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Cotton Market:
Following was ruling
prices here yesterday:
Middling, 9 1-2 cents
Good mid. 9 5-8 cents
VO. 1. No. JO
LITTLE GIRL IS
BURNED TO DEATH
Was Playing Around Grate and
Clothes Caught. Suffered In¬
tensely. Died Tuesday.
One of the saddest accidents to
happen in Newton county in a num¬
ber of years was the one at Almon
Monday, when Rnby, the fifteen
months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Harper was burned so badly
that death followed almost instantly
and came as a blessed relief to the in¬
tense suffering of the little girl.
The parents had gone out to the lot
about nine o’clock Monday morning,
leaving the baby and her six-year old
sister in the room. The children were
playing around the fire when Ruby
passed too near the grate and her
clothing caught fire. Her sister called
for help, but before its parents got in
the house the childs clothing was a
mass of flames. In an attempt to put
the fire out Mr. Greenberry Harper
sustained several severe burns about
the hands and face, but they are not
thought to be serious. The little girls
dress was burned entirely off and she
was badly blistered from head to foot,
in some places the flesh being crisp.
She suffered the most intense agony
until about one o’clock Tuesday morn¬
ing when she died. The funeral ser¬
vices were held at Shiloh Tuesday af-'
ternoon and the remains tenderly laid
to rest.
The accident and sad death of this
little baby has cast a gloom over the
household and community generally.
The parents are grief-stricken, and
while they were not at all at fault
feel that they are in a sense responsi¬
ble. They have the sympathy of the
entire community, in which the News
joins.
Masons Meeting.
Covington Chapter No. 71 R. A. M.,
will meet in regular communication
Friday evening Feb. 17th at 7:30.
Work in Past Masters degree. All
candidates for this degree will please
present themselves. All duly quali¬
fied companions requested to meet
with us.
A. S. Hopkins, H. P.
R. R. Fowler, Sec.
Get The Habit. 1
Start a BANK ACCOUNT now and save for some
definite purpose. You will be surprised to see how
fast it will grow when you get the SAVING HABIT.
Have you ever noticed how changed a man becomes
after he has saved his first $ 1,000.00 ?
It certainly gives him
BACK = BONE.
•
If you needlessly spend $8.00 you have wasted the in¬
terest on $ 100 for one year at 8 per cent. So make
up your mind to save something for there is a RAINY
PA Y A COMING, then place your account with a
Bank that is a
BANK FOR ALL
the people.......
The man who deposits One Dollar with us receives as
much courtesy as the man who deposits One Thousand
Dollars and it is as safe as it would be locked up in
Uncle Sams Vault in Washington, D. C. You will
find us accommodating and at all times willing to con¬
sider your wants. Come to see us, we enjoy a social
chat as well as a business chat.
Get the Habit
of coming to see us at your first opportunity.
R. E. STEPHENSON, Cashier
First National Bank
Covington, Georgia.
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MISSIONARY INSTITUTE
OF OXFORD DISTRICT.
In Session This Week. Among Interesting
Features Was Illustrated Lecture By
Mr. Callahan, a Returned Mission¬
ary from Japan, Monday Night.
OCCUPATION TAX
NOW- IN FORCE,
Passed by City Council at Last
Meeting. Is Causing Some
Comment.
As stated in the last issue of The
News, the special or occupation tax
ordinance has been passed and is now
a law. The correct ordinance in full
will be found on another page of to¬
day’s issue and from it will be seen
the amount of tax each busnesss there¬
in enumerated will have to pay. Ac¬
cording to the new law the special
taxes are now due and this office has
just turned over to City Clerk Corley
the book of tax receipts that the li¬
cense will be granted on.
This matter has been up before the
mayor and council for the pastsevearl
weeks and there has been several live¬
ly meetings of that body in the prepar¬
ation of the ordinance and the fixing
of the different licenses on numerous
business intrests. While the ordinance
covers practically everything in the
city, there is some complaint by the
citizens about it, some opposing the
occupation tax and some thinking the
license on their particular business too
high. As we understand it the tax is
put on the different businessesas much
for their protection as it is for a source
of revenue to the city. Under the law
the receipts from this source will
amount to something like $1500 per
year, and as the amount has to be
raised it will be just as easy to pay it
in special tax as it will by the adve
lorum levy.
With the passage of this ordinance
by the city of Covington there is only
a few other towns in the state left on
what is called the wide open plan and
they will in time come to it. In com¬
parison with other towns having the
special tax the ordinance at this place
puts the price very low and with the
exception of one or two instances the
rate is within reach of all.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given forbidding
anyone harboring or in any way em¬
ploying James Henry Gunnells, he be¬
ing a minor and I want him at my
home. This February 2, 1909.
B. F. GUNNELS,
Porterdale, Ga., route 2.
The Missionary Institute of the
ford District convened with the
odist church of this city
night and continued through the
and evening yesterday. There
quite a number of visiting
and delegates present and was one
the most interesting in the history
the district.
Among the special features of
Institute was an illustrated lecture
Mr. Callahan, a returned missionary
from Japan, which was delivered
Monday night and was full of infor¬
mation and interest throughout. He
gave a very graphic description
conditions and missionary work there
and the large audience who heard him
were well pleased and enjoyed the
lecture very much.
