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Lon. L. Flowers & Edwin Taylor,
Editors and Publishers.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year...............................................$1.00
Six Months................................................50c
Three Months.......................................25c
Advertising Rates Furnished on Application.
Application made for entry as second
class mail matter.
A man may think he is killing time
but in the end time puts him out of
c jmmission.
An exchange remarks that the best
place to hang the mistletoe is on the
family tree.
As we try to push the business end
of this paper, so will we endeavor to
push the interests of Covington and
Newton county.
It is reported here that Conyers is
to have a new paper. She needs it
and here’s wishing it success.
The amount of whiskey shipped in¬
to Newton County during the holidays
would stagger the average thinker.
Augusta has got Taft and seems to
be happy over the fact. She will be
wanting to have automobile races
next.
The beginning of the work on the
water and sewerage system starts Cov¬
ington off in the progressive line for
the year, all right.
One of our exchanges says that booze
butts in where angels dare not tread.
We know some people Who have that
same butting in proclivity.
This year promises to be the most
progressive and prosperous in the his¬
tory of Covington and the people are
wearing that smile that won’t wear off.
The merchants and business men of
this city have nearly all finished tak¬
ing inventories of their stocks and are
making preparations for a busy year.
Christmas is over but the price of
eggs is about the same. The hens evi¬
dently believe in taking a little more
Christmas than the business world in
dulges in.
No, Paulina, The price of the News
is still fifty cents to January 1st, 1910,
notwithstanding the fact that a gen¬
tleman in the county would lead you
to believe the contrary.
The year just past was one of the
hardest for the business men in the
last decade, but with the beginning of
1909 everything is taking on a pros¬
perous and thrifty outlook.
Help the city administration all
you can. They have a hard job for
the next twelve months and it is a
duty you owe, as a citizen, to give
them all the assistance you can.
If Covington reaches her highest
development she must have more resi¬
dences at once . The city is losing
hundreds of good citizens by not hav¬
ing more residences for them to oc¬
cupy.
That message delivered by Mayor
Chas. G. Smith at the first meeting of
the council last Thursday night was
full of vim and good solid ideas about
the municipal government of the city
for the next year.
The jail in Fulton county was al¬
most empty last week. We don’t
know whether the fault is' officers or
not, but the number of burglaries re¬
ported there recently would lead us
to believe it should be full instead of
empty.
A Nebraska man kissed a woman
and then went and told his friends
about it. The woman is now suing
him for ten thousand dollars. Now
that’s the trouble with them Nebras¬
kans ; they do talk a whole lot. Now
there’s — but we won’t call any
names.—Exchange.
As will be seen in another part of
this issue we will extend the fifty
cent offer on the Nfws for a short
while longer. We are going to have
two thousand subscribers to this
paper by the first of February, and
want all our friends to get in on this
and save half the price.
During the year 1909 the citizens of
Covington with money to invest should
build enough houses to accommo¬
date all the people who wish to move
to this city and make it their home.
Covington needs many more good cit¬
izens and she can get them if she will
afford them places in which to
live. It will require considerable
money to accomplish this end but
Covington has enough moneyed men
whom we believe will take a hand in
this movement. Will somebody take
the lead?
A MISREPRESENTATION
A few days ago we were told that
a gentleman representing another
bublication in this county was circu¬
lating ilie report that this paper
would not accept subscriptions at the
advertised price of fifty cents till Jan.
1st, 1910. We can conceive of no
grounds for this statement by him, we
having never broken faith with any¬
one, unless he did it with the idea
and motive to wilfully hurt our bus i
ness. It makes no difference to us
what his motive was, we want to
brand it right now as absolutely false,
and will say for the benefit of our
friends that when we put the price
to one dollar we will give them no¬
tice through the columns of this paper
and will not call on the representa¬
tive of another to do our advertising
for us.
THE NEW MAYOR.
Hon. Chas. G. Smith, who was
elected mayor of the city of Coving¬
ton for the year 1909, was administer¬
ed the oath of office last Thursday
afternoon at the council chamber,
making him the municipal head of
the city’s affairs for the next
twelve months. Mr. Smith was elect¬
ed three weeks ago and, judging
from his platform and the improve¬
ments he advocates, we will have a
man who will push the interest of this
city to the fullest. He is a strong be¬
liever in publicity in municipal affairs
and states that he expects to have the
clerk make regular published reports
of the financial condition of the city,
giving the tax payers an opportunity
to keep in touch with the receipts and
disbursements, ihe adoption of which
plan public sentiment has demanded.
The News stands for clean govern¬
ment and under Mr. Smith’s adminis¬
tration we believe we will get it.
