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VOL. 45. NO. 33
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[LECTION FIXED
DATE
The county Board of Education met
session Monday and tran
an nnusual amount of business
u jr
agreed that the ordinary be
It was
requested t® designate November 30
the date for the election for lo
ras
Leal taxation.
This date was agreed upon from
[the fact that the bulk of the cotton
[■ill he ant by ha ime and the people
,vil! find it more convenient to go
the polls.
Tie petition of the citizens of Al
Lon for a prcblie .school which has
ieen under 'consideration for some
[ime was taken from the table and
jeted upon. A resolution was adopt-
3d t0 the effect that at the December
me< ting when schools are located
for the ensuing year Almon be includ¬
ed in the list and given a year's trial
is a public school.
I he town of Almon is rapidly de¬
veloping and the people of the
iity, after having had a very success
U1 private .school this year under
he management of Miss Ellie Smith,
in exeprienoed teacher .holding state
ioense, feel sure that oven a better
showing can be made the ensuing
fear.
The patrons aiw planning to Jib
haily .supplement the county funds
Lie coming session and spare no rea
Uiabte expense to maintain a good
ICl’0'1
November 30 Date of Election.
The Board of Education feel that it
Is wise to have a late election on
pie local tax question.
November 30 has been fixed by the
ptfinary as the date for the ejection
p determine the fate of the schools
p the county.
With a late election' the people will
me ample time to give to the ques-,
pon before them due consideration
pom every -paint of vie» r . There is
lo doubt that better schools far New
p is at this time a dominant idea
ind the movement is gaining favor
pry day.. '
Tie people have taken up the ques¬
tion rith manifest interest and are
living it earnest thought.
It would be a long stride forward
[ote local taxation and start at once
F p improvement of the school .sys
pm of the county. •
'UNDAY SCHOOL
HAS AN OUTING
fbe Pairview Sunday sclicol, with
camber of their friends from the
eighboring churches, spent labor day
10s t pleasantly in the celebration
f their second annual picnic at the
ospitable home of Uncle Matt and
® l!l p hemie Chestnut. About sev
fiv e guests were present, and
upended heartily to Uncle Matt’s
Wtation to make themselves at
JEp , smile at each other and have
food time generally.
A, out halt- past ten the guests were
-'mhled in the grove where seats
w been prepared. Devotional ex¬
cises were conducted by Rev. T. H.
a'hili. Several Psalms were sung
°' 'Z £1 ta, bs from Uncle Matt, Mr. R. L
' an<1 Rev. w. O. Butler of
^Methodist (a ^ church, were much en
( ', ' r - McDill then gave praeti
an 'l Rueful talks on the Pros
,.
W of j, oseph.
Af ter tin Is ali
repaired to the table
"as loaded with all that was
^ to eat.
^ our words
fail to do justice to
aianer, be assured that the eat-
5 of al] Present
1 Praise. spoke eloquently in
the ‘ a "moon lemonade and ice
' :J( ' h th e best of its kind—
To ' " ’t i!1 abundance to all.
i nr-F M t
a and Aunt Phemie we
r-( rest thanks for a day
'ith enjoyment, and wish
enjoy with them many
of the day.
Friends.
THE ENTERPRISE- V'«o,
MEMORIES OF THE DAYS OF LAMAR
IN THE PASSING OF THE OLD CHAPEL
Strip the history of Emory college
of all that the old Chapel has stood
for,and now represents,and then aggre
gare all her other achievements, great
as they are, through her scholastic
departments, and tell me if all to¬
gether could compensate for the loss
—could fill the saddening blank?
In all my experience from the win¬
ter of 1853 to this August morning
of 1909 the incidents of college life
that seem to have made the most
lasting impression upon the men ed¬
ucated at Oxford have been those
born of its religious life and instruc¬
tions. I cannot remember, in any of
our reunions to have heard of a sin*
gle reminder of studies in Homer,
Thucydides, Demosthenes, Horace,
Virgil, Juvenal, Circero, but the great
preachers were not forgotten, their
texts, their sermons, their addresses.
When Dr. Young J. Allen was with
us on one of his home-land visits, a
number of the old boys were together
one evening, and most of the time
was given to recalling the preaching of
other days. We had a discussion,
quite animated, over a certain com
mencement sermon, one insisting that
a certain man delivered it, another
that another man preached it, etc.
‘ I can give you the peroation,”
said one, “of the preacher on that oc¬
casion. I was there and heard it.”
All discussion was hushed into re¬
spectful silence as the following lines
were repeated, with which that mas¬
ter of assemblies closed that memor¬
able sermon on I Corinthians, 13th
chapter and 13th verse:
“And now abideth faith, hope,
charity, these three; but the
greatest of these is charity.”
