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Cotton Market:
Following was ruling
prices here yesterday:
Middling, 8 3-4 cents
Good mid. 9 cents.
VOL. 1. No. 5
FARMERS’ UNION
MASS MEETING.
Will Meet at Covington On Satur¬
day, Jan. 9th.—Members
Urged to Attend.
A mass meeting of the Farmers’
Union of Newton county is called by
Mr. G. Q. Livingston, the president,
and at this meeting a lot of important
business will be transacted and the
affairs of the past year will be review¬
ed and plans for the future will come
up for consideration.
The Newton county division is a
strong one and the members are to be
congratulated for their efforts during
the past year. They are going at the
bottom of the farming problem and
are using good, strong business judg¬
ment in the manipulation of the af¬
fairs of the Union. Among the mem¬
bership will be found some of the
county’s most prominent citizens, and
they are taking great interest in the
local LTnion and are keeping abreast
of the times the same as they would
were they running any other kind of
business. This speaks well for them
and it is just a matter of a few years
when this will be the banner agricul¬
tural county of the State. One of the
main featnres of the Union is the in¬
tensified system of farming and the
success with which it is meeting is
making those who have tried it very
enthusiastic.
Mr. Livingston urges all the mem¬
bers of the Union and members of the
Warehouse Company also to be pres¬
ent at this meeting. Following is his
call:
“A mass meeting of the Farmers’
Union of Newton County has been
called to meet at Covington in the
court house on Saturday, January
9th. Every member in the county is
urged to be present. Every stock¬
holder of the Warehouse Company is
also urged to attend. Important bus¬
iness is to be transacted.
“G. Q. Livunghton, Pres.
Special.
—By special arrangements we have
a limited number of subscriptions to
the Atlanta Daily and Sunday Journal
which we are offering with The Cov¬
ington News for one year for $5.00.
IT IS OF
REAL VALUE
TO YOU
to do your banking with home banks, where
you come in personal contact with and are
known to the bank’s officers; where the needs
of the small depositor are given the same care¬
ful and considerate attention as the wants of the
larger depositor.
It means the building up of your credit
with people who have the ability and the
willingness to give you greater assistance in time
of need than you can possibly get from out of
town or city savings banks.
You are cordially invited to open an ac¬
count at this bank—$ 1.00 or more opens an
account—-all yours when you want it.
First National Bank
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, JANUARY 6, 1909.
BIG DEAL IN FIRST
NATIONAL BANK STOCK.
A Large Block of Stock Changed
Hands During the Past Week.
A New Cashier.
Since the last issue of THe News
there has been quite a good deal of
changing in the business houses of
Covington, conspicuous among which
was the sale of about one hundred
shares of stock in the First National
Bank by Messrs. H. D., C. D. and J.
B. Terrell, they having sold their hold¬
ings to Messrs. E. O. Lee, C.C. Brooks,
Edward Stephenson, W. B. R. Pen¬
nington and Dr. N. Z. Anderson.
Dr. N. Z. Anderson is at present
the president of the institution and
after the meeting of the stockholders
on the fifteenth of this month Mr. Ed¬
ward Stephenson will in all probabil¬
ity be the cashier, as Mr. C. D. Ter¬
rell, the present cashier, has tendered
his resignation to devote his entire
time to the Newton County Oil Mill,
of which he has a large block of stock.
The change of the stock in this fi¬
nancial institution will in no way
change the courtesy of the bank and
the patrons will get the same liberal
treatment they have had since its or¬
ganization.
Mr. Stephenson, who will be the
new cashier, is one of the best known
young men in the city, having been a
member of the Stephenson Hardware
Co. for several years, and is now the
assistant cashier. He has many
friends who congratulate him on his
advancement.
Bank of Covington Declares Dividend.
The regular meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Bank of Covington
was held in the offices of the bank
last Wednesday and the regular semi¬
annual dividend of 4 per cent was
declared on its capital stock of $100,
000. This bank has been established
seven years and since its organization
has been considered one of the lead¬
ing financial institutions of the
county. The stockholders and officers
are all men of character and business
ability and much of their success is
due to the courteous and business like
treatment recieved at the hands of
the clever and genial cashier, Mr. C.
S. Thompson.
NEW CITY OFFICIALS
TAKE OATH,
At First Meeting of Council Last
Thursday Night Committees
and Police Were Elected.
The new aldermen and mayor of the
city, who were elected three weeks
ago, were given the oath of office last
Thursday afternoon and the first meet¬
ing of council was held at the council
chamber Thursday night, at which
time the committees for the year and
the police officers were elected. The
election of the city clerk and treas¬
urer was postponed upon the sugges¬
tion of Mayor Smith, until a later
date, as the two applicants for the po¬
sition, Messrs. J. J. Corley and W.
