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REIGN SPINNERS PL riNGTHE
AMERICAN 'OR SUCKERS NOW
American spinners are being
rhe
forf gn iuners for sucker
ed by
are beins P X wlth an
that ought to satisry me
lusiastic fisherman. In other
foreign spinners are endeavor-
6 ,
every way possible to con
in
the spinners of this country
t identified with
al , other people
trade that the price of raw
■otton
is too high, and that the way
m
about a reduction is to shut
ring
mills until cotton declines to
int satisfactory to the buver.”
were the opening words of a
jse
lent made a few davs bv
ird H. pdrronds. editor of the
Ifarturers’ Record. who was in
Orleans lookinc into cron condi
Continuing Mr. Esmonds s*H:
AmprEnn sHnrprs are taking
ie
talk of t>p tnrM<-n <,ninners per
RI)( j v-t dr t h r v e-e to a largo
.
as cornm-e 1 -nMth nroviraip
kppnimr cut of rke market W
kniprf1 arc gnvint. pvprv halp
[for tbpv cap p-r>t t’-olr Vi on rsri
Lpgtirp of ru’icp '•’..ps not R°pm
er • t their aetwii ’
ipVi tvpv nrp crug- r, .
hi non mp-’".'in cr ’i n 1 ' -"■s tbp fpt
ilivirip- Fit n rpcnnt nri'-"i.
a rupfipr of font. r>-- .- 3 prt
,f rnttpr> is new 1 ' T *
for-t pvpn ot nrPSP^t <!f m -
tr tp the fnrrnor<3 th P or
liotOl he woo p„t of tM.„.
tTWTionn’v Oonftitprlrto
[.rodpeU post of nroUnetlon
¥ lorescost of livin' 5 - it is
ul whether 13-ce"t cotton is
. better net results to the nro
than 8 or 9-cent cotton would
lone seven or eight vears aeo.
rame that the world will not
this entire crop, even If it
. #
Only large ° lots are to be sold at the auc
sale of Rivers Heights, Monday 11 a. m.
I [ fourth l t i halt if acre* \/ Oil can make » tfom e
J l
3 ~ . lolS . purchase.
| out 01 VOUf J r
IE Of THE UPS AND DOWNS OF BILL
I was a small boy there was
who lived near us by the
11 Sykes, who was the proud
or of the ugliest and the green
i who ever lived.
r- kved in the early days of
I the author of "Georgia
I w ould have made that book
f' r access. He was
pmlliar name of Bill, and was
r y ev eryone who saw him as
Inot easily forgotten. In early
| P e Bill bought was bent on marrying,
he had to do
p girl that suited him, tell her
ry.
he was about 18 years old
a girl about as green as
id about as anxious to marry
8 his license he got her off
>Oe late one j^fternoon and
his way to the home of a
locai preacher, but by some
old mother got on his trail,
1 a good whipping,ran the gi |
010 and carried Bill to his
oe.
a set back and he
« J*' Um“h!T,T rt , i ‘ mUe
f A"* “ “ ,ltt,e "* “ 0,4
Ne a log caWn
L lol 6 WSS preach '
y y ° Ung Woman
L ot nA , '> his mind
.1 * n g up
mi As
W She Startod
L ‘ -HI rode up near her,
H hr home. ■ ! introduction, ac
ML 'hoy
went the harder
large lots are to be sold at the auc
Dp Rivers Heights, Monday 11 a. m*
Mf ci ere. Y ou can ina from
L of purchase.
OY it your
sold at 15 cents a ponnd, is absnrd
to «ny “an who is thoroughly familir
with the world's business conditions
who
tide reaches a practically prohibitory
pi ice, consumption is not materially
lessened by what, under other condi
tions, might have been regarded as a
high price.
"The advance in the price of iron
is only 30 to 35 per cent in the last
few months without in the slightest
restricting the consumption of pig
inm.
‘if there hal been no material short
age in the yield of cotton compared
with last year there should have been
merely to keep pace wiht the advance
in ether things, a rise of 25 to 30
per cent in the price of cotton over
the average or the preceeding crop.
he world’s improved business
conditions would have justified this.
