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daily for \ Commencing Monday The Harrison Company Will run a Bargain Sale one week February 8th, • • » • • showing different lines at Special Prices You have heard this before. Yes, but listen. If we do not satisfy you the first day that we mean business and that it will pay you to attend these sales you have the privilege of non-attendance the balance of the week. See the line we put on sale Monday. You will wonder how we can do it. Don’t forget theday==Monday, February 8, 1909. But here is a feature that will doubtless hold your attention. We will contribute ten per cent, of all cash sales made during the week to the Sunday Schools of the city, equally divided between the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian. A strict account will be kept of all cash sales and an honest return made of the ten per cent, to the Sunday Schools as above stated. We have fully decided on this plan for one week and if we live Will Carry Out Our Part FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF CITY OF COVINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1908. GENERAL FUND. Received from Geo. T. Smith, Treasurer, . $ 2 092 99 Received from Sundry Sources, .... 20 00 General expenses not otherwise given, $ 3 165 39 Receipts from Fines,..... 928 05 Receipts from Licenses, ... . . 319 94 STREET ACCOUNT. Total expenditures, ... ... 2 606 33 Received from Street Tax, .... 366 50 Received from Sundry Sources, 510 04 Received from City Taxes, .... 415 47 Received from Sale of Dog Tags, 128 00 Received from Sale of Cemetery Lots, 132 00 Paid for Work on Cemeteries and Parks, 34 32 Paid Four School Bonds,..... 2 000 00 Paid City School Expenses, .... 3 834 77 Paid Money Borrowed, .... 18 136 82 Paid Interest on Bonds and Borrowed Money, 3 122 96 Money Borrowed,...... 10 975 00 ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT. Total Expenditures for 1908,..... 6 211 88 Total Receipts for 1908,...... 6 307 74 BALANCE ON HAND...... 83 26 $39 195 73 $39 195 73 W. T. MILNER, Clerk City of Covington, Ga., for 1908. AUDITORIUM ANNEX WORK PROGRESSING. Planning Now to Add Another Story to it And Make Room for Gymnasium. Mr. Chas. A. Clark, the contractor for the building of the annex to the auditorium at the school building, was in Atlanta yesterday figuring with an architect on the cost of adding another story to the building, using the floor that was first intended for the audito¬ rium hall for a gymnasium and plac¬ ing the large hall on the top, or to be more precise, the third floor. This will be a very great improvement over the original plans and will give the faculty more room for teaching and will also give the school one of the finest rooms for a gymnasium in this section. A gymnasium is an almost necessary adjunct to a first-class school and the gentlemen having this work in charge say that this is an as¬ sured fact and that the other story will be added. The original plans for the annex call for a building 40x80 feet with a granite wall ten feet high. The base¬ ment will be a regular floor with the auditorium on the second floor but if the other story is added it will add greatly to the appearance and useful¬ ness of the building. Mr. Clark has been making good time on the job and has all the out¬ side walls up about ten feet all round. Work was stopped yesterday, how¬ ever, until it is decided what steps will be taken in regard to the other story. Mr. Clark states that the work will be completed by April first and with him building it the people may expect one of the best pieces of work that is possible to put up, as nothing but the very best materials are being used throughout. Going To New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. Cohen will leave on the 10th for New York, w’here they go in search of bargains for their customers and friends of this section. LIGHT PLANT ON A PAYING BASIS. Although There is Talk of Discard¬ ing This Enterprise, Will Continue in Use. During the past few days there has been quite a good deal of discussion as to the advisability of the city dis¬ carding their electric power plant and contracting with the Central Georgia PowerCo., for the lightingof the city. With the fact that the plant here is paying as nearly as can be ascertain¬ ed, about six hundred dollars per year and represents an investment of something like thirty thousand dol¬ lars, the people as a whole