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PASSING OF THE COLLEGE
VILLAGE CHAPEL AT OXFORD
Among the most prdminent person
ages in attendance on the commence
ment exercises of Emory college in
the “Old Chapel,’” in its early history
was Rev Allen Turner He was o..f
the rock-ribbed dispensation of Meth
odist itinerent preachers, one of the
last of that wonderful class of pulpit
heroes to pass away.
Everything about him was impres
sive, a:we-mspiring, patriarchal. His
head was massive and thinly furnish¬
ed with snow white hair—a dome
deep, solemn, robust thought. A soft,
sweet smile kindled his face
into loveliness. He was un
der a solemn vow never to
laugh. He wore no beard, and he
t:ied to keep the preachers from
wearing beard; and when he caught
one trying to cultivate a small patch
anywhere on his face—a “gotee,”
mustache, “burnsides”—he would tell
him with emphasis to “ shave and
shave clean!” He wore no collar.
In its place was the white tie that
passed twice around the neck and
was finished with a delicate knot in
front. To the last he adhered to the
.regulation “Shadbellied” coat and
|k»ng waistcoat. When his coat and
| waistcoat wore out he had their suc¬
cessors made after their pattern.
Those who knew this plain, earnest,,
[unassuming man in his last days being did
nioL suppose that he once missed
■elected Bishop in the Methodist Epis¬
copal church by only two votes.
I One thing in the “Old Chapel,”
Kuring the commencements, vexed his
NO BETTER JOB PRINTING WAS EVER TURNED OUT FROM THE ENTERPRISE SHOP THAN
WE ARE SENDING OUT NOW. WE WANT YOUR PATRONAGE. GIVE US A TRIAL
’ighteous soul. We had in those days
Jie brass band. The musicians sat
11 the gallery fronting the rostrum
md they had not attained to the
-lassie music 1 of the present day. The
Performance more than the piece,was
f'hat they aimed at. "Dan Tucker,”
'Haste to the Wedding,” "Billy in
fte Low Grounds,” “Leather
pitches,” [ “Coming Thro” the Rye,*
^ ay Down on the Swannee River,”
p.. would be thrown in to relieve
P e monotony. “Uncle Allen” would
pt in the “low' grounds” in his feel
P ss ’ 8 r oan, walk out, and say, after
letting out, “What is to become of
I s And there sits Bishop Andrew u
P ere on the rostrum patting his feet
>t all! Mercy! ”
This venerable man was a terror to
'i! doers. He was among the first
& the court house when the superior
0J rt met, to hear the judge charge
: 6 r and jury, and he was frequently
f“n there during the sessions of the
nirt.
A judge by the name of Tracy was
preside at a session of the court.
‘ w &s unfortunate that he offset
| any * by ex cellencies, wicked personal decidely and offi- in
a life, so
. f
me Particulars. Sunday night be
re cour t opened, there was preach-
18 at the Methodist church in Cov
f 8t °n. and “Uncle Allen” was the
pacher. Nented in the closing prayer he
to the Lord a bill of indict
I'nt against the coming judge;and
P made some terrible specifications,
hiding up with a most solemn and
In, ‘ s t Petition that, if there was no
'Pe for the reformation of a man
wieked and filling so important.
P.ace, that he be cut down in his
ked career, and be taken out of
" w orld.
r ’ nie °f the lawyers being present
f * H< ^'ance of the session, felt that
! ' u bills”
’ were getting in
irk a little earlier than usual. One
their number went at once to the
m mi i. f 0 better PRISE newspaper as t now was makes ever published its visits in into Covington the homes than of THE the ENTER¬ people
THE ENTERPRISE
judge on his arrival and told him
what he had heard at the Methodist
church the night before.
“He did?” inquired the judge quite
impressively,
“Yes, sir; that’s what the old Meth
dist preacher told the Lord about you
last night, for I was there and heard
what he said in his prayer, and it
was awful.”