When we remember that whatever
may be the actual final outcome it
is an unquestionable fact that the
crop w j]j be very mucb j eg8 jjn an i ast
yeai, wliile the consumption will cer
t tit;lily be as large, it would seem th. Si
present prices have not yet reache.;
H point ° f fairueBS to the grower. It
ts incumbent upon every business
i n t eres t j n the south to recognize the
siination and to unite in helping the
farmer in securing a price in keeping
with the present increasing prosperi¬
ty in every other industry. Instead
seeking to depress the price of eot
ton, the south should unite to seek to
advance the price. At present every
Trmn who is jajing^any serious atten
simply helping them to laugh up one
sleeve, while with the other hand the
are reaching behind his back and gam
enng in every possible bale of cotton.
“Later on, when the foreign spin
ers have secured the best of the
crop, and the American spinners un
der take to supply their own needs,
they will wake up to the game that
kas been played upon them."
he loved her Until they had gone
f bout two miles, when they rode up
to a gate, when a young man came
ou: to meet them, nad said:
"Well, Sallie, ye fotched back com
paxiy."
Bke never told him she had been
married two years.
J it made Bill powerful mad, and be
began to think there was something
to learn. After this set back he re
turned to the school house in about
a month.
This time he was introduced to a
pretty young girl and escorted her
F< me. The days being rather short
Bill tarried until he decided to remain
for the night.
At bed time he was told by the
old man to "mortify" the bed in a
shed room. The cool night air from
the river was finding its way through
i a large crack in the shed , and to rem
edy the matter, Bill stuffed his pants
in the opening, and retired to dream
of his love for Beckie Ann.
The next morning Bhe came in the
kitchen and said:
»“• ' Ma *' ““ ef that to b0y , J?’ t f* “° ° n
e“ l ° * i « n he ^ U,e
I don ' 1 h,m
oH 41 lad j! U, “ Pa " t ‘ ““
and 'w* 3 dom , e beSa ** get the
bost of thom when the ° ld WeDt
out and got them way.
Bin WCHt home a sad< \ er and a T er
boy, fully determined to stay there
until he learned a Uttle more sms.
about courting.
Sam Snip.
'
COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY OCT. 29 1909.
ORATORY AND ORATORS
I rtT OXFORD IN THE EARLY DAYS
Oratory was made prominent in the
spring days of the Old Chapel’s classic
„ ^ Muth >b00nded gres
speakers, . and , „ Georgia , was the .
piru State in this department as in
ever >‘ other. Other accomplishments
were not ignored or underrated, but
a man who calculated on
the attention of the public, and
ning their suffrage for promotion, had
to be a master of assemblies, had to
know how to wield the power G f
ciassic elegance and beauty,
ed with practical sense, with
ing and commanding speech. There
was, as now, no great "Nile of liter
etare” flowing through the land for
the enriching of the people. As com
pared with the present there were but
few magazines, reviews, daily or week
ly newspapers, or books of home au
tiiorship. The man who could speak
from the pulpit, the rostrum, the
<• stump," was the main source of
information, the oracle in matters re
ligious, social, economics.
Mass meetings had great hold upon
the people. If it was the temperance
question agitating the minds, the or
der of the day was to call a mass
rce pting at some central place, easy
of access, and then freight the
wil5ds wlth odovs of the ba roecue,
aud stirring notes of the file and peal
of the drums, and animating strains
of the brass band; but above all,there
bad to be an orator or more whose
reputation for moving the multitudes
had already been established. If the
whigs and democrats had some issues
to be settled, they must do likewise—
meet and speak, and be more careful,
tLan aboUt anything else, about the
some great orator to fan the fires
kindled by the immortal sires of the
Revolution. Bea’ding the Deelaratioi
of independence, and firing guns, and
parading under flags, and officers
cbar ^i ne abo ut on horses with their
gay epaulettes, and flashy sashes and
sworf j s (-onld not satisfy the people
without a Fourth of July orator. It
took speaking to get things along.