THE NEW YEAR
With the passing of the old year
we want to extend our thanks to the
people of Newton county for the con¬
fidence and patronage and the assis¬
tance they are extending us in mak¬
ing the News the foremost paper in
the county, and one that we hope
ever to keep up to such a standard as
to always merit their confidence and
trust. Although we have only just
begun the publication of this paper
we are now, as we have always been,
of the opinion that the only way to
conduct a thoroughly first-class pub¬
lication was to put it right square for
the interest of the county and the
people affected by it. This we will
always strive to do.
We are both natives of this county
and understand the conditions here
and from the encouragement we are
receiving we believe we know what
kind of paper they want. We will
appreciate it very much if all our
readers will consider that the News
is their paper and that we are just
publishing it for them. We can give
you a better paper if you do this,
your criticisms and advice will be of
mutual benefit to us both.
Again we want to extend you our
hearty thanks for your support and
wish for you a most prosperous year.
THE PROHIBITION LAW.
The good conduct and absence of
j disorder in this city during the holi
i days has made more than one anti¬
prohibitionist open their eyes to the
fact that prohibition and the non-ex¬
istence of saloons has decreased crime
to a very great extent, and the usual
drunken, disorderly mob that at one
time was a menace and unbearable to
the ladies and Christian men on the
■ streets of Covington at this time of
the year was not in evidence. Like
every other good law there are a num¬
ber of unpleasant features to it, the
principal one being the freedom with
which the wholesale booze houses in
other states ship their goods into our
fair city; but this evil will in time be
corrected and the laws made to stop
the shipping of whiskey into a dry
state the same as the present law
prevents the sale.
To make this change the constitu¬
tion will have to be amended and
whiskey outlawed as it should be.
The experience we have had with the
law now in force convinces us that
the best thing possible for any state
having a large per cent of colored
population is to have prohibition, and
under a law making it prohibitive in
the truest sense of the word we will
have a state almost free from crime
and the usual disorderly conduct un¬
der the open saloon plan.
Another one of the bad features of
the present prohibition law is the
blind tiger. Every good citizen
should use his effort to put them out
of business. We believe this county
has as few as any county in the state,
but there should be a live sentiment
; against them, making it impossible
for them to exist.
We would like to see the next legis¬
lature change the bird law making it
unlawful to kill partridges any time
during the year except from Decem¬
ber 15 to Jannary 15. At the rate
the birds are being killed now it will
be just a matter of a few years until
the sight of one will be very rare
I indeed.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
THE DISFRANCHISEMENT LAW.
The disfranchisement law which
was passed at the last session of the
legislature and which created such a
large amount of interest in the guber¬
natorial campaign of 1906, went into
effect on the first day of this month,
and unless a change is made it will re¬
main as it stands.
While this measure caused no com¬
ment to amount to anything in Geor¬
gia politics until a few years ago, it
has been the theme of several
politicians in the state for a number of
years. It was first introduced in the
Georgia legislature some twelve years
ago by Congressman Hardwick, who
at that time represented Washington
county in the legislature. At that
time he only received his own vote
and one other. Mr. Hardwick should
feel justly proud of the fact that the
measure of which he is the father
should become a law and be in force
before he has passed the middle mile
stone.
For the benefit of our readers, many
of whom have possibly not read the
gist of the act, we publish it below:
1. All persons who have honor¬
ably served in the land or naval
forces of the United States in the
Revolutionary war, or in the war
of 1812, or in the war with Mexico,
or in any war with the Indians, or
in any war between the states, or
in the war with Spain, or who hon¬
orably served in the land or naval
forces of the Confederate states,
or of the state of Georgia in the
war between the state, or
2. All persons lawfully' descend¬
ed from those embraced in the
classes enumerated in the sub-di¬
vision next above, or
3. All persons who are of good
character, and understand the du¬
ties and obligations of citizenship
under a Republican form of gov¬
ernment, or
4. Ail persons who can correct¬
ly read in the English language
any paragraph of the constitution
of the United States or of this
state and correctly write the same
in the English language when read
to them by any one of the regis¬
trars, and all persons who solely,
because of physical disability are
unable to comply' with the above
requirements, but who can under¬
stand and give a reasonable inter¬
pretation of any paragraph of the
constitution of the United States
or of this state, that may be read
to them by any one of the regis¬
trars, or
5. Any person who is the own¬
er in good faith in his own right
of at least forty acres of land situ¬
ated in this state, upon which he
resides, or is the owner in good
faith in his own right of property
situated in this state and assessed
for taxation at the value of five
hundred dollars.
Par. 5. The right to register
under sub-division one and two of
paragraph four shall continue only
until January 1915. But the reg
iatrars shall prepare a roster of all
persons who register under sub¬
divisions one and two of paragraph
four, and shall return the same to
the clerk’s office of the superior
court of their counties and the
clerks of the superior court shall
send copies of the same to the sec¬
retary' of the state, and it shall
be the duty of these officers to
record and permanently preserve
these rosters. Any' person who
has been once registered under
either of the sub-divisions one or
two of parapraph four shall there¬
vided after be permitted to vote; pro¬
he meets the requirements
of paragraphs two and three of
this section.