“Now, look here,” said the judge
id his brother lawyer, “if that old
Methodist preacher comes into the
coaurt house while I am here,you com
to me, and point him out”
Next morning in walked “Uncle Al¬
len,” like Elijah on his way to meet
the priests of Baal at Mt. Carmel.
As usual he took a front seat. The
lawyer immediately slipped up to the j
judge, and pointed out his old preach-1
er. Judge Tracy leaned forward and
eyed him closely for several minutes.
Turning to his informant, he whis
pe: ed:
“Let him alone! Let him alone!
I tell you it won’t do to fool with thiti
old man.”
George W. Yarbrough.
A Reunion.
A REUNION.
On Wednesday the 25th of Au¬
gust a/t the residence of Dr. J. T.
Gibson, was held a reunion in honor
of Mr. J. T. Ogletree, of Alabama,
It was the birthday of Mrs. J. T. Gib -1
T
son and Mr. C. I. Ogletree.
There are five generations of Ogle
trees living, but only four of them
were represented at the reunion..
Dr Gibson's family succeeded in
their effort to make the day pleasant
tc all. Their hospitality is known
both far and near and was highly ap¬
preciated by those at the reunion.
There were fifty-five of the relatives •
present. This reunion will long be j
remembered, for it is very seldom
that this many relatives/ever meet to¬
gether, and probably all never will
again.
Covington Cotton Market is Tip
Top
The first bale was sold in Cov¬
ington Thursday to N. S. Turner and
13c was the price, 500 lbs the weight.
Covington does not buy cotton at
auction as was tested on Wednesday
when the first bale rolled into town.
The owner refused to sell and insis¬
ted that it be auctioned off. He car¬
ried it out of town with him not
finding sale for his cotton in that
way. Covington buys cotton by sam¬
ple and not from the block.
School Meeting at Mt Zion.
We are requested to annouce that |
there will be a school meeting at l
.
Mount Zion public school Friday at I
, m The county school commie 1
slouer ' and perhaps SO me other |
schoo , man wil , be presen , to discuss j
of interest to •
e< th^ |, national matters
community
The Enterprise will do you
I good work and treat you right
COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY SI P 3, 1909.
A LIVE STOCK
EXHIBIT THIS FALL
The Registered Stock of Newton
Would Make Interesting Exhibit.
Newton county should have this
fall a live stock exhibit.
The registered stock of the coun¬
ty if brought together would make an
exhibit of great interest.
The people need to give this depart
merit of farm life more thought and
a live stock exhibit in Covington this
fail would quicken interest in better
stock.
Consolidated Newton School.
At a mass meeting held at High
Point church last Thursday afternoon
the citizens of High Point and LeGuia
took the preliminary steps looking to
the consolidation of LeGuin and
High Point schools.
A committee from each community
was selected and empowered to see if
a suitable site for a building could’
be bought. The next day the com¬
mittee made arrangements with Mr. J
M. Parker for one of the prettiest
building sites in the county on the
next hill from High Point church
towards LeGuin.
As soon as the Board of Educa¬
tion meets, arrangements will doubt¬
less be made to erect an attractive
three or four room building.
As the people of these two commun
ties are working together harmoni
ously to have one of the best graded
schools in the county, there is no
doubt as to the outcome—in fact, the
County School Commissioner is of the
opinion that there will be an enroll¬
ment of over one hundred in the con¬
solidated school.
State School Commissioner Jere M.
Pound delivered a strong address at
the mass meeting.
County School Commisioner A. H.
Foster also made a talk on the ad
vantages of the consolidated school.
Victory School Rally.
LineChurch Rocky Plains district.
On Thursday, September 9, there
will be an all day school rally at
County Line church, near Victory pul>
lie school.
Kon. L. F. Livingston has already
accepted an invitation to deliver an
address in the forenoon. Col. Living¬
ston is wide awake on educational
questions, and will certainly give the
people something worth while.
The educational address which he
delivered at Red Oak church last
Friday was so well received through
the county the people are yet dis
cussingit. !