Those were the days when Robert
t 001 * 31 *, Alexander h. Stephens, how
til Cobb, Walter T. Colquitt, Herschel
L » h ,Te' S'
national politics, too, upon their
tongues. The sliver notes of Henry
Clay’s clarion are still vibrating in
the land - He Wed up the heavens
by the corruscations of hie oratorical
genius as he passed through our state
wlten issues were pending that shook
the nation. Thousands who had neve
seen the scratch of bis pen on any
subject, could tell as long as they
lived, what they heard him speak .and
how they felt while he waB speaking,
and the purposes they formed in
their hearts. The "old Bne tchigs,"
or as they were many times fondly
called “Henry Clay whigs," are now
fast fading away, but as their de¬
scendants study the unfolding of the
history of the war of the sixties they
will wonder that the "Great Harry o
the West” with all"the-torrents* of
eloquence from his wise head, and pa
triotk: heart, and persuasive Mps was
not allowed to secure for his country
the boon for which he seemed to
have been born. The fact that he
failed, with all his mighty powers,and
with the sacrifice of himself, will be
one of the mysteries of the age.
Here are some of the wonderful
men who appeared on the rostrum
and in the pulpit of the Old Chapel
at Oxford: Bishops Andrew, Soule,
Capers, Bascom, Pierce, Wilson, War¬
ren, McDowell, Rigert, Hendrix, Dun¬
can, Galloway, Ward, Marvin, Key,
Hnygood, Candler and Hoss.
Commencement orators: Pierce,
Toombs, Nesblt, Norwood,
Ijin .ar, Hardeman, Oradi-.JB. H. Hill,
Young J. Allen, Covington, Pace, R.
o Harper, Ki-li. 3. Senator Wm. C.
Dawson, Hutcheson,Hlmard.Curnmlng
Lafferty, Buckley, Hinton, Lipscomb,
Many more could be added to this
Q f orators of renown if a record
had been kept and I could have had
^ ^ tQ u J
Tfaf history of Christian education
* Georgia undertaken, ought to the be written, records and |
if it is more i[
faithfully kept, to draw on the bet
Every college throughout the^
state, male and have female, its keeper white and of col-j
cred. should ree
° rds j
Hon . Robert Toombs delivered his!
c X m lent address in 1S53 fr<
l of the new college build
, that was torn down for Sene:
i T?
in Tremont Temple, Boston,, Mass.,
evening of the 24th of January 1866
ye». Hut Subject: "Sla
very—Its Constitutional Status—Its
ImlU€nc@ 0n the African Race anu
Society.’'
Divisions: First, "The Constitu
tioual Powers and Duties of the Fed
oral Government in Relation to Do
uestic Slavery.” Second: “The In
Hueuce of Slavery as it Exists in tht.
U nited States upon the Slave and So
cietj.”
I heard that address. Midway the
dtlivery a thunder storm broke upon
^e large and densely packed auditor
i uul - The dark rolling cloud, with its
electric tire sad growling thunder
seemed to have discoverea a pari o
itself detached from its march an.
pouring its fiery contents—congenial
w Eb its own—upon the enrapture.,
multitune, and halted to give it re
cognition and accompaniament. There
sat by the speaker’s siue Dr. Georg.
t* • Fierce, each at the zenith of his
manly beauty and intellectual power
college-mates anu devoteu irienas ii
their youth—one now the iclolizeu
president ot Emory college ana ora
tor of the south, the other the
matchless Unitea Stales senator iron,
Georgia, furnishing a masterpiece for
the canvas that must pass into ou
Hvion lor it can never oe repeater.
Geo. W. Yarbrough.
THE GROWING SOUTH.
Of the 4,462,640,000 tons of iron ore
of commercial standard in the United
States (estimated), Joseph B. Butler,
f tSt°’ the con
are prob
aoly under instead of over the avail
ablc supply, the south has an asset
of almost incalculable value. The
Superior region, according to
Jlr. - estimates, has almost
as mucb ore as the south, but It is
S undeniable that it is being mined at
a rate which will soon bring exhaus¬
.
tion. We are inclined to the belief,
however, that there is more ore in
the Lake region than Mr. Butler cal¬
culates, but so far investigation has
shown that the known supply is not
above hh< total.
