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flowing was ruling
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pddling, 9 1-2 cents
od mid. 9 5-8 cents
r OL. 1. No. 8
MACHINERY
BEING INSTALLED,
igton Cotton Mill Putting In
New Looms to Supply
Greater Demand.
News reporter was a visitor to
Covington Cotton Mills one day
week and the manager, Mr. J. W.
sham, showed him through the
re plant, warehouse and other
& ; ngs. This is one of the best
iipp jd mills in the state and has
fays had plenty of orders on file to
running at full time. The ma
lery is kept up to the highest de
of cleanliness and is one of the
fttiest the writer has ever had the
jrtunity of inspecting. They are
operating with a day and night
ft, era ploying 225 people and they
all well pleased with the treat
lt and conditions at this mill.
Che factory is equipped with 18,400
idles and has an output of 125,000
Is per week, which is considered
j mill men to be exceedingly high.
demand for their product has in
sased to such an extent, however,
it they are now installing 100 new
>ms to keep up with the orders.
|e main building and warehouses
all equipped with the latest and
jst approved fire extinguishers and
srything is planned in such a way
j to make the investment absolutely
|e.
['he mill was organized in 1900 and
fee that date there has never been
time when they lacked orders and
stockholders are all well pleased
th the management by the officers,
essrs. N. S. Turner, W. C. Clark
J. W. Worsham. The success of
enterprise is due to good manage
ent, fair treatment of the working
rce and puttingouta superior grade
| goods.
D. A. R. Notice.
Members of the D. A. R. who have
>t paid their dues are requested to
so immediately, sending them to
s. Wm. G. Burt, treasurer of this
lapter.
Mrs. Wm. G. Burt.
just arrived. J. M. Dearing.-tf
We Want Your Banking
Business and Influence.
Our best efforts have been and are
given to the development of this
institution. We realize the impor=
tance of having your influence. We
have striven to deserve your confidence
and believe we can offer you special
advantages business that will appeal to you as
a man.
We will appreciate all or any
part of your business.
OFFICERS:
N. Z. ANDERSON, President.
L. O. BENTON and C. C. ROBINSON, Vice-Pres.
R. E. STEPHENSON, C^hier.
DIRECTORS:
C. C. ROBINSON, A. J. BELCHER,
L. O. BENTON, H. B. ANDERSON,
C. C. BROOKS, C. R. ROGERS,
J. Z. JOHNSON, E. O. LEE,
N. Z. ANDERSON. R. E. STEPHENSON
! W. B. R. PENNINGTON
First National Bank
Covington, Georgia.
Stic New 9 *
ANOTHER PAPER FOR
NEWTON COUNTY.
L. F. Herring Publishing Bi-Month¬
ly Educational Magazine at
Mixon School.
Mr. L. F. Herring, the principal of
the Mixon Consolidated Schools has
just begun the publication of a twice
a-month magazine at that place, de¬
voted to the school and educational
work along all lines. The initial
number of the Mixon Magazine was
issued from this office Saturday and
is a well written paper. The machan
ical work on it is up to The News
usual appearance and will be printed
by us during the year.
Mr. Herring has had some exper¬
ience in newspaper work, he having
been one of the founders of the Mans¬
field Leader. He is recognized as one
of the county’s most progressive
teachers and we predict for him a
glowing future for his educational
magazine as it will tend to keep in¬
terest and enthusiasm in school work
fully aruosed all the time.
Mr. Jno. F. Barclay Dead.
The many Covington friends of Mr.
J. F. Barclay learned of his death at
his home in Atlanta Friday with deep
regret. He had been in bad health for
a long time and his death was not
entirely unexpected.
Mr. Barclay was an uncle of Mrs. L.
A. Clark, formerly of this city, and
before Mr. Clark’s death spent several
weeks here, during which time he
made a host of friends. He was one
of the pioneer citizens of Atlanta and
was held in the highest esteem by
everyone who knew him.
Mr. Cook Goes to Brunswick.
