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VOL- 45 NO.
AAR being held
m NEW LIBRARY
Club Working to Erect
nans income Library
Home for
of This City.
is now being held by the
[ ,i,poHmg the Woman’s Club
c0 (fits derived there
iscity, the P r< of
b3 api died to the erection
to for the home of
lern buildiet? recently
library outlie lot pur
L by them on College Avenue.
te tim ' e during the early part of
t Vh* ladies, who have had
L’enr L since its orgam
of the library
r dec ided to make plans for the
of a suitable lot to be used
base home for the li
uildiug a nice
and the lot above referred to
j Mr. C. A. llar
pur chased from work for
They then began to
mount necessary to pay for it
he last installment was paid sev
[months ago. The building now
L ] 0 t is the one formerly occu¬
py the Georgia Enterprise during
l at ' e g VV. Hawkins’ life time,
t
jjgetting old. propose to erect on
,e ladies now
[ot a modern library building with
the conveniences and finished
inside and outside in the most
oved manner. The front will be
L r ble and plate glass and alto
ertlm building will be one of the
[handsome L in the city. Tt will.
ornament to the city, and the
ling public will have access to
Ech more thorough library than
[now possible to give them,
the bazaar now being held you
find many useful articles, besides
number of holiday gifts and bric
L e . The ladies have donated
k articles and they will be offered
bublic at very reasonable prices.
[a duty every citizen owes to him
and especially the ladies that he
ut to their sale and make pur¬
ses from them.
be ladies are working hard to make
pale a success, and we all should
them to accomplish their desir
IIlil.
p. P. \V. Godfrey has returned
li an extended visit to Brunswick,
knnah, Jacksonville and Valdosta.
|rs. E. H. Wooten has returned
b a visit to Mrs. L. P. Owley.
Irs. C. A. Franklin spent Thursday
Ltlanta.
mong those who went up to At
«ee “The Servant of the
Be ” were Mrs. Annie P. Wooten,
srs. J. J. Corley and J. E. Phillips.
iss Mas White will leave soon for
mta to visit Miss Marion Perdue.
ra -W 0. Clark spent Thursday in
nta.
k Walter Childs went down to
Worn yesterday.
k 1.. H. Jordan returned from
Seville Wednesday. Mrs. Joi
tod children, who are there vis
> relatives, will return Saturday.
ks Emmie Pennington returned
I'Milledgeville last Friday.
Iiss Hyda Heard is visiting the
Nininis in Macon this week.
finances few da ll( '"<lerson will leave
>s lor Atlanta where she
be tli e guest, of her brother, Mr.
m Henderson
News Locals
L, P-W : ' son Mrs Can-oil, ' Loyd and
„f Mansfield,
[ i ailr ^ Hardeman. y »«ht with Mr. and
lhiyH one our sweet
'«siT; ia ' V v r‘"" 1 ,a ' r lri °!“ latter l “ i", Ath
U e ek part of
“*• T '*m Kelley of - Loguin
f°? e , is the
iff^st, of her mother, Mrs.
; Vu *ing this Week.
k Her “O’ diggers
% yon one of Dixie’s
% "L men visited friends here
alt ^fnoon.
r ' tod m
^ ■ E. Hademan spent
ay s ni gkt and Sunday
:<il ’ Mrs. L with
A. Bonner at Rut
t'ff one our sweet
visited friends at Leguin
- -Ifiiest, m.L and of Mr Aunt Martha Hays
Uli |j and Mrs. H. E.
t *> afternoon
1 Prida Pearl and Kxcer Hardman
tostinPl afternoon with friends
ai “l Mrs I! E
Passed - ; through Roquemore, of
afte r &oon. our ’ville
THE
foresters elect
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Youngest of the Secret rders of
City Elects Men For the
Ensuing Year.
At the Secret Order Hall last Thurs¬
day night, the Foresters, youngest of
the secret orders of this city, held
their regular election of officers to
serve during the coming year and the
men selected for the different offices
will make good men. and will do
much for promoting the interest in
that popular insurance and fraternal
organization. The gentlemen elected
are as follows:
R. F. Taylor, Chief Ranger.
W. E. Stark, Vice-Chief Ranger.
W. It. Stilwell, Past Chief Ranger.
W. K. Nickelson, Orator.
Louis Zeitlin, Recording Secretary.
E. E. Parker, Financial Secretary.
Dr. Luke Robinson, Court Physic
ian.
Newton Felker, Court Deputy.
W. VV. Rhoden, Treas.
Robert Parker, Senior Woodward.
Frank Horton, Junior Woodward.
Grady Parker, Senior Beadle.
J. F. Harwell, Junior Beadle.
The local lodge was installed here
during the first, part of the year and
since that time it has grown rapidly
and has as its members some of the
most prominent citizens of the city.
The degree work is said to be very
good and the other features are all
that could be desired.
With these gentlemen as officers we
predict a very prosperous year for
them during 1910.
LOW RATE ILLITERACY IN BUTTS
Commissioner Maddox Says Only 20
White Children Unable to Read
and Write.
