRISE
PROGRAM FOR
AUSTIN CHAPEL
Program of Austin Chapel Sunday School
Rally to be held Saturday, July 31.
P. J. Rogers, Master of Ceremonies
Open 10 o’clock
A song by all
Prayer, Rev. J. S. Bridges
A song of welcome by school
Address of welcome, P. J. Rogers
Response, Rev. H. M. Quillian
Song
Sunday School address, Rev. J. C. Pat¬
rick, Subject, The Sunday School and its
relation to the church.
Dinner
Called to order 1:30 o’clock
A Song
Singing contest, each School, 2 pieces
I.ovejoy
Liberty
Newton Factory
Austin Chapel
Stewart (expected)
Address, Col. A. D. Meador
Address, Col. L. L. M iddlebrook
Porterdale School contest
Singing by all led by various leaders
Hulsey Bros, of Atlanta are expected to
be present and will be among the leaders.
Porterdale band is expected to be present
Letter to O. S. Porter.
Covington, Ga.
it 3-4 water, 32c.
That’s rather too stiff for milk; but
watered paint is sold in all those
proportions.
Pure paint (Devoe) is sold for
“Paint” at that price and 1-3 white
wasp fetches ?2 _ 62 a ga n 0 n for the
pa j n£ par t of it.
“Paint” 1-2 whitewash fetches $3.50
a gallon for the paint in it.
“Paint” 3-4 whitewash fetches $7.00
a gallon for the actual paint it con
tadns
only 8 pure paints; only one Devoe.
The money imested in school build
ings is not only an addition to the tan¬
gible commonwealth.but it means more
culture, greater intellectual develop¬
ment and a genuine moral uplift for
the community that makes invest¬
ment. Money expended for houses,
lands and the like may prove unprof
itable, but the funds invested in edu¬
cating the coming citizenry of the
country will yield their large re
turns to the remotest generation.
Let the agitation for good roads
and good schools go hand in hand.
Good roads are a necessity and New
ton county will have them, but bef¬
: ter schools for our children are also
an imperatively necessary if we would
not have our beloved Southland fall
j ignomihiously o1 country, behind other sections
our
W. S. Elliott.
Washington, D. C., July 24, 1909.
COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY JULY 30 1909.
FORMER GOVERNOR
SMITH WILL SPEAK
He Assures the Committee that He will Be
At Snapping Shoals Next Week*
Hon. Hoke Smith will positively speak at the Snapping Shoals Sun¬
day school celebration August 4.
It was stated in an Atlanta papera few days ago that the former gov
enior would, be in another part of the state on the day mentioned,and
this gave rise to a fear that he would not be at Snapping Shoals.
But this has been settled by a positive statement from Mr. Smith
to the effect that the annoucement in the Atlanta paper was a mistkae
and that he would be with hisNewton county friends as he had promised.
Below will be found the corrected program for the day:
io A. M. Song- by all : Coronation *
Prayer : Rev. John B. Gordon
Welcome Address { T. M. Lummus
Response Col. A. H. Foster
Singing contest by various schools, 2 songs each
Bethany
County Line
Hopewell
Liberty
Lovejoy
Prospect
Sardis
Snapping Shoals
Recitation, ‘‘The Starry Crown” Julia Cowan
Quartette, ( I Will There be any stars in My Crown”
Liberty School
Annual Address Hon. Hoke Smith
Music
Recess for Dinner
2 P. M. Literary Exercises
Music
Declamation, “To the Lions” G. A. Woodruff
Industrial Education : - C. L. King
Music
Two Glasses ; ; ; Pauline Wright
Address, “Silence” : E. H. Jordan
Address, Rural School Improvement J. O. Martin
Marriage and After Blassingame Ellington
Address, Bond Issue for Good Roads W. L. Jarman
Music
The Old South and the New Hicks Woodruff
Music
Benediction
The Handwriting on the Wall,
Within recent months nothing has happened which better illustrates
the substantial progress of the temperance sentiment in the'United States
than the reform principles which have been adopted by the Chicago Liq¬
uor Dealtn s’ Association.
On every side they have been brought face to face with the tokens
which foreshadow the overthrow of the traffic.
In not less than ten states of tlie Union today there is statewide pro
hibitioa.
\Vith but few exceptions local option prevails in the states which
have not adopted more drastic measures.
Even in the old bourbon state of Kentucky there are less than twen¬
ty counties which still vote the wet ticket.
It will also be remembered that an Indiana court has held that a
license to sell an intoxicant is unconstitutional and illegal.
Admonished by the situation which is clearly growing more serious,
the liquor men of Chicago have voluntarily agreed to observe the follow¬
ing rules:
To obey all ordinances.
To cease serving drinks to women at public bars.
To stop all forms of gambling whatever on saloon premises.
To exclude all indecent pictures or advertisements from saloons.
To drive away all disorderly persons and loafers.
To refuse to sell drinks to intoxicated persons, or to known ine¬
briates, or to minors.
It is not to be contended for a moment that the rigid enforcement of
the above set of by-laws will not materially improve the status of affairs
in* the metropolis of the middle West.
But the sweep of the prarie fire has begun.
