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GINNERS REPORT
12,470,226 BALES.
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This Compares With 9,951,505 Bales
Same Time Last Year and
11 , 903,000 Bales in 1907..
Washington, Jan. 9.—The census
bureau today reported 12,470,226 run¬
ning bales of cotton ginned from the
growth of 190S to January 1st last,
against 9,951,505 a year ago and 27,-
386 ginneries operated, against 27,276
a year ago. The percentage of the
whole crop ginned to January 1st is
90 per cent for 1909 and 90.4 for 1908.
The report includes 231,821 round
bales and 86,016 sea island bales for
1908. It counts round bales as half
bales and excludes linters. The total
crop of 1907 was 11,057,822 bales, of
which 92.7 per cent was ginned to
January 1. The crops of 1906 and 1905
were 12,983,201 and 10,495,105 respec¬
tively.
GINNERS BY STATES.
The running bales by states, ginned
to January 1 last, and ginneries re¬
spectively, follow:
Alabama, 1,304,324 and 3,467.
Arkansas, 911,123 and 2,118.
Florida, 66,808 and 255.
Georgia, 1,933,956 and 4,453.
Kansas, Kentucky and New Mexico,
1,672 and 6.
Louisiana, 456,188 and 1,691.
Mississippi, 1,518,707 and 3,405.
Missouri, 53,929 and 78.
North Carolina, 646,731 and 2,741.
Oklahoma, 584,449 and 986.
South Carolina, 1,176,743 and 3,219.
Tennessee, 317,343 and 646.
Texas, 3,486,510 and 4,147.
Virginia, 12,143 and 114.
There were 179,694 round bales and
73,425 sea island bales for 1908 and
255,566 round bales and 54,275 sea
island bales for 1907. The distribution
of sea island cotton for 1908 follows:
Florida, 32,798.
Georgia, 41,037.
South Carolina, 12,181.
The corrected statistics of the quan¬
tity of cotton ginned to December 13
last are 11,904,269 bales.
Food for the Seine.
The early scenes in “Trilby" have
shown us the hilarious squalor of the
student iife in Paris when Whistler
joined the studio that Gleyre carried
on in succession to Delaroclie. It was
the Bohemia, barely modernized, of
Murger’s novel, and the shifts to
which these raw recruits in art de¬
scended furnished Whistler for life
with some of his raciest stories. Once
when an American friend unearthed
him Whistler was living on the pro¬
ceeds of a wardrobe. One hot day he
pawned his coat for an iced drink.
Invited once to the American embassy,
he had to borrow Poynter’s dress suit.
But the best story of these frolicsome
days arises from the eternal copying
in the Louvre, either on commission
or on “spec,” which kept them alive
between remittances. Whistler's chum,
Ernest Delannoy, had done a gorgeous
replica of Veronese's “Marriage Feast
at Cana” that took when framed the
pair of them to carry it. They tried
it on every dealer up and down both
sides of the Seine until the first price
of 500 francs had dropped with sev¬
eral thuds to 100, then 20, then 10,
then 5. Suddenly the dignity of art
asserted itself.
On the Pont des Arts they lifted the
huge canvas. “Un,” they said, with
a great swing, “deux, trois—v’lan!”
and over it went into the water with a
splash. Sergents de ville came run¬
ning, omnibuses stopped, and boats
pushed out on the river. Altogether
it was an immense success, and they
went home enchanted.—Pall Mall Ga¬
zette.
Obesity and Will Power.
Obesity is easily cured with the ex¬
ercise of the proper care and restraint
on the part of the patient. Without
this, however, the cure is impossible,
and no physician or medicine can be
of any help. The happy-go-lucky dis¬
positions of fat people, their tendency
to regard their ailment lightly, cause
them to look upon nothing seriously,
to deny themselves nothing. These
characteristics, which generally are re¬
sponsible for their ailment, furnish
the greatest obstacles in the way of
curing them. As a rule, the fat person
does Just the opposite of what he
ought to do. He eats the very foods
he should avoid, avoids those he should
eat, shuns exertion of every kind, in¬
dulges in rest and luxury and seeks
the way of the easiest resistance gen¬
erally.—“Will Power.”
