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VOL. 45. NO. 33 (M \ f better than now, time and if to you renew are not a your subscriber subscription we want you to to THE become one. ENTERPRISE Drop in to see us [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.