The Conclusion of the Sermon.
“Tell me ye winged winds that round
my pathway roar,
Do ye not know some spot where
.mortal eyes weep no more?
Some lone and pleasant dell? some
valley in the west
W here, free from toil and pain, the
weary soul may rest?
TRe low winds dwindled to a whis¬
per low,
And sighed for pity as they an¬
swered, No, No!
Tell me, thou mighty deep, whose
billows round me play,
Know’st thou some favored spot—
some island far away,
Where weary man may find the bliss
for which lie sighs?
WORK DAY FOR
THE ORPHANS
Bearing th.e burden of the heart¬
broken and neglected children of Geer
gia. we ask the friends of these, the
helpless of the universe, to join '
most
in observing the annual work day
for the orphans of Georgia.
Let every man, woman and child
give the day’s earnings or income to
any ] lome he prefers. One day’s un
selfish work for humanity at its foun
tain head! Nothing can be nobler, j
nothing child. more Nothing far-reaching more than dangerous to sav | j
a
than to neglect one, for he may be-j 1
come a criminal or a moral firebrand, j
The Methodist Orphans Homes at j
Decaiur and Macon, the Baptist Hone
at Hapeville, the Christian at Bale
win, the Georgia Industrial at Macon,
the Hebrew’ in at Atlanta, Dodge Me¬
morial at St. Simons Island, the Pres¬
byterian at Clinton, S. C., besides lo¬
cal'homes, ask a glad days work and
, oi
a jojous gift to any rprans j
on Saturday, Work Day, September
25th.
1
Railroad Notice.
The ticket agency at Tyb< Island, i
tember Ga.. will 7. be closed after Tuesday Sep-|
portions f
After tiiat date all return
of excursion tickets requiring vali- j
dation will be validated by the ticket
agents of the Central of Georgia rail
way i it Tybee depot, Randolph street
loot of President, Savannah.
COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY SEP 1C, ><C9.
Where sorrow never lives, and pleas¬
ure never dies?
The loud waves, rolling in perpetua
flow,
Stopped for awhile, and sighed to
answer, No, Not
“And thou, serenest moon, that with
such holy face,
Dost look upon the earth asleep in
night’s embrace,
Tell me, in all thy round hast thou
not found some -spot
Where we poor, wretched men may
find a happier lot?
Behind the cloud the moon with¬
drew in woe,
And a voice, sweet but sad, respond
ed, No, No!
“Tell me, my secret soul, oh! tell me
hope and faith,
Is there no resting place from sorrow
sin and death?
Is there no happy spot where mortal
may be blest—
"Where grief may find a balm and
weariness a rest?
Faith, hope, and love best boons to
mortals given,
Waved their bright wings and whis
pered, Yes, In Heaven!’”
Dr. Allen was deservedly slow to
yield a point in memory but he softly
and most gracefully, said to his dear
old friend, “you are correct. That
preacher was Rev. A. L. F. Green,
D. D., of Nashville, Tenn.”
What an an imposing and superb
physique! There has been but one
s-'uch human face. And that flute-like
voice! Such men as that great
Tennesseean do not pass away.
Let's have another scene at Ox
ford, from Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, as
it is recorded by Ex-Chancellor Ed¬
ward Mayes—a part of his celebrated
A\unmi address . 1890.
in
One of tie impressive mci en ®
in the student life of the classes of
1844 and 1845 was sermon ,
a
ed, by Bishop . osiua oul<. lsuc
Soule was a venerable man, who in
appearance and bearing was a photo
graphic likeness of the Duke of Well
inrton ingtori, as as I 1 saw saw the uie portrait Portrait of or me the
latter when in London,the same aquil
line line features leatures, tne the same same militant mimam look iook
and •mu glance of the eye.[When fraternit
messenger 8 from the Methodist Epis- ^
copal church to the Bnt.sh Wesleyan
conference, chile standing on a street
ir London Bishop i Soule, . so much
like the Duke of Wellington, received
THE DEATH OF
MRS. KING.
On August 23d at her home near
Stewart, Ga., Mrs. Mattie King, wife
ol Mr. Andrew King, died after a
short illness. Her death was quite
unex p e cted. She was ill only a few j
hours before her death. I
Bite leaves a husband and eight de
voted ' children to mourn her loss. |
The funeral services and interment 1
were at the Martin cemetery near !
Bethlehem church.
Amidst a large crow'd of sorrowing j i
friends her remains were laid to rest: !
cSctTby R TL T!
Hming principal of Mixon school.