The Brevity of Ballarat.
It was in Ballarat that Mark Twain
found the local language so puzzling
at first, the good people of the place
deeming life too short to dawdle in
their talk.
The mayor called on the American
humorist and laconically said “K’m.”
Then when Mark Twain gave him a
cigar he simply said “Q.”
Subsequent inquiry revealed that
these terms were Ballaratese for "wel¬
come” and “thank you.”~London
Chronicle.
Reason For Worry.
“Men worry more than women.”
“Yes; they not only have everything
to worry about that the women have,
but they also have the women to wor¬
ry about too.”—Smart Set.
There are few persons who would
not be ashamed of being loved when
they love no longer.—Rochefoucauld.
Mrs. Scott Dies of Strangulation.
Mrs. W. D. Scott died at her home
in McDonough Tuesday afternoon at
5ocloek, from strangulation, caused
by an enlarged gland in the throat.
She is survived by her husband, Dr.
D. W. Scott, a son and a daughter.
She was Miss Laura G. Sharp before
her marriage.
The funeral was held at the Baptist
church in McDouough, Thursday
morning at 10:30 oclock.
Dr. Gibson Honored.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Bank of Conyers of that city last week,
Dr. J. T. Gibson, of this county, was
elected as its Vice-President. He is
also a Commissioner of this county,
and is a man of business and integrity.
Dr. Gibson was surprised at his elec¬
tion to this important office by a bank
in another county, and appreciates
tlie honor conferred upon him very
highly. ■
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Pace Items.
(Last Week’s Letter.)
Mr. W. T. Watson spent several
days in Atlanta last week.
Miss Dollie Burns spent part of last
week with friends in Conyers.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Boyd, of Fair
View, visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Boyd
Saturday.
Miss Alva Roan, of Atlanta, is visi¬
ting her parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ramsey, of
Covington, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Ramsey.
Miss Stella Pruett visited Conyers
during the holidays.
Miss Vera McCord visited Miss Car¬
rie Read Sunday.
Mrs. J. E. Cowan spent last Friday
with Mrs. J. I). Boyd, at Fair View.
Mr. J. Z. Almand and Misses Letha
and Vera Cowan visited friends at
Loganville recently.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Christian, of
Conyers, spent Friday with Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Ramsey.
Mr. Cosby Read, of Alabama, visi¬
ted his parents here Xmas.
Messrs. Olin Cowan and Grier Roan
visited near Snapping Shoals Sunday.
Mr. J. H. Pruett and family have
moved to Mr. B. B. McDonald’s place
near Conyers.
Mr. Howard Vaughn, of Conyers,
spent Sunday with Mr. C. D. Almand.
Misses Vera McCord and Verba Og
letree visited relatives in Covington
one day recently.
Mrs. Tom Kinnett and children, of
Norcross, spent part of last week with
her sister, Mrs. J. W. Burns.
Misses Emily and Adna Neely, of
Fair View, visited Mrs. J. C. Nixon
last week.
Miss Dollie Burns left Sunday for
Klondike where she will again resume
her duties as teacher in the school.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Crowell, of Le
guin, have moved into the house va¬
cated by Mr. J. H. Pruett.
Miss Carrie Read visited her sister,
Mrs. Earl Lunsford, in Covington,
Saturday.
Mr. Tom L. Burns left JMonday for
Monroe Agricultural College where he
will enter school.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Almand, of Cov¬
ington, spent the holidays with their
parents here.
Mr. George Willingham, of Atlanta,
spent several days last week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Willingham.
Miss Ethel McCord, of Covington,
visited Miss Verba Ogletree last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Almand, of
Conyers, spent last Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. Will Cowan.
Mr. O. P. McCord spent Monday in
Atlanta on business.
Our young people enjoyed several
delightful parties during the holidays.
School opened here again Monday
with Miss Clemmie Boyd as principal
teacher and Miss Addie Belle Elliott
as assistant.