There will also be present to delive
an address some prominent school
man from another section of the state
There will be talks, also, from that
wide awake public spirited citizen, I
Mr. L. W. Jarman and Hon. A. H.j
Foster, the county school commis- j
sioner. We j
are requested to announce that'
not only tbe P atrons and friends of
Victory school, but the other schools
m that sectlon ot the county are cor- j
f'ially invited and expected *o be pres
eQ t- AH who can should bring well j
filled baskets, and come out and have
one more day's outing before he close!
of the summer.
Good singing will be no unimpor- j
tant feature of the day's exercises.
WEALTH OF NEWTON
COUNTY INCREASING
Emory College Is a Large Tax*
Paying Institution.
The campaign Dr. Dickey is con¬
ducting to raise an endowment for
Emory college is of interest to New¬
ton, as by his efforts the wealth
of the county is being increased.
leu will see by reference to the
tax books that Emory is one of the
largest tax payers of the county.
It is no inconsiderable matter that
Dr. Dickey is building up the as
sets of Newton at the rate of about
$2,000 a week.
\Ae hale the prosperity of Emory
as a benefactor of our county.
i
A Sensible Plan.
An enthusiastic good roads man and
member of the Club has a plan chock
full of common sense and altogether
worthy of the progressive people of
Rocky Plains district.
First, the people of that district
desire to thank the commissioners for
the splendid work done on the roads
and as a substantial expression of
their gratitude they propose to keep i
the roads in fine condition by their
own hands and at expense all their
own.
This is the plan of the up to date
cilizens of the Rocky Plains district:
They want the roads now in good
condition to be divided up into sec
tl.ms and_ assigned to those living
along the roads and in the commu¬
nities with reference to convenience
of location that they may come to¬
gether as neighbors and friends and
keep the roads worked at no cost to
the county. That) strikes us as a
splendid thought growing out of the
club movement.
The work just finished in the Rocky
Plains district will not last until the
roau force can get back some one
or two years possibly hence.
We commend the plan and hope to
see it thoroughly tested. It is SEN¬
SIBLE, PRACTICAL and altogether
expressive of true citizenship.
JUDGE WHALEY DELIVERS SENTENCE
ON COOPER IN TOUCHING MANNER
Vance Cooper, who was charged
with illegally selling liquor and keep¬
ing a gambling house, plead guilty
before Judge Whaley Wednesday and
received a fine of $1,000. In deliver
ing the sentence Judge Whaley ad
dressed the defendant in part as
fellows:
“Mr. Cooper, you having pleaded
guilty to these indictments, it be¬
comes my duty to impose the sen
tence of the law upon you. It is a
very serious question for me to de
termfne what is best to do. While
trying to see what would be best for
you, the public has rights in this
matter to be looked after also; the
interests of society and good morals
of this county, and especially of your
community are entitled tothe protec
tion the courts afford.
“I dislike to impose a chaingang
sentence on any young white man
without the privilege of paying a fine !
as leng as there is any hope to
redeem him, for no one realizes bet-,
ter than I do that a chaingang is j
else but a reformatory.Nine j
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
ELECTION ASSURED;
NOW FOR SCHOOLS
Newton County Will Have Better
Schools, If You Vote Right.
It is encouraging to all lovers of
true progress to know that the peo¬
ple are giving to Commissioner Fos¬
ter a hearty response to his appeal
for signatures calling for an election
for local taxation. hTe requisite nui
her of names is about secured and
the wholesoul manner in which the
work is being carried on both by the
people and commissioner prophesies
a great victory on election day. The
people have only to look the school
question square in thef ace to be
convinced of the reasonableness of
the appeal made in its behalf. It is
hoped that the people will wake up
thoroughly and cast a tremendous
vote in favor of one of the great¬
est issues ever before the voters of
Newton county.
The good people of the county are
beginning to see the importance of
the movement led by the Board of
Education. We are under obligation
to the Board for the step taken to
give us better schools and no doubt
people will indicate their appre¬
by a large vote for local tax¬
Ex.-Gov. Smith to Speak.