As a wife she was affectionate andi
devoted; as a mother she was loving !
and tender. The large crowd of,
she was held as a friend and neigh
bor. At the time of her death she
was sixty-two years of age.
To the sorrowing husband and chil-j
dren we extend heart felt sympathy,
and point them to Christ to heal;
their sorrow s and to guide their lives
so that when death shall call them j
hey may meet the loved one in an
upper and better kingdom
there is no parting.
A Friend.
Rev. H. M. Quillian left Monday for
Calhoun w-here he goes to assist Rev.
Frank Quillian in protracted services, j
j n the absence of Brother Quillian thej
editor of The Enterprise has promis
od conduct the servi< Sunday
norning.
a bow from Queen Victoria as her
Maiesty’s carriage passed: G.
W. Y.] As he arose in the pulpit
his very aspect produced a marked
impression, an unspeakable ascend¬
ency upon his audience. All seemed
to feel that they were in the pres¬
ence of one who held communion
with the skies and had come to shed
upon those before him the influences
that he had gathered in that comm
mon.
The text was, “If any man will do
his will, he shall know of the doc¬
trine whether it be of God.” He ad¬
dressed himself mainly to that part
of the congregation who were going
forth into life as men of education
and culture,saying that there existed
among this class doubts and uncertain
ty whether the doertine and person
of Christ are from God. [Sixty-five
years have not carried all of that
disposition away. G. W. Y.]
“He announced boldly that the sys¬
tem of salvation, as revealed by
Christ and his inspired apostles,’’was
neither unphilosophical nor unscien¬
tific, nor irrational. It has from the
first submitted itself to the critical
judgment of men, and challenges the
investigations of history and science
into its revelations and the evidences
by which it is supported: into its
principles, the authenticity of its rec¬
ords, the verity of its asserted mira¬
cles, and the divine commission of
its founder; but the speaker showed,
quoting passage after passage from the
sermon, that after all, the strongest
and finaj evidences of the truth and
divinity of revealed religion consisted,
not in the researches of history, or
the -explorations of science, or the
reasonings of philosophy, but in the
personal experience of the saints.The
witness of the Spirit is the supreme
and unanswerable testimony—a tes
J tunony reaffirmed, in the prayers,
and j n the hymns of throngs of pure
-
[and strong-minded . . , , by the
men, un
utiepaWe joy which has Iighted the
jving eyes of multitudes as they have
pasaed through pain into the valley
Qf th@ shadow This , g a testimony
, 1 . den> . rp,
v ‘ uc ‘ a '
w hich questions it will question
, K fact ...... hlstory . . .
very 111 ’ m science > 1
)h;wg for it is certified to us
: by evidences .. similar .... in nature . to, . .. but
‘
f ar more, overwhelming . , . m number .,
„ hlcb are generally recelv
^ whlch alone can be rolled
t0 p ro ve any accepted , , physical, , . . or
MADE A VERY
WISE CHOICE
R. P. Boyd the newly elected con
vict warden, is one of Newton’s first
citizens.
A man of broad views and set pur
pose to advance the interests of his
county we look for nothing but suc
cess for Mr. Boyd in his new position.
The time for good men to hold of
fice is always at hand, but in the ap
pointment of Mr. Boyd to the posi
tion of warden the commissioners
are to commended and the peo
pie congratulated.
Now since we have the convicts on
^ ^ “ t0 ^ th *»
into safe hands that the county way
reccne the best results from tir |
work. 1
Big Sale of Rea , Estate .
‘ tls
J eul on tarm lands, was the purchase
on Wednesday of the Petty homesteai
two miles south of Covington by Rob- j
AV. Ballard and J. K. Meador.
r Ihc- purchase price is said to be
TOO and the sale was made by Mr.
Chas. G. Smith, w-ho makes a special
ty of high class city and farm lands.
it is reported that the new purchas
will make extensive improvement
m this place and that Mr. Meador
will make it his home on or about
th irst of December.
[Mrs. W. K. Blackmon, of Columbus,
vho has been the guest of her sis
t r Mrs.W.T. Milner for several days
returned home. Mrs. Blackmon
wi pleasantly remembered here a
jfics Jennie Fitzpatrick.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE-
TO SHOW
FINE STOCK
An important organization was ef¬
fected last Saturday when a few
representative citizens of the countr
met in Covington and formed a live
stock association which should have
for its object the improvement of live
stock in Newton.
The success of the association is,
assured with J. W. King as president
and Henry Odum secretary, with a
long list of names among the best of
the county.
The first exhibit will be held hi
Covington the first Tuesday in No¬
vember and will be free to all.
This is not a show or fair for the
purpose of making profit but to stim¬
ulate a lively interest in the develoy
ir < nt of fine stock throughout the
county.
