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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 i j Covington, Georgia. ; j @913 @Wmm '31 NEW 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. ♦ vwra wa* ww ww♦ I ft I New Year Greeting ft i ft ft ft ft We want to thank our friends and patrons for the liberal ft patronage of the past year and will use every effort to ft merit continuation of the During the past few a same. $ weeks I have added a complete outfit of the newest and & approved appliances for the tonsorial parlor and & most am in a better position than ever to serve you promptly. My barbers are all first-class white men and will appreciate ft your patronage, Come to see us. We are always glad ft to see you. ft j, Very Truly, j« $ ft | ft W. J. GOBER, Proprietor. ♦ *T« A A A V *aw V A »T« A A * A * »7« A * »T« •?« O* * »7« »7« ►T« *7« *7* A A iS. *1 ♦ | We Will Mail You the Covington News | From now until January I I 1 1st, 1910, for Fifty Cents I I Better take advantage of this offer Everything High 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. ‘ J. M. DEARING.