Ex-Gov. Hoke Smith has accepted
invitation to deliver an educa
address at the Fifth District
Agricultural school September 9th, 2
p. m.
The schedule is such that those
who wish to go over from Covington
can leave on the morning train and
return in the afternoon.
This will be a good opportunity for
the people of this city to go over and
hear Mr. Smith and visit the Agri ¬
cultural school.
Principal G. C. Adams extends a
cordial invitation to the citizens of
Newton county to attend this lecture
and visit the school and farm.
times out of ten a man comes out
worse than when he went in,
and if he ever had any ambition and
aspirations in life, they are blighted
forever though he may afterwards
reform. And it makes no difference
how much he may regret his past
life the thought of having worn the
stripes is a constant source of em
barrassnient.and burns him like the
letter “M” on his cheek, and when
he would climb up in the social and
business world the thought of his
chaingang record looms upt o dis¬
courage and embarass him to such
an extent that he is as a rule a fail¬
ure.
“Now there are seven of these
cases. You have been allowed to
plead guilty in six of them. The
worst of these cases is the case for
keeping a gambling house. The soli
eitor has seen fit not to try this
case during your good behavior .and
1 approve of this action. Now', if you
will lead a better life and not return
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Continued on Last Page.)
MIXON SCHOOL
CLOSES SESSION
Most Prosperous Year in History
of the School.
The Mixon school enjoys the uni¬
que distinction of being a graded ru¬
ral school with an enrollment of near¬
ly two hundred pupils. Prof. L. F„
Herring, a graduate of Mercer uni¬
versity, has been at the head of the
school the past year, and has done a,
splendid work.
Mrs. Ellie Griffin, who was once
elected to a position in the Madison,
cjty schools, has held the position of
first assistant. The other two rooms
have been in charge of Mr. Frank
Stubbs and Miss Fannie Herring re¬
spectively. Mr. Herring’s coworkers
have by their cooperation made possi¬
ble the success of this year.
The school closed Friday with an
all day program at Red Oak church.
Though they had only a few days
preparation, the children entertained
ihe large audience with songs and re¬
citations. Several addresses were
also made during the day.
Prof. W. C. Wright, who for eight
years prior to Professor Adams’ term
of office was County School Commis¬
sioner of this county, delivered an in
inspiring address on education, he
expressed himself as glad to meet
again with his Newton county friends,
and referred to the many experiences
he had while serving as county school
Commissioner of Newton county. He
that he could prove to the
satisfaction of any parent that even
a mere matter of dollars and cents
day that he kept his boy in
school would be worth at least $10
per day to his boy, and of course
insisted upon the best possible oppor¬
tunities for Newton county boys and
girls, for higher reasons than mere
mercenary consideration.
Prof. H. H. Stone next made an ad¬
dress in which he very clearly pre¬
sented to the people the necessity of
longer term schools and better equip¬
ment. He explained to t he audi¬
ence how the Board of Education had
been hampered in their efforts to
upbuild the school interests of the
county by not having adequate funds,
and show’ed how local taxation would
meet the situation and enable the
County School Commissioner and the
Board of Education to put the
schools on a satisfactory basis.
At the noon hour a large crowd en¬
joyed a fine outdoor dinner in the
grove at the church. In the afternoon
Col .L .F Livingston, who was .pres¬
ent by a special invitation, made an
educational address, which was brim
lull of judgment and common sense.
The colonel showed conclusively that
in our present educational system not
enough recognition is given to the
individuality of the pupil. And furth¬
ermore, that there is a tendency to
too much bookishness in modern ed¬
ucational methods. In no uncertain
terms he declared himself In favor of
the type of education which develops
the God given faculties of the boy
or girl—and the kind that stimulate
self reliance and makes the pupil
think for himself. In conclusion, Col
onel Livingston stated that Oak Hill
had been able to maintain the splen¬
did school of that community only
by going to the expense of liberally
supplementing the small pittance re¬
ceived from the state—in fact, he
stated that the people of the commu¬
nity employed their teachers on a
liberal salary basis, and instead of
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