^ Jackson, Ga., December6.—Sixteen
of Butt’s county’s twenty-odd schools
are now open for the fall and winter
term. The attendance is uniformily
good, and good work is being done in
all the schools. County School Com¬
missioner C. S. Maddox states that
more college men are at the head of
the county’s schools than ever before
The report of Mr. Maddox to the
state school commissioner for last
year showed that there is a very low
rate of illiteracy in this county, less
than twenty white children in the en¬
tire county being unable to read and
write. This is said to be one of the
best reports ever made in the history
of the state.
Notice.
Hendrix Council No. 721 Royal Ar¬
canum will meet at the Hall Monday
night Dee. 13 at 7 o’clock.
Election of officers for the coming
year. 1.. D. King, Regent.
T. J. Shields, Secty.
Raised $107 Check to $30,000.
Washington, Dec., 0.—Charged with
raising to $80,000 a cheek for $107,
Pablo Yordi, a citizen of Mexico,
must return to his own country for
trial. The Supreme Court today up¬
held as regular t he proceedings in the
District, court for the Western district
of Texas, which held him for extra¬
dition. The record fails to show
whether he actually got the extra
$29,893.
Van Hodges Discharged.
The preliminary trial of Van limi
ges, alias Van Goolby, for killing bis
step father, Tom Goolsby, was held
Tuesday, J. E. Peek andJ. H. Carroll
presiding. There was some conflict
in the evidence, but there was testi¬
mony to the effect that, Goolsby had
already struck Mrs. Goolsby and had
been drawing his revolver first on the
wife and then on the boy before the
latter fired. The trial resulted in the
boys discharge.
Miss Henderson Entertains.
Miss Frances Henderson entertain¬
ed the young ladies club last Friday .
Three tables of bridge were played,
after which a delicious salad course
was served.
Same Thing. word
Scribbler—I don’t like the
“chaos.” Give me a synonym. Sera wi¬
er— How would honsecleauiug time do.
—Philadelphia Record.
History Is but the unroiled scroll of
propbec^v—Garfi eld.
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COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY DEC 10 1909.
OFFICERS ELECTED
FOR RED MENl j
W. R. ; 1
Stillwell is Elected Sachem
and Other Good ;
Men To
Fill All Offices.
On the regular meeting night for the j
loeal Camp of the Independent Order
of Red Men held last Wednesday night'
officers for the ensuing year were
elected and without an exception they
are all good men, thoroughly capable
of taking care of their respective
offices. They are:
W. R. Stillwell, Sachem.
H. D. Bush, Senior Sagamore.
Louis Zeitlin, Junior Sagamore.
A/D. Meador, Prophet.
Joe Willingham, Chief of Records.
T. F. Maddox, C. & K. of W.
The officers will all be installed as per
the schedule of this popular order and
will make the ensuing year one of the
most progressive in the history of the
lodge.
Although this order is practically a
young one in this city, great interest
has been taken in it and it now has a
large membership of the best people
in the city and county.
The meeting night for the Red Men
is Wednesday night at the secret order
hall.
SOME LETTRES TO
OLD SANTA CLAUS
Covington, Ga., Dec. 7, 1909.
Dear Santa Claus—I wish you would
bring me a big doll which you will
find at Mr. Guinn’s store, and a game
too, and some oranges, and a walk¬
ing stick of candy, and some other
kind of candy. Please bring me some
nuts too, and a doll bed, and a doll
rocking chair, and a good many other
things, and my little Sister wants a
doll, and a doll tea-set. With lots of
love, your little friend,
Rebecca Atkinson.
Covington, Ga., Dec. 9, 1909.
Dear Santa Claus—I wan’t you to
bring me a carriage so I can ride my
big doll, and some apples and oran¬
ges, and some nigger-toes, and some
peanuts, I am your little friend,
Susie *. aller.
Covington, Ga., Dee. 7, 1909.
Dear Sauta Claus—I wish you would
bring me a big doll, and a littie doll
dressed in a long dress, please sir, and
a doll tub for my big doll, and a rock¬
ing chair, and a little dresser, and
a tea-set for my dolls, and some ap¬
ples and oranges and candy and some
nuts, please sir. I am your little
friend,
Charlie Burton Hawk.
Covington, Ga., Dec. 7, 1909.
Dear Santa Claus—I wish you would
bring me some oranges and apples
and candy and a story book. You
came to see me last Christmas, and I
want you to come to see me again
and bring me a black headed doll,
and a pretty pair of vases. I aiu
your little friend,
Irene Johnson.
Covington, Ga., Dee. 7, 1909.
Dear Santa Claus—I will write you
a few lines. I want you to come to
see me Christmas, and bring me some
apples and oranges and candy. Don’t
forget to bring some fire works, too.
I am your true friend,
Allen Johnson.
Covington, Ga., Dec. 9, 1909.
Dear Old Santa Claus—1 wish you
would bring me a gun. a drum, a tri¬
cycle, a toy monkey, a magic lantern
and a game that is named Sambo
Rastas, Pete, Joe. I am your true
little friend, James White.