Wasn’t a Beauty.
fired Traveler (to barber)—Spending
the night in a sleeping ear doesn’t im¬
prove one's beauty, does it? Barber—
I don’t know what you looked like
when you started, but I guess you’re
right.—Harper’s Bazar.
Reasonable Enough.
“What’s your objection to the farm,
mister?”
“The land appears to be sunken.”
“But that’s owing to the heavj
crops.”—Washington Herald.
Works Both Ways.
"So you think it is an advantage to
a man to go to congress for awhile?”
“Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum.
“It gives the people in his own town
a chance to think he is a great man in
Washington and the people in Wash¬
ington a chance to think he is a great
man in his own town.”—Washington
Star.
Her Motto.
“I think it is high time,” said Mrs. j
Oldoastle, “for the people of this coun¬
try to take a firm stand against vivi- j
section.”
“So do I,” replied her hostess. “No j
north, no south, is my motto.”—Chi- i
cago Record-Herald.
The Barrier.
First Tramp—You won’t get nothing
decent there; them people is vegeta¬
rians. Second Tramp—Is that right?
First Tramp—Yes. and they’ve got a
dog wot ain’t.—Philadelphia inquirer.
EGGS . . .
From Prize Winning Barred
and White Plymouth Rocks
at $2.00 per setting. White
Leghorns at $ 1.00 per setting
and Spangled Games at $4
per setting. Put in your or¬
ders now for spring delivery.
MODEL POULTRY FARM
Conyers, Ga.
AN AUDITORIUM.
Covington is always progressive
and looks out for those things which
wall tend to make the citizens of the
city and the people of Newton county
enjoy being here. * There is one thing
though that she is sadly in need of
and that is a big auditiorium out at
the Academy Springs Park to accom¬
modate the different meetings held
here, and for the accommodation of
any public gathering that is to be
held here. The property above
mentioned belongs to the city and if
some influential citizen would start a
subscription for that purpose we
believe he would have no trouble in
securing enough money to erect a
modern auditorium there with a ca¬
pacity large enough to be equal to
any public meeting that will in the
future be held within her gates.
With the money in hand for the
building of the auditorium the city
would gladly grant a permit for the
erection of of the building.
The people of Covington want this
enterprise and it is up to someone to
start the ball to rolling.
NOTICE.
I am now back in my old office over
Cohen’s. Have two rooms, one for
white, the other for colored patients,
and am fully prepared and capable of
doing better work than ever before.
Your patronage solicited.
Very respectfully,
W. J, Higgins, Dentist.
CASH
$J,000.oo
Contest opened Sep. 1, 1908.
Closes Feb. 28, 1909. The
Journal Company has appro¬
priated this One Thousand
Dollars (1,000) in cash to be
divided -among the agents
who do the best work in ad¬
dition to the usual cash com¬
mission. We want an active,
ustling agent at every post
office throughout the south
and on every rural route. For
full particulars of the contest
terms to agents, outfit, sam¬
ple copies, etc., write
The Semi-Weekly Journal
Atlanta, Ga.
FURNIT
There is nothing that gives that cozy, home-like feelin tr" O’
more than nice, tasty Furniture and House-furnishings. I
have the neatest line I have ever carried, and the prices are
consistent with short crops and low-priced* cotton. Come
to see me. It is a pleasure to show you how easy it is
for me to supply you with goods—no matter what price.
Art Squares, from = $3.95 to $7.00
Rugs, good values, each, - = 45c to 3.95
Matting, 100 rolls just received, 116
warp, yard, from = = = = = 12 1=2 to 37 l=2c
Two side Graphophone Records with
song on each side. Something new
1 carry a full and complete line of Furniture and
Housefurnishings at very reasonable prices.
UNDERTAKING A SPECIALTY.
C. A. HARWELL J
Undertaker and Dealer In Furniture
„ Covington, Ga.
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Elegant Clothing for Men
Since we have been in
business in Covington we
have made a reputation for
carrying a good, substan¬
tial line of Clothing, and
this season’s line surpassss
anything we have pre¬
viously had. The quality
of the goods, workmanship
and styles that appeal to
the men who like to wear
neat, snappy clothes are in
our stock. Come and take
a look at them. After you £ .
see them we believe we
can do business with you. K -ESg: j
Heard, White & Company
Covington, Georgia.
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NEW RACKET STORE.
We appreciate your liberal
patronage in past and try to
show our appreciation in a
sabstantial way by giving
you the same Big Cash Val=
ues in future. New Goods
of the season arriving every
few days.
J. I. GUINN, Covington, Ga,