Mr. C. E. Cook, who has been in the
mercantile business in this city for a
number of years, is busy packing up
his stock to move to Brunswick, where
he goes to again enter the business.
Mr. Cook has a host of friends in this
city who regret to see him leave and
wish for him success at his new place.
The place vacated by him will be oc¬
cupied Work by the Bank in of Newton big vault County. has
already on putting commenced. the
been
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, JANUARY 27, 1909.
COVINGTON LADIES
MAKE NOBLE OFFER.
The Different Clubs Want to Im¬
prove Grounds at Academy
Spring Park.
The Mayor and Council of this city
is in receipt of a letter from the
Daughters of the Confederacy, the D.
A. R’s., and the Womans’ Club, re¬
spectively, offering to assist and im¬
prove the grounds at the Academy
Spring park and to plant flowers and
otherwise beautify the place. They
are anxious that the work already be¬
gun be pushed forward and to that
end offer to assist the city both in
work and financially.
This offer by the ladies of the city
is a very generous one and one that
is receiving the commendation of the
people generally. The city officials
accepted the offers with thanks and
we feel sure that with the ladies be¬
hind the movement that we will have
a park that every citizen in the city
will be proud of. We publish the let¬
ter from each of the clubs below:
To The Mayor and Council of Coving¬
ton:
At the meeting of the D. A. R’s.,
on the afternoon of Dec. 9th, the mat¬
ter of improvement of the Academy
Spring grounds was discussed. The
ladies of this organization are very
anxious that the timely work so well
begun there be continued, and that
Mr. Echols and his force be empow¬
ered to lay out walks and prepare
beds for planting in the early spring.
To this end they pledge their hearty
co-operation financially and other¬
wise, and will be very glad to know
your decision at your earliest conven¬
ience.
Mrs. Al H. Corley,'C Foster,!
Mrs. A. B. ! om.
Mrs. R. P. Lester,
To The Mayor and Council of The
City of Covington:
We, the members of the Womans’
Club, desire to express our apprecia¬
tion of the work already begun on
the Academy Spring property, to¬
ward improvement and beautifying
the said property, as a city park.
We, the members of the Civic Im¬
provement Committee of the Womans’
Club, beg that the work begun will
continue until said property be laid
off into walks and avenues.
We hereby promise to give all aid
financially and otherwise, as far as it
is possible for us to do.
We beg that this said body take
this matter under consideration and
notify the undersigned at their earl¬
iest convience.
Mrs. P. W. Godfrey, ' i
Mrs. C. A. Sockwell, ) Com.
Mrs. J. E. Phillips,
The members of Covingtoij and Ox¬
ford Chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy desire to express our
most grateful thanks to the Honora¬
ble Mayor and Council of the City of
Covington for the work now in pro¬
gress at Academy Spring park.
We also respectfully petition you to
extend the work in laying out walks,
beds, and preparing the soil for
flowers to be planted in the spring.
The members of the U. D. C. unite
with the Womans’ Club, and D. A. R.
in pledging themselves to give aid
financial and otherwise to the work.
Respectfully submitted.
Mrs. J. W. Lee,! !
Mrs. J. T. Rogers,) Wells, Com
Mrs. J. F.
Mr. Clark Elected Street Overseer.
_
Mr. R. W. Clark was elected street
overseer and assistant marshall at the
| ] last session of the council and has
taken up his duties of that office. Mr.
Clark is one of the best known citizens
of the city, he having been a resident
here for the past twenty-five years
and has held the office of marshal
here for a number of years.
Mr. Clark is thoroughly familiar
with the street work and will make
I improvements wherever necessary.
The office is a responsible one at this
time as much work will devolve on
this department of the city during the
construction of the water and sewer
system, due to the ditches over the
entire city.
For Sale.
January 20. stock
102 Shares Bank of Covington
at 109.
January 27. stock
110 Shares Bank of Covington
j at 108. N. Z.
Anderson.
—FOR RENT —A four room dwelling
on Railroad street. Apply to W.