There was a certain master of fox¬
hounds in one of the English shires
who was greatly angered by the awk¬
wardness of one of the gentlemen who
Invariably rode over the hounds. At
one of the meets the M. F. H. rode up
to the awkward hunter and In the most
chilling tones said. "Mr. So-and-so.
there are two dogs In the pack today.
Snap and Tatters, which I am espe¬
cially fond of. and 1 would esteem It
a favor if you would avoid killing
or maiming them with your horse’s
hoofs ’’ "Certainly, my dear fellow,"
replied Mr. So-and-so; "but, as I do not
know them, will you be kind enough to
put tags on them for me?”
Father's Revenge.
“Here is a telegram from papa,”
says the eloping bride, “He says for
us to come right home and live with
him and iuainuia.”
“I didn’t think he would be so vin¬
dictive as all that.” sight the eloping
bridegroom —New York Life.
Developement of Georgia Public School
Question
A8tl “- Wri ter has never seen an ar¬
ticle giving, as it were, the historical
back-ground of the present public
B(:h ° o1 8ystem of Georgia, perhaps an
article thereon would be read with
some interest by those interested in
education.
Though there had been some legis¬
lation thereon prior to that time, in
1862 the legislature of Georgia enact
e d as follows: That certain shares of
the Capital Stock of the Bank of Au¬
gusta and of the Georgia Railroad &
Banking Co., belonging to this State,
be set aside as permanent funds FOR
the education of the poor,
and that whatever remained of the
propriation made to defray the ex
penses of the State Convention of
18. r <0 be also set aside for this purpose.
Under this law, the income was to be
pro rated among those counties re¬
porting to the State Treasurer each
year a list of their poor children; the
Ordinary to act as School Commiss¬
ioner, and required to make and keep
in a book for that purpose a list of
all such children in the county be¬
tween eight and sixteen years of age;
teachers to submit their accounts to
the Ordinary at a rate of tuition not
to exceed a feasonable rate to be fix¬
ed the by Ordinary. Under this law,
two persons in each militia district
were required to furnish the Ordinary
information as to children whose par¬
ents were unable to pay tuition. The
Judge of the Superior Court, further¬
more was required to charge each
successive grand jury gh this law.
From a study of school administra¬
tion of the 50’s, it seems that this law
was more honored in the breach than
in the observance, and in fact we
learn that few counties complied with
this law. To such an extent was the
compilation of lists of poor children
neglected that a law was passed in
1857 requiring that each Justice of the
Peace furnish the Ordinary with a
complete list of all the poor children
in his district, and the Ordinary was
empowered to enforce obedience on
the part of the Justice of the Peace
by attachment as for contempt.
In discussing these laws a few days
ago with the veteran teacher of the
county, Rev. A. C. Mixon, heinform
us uhat in all his experience as a
teacher in the 50’s that not a patron
ever availed himself of this fund—in
fact it seems that the expression
“pauper school fund” was an unfor¬
tunate one for self respect and per
haps false pride made even the de¬
serving poor reluctant to educate their
children at the expense of this fund.
As the appropriation set apart for
the so called pauper school fund was
proving of very little benefit through¬
out the state by reason of the facts
already enumerated, the legislature
1858 in appropriating $100,000 of the
net earnings of the Western & At¬
lantic R. R. to be added to these
school funds specifically provided that
the school funds be prorated among
the several counties according to
school population, and that each
county HAVE THE POWER TO USE
ENJOY AND DISPOSE OF THE
FUNDS THEY RESPECTIVELY RE¬
CEIVE FOR EDUCATIONAL PUR¬
POSES IN SUCH MANNER AS
THEY MAY SEE FIT AND PRO¬
PER.
The plan for each county was to be
devised by the grand jury thereof
with the Ordinary, and on failure to
devise new plans, funds were to be
disbursed as pauper school funds un
der the existing laws. The same law
provides that the inferior eourt of
each county upon recommendation of
the grand jury be empowered to as¬
sess a tax to augument said edu
cational funds.
Phis act was really the first statu¬
tory legislation in Georgia contem¬
plating the establishment of a corn
mon school system in the state in
lieu of a mere fund for the education
of the poor.
The following significant explana¬
tion appears in a foot note: As this
act looks towards a common school
educational system in the state, the
compiler has thought it best to place
it under its present head, namely:
Education, instead of under the head
of academies and free schools.
Further data will be given in a sub¬
sequent article, together with some
matters of interest bearing on the de¬
velopement of our county system.
County School Commissioner.
Holiday Excursion Rates Via Central of
Georgia Railway.
Low Rate Excursion Tickets on sale
December 17-18-21-22-23-24-25-31, 1909,
and January l, 1910. Return limit
January 6, 1910.
For rates and information relative
to train service, sleeping and parlor
car sendee, etc., apply to nearest
ticket agent.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
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Also keep a Fresh stock Nunnally’s Fine
Candies.
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All work finished with Pneumatic Machinery.
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The firm name from this date shall be
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