almost dis¬ courage the plan. It is currently reported that the company referred to will in the near future make a proposition to the city authorities to furnish light and power at a specified rate, the contract to become effective when their plant on South river is completed, and of course the city officials will entertain the proposition but as above stated we hardly think that they will make any contract as long as their own plant is adequate and on a paying basis. The one advantage that would come with a contract, that of having a day current, will in time be put on with the plant here as soon as there is enough power consumed to keep up the expense of operating the plant through the day, and we understand that there will be an effort made to get enough contracts for fans, motors, etc., to get the day current started this summer. Raised Large Lemon. Mrs. C. A. Clarke of this city has the record of growing the largest lemon ever seen in this section, she having grown three on one bush, one weighing 2 1-2 pounds and the other two weighing 2 pounds each. This is unusual for lemons grown in this sec¬ tion and w r ere the finest spicemens of this fruit W’e have ever seen. The flavor of the fruit grown here is the same as those grown in other states, and one the size of those growm by Mrs. Clark will make a whole bucket of lemonade. Weather boarding and framing. 4t. Dr. O. L. HoLMes. THE COVINGTON NEWS "GEORGIA LAND AND PEOPLE." Questions for February Meeting, U. D. C. Answers Found in MitchelTs History. Below will be found a correct list of the questions to be used at the next regular meeting of the U. D. C. of this city handed The News for publi¬ cation by the committee on prepara¬ tion of questions for the meetings. This meeting will probably be one of the most interesting held in some¬ time by the chapter and no doubt will be largely attended. The questions are devoted entirely to Georgia and her noble sons and will be studied with much interest by this, one of her noblest bodies of ladies. The answers to these questions will be found in Mitchell’s history, “Georgia Land and People,” pages 260-270: 1. At what time did Georgia secede and become a sovereign state? 2. Who hastened to take the Arse¬ nal at Augusta from Federal control? 3. Who was in charge of Arsenal, and what did he do when ordered to leave? 4. Who was ordered out and re¬ ported for duty? 5. How was this matter finally ad¬ justed? 6. Describe the flag raised which represented the sovereign of Georgia? 7. What episode gave Georgia’s Governor a great reputation abroad? 8. What elections at the Congress of seceded states? 9. Where did they meet and what name was given these states? 10. What is said of Georgia’s most illustrious sons? 11. What efforts were made for a peaceful adjustment and with what result? 12. What was seized at Dahlonega? 13. Who was placed in command of the U. S. Navy, and what personal loss did he sustain? 14. Relate the remarkable coinci¬ dence regarding some of this same property? 15. Where was the first Confederate flag raised and by whom? 16. For what was the first call for troops and how many volunteered for duty? 17. In what way did Lincoln violate his oath and what insult offered the South? 18. Wha't city was selected Capital of the Confederate States? 19. How many regiments had gone to battle by October 1st? 20. What company was first to offer for service for the entire war? 21. Give name of one company in Fannin county? 22. Why were several newspapers discontinued? 23. What did Southern women do to show their loyalty? 24. Which was the first Georgia reg ! iment organized for the whole war, and who was in command? —Cabbage plants for sale at M. I Parker’s grocery store.—tf. J. M. DEARING. Eggs for Sale Pure Bronze Turkey Eggs at $2.00 per nine. Barred Plymouth Rock at $ 1.00 per fifteen. Also have a nice lot of hay. Place orders now, for eggs, for spring delivery. R. L. Middlebrook, Starrsville Ga. CONVICTS WORKING ON CITY STREETS. Hill on West Side of Creek Being Graded Down and Otherwise Improved. The county chaingang force under the supervision of Councilman Echols and Superintendent Ves Farmer has graded down the hill just across Dried Indian Creek on Washington street and the work done there has greatly improved this part of the city’s streets. On the job w’ere twenty-three convicts and ten 2-horse wagons and it was a very interesting sight to see them cut¬ ting down this old