T. Milner, could not give the office
their entire time and it is thought
that as there will be a great deal of
extra work this year, owing to the
construction of the water works and
sewerage system, that the office will
require the services of a man for the
Hon. Chas. G. Smith,
Covington’s Mayor for 1909.
whole time who will not be hampered
by any other business. The election
of the clerk will in all probability take
place tonight.
The following committees were
elected for the year:
Finance: J. R. Stepheuson, C. C.
Brooks, Ed Heard.
Electric Lights: C. C. Brooks, F.
E. Heard, J. H. Echols.
Ordinance and Relief: F. E.
Heard, C. C. Brooks, Ed Heard.
Sanitary: J. H. Echols, A. S. Mc
Garity, C. C. Brooks.
Public Buildings: J. H. Echols, F.
E. Heard, J. R. Stephenson.
Parks and Cemetery: Ed Heard,
J. R. Stephenson, A. S. MeGarity.
For policeman at Midway there were
ten applicants, and Mr. Wick Willing¬
ham was chosen for the place, suc¬
ceeding Mr. Powell Skelton who has
held this position many years. Mr.
Bradford Bohanan was re-elected
chief, and Mr. Bonham Johnson was
re-eleeted assistant chief. Both of
these gentlemen have held the posi¬
tions given them and have been dili¬
gent and faithful in the discharge of
their duties. With them to guard the
city for the next year we will have
three good men in the right places.
NORMAN BUGGY CO.
GOES TO GRIFFIN.
Will Hereafter Be Located at That
Place.—New Company to
Use Same Building.
The Norman Buggy Company, which
has been located here for the past fif¬
teen years, has been busy all the past
week moving their plant to Griffin
where they’ will in future be located
under the same firm name.
Mr. W. G. Norman, the president
of the company’, came to this city at
the above mentioned time and started
the manufacture of vehicles on a very
small scale, and by reason of the fact
that he has been building the best
buggies obtainable in this market his
business has gradually grown to very
flattering proportions, the building he
occupied having been erected especi¬
ally for him.
During the time he has been here
lie has made many friends who regret
very much to see him and his enter¬
prise go to another city and wish for
him the sa ne prosperity he has had
while here.
The Covington Buggy Co., which is
being organized here, will occupy the
building the Norman Buggy Co. has
just vacated, and will begin the man
ufaeture of buggies about the fifteenth
of this month.
GROUND BROKEN
ON WATER SYSTEM,
Squad of Men Begun the Construc¬
tion Last Week. Work will
Be Pushed to Completion.
The construction work on Coving¬
ton’s $60,000 water works and sewer¬
age system was begun last week and
the contractors will push the work as
rapidly as possible, finishing the job
by July the 1st, as that is the date
when the contract calls for it to be
completed.
The people of the city are highly
elated over the fact that the work has
been actually commenced and are
looking forward to the time when
they can use the water through the
mains. The first work to be done by
the contractors is to built the reser¬
voir, which is being placed about a
mile north of the city on Dried In¬
dian creek on land purchased from
Mr. J. Z. Johnson, chairman of the
board of County Commissioners and
is just back of his home place. The
water will be conducted to the big
basin and from there to the stand
pipe at the electric light plant by wa¬
ter mains and will be fed out from
there to the different parts of the city.
This settling basin has a capacity of
about a million gallons of water and
will be kept full all the time, making
fire-fighting an easy matter, besides
the convenience it will be to the gen¬
eral public.
The water will be pumped by the
electric light plant, using the current
which already belongs to the city.
The other work on the system will
be under way in a short while and
then things will take on a very’ busy
aspect for the next few months.
With the water works and sewerage
system started and with her many
other enterprises and conveniences
the citizens are predicting a prosper¬
ous and busy year for Covington.
A. B. & A. RAILROAD
IN HANDS OF REOEIVER.
Mr. H. M. Atkinson Appointed Re¬
ceiver and P. S. Arkwright
Joint Receiver.
Quite a good deal of excitement was
created in financial circles throughout
the State on the first of the month
when the announcement was made
that the Atlanta, Birmingham & At¬
lantic Railroad had gone into the
hands of a receiver. Mr. H. M. At¬
kinson, the president of the system,
and P. S. Arkwright, president of the
Georgia Railroad & Electric Co., were
named by Judge John S. Pardee as
the receivers.
The principal cause of the road j
being forced into the hands of a re- j
ceiver at this time was a matter of j
several thousand dollars interest on
their bonds which was due January 1,
and the road was unable to meet the
payments. It is thought and confi¬
dently expected that the road will
pull through its financial strain with
these gentlemen as the receivers and
that it is a matter of only a short j
while before the obligations will be
met and the road continue business
on a normal basis. The road is one I
of the best equipped and thorough '
systems of railways in the State and i
it is regretted by the people generally ;
that they happened to their misfor¬
tune. They had a hard time of it du¬
ring the construction as the financial
panic was at its worst.