It is expected by those who are
at the head of the movement that as
a result of the work of the associa¬
tion the registered cow and hog will
take the place of the scrub.
Nothing but registered stock will he
allowed to enter for exhibition.
First, second and third prizes will,
be awarded, competent judges being
engaged for that delicate work.
At the meeting Saturday entries
^ made as fQllows;
L. W. Jarman, cattle and hogs,3.
A. N. Hays, 4.
"vV. L. Gibson, 1.
II. Roquemore, 3.
Avon Indian Farm, 9.
J. W. King, 6.
C. H. White, 3.
E. Black, 1.
Jot Bohanan,, 3.
J W. Park, 1.
L. F. Livingston, 3:
C A. Sockwell, 2.
Ross Thompson, 3.
Otis Adair, 1.
S. A. Brown, 1.
The executive committee are L. W.
J; rman, A. N. Hays, L. W. Gibson, H.
Roquemore, C. H. White and Jot>
Bohanan.
It was requested at the meeting
last Saturday that all who possess
registered stock should enter one or
more and that names for entry be
sent to The Enterprise.
There should be not less than 200
head of registered stock on exhibit
tion in Covington on the first Tuesday
in November.
Already 44 are promised.
J. W. King, Pres.
Her.ry Odum, Sec.
are constant additions to the nutn
ber of subscribers in Covington and
v mity and the telephone develop¬
ment is continuous.
The Southern Bell company has
evolved a plan whereby it furnishes
telephone service to farmers and
other rural residents on an economi¬
cal basis. As a result the telephone
is now the rule, rather than the ex
coption, on the farm, and the farmers
in all sections of the state are in
stalling telephones in their homes.
The plant of the Southern Bell con
tany in Covington is maintained a:
a high state of efficiency and the sub*
senbers are generally well satisfied
with the service they are receiving.
mental, or moral fact: the exeprience
and knowledge of credible men.’ ”
What an interesting and edifying
book we would have if all the re¬
ligious impressions made upon the
students of Emory college could have
been preserved as were the impres¬
sions made upon young Lamar.
Judge Lamar’s biographer has
brought us under great obligation to
him for the prominence given to the
contributions made by Emory college
to the formation of the character of
the great. Georgian, no less than
twelve references being rceorded in
his great book.
We make the very last lines of the
book the last lines of this article:
“The speaker felt[Alumni address
1890] that he had disappointed an
expectation of his audience that he
uould deliver to them an address em¬
bracing the results of observation,
flection, and study gathered in the
course of a protracted, and not al¬
together uneventful life; but he as¬
sured them that he had never, in
alj the vicissitudes of alternate fail
ure and success in that life or in his 1
contact with the leaders of men, and I i
of nations, found any richer treas-1 i
ures of thought or nobler incentives,,
or profounder wisdom than he received
at Fmory college from the founders,
professors and great preachers, some
of which he had to recall and lay be
fore the audience on this commemor
ative occasion. Indeed he owed this
service to the wise of former years
as a debt of gratitude; for those men
were from the days when he met
them in the acme of their powers, in
a sense friends and companions up to
the present hour. In the darkest mo¬
ments when depressed by the danger
that threatened our defenseless peo¬
ple, he had been cheered and en¬
couraged by them; and their unfading
countenances had looked down upon
him from the portrait galleries of
memory. They had animated him
with renewed faith in the immutabil¬
ity of truth and the invincibility of
right.”
W r hat a smile of ecstacy lighted up
th tne f Iace 01 nf Alma Mater Matpr as as she sne ns , is
.
tened that day to her noble son!
Some of us were there that day, in
fhe dear old Chapel, . and ...... the halo
“J “ t,re . "*«* ca "
-<>™- entirely fade away.
Geo. W. Yarbrough.
NEW TELEPHONE
DIRECTORY OUT
The new directory of the Southern
Bell Telephone company has been de¬
livered to the subscribers in Coving
lo-i by Manager P. W. Godfrey. |
TLe new directory is attractive in j
appearances and contains all the j 1
changes and corrections in listings |
that have been made since the last |
directory was printed.
TLe number of new names appearing
in the list would indicate that there I
FOR SALE!
a rm containing 166 2-3 acres with about
J g aC]fes g o 00 d State of Cultivation*. 25 acres
of good bottoms; good pasture; good water;
good out houses; one good six room dwelling
and one four room dwelling. This farm is 8
miles east of Conyers on public road. On this
farm there is a good grist mill with improved
machinery with good patronage. Terms of
sale easy. E. B. ROSSER.
i Conyers Hotel, Conyers, Ga.