eye-sore. This work has been in progress for the past week and before they leave they will raise the road level on both sides of the creek and straighten the sidewalks leading therefrom. This brings up the low r places and by cut¬ ting down the hill will make the street very much better than -before. The old foot bridge there will be discarded and a new iron bridge will be put in to run alongside the wagon-way. The present city administration has already done much for the streets of the city and at the fate they are go¬ ing they will give Covington the best streets she has ever had before their term of office expires. The people as a whole appreciate and endorse their plan and will stand by the city in all the improvements she makes on her streets. Miss Henderson Entertains. Miss Frances Henderson wts the charming hostess on Thursday after¬ noon to the Young Ladies Club at her home on Floyd street. The attractive home w r as made doubly so by the arrangements of palms, . hyacinths and pink roses. Progressive Heart-dice was the game enjoyed, and Miss Katharine Butler was the winner of the first prize a set of Christy pictures. Bisque cream and cakes were served the guests who included Misses Sara and Bonner Simms, Jule Trippe, Eva and Lillian Stephenson, Katharine Butler, Anna Keith, Susie Lewis, and Miss Harris, who are members of the Club and Misses Flora Carr and Hyda Heard, Mrs. James Porter, Mrs. Dr, Travis, Mrs. Robert Trippe, Mrs. P. W. God¬ frey, Mrs. James Phillips, Mrs. Will Ramey, Mrs. C. A. Franklin, Mrs. Burt and Mrs. Samuel Greene, of Kirkwood. On Saturday afternoon of this week Miss Dessa Hays will entertain the Club with a pretty party. BOAT DWELLERS. China’s Floating Homes and Their Low Caste Population. Stand beside the imperial custom house at Canton and let the eye range down the river toward Hongkong. As far as the sight can reach lie boats, boats, and again boats. These are no ordinary craft, mere vessels of trans¬ port plying hither and thither, but the countless homes of myriad Chinese, in which millions have been born, lived and difft They are the dwellings of the very poor, who live in them practi¬ cally free from rent, taxes and other burdens of the ordinary citizen. TheTankia (which means boat dwell¬ ers), as the denizens of these floating houses are called, form a sort of caste apart from the rest of the Cantonese. The shore dwellers regard them as be¬ longing to a lower social order, and in¬ deed they have many customs peculiar to themselves which mark them as a separate community. How the swarm¬ ing masses of them contrive to support existence Is a mystery, but their chief mode of employment is In carrying merchandise and passengers from place to place.—London Lady’s Realm. Resolutions on the Death of Comrade Armstrong. Henry H. Armstrong w r as born Oct. 7, 1839, and died at his home in Mans¬ field Nov. 16th, 1908, aged sixty nine years, one month, and nine days. He married a Miss Hamby, who is now dead, they had four children, three boys and one girl—all now liv¬ ing. Comrade Armstrong had been a member of the Baptist church at Carmel for many years and has been a constant member. In 1861 he enlis¬ ted in the Confederate army for six months and served on the Georgia coast until his term expired and in Hot and Cold Drinks | At SMITHS DRUG STORE also a nice line of Stationery, Cigars and Tobacco. taiinMMnMUaanMMMIHUIBMni SNunnallys Fine Candies Always Fresh. w, f w f f f o. T. Smith, C0 XX Pianos and Organs Tuned and Repaired. L. R. HARPER, LEAVE ORDERS AT C. A. HARWELL’S furniture store HORSES - AND - MULES Do you want to buy, sell or swap or ex¬ change in any way? If so, come to see me when in town. My place is head¬ quarters for all kinds from best down to first Tuesday kind. Prices and terms to suit purchaser. My Motto is Quick Sales and Small Profits. A. S. McGARITY~“ Highest Market Prices Always Paid for Good Mules. 1862 he enlisted in Company B. 16th Georgia Battalion of Cavalry and served with his commander under Gen. John H. Morgan in all his ma nuev^rs until after the death of this great soldier. Then lie served with his commander until the surrender when he returned home and became a farmer and good citizen. One by one w r e loose our comrades but we have the proud satisfaction that they made good citizens as w’ell as good soldiers, and w r e trust that all will be well. Respectfully submitted, L. L. Middlebrooks. ^ J. W. Robertson. j