Cohen, or W. S. Ramsey.—2t.
THE FARMERS WILL
WEAR COTTON CLOTH
This Will Create a Big Demand
For AH Kinds of Cot¬
ton Goods.
Atlanta Jan. 24.—Some 400 delegates
and officials of various branches of
the Georgia Farmers’ Union met in
convention in the hall of the house of
representatives at the state capitol
recently upon call of the national
board of directors and of the cotton
committee appointed at the meeting
held in New Orleans, for the purpose
of discussing and asking action upon
the union warehouse problem and at¬
tending to other matters of impor¬
tance. ,
It was one of the largest and most
enthuiastic meetings ever held in the
history of the Georgia division. It
was indicative of the growth of the
union in the state and of the fact that
it is an exceedingly live institute.
President J. L. Lee, in calling the
meeting to order, noticed the presence
of National President Charles S. Bar¬
rett and called upon him to preside,
which he did with his usual grace and
efficiency.
At the outset the warehouse ques¬
tion and other matters were placed in
the hands of special committees for
consideration and report.
One of the most interesting actions
taken at the meeting was the passage
of a resolution providing for the adop¬
tion of a uniform suit of cotton cloth¬
ing to be worn by farmers while at
work on the farm. A committee will
take the matter in hand for the pur¬
pose of perfecting the details. If the
3,000,000 members of the union
throughout the country fall in line
with this new movement and provide
themselves with working suits of cot¬
ton cloth, it is apparent that they will
at once create a new and important
use for their great product.
Right in line with this action was
the passage of a resolution by unani¬
mous vote to insist on and encourage
the extention of the uses of cotton in
the manufacture of bags and bagging
used in covering commercial pack¬
ages.
An interesting feature of the after¬
noon session was the address of J. P.
Campbell of the United States depart¬
ment of agriculture, on the subject of
the agricultural demonstration work
which is now being done by the de¬
partment under the direction of Dr.
Knapp. Following this address, reso¬
lutions were passed highly commen¬
datory of Dr. Knapp’s important work.
An address by E. Gentry, of Georgia,
along similar lines, was also heard
with much interest.
News Force Working Overtime.
The force of The News office, con¬
sisting of several first-class printers,
has been working overtime for the
past week on a lot of job printing and
on this issue of the paper. We have
turned out a big order for page circu¬
lars, letter heads and envelops for
business firms at Eaton ton, Newborn
and Mansfield besides keeping up the
work for our patrons here in the city.
The News is putting out the highest
class printing, making the prices right
and getting it out when you want it.
With this advantage to offer we soli¬
cit the patronage of the business pub¬
lic.
Lively Discussion.
Monday afternoon at the furniture
store of Mr. C. A. Harwell a lively
discussion took place between Prof.
Nicholson and Mr. Harwell. The sub¬
ject of the discussion was a live one
and we give it below:
“If a train is running due east at
the rate of 60 miles per hour and a
pistol is fired from the rear end at the
rate of 60 miles per hour due west,
how* far from the train will the bullet
be when the train has run one mile.’
We admit that this is too much for
us, and ask that some subscriber give
us the distance.
’PoMum and Turkey Dinner.
Oapt. Ves Farmer and Mr. Jno. W.
Giles complimented a few of their
friends with a ’possum and turkey
dinner at the convict camp on the
outskirts of the city Saturday. One
dish at a time would be enough for
most any one, but not so with Ves
Farmer and John Giles. This dinner
was one of the most complete ever
served to the “stags” by anyone on
a similar occasion. Among those who
participated with these golden hearted
officials were: Messrs. Will Living¬
ston, Live Loyd, Bob Ballard, Sam
Hay, Tom Maddox, Cliff Nixon and
several others.
$1.00 A Year In Advance.
LOOKOUT FOR THE
FLAG-TAG DAY.
Covington Ladies Adopt Unique
Plan to Raise Funds For
Noble Cause.