Mr. T. J. Ramsey, of Covington, has
moved to Pace and will take charge
of the new firm of Ramsey Bros., gen¬
eral merchandise.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Turner and lit¬
tle son and Miss Georgie Flowers, all
of Covington, were the guests of Mr.
J. C. Nixon’s family last week.
Mr. Claude Kinnett, of Magnet, is a
frequent visitor here.
Mr. W. H. Read and family will
move to Lithonia in a few days. We
regret very much to see them go.
Miss Angie Boyd returned to the N.
and I. College, at Milledgeville, Mon¬
day, her after spending the holidays with
parents.
Mr. C. M. Swords and Misses Mari¬
on Swords and Vannie Lou Plunket,
of Conyers, and Miss Glass, of New
nan, spent Tuesday with Mr. W. H.
Reed’s family.
Mr. Victor Williams, of Oxford,
was a visitor at Pace Sunday.
After spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr. add Mrs. J. W. Estes,
| Mr. Institute, James Estes returned to Mercer
Macon, Sunday.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
DEPUTY SHERIFF MADDOX
CAPTURES ARE FOSTER.
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He Went To Macon For Will Harper
And Makes Another Capture,
Abe Foster.
One day last week Sheriff Hay re¬
ceived a message from the authorities
at Macon stating that they had cap¬
tured Will Harper, charged in this
county with larceny from the house
and Deputy Sheriff T. F. Maddox im¬
mediately left for that city to bring
him back.
While in Macon he ran across Abe
Foster, a white man who was wanted
in this county for wife beating and
made the arrest and brought them
both back and lodged them in jail to
await trial at the next session of the
city court. «
Mr. Maddox was very much surpris¬
ed to run into Foster and Foster was a
little more surprised when Mr. Mad¬
dox captured him.
Fugitive Star Bouys.
When the winter gales begin to blow,
the tenders of the lighthouse service
turn their steins toward northern seas
to hunt stray spar buoys. Of all the
work of the coast patrol this, perhaps,
is the most exposed to danger. Pulling
these “signboards” out of the sea or
putting them over side is like “yank¬
ing” spiles with a ton derrick on a
heaving platform.
Although passengers in the boats
that ply the waters of New York har¬
bor, Long Island sound and other wa¬
terways along the coast see many
spar buoys, they give them little
thought. With the man at the wheel
it is different. Color, shape and size
give him volumes of information, and
he looks upon the spar buoy as an in¬
valuable guide.
In the government inventories they
are listed as “sticks,” although they
are sometimes sixty feet long. They
are anchored in the bed of a river or
harbor channel, their “up ends” paint¬
ed in such a way as to Indicate to the
observer the formation of the bottom.
On the margin of government charts
explanatory notes tell one that vessels
approaching a harbor from the sea
should leave red buoys with even
numbers on the right and black, with
odd numbers on the left side of chan¬
nels. Black and white striped buoys,
the stripes running perpendicularly,
mean an obstruction in the channel,
with room to get by on either side.
If balls or cages ornament the “lip
ends” it means a turning point, the
color and number indicating the course.
These sticks are put down with heavy
iron anchors and sometimes great
stone weights. One would suppose that
so fixed they never could get away, but
they do, and it is a job to find them.
Ice floes break their cables and some¬
times crush the sticks; storms pull
them loose, and ships in the fog or
darkness foul them and tear them from
their hold on the bottom. Not infre¬
quently ships use them as moorings,
although this is forbidden.
There are instances where the an¬
chors of a spar buoy have been securg
enough to hold against ice pressure and
in a narrow channel cause a dangerous
jam. But such cases are few. for
when this happens the weight of the
ice usually becomes so great as to force
the buoy under, and the pack slides on.
If the ice pack gets under the buoy
so as to lift it there is only one result
tile parting of the cable. Then off
starts the spar upon a journey maybe
of thousands of miles, perhaps of only
one or two. It may fetch up on the
nearest shore, and It may drift to the
coast of Europe or into the southern
seas. On the Irish coast today is one
which traveled there in six weeks from
New York harbor. It was presented
to the British government by the Unit¬
ed States and now floats off the coast
on which it stopped after its long At¬
lantic journey.