Perhaps it might have disarmed the prohibition cause to some ex¬
tent if measures of this kind had been adopted years ago. Belshazzar
was ready to reform when he read the handwriting on the walls of Baby¬
lon. But It was too late. Daniel had come to judgment.—Atlanta Geor¬
gian.
THE . ENTERPRISE - GOES INTO - THE -
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
MEETING BRINGING A
BIG HARVEST OF SOOLS
VERDICT AGAINST
NEWTON COUNTY
The case of Susan Stamps, color¬
ed against Newton county, asking for
$2,000 damages for the death of her
child was tried in the city court
this week.
The jury rendered a verdict of $500
against the county, and it is under¬
stood that the county will appeal the
case to a higher court.
The child met its death by falling
from the bridge over Hurricane creek
several months ago, and the mother
contended that the county was liable
because of improper protection on tLa
bridge.
Notice, Knights Templar.
St. Bernard Commandry No. 25,will
hold its regular meeting next Tues¬
day evening. Work in the Temple
degree. All Sir Knights are courte¬
ously urged to be present.
R. P. Lester,
Eminent Commander.
J. W. Peek,
Recorder.
THE EASY WAY TO DO
A DIFFICULT THING
A prominent citizen of the state addressed a communication to the
AtlantaConstitution asking that paper to make clear to the people the bond
plan for securing good roads, and here is the editorial reply of that
paper, which is republished in The Enterprise by request:
A great many city people and a great many farmers in the south have
bought and are buying their homes, their farms, the very machinery
where with they operate their business on the long-fixed business prin¬
ciple ihat underi.es the construction of public improvements by bond is¬
sues.
Every time the farmer obtajns supplies for his plantation or his family
at the crossroads store, having the amount charged up against a credit
account,HE IS EMPLOYING HIS CREDIT TO SECURE IMMEDIATE
NECESSITIES, CONFIDENT IN HIS ABILITY TO MEET THE OBLIAG
TION WHEN IT FALLS DUE; IN OTHER WORDS HE IS BONDING
HIS PROPERTY FOR LEGITIMATE PURPOSES.
Cities and towns pursue the same method when they erect public
utility plants, build schoolhouses, pave streets or erect other public build
tags.
Bonds are simply a method of paying for things by installments.
The only difference between them and the mortgage on your property
or the credit account at your trading-place, is that paying time is distrib¬
uted over a wider interval in the former instance; instead of you
bearina the total expense your children pay a few installments of the
debt from the expenditure of which they get even more benefit than
yourself.
Credit, based on a stable foundation, is the lifeblood of the commer¬
cial world. And it is the credit, the reputation of a city, a town or a
county that makes bonds sell on the market, and that enables that
city, town or county to secure improvements on the installment plan,
instead of crushing its people by taxation to pay for them.
That is the w’r lr substance about bones in a nutshell. Viewed in
this calm, everyday light, the subject ceases to become a bogie, and
appears in its real nature as an actual bcuefacticn, under legitimate
restrictions and safeguards.
And the framers of the constitution of Georgia very wisely provided
the latter in abundance. No city or town or county in Georgia may issue
bonds in excess of 7 percent of its assessed taxable values. That is an
everlasting and impassible barrier against extravagance and reckless-
ness, reinforced by the provision that two-thirds of the registered voter
must approve any proposition to issue bonds before it becomes valid.
The other sure anchor to conservatism, is the legal requirement for
a sinking fund, into which each year the debtor on a thirty-year issue pay
one-thirtieth of the principal, sothat at the end of thirty years the debt
is entirely wiped out;the interest in the meantime , of course,having
been met at stipulated periods in each year.
Under this sane and Inflexible mtthod.it is physically impossible for
any county in Georgia.smitten with the commendable desire to improve
its road-system by bond issues,to go very tar wrong in the direction of
follv and extravagance. The safeguards are automatic; they are not sub¬
ject to human caprice or human frailty; they are there for all time.
Through the adoption of such a policy any given county gets.virtuallj
at once,the inestimable financial and industrial asset of good roads„with
the expense so distributed in amount and time as to fall with almost im
oerceptible effect on the taxpayers.
In reality the county is buying good roads on the installment plan,
with the future beneficiaries of good roads standing their just share
of the original expense. They are building permanently eliminating
the stupenduous drain of constant repairs to make shift roads; as perma
nentiy and as stably as Napoleon’sSimplon Pass over the Alps, as good
today «s whan constructed.
And considering that improvement of highways means enhancement of
property values in geometrical ratio, it is not a radical estimate that
good-roads-by-bond-issues WILL pay for themselves within 5 years of the
im , bond mm. . «•
Salem Revival is Now
In Progress. &
A revival meeting of much interest
is in progress at Salem church, ; t
the camp ground.
The services began Sunday night
and will continue through next Sun¬
day night. J
The young men of the community
are becoming greatly interested as a
result of this meeting.
On the third night of the meeting
there were eleven accessions to the
membership of the church.
Rev. L. B. Haines and wife are as¬
sisting the pastor and the singing is
an attractive feature of the meet¬
ing. 1 ,
The attendance nightly increases.
The hours of the meeting are 10 a.ru.
and 8 p. m.