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tton Market: flowing was ruling ices here yesterday: 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.