The ladies of the D. A. R. of Cov¬
ington have decided to have a tag day
on Washington’s birthday. The ob¬
ject of which is to supplement a fund
they have to give a poor boy a schol¬
arship in the Berry school for poor
boys. Now when these ladies ap¬
proach you with their best smile, and
a tag, stand and take what they give
you, paying the price asked, and
demonstrate that spirit that charac¬
terized the American citizen in the
days of American Revolution. The
object of these ladies is a noble one,
and should appeal to every citizen.
The price of the tags will not be much
for each man, and when pinned on by
the ladies of the D. A. R. in Coving¬
ton should make every man allow
himself to be tagged more than once.
Help the ladies in their noble under¬
taking-.
Library Evening.
The recent action taken by the wide
awake and public spirited members of
the Covington Library Association
in opening the Library free of charge
to the public, for the year 1909, has
been much commended and has drawn
forth many expressions of praise and
thanks.
They now propose to have a Library
Evening, to which the entire city is
most cordially invited. There will be
bright and interesting talks of five
minutes each from prominent men
and women, interspersed with music
and story telling.
Punch will be served and the even¬
ing will be most informal, but delight¬
ful. No collection taken; no offering
receiv 'd. All will be free, free, free,
i The meeting will be held at the
Music Hall, date to be announced
iluted.
—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.
To The Public Generally
And The Ladies In Particular.
From past experience and believing
the people of Covington and this sec¬
tion would patronize a neat, clean and
well kept CANDY KITCHEN, 1
have just opened such a place, and
am in position to serve the daintiest
and most wholesome Fancy Candies,
Fruits, and those little things so dear
to the heart of the housewife. My
! experience in this line and with new
methods 1 can prepare Salted Peanuts
and Almons to the ladies for recep¬
j tions at a price that will mean a sav¬
ing to you.
I will appreciate the patronage of the
people of Covington, assuring them that
my effort will always be to give them the
best and purest goods.
I am located in the Hendricks’ building,
formerly occupied by Venable & Co.,
grocery store, where I will be glad to
have you call.
J. L. Smith,
Leader in High Grade Cigars and Tobacco.
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.
GEORGE BELL’S CASE
BEFORE ORDINARY.
Trial as To His Sanity Set For
Thursday of This Week at
Milledgevilie.
Mr. George H. Bell, toho is known
to a good number of our citizens and
is confined at the state asylum at
Milledgevilie, will get a new heari; r
before the ordinary of Ealdwin county *
on Thursday of this week at which
time it will be ascertained whether
he is sane enough to be liberated.
During the past few weeks Mr. Bell
has written several letters to the
press of the state which were publish¬
ed and which were read by the people
of the state generally, and the tone
of the letters would certainly lead one
to believe he was a sane man. He
was a member of the state legislature
at one time and was a man of unusual
intellect. The fact that he is to have
a new hearing is due to the efforts of
Hon. Kilburn, of Macon, who was a
representative from Bibb < oi nty
and who was a close friend of Mr.
Bell.
Mr. Kilburn made a trip to the san¬
itarium and says that he is thorougl -
ly convinced of his sanity. He im¬
mediately secured counsel and insti¬
gated proceedings to have him libera¬
ted.
It is set up in the petition filed that
Mr. Bell is being illegally held in that
he was not present at his trial for
lunacy, which was held in Emanuel
county, while he was an inmate of
the sanitarium of Dr. Allen, in Mil
ledgeville, a private sanitarium.
Mr. Bell was transferred against his
will from the private institution to
the asylum. Since being there he has
written a number of letters to the
newspapers and to his friends telling
about his case. At one time he made
his escape from the asylum and went
to Macon. He broke a window in the
posLolbce so that he could be arrested
by the authorities of the United States
court and tried for an offense against
the United Stat es, but he waa taken
in charge by the police and sent back
to the asylum. The case has been set
for hearing next Thursday in Mil
ledge ville.
—Cabbage plants for sale at M. E.
Parker’s grocery store.—tf.
J. M. DEARING.