The coal measures of the south
are also up in the hundred millions
of tons, and, like the ore, they are
not being as rapidly exhausted as
are the measures In the northern
states.
With such immense beds of ore
and coal added to the south’s enor
inous output of agricultural products,
there is no reason why this section
should not in time become one of
the richest under the flag. The nak A
truth is, the progress of the south is
one of the marvels of the age. Ere
vastated, lying in ruins less than
half a century ago, it has, because of
the wonderful energy of Its people
and the extent of its resources,gain¬
ed in wealth and power beyond the
dreams of its own people. What has
been done in the past half century
will be small compared with the
growth of the next half century.—
Nashville American.
Death of Mr. J. T. Wright.
The funeral of Mr. J. T. Wright,
formerly of Covington, was conducted
from the residence of Dr.J.A.Wrigbt.
his brother Thursday morning at 9
o’clock,Rev. H.M.Quillian conducting i
tile service. A quartette, consisting
of Mesdames R. R. Fowler, C. H.
\\ hite, G. T.Smith and Mr. R. E.
Everitt, rendered very sweetly Lead
Kindly L.ght, Jesus, Savior Pilot
Me, and Come \e Disconsolate,
The casket was covered with a weait
cf exquisite floral offerings and the
interment was made at West View
cemetery.
Following a short illness Mr. Wrigh
died in a hospital in Louisville, Ky.,
last Monday night, His remains ar
rived in Covington Wednesday after
and ]&y ^ the residence of his
b ro iher,Dr. Wright until the Interment
m s - Wright had many friends in Cov
i?igu,n who are deeply pained at his
ath.A het full of human kindness, |
oo-irtly and courteous were marked a* j
tributes in this man’s life, possessing;
each as he did in the fullest degree.
Mr. Wright, who was the only brot
^ <.f X)r. J, A. Wright, is survived
!/ s, Mrs.
Wn^r Oi U€
v-JU, XV md Mrs. Harry
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YfAh IN ADVANO
REAL ESTATE TALK BY A REAL
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J. E. KIDD, the Real Estate
CONSIDERING
LOCATION
Since the positive and exclusive
... . ip iast week’s
..dt .nt i.i.w notion miii compan, lho.
. e . c -m m’g-rate a.
veeu »i .i uusmess, the:e
i — v. amount oi spe. uiaiion u.
to the lo.aaon of the ne*.
mm!, u. eresi was arcuate when i.
wa. am .me at arsi iuol ne end.
pluin. WaUia be located within the lim
its (it Lite cil y. Hence .uesuo-j c
‘ l^m.on has airen .-_en vor
CU,
smTaJcl ^ tho^'intere-^ta "th
project, ana it is believed that tin
plant will be located just north of the
G ,rgia railroad, near the present res
idem e of Mr. Henry Odum.
No announcement has been made
to. tit's elfect, but sevral are of the
opinion that of all the locations un¬
der consideration this one will prob¬
ably be selected.
This location would, of course, af¬
ford good railroad facilities for the
mill, as well as generally a fine loca¬
tion in other ways.
EXTRAVAGANT EXPECTATIONS.
a fair share of the unhappiness of
Hons. Few of us find that reality co
life comes from extravagant expecta
responds to our dreams; we discover
that there is a seamy side to the
work we thought w r e should enjoy
thoroughly; that our friends are not
quite the sort of persons we thought
they were; and that the things we
imagined would please us most lose
some of their power to charm. This
is the experience that makes cynics
pessimists, and that most disagreeabl
oi all people, those with a grievance.
But it is a fair question whethe
they are taking their early dreams t- o
seriously. You say you were disap
pofhted, but what right had you to
build a castle in Spain and think that
you could live in it?
Moralists are always telling us not
to be too extravagant with our mon¬
ey. If we spend it too lavishly, we
Fhall soon have none to spend. Would
it not be a good plan for them to tell
us,once In awhile,how surely wc may
bankrupt our happiness by cherish
ing extravagant expectations, and
then cursing our luck, and having
ft jjy of the soul constantly clouded
j.y ^^appointment because things did
no ^ C o rre spond to them? It would not
be difficult to find a text for such a
germon> j s not St. Paul who says
SOIne t b j n g about the wisdom of not
thinking of ourselves more highly tha)
we ought to think, but of thinking so¬
berly?—Great Thoughts.