Royal Arch Masons.
At the annual election of officers of
Covington Chapter, No. 71, R. A. M.
Friday evening, Dec. 25th, resulted in
the following:
A. S. Hopkins, H. P.
J. M. Levy, King.
W. Cohen, Scribe.
R. P. Lester, P. S.
C. A. Harwell, C. of H.
R. R. Powler, Secretary.
C. L. Harwell, Treasurer.
J. S. Peek, R. A. C.
J. W. Peek, Master of 1st Vail.
C. A. Clark, Master of 2nd Vail.
G. T. Smith, Master of 3rd Vail.
New Warehouse Manager.
Mr. S. A. Brown has been elected
manager for the Farmers’ Union
Warehouse in this city and has al¬
ready taken charge, Succeeding Mr.
Jeff Ramsey, who resigned. This ap¬
pointment came without solicitation
to Mr. Brown and he is receiving the
congratulations of his many friends.
Mr. Brown is one of the citv’s most
prosperous citizens and is a man who
will look after the interests of the
warehouse in a way satisfactory to
both proprietors and patrons.
$1.00 A Year In Advance.
THE COUNTY OFFICIALS
ADMINISTERED OATH
Officers Who Were Re-Elected and
New Ones Given Oath of Office.
They are all Good Men.
Newton County’s officers who were
elected last year to serve for the two
years beginning January 1st, 1909,
we !, e sworn into office last Friday
and they have all settled down to a
year of business.
In several of the offices new men
were elected and the ones who were
re-elected make the county a good
corps of officers for the next two
years. Below we publish a list of all
the officers of the county:
Representative, L. L. Middlebrooks.
Clerk of Superior Court, Jno. B.
Davis.
Ordinary, A. D. Meador.
Sheriff, S. M. Hay.
Tax Collector, W. S. Ramsey.
Tax Receiver, J. F. Lunsford.
Treasurer, C. L. Harwell.
Coroner, J. S. Peek.
County Commissioners, J. Z. John¬
son, E. L. Almand, C. R. Rogers,
Wm. Boyd and Dr. J. T. Gibson.
Officers Installed.
At a called meeting of Siloam Lodge
No. 735, F. and A. M., held o.i the
26th, the following officers were in¬
stalled :
Thomas D. Joiner, W. M.
John H. Randall, S. W.
Robert E. Cowan, J. W.
Oscar Thompson, Sec.
R. P. Boyd, S. D.
Walter Avery, J. D.
W. A. Gardner, S. S.
H. B. Cothern, J. S.
W. T. Stroud, Chaplain.
W. L. Lawson, Tyler.
Must Register with Ordinary.
All persons operating in this county
in the following lines are requested to
go at once and register with the
ordinary of the county or else they
■will violate ? 1>> state 1 laws:
Private corporation, near beer dealer,
dealers in bicycles, pistols, cigarette,
auctioneers, insurance agents, are
required to register by January 1st.
—Mr. J. M. Dearing will have to
arrive this week for sale 400 shoats.
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Except the High-Grade and Artistic Commercial Print¬
ing done at this office. OUR prices are VERY LOW
We Want 2,000
New Subscribers to
The News by Feb.
1st, and for a short
while will send it a
year for Fifty Cents.
THE NEW YEAR
OUTLOOK BRIGHT.
Covington Begins the Year 1909
With Most Flattering Prospects.
Many Improvements Expected.
The citizens of Covington and New¬
ton county enter upon the New Year
under the most flattering auspices of
any in her history, and today we look
forward to the coming year with the
brightest hopes for a very prosperous
one indeed.
There are many reasons for con¬
gratulations; many causes for hope
and cheerfulness as we welcome the
New Year in.
During the present year Covington
has already begun the erection of a
complete water and sewerage system;
a large school annex to the already
commodious school building; a hand¬
some new Baptist church to cost $15
000; annex to Midway church; and a
$2,000 Auditorium at the Academy
Spring almost in sight.
With a set of business men equal to
any in the Union—alert, progressive
and liberal in their views—and with
the most intelligent rural section of
the State; with farmers who know
how to farm and live at the same
place, we enter upon the ninth year of
the century with an unfeigned opti¬
mistic view of a year of progress and
prosperity.
Already every line of business has
begun to revive, and everything points
to a successful business year.
The News extends to every one of
its readers New Year greetings. We
invoke upon you the richest blessings
which you so justly deserve—“May
you live long and prosper.”
Justice Of Peace Commissions.
The commissions for the Justices of
Peace elected in this County on the
fifth of December are with Ordinary
Meador and the gentlemen elected
are requested to come in at once and
qualify for the places. The men
elected for the different districts are
all men of ability and will make the
connty good officers.
—Cabbage plants for sale at M. E.
Parker’s grocery store.—tf.
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J. M. DEARING.