If It Is a long chase to find the stray
buoys it is oven a more difficult task to
recover the anchors left behind by the
fugitive spars. Tenders that sail out
of the harbor have a derri k and tackle
rigged In front of the pilot house, with
a donke.y engine to lift and pull. The
location of every buoy is marked on
the charts to a degree, so It Is not dilfi
cult to find the desired position. The
serious business Is dragging for the
anchor and after grappling with it to
hoist it aboard ship. Here the donkey
engine comes into play. Another haz¬
ard is to pull a spar ?>uoy aboard. If a
sea happens to be running the captain
of the tender has to use extreme care.
Should a big roller get under him and
suddenly tighten the lifting chains
either they would give way or the
weight would come up too fast, the
crew in either case being placed In
jeopardy of their lives.
But the risk these men run Is all In
the day’s work. To them a job la a
seaway on a lee shore is regarded as
no more monotonous task than repaint¬
ing a row of buoys on land.—New York
Post.
Th* Ancient Manufacture of Copper.
The ancient Syrians and Phoeni¬
cians are well known to have been ac¬
tive traders In copper, and they man¬
ufactured this metal into bronze by
melting It with tin. Learned an¬
tiquaries assure us that the Phoeni¬
cians actually came to England and
to Ireland in search of tin for this
purpose, and some years ago some
curious bronze articles were found in
several of the old mine workings In
Cornwall, which are believed to have
been left there by that ancient people
at a time when no bronze was either
made or used in England.—Chambers'
Journal.
Masons Go To Jersey.
The degree team of Golden Fleece
lodge, No. 6, F. & A. M. of Covington,
consisting of A. S. Hopkins, W. M.;
C. A. Harwell, S. W.; J. S. Peek, J.
W.; C. A. Clark, S. D.; J. W. Peek,
J. D.; C. A. Sockwell, S. S., went to
Jersey last Wednesday evening and
conferred the 3rd degree for that
lodge. They report a pleasant time
and cordial brethren.
Developing a Star.
Richard Mansfield in his preparation
for “Cyrano” was unsparing of him¬
self, and he was unsparing of others.
Everything he had and everything he
hoped for was at stake. Struggle and
desperation were in the air. Nearly
every one in the cast resigned or was
discharged over and over again. Mr.
Palmer’s days and nights were devot¬
ed to diplomacy, and, thanks to his
suavity, the heady heat of the day be¬
fore was forgotten in the cool of the
next morning.
An actress of interuatioual reputa¬
tion and experience was engaged for
Koxane. Rehearsals were under way
when she resigned by cable. The
orange girl’s single line in the first
act was being rehearsed by a young
Canadian, Margaret Anglin. Mans¬
field had not seen her act, but he re¬
marked the wondrous loveliness of her
voice, and his Intuition told him she
had temperament. “Can you make
yourself look beautiful enough for
Roxane?” he asked. “I think I might
If you can make yourself ugly enough
for Cyrano,” she answered. The purt
was hers on the instant. He coached
her relentlessly. Again and again she
cried that she could not do it. He re¬
assured her, but not with soft persua¬
sions. “You can, my dear, and you
must. Now, again!” After rehearsals
she went regularly In tears to Mr.
Palmer to resign. He appealed to
Mansfield to be more lenient. “I am
only kind,” was his reply.
“Roxane Is a great part. Only one
who has suffered can play such a role.
This girl has the temperament and the
emotions, but she is young aud inex¬
perienced. I cannot persuade her spir¬
it. I must rouse it." And every day
she reached new depths and new
heights.—Paul Wilstach in Scribner’s.
Dr. Tully U. Smith
Dentist
Office No. 9 Star Building
Phone 211
High Grade Work
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There is nothing that gives that cozy, home-like feeling,
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
I carry a full and complete line of Furniture and
Housefurnishings.at very reasonable prices.
UNDERTAKING fl SPECIALTY.
C. A. HARWELL,
Undertaker and Dealer in Furniture
Covington, Ga.
Elegant Clothing for Men
Since we have been in
bffsiness 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. 1 he 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.
Heard, White & Company
Covington, Georgia.
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.