THE SUN AT THE POLE.
If the sky was clear when Dr. Cook
and his two Eskimos reached the
North Pole, April 21. the snn at that
date would have been several de
grees above the horizon and they
would have witnessed the strange
Only large lots are to be sold at the auc¬
tion sale of Rivers Heights Monday, li a. m.
One fourth to half acre. You can make from
2 to 3 Io;s cv 4 of' c yon!" *•*0 0 — •
I have now been dealing in real es
Uiic for qu: < a tew years, and during
at u t
to me to know that of the thousands
o. € dollars worth of that
property l
have sold, I have been of benefit to
„
my fellow-mah.
1 have caused many to make
ments in real estate that has increas¬
ed in value and has caused them to
save their earnings. And when the
i. h „ day comes, as it has to come,
they have thought of me with kind
nt-bs, and have thanked me for per
meding them to have made an in
j vestment in tha property,which is the
I basis of all wealth—real estate.
I Mr. M.M.arshall.a ministerial stu
dent at Emory college, wrote me a,
few weeks ago, telling me of the
2-1 acres of land lying between Coving
ton and Oxford, and that he was sure
that if I were to come to Covington
and see it, I would be interested..
I came and I was interested, and
I am satisfied that in this subdivis¬
ion of town lots that I am able to giv
my fellow-man one of the best oppor¬
tunities that has yet been presented
for true, genuine proprety values in
every lot that will be sold at auction
on November 1st, 11 a. m. at Rivers
Heights.
A few reasons why I was interest
ed in this property: Emory college,
w hose athletic grounds partly touch
this property on the north, and the
five hundred thousand dollar endow
meat fund, that is now assured for old
Emory and the already high price of
Oxford land, together with ;his en
dowment will boom this prpoerty, if
re was no other reason why it.
suoula be in great demand.
This property is to be sold only to
white people, and because of its heal
thy location and educational atmos-
1'here, being close to Atlanta and
com ects Oxford and Covington. Cov
ihgton is growing rapidly.These places
will soon be able to secure from the
Central Power company, near there,
ike cheapest of motive power. Tms
is but a few of the things that make
this property more desirable than any
that I am just now acquainted with.
This property fronts on the Oxford
car line, which makes it easy to reach
trains, and when the electric line is
put. in, which will be, I hope In the
ve< y near future, will make the prop¬
erty more accessible than ever to Ox¬
ford, Covingtbn and Atlanta.
Any time that you may wish to in
cit'tse your wealth, invest in subur
l> • property while It is cheap, for
as the race Is rapidly increasing in
numbers, so high class property is
climbing up day by day. This you
wish to take advantage of.
1 unhesitatingly recommend that
anyone wishing to save money, and
wishing to make a good investment,
to buy lots at this auction sale. Pay¬
ments suspended during sickness,
deeds to the property to pass through
the Bank of Covington.
PREACHING AT ZION.
Rev. Joe Winburn will preach at
Zion Baptist church, in West Newton,
on the fifth Sabbath at 11 o’clock^
Oct. 31st. Each member Is requested
to be present. Strangers are welcome
phenomenon, which can occur only at
the poles, of the sun swinging around
the horizon each 24 hours, practically
at the same elevation above the Ice
field in every direction. The only
variation from this would be the
sun’s slight spiral path as it slowly
rises higher and higher until June
21, when it reached its maximum
height, and during the two days they
were at the pole would only amount
to about 1 1-4 diameters of the sun.
Of course,this condition comes slowly
as they approach the pole.
At the home of the Eskimo the mid
night sun always dips low down to¬
ward the horizon in the north, and
rites much higher in the south.This
! of the at the
strange behavior sun
i cie—never before seen by man—
would certainly impress them, and
the) would surely be competent to
give evidence on this point, which
would have weight in getting at the
facts.—Indianapolis News.