Mr. Ed. Cook, of Nashville also
GREATER EMORY
CLUB OFFICERS.
Club For Advancing Emory College
Is In Very Flourishing Condition.
Officers Elected.
Officers were elected for the Greater
Emory Club at Oxford Saturday
morning to serve the present year.
They are all good men and will do
much for advancing the cause of ed¬
ucation and Emory College. This
club is backed up by the faculty and
since its organization has done a
great deal to promote the interests of
the college.
The officers elected are:
T. O. Marshall, Cedartown, Pres.
S. E. Jenkins, Shiloh, Sec.
E. G. Kenyon, Albany, Treas.
Governing Board: Senior class,
E. V. Heath, Girard; T. M. Rivers,
Jonesboro.
Junior class: E. G. Mackey, Bel¬
fast, Ireland; S. V. Styles, Atlanta.
Sophomore clasia: T. N. Bussy, Ox¬
ford.
Freshman class: B. E. Wilcox,
Fitzgerald.
Sub Freshman class: Mr. Pryor.
The gentlemen elected have all
been installed and are already down
to business.
A Commendable Undertaking.
Rev. W. E. Venable, a local preacher
now collected with the Midway church
of the Oxford and Midway charge, is
well known to many of the readers of
the Wesleyan, as he served very effi¬
ciently as a Supply in the North Geor¬
gia Conference for a number of years,
and recently has been very useful as
an evangelist, holding some rivivals of
power during the past year. In a
meeting Brother Venable conducted
few years ago one of the converts
was Bolling S. Branham, a graduate
of Emory college who was teaching
school at that time, but who entered
the Atlanta College of Physicians and
Surgeons soon after to equip himself
for work as a medical missionary.
Graduating with honor last spring Dr.
Branham was assigned to the hospital
in Monterey, Mexico, where he is
rendering efficient service. Part of
his salary is paid from the revenues of
the hospital, and the balance, $300, is
paid by the Board of Missions. It is
very natural that Brother Venable
should wish to keep in touch with this
son of the Gospel, and he has secured
from Dr. Lanbuth the privilege of as¬
suming this $300 as a special for Mis¬
sions a part of whioh he expects to
raise by collection, taken specifically
for this purpose, in meetings he may
hold. As Brother Venable’s pastor, I
wish to commend this enterprise to
any who may have opportunity to as¬
sist in the work. The money will go
through the regular channels of our
Conference Treasurer and the Treas¬
urer of the General Board of Missions.
—Wm. H. LaPrade, Jr., in Wesleyan
Christian Advocate.
FOR RENT—Two elegant office
rooms in Star building.—Apply to J.
W. Anderson. 3f
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY JO, J909.
gave some very useful information in
regard to mission work and his talks
were well taken and instructive. He
is one of the best talkers in the mis¬
sion department and is a very enthus¬
iastic worker.
The regular routine of business of
the Institute was taken up and dis¬
cussed and the work for the past year
has been very satisfactory. At all
the sessions of the Institute large
crowds were out from all over the city
and it is thought that this will be very
helpful to the local churches in their
mission departments this year.
Several other noted gentlemen were
present and made very interesting
talks. The people of the church and
the city generally were very glad to
entertain this institute and the dele¬
gates who were in attendance.
ANNEX DAY AT
MIDWAY CHURCH.
Ladies of Midway Sunday School
Raised Neat Sum for Improve¬
ments on Church.
On last Sunday afternoon the Sun¬
day School of Midway had very inter¬
esting exercises. The occasion being
“A Class Effort to Raise the Deficit
on Midway Annex.” A month ago
a committee was appointed to assess
the classes the amount thought prop¬
er for each class to bring in on this
occasion. These amounts were placed
on the board by Dr. Peppier, who
stated that on Feb. 7th, the day ap¬
pointed for the returns that he would
not blackboard the assessment, but
what per cent of the assessment a
class would bring in. If a class was
assessed $10 and brought in $20 that
was blackboarded as class No. 1,
brought in 200 per cent of assessment.
There was much hard work during the
week by the many classes and Mrs.
T. M. Berry’s class of the tots had the
record with 475 per cent of their as¬
sessment. Some of the classes were
not ready to report, so the entire
amount of the collection cannot be
reported until later. We want to
thank the Covington News for their
subscription to the Annex as well as
for their courtesy in offering us their
columns for all matters pertaining to
the Annex.
Laborers Brofight From Atlanta.
The contractors on the water and
sewerage system brought a big bunch
of laborers down from Atlanta yester¬
day morning and put them to work
on the ditch digging for the sewers.
They were brought down to take the
place of the one who struck on the
work last week and will be used until
the job is completed. The contrac¬
tors are pushing the work and say
that as little thing as a negro strike
can’t stop them for long and that
they expect to get the job finished on
contract time.
The negroes who struck last week
are of this place and it seems that
they thought that all of them should
receive $1.25 per day. The contrac¬
tors said they were paying them all
they were worth and that boys need
not expect to get as much as grown
men. The contractors, in our opinion
were right, as some of the negro boys
here want the biggest w T ages for the
smallest amount of work. This bring¬
ing in outside labor will in future
think twice before walking out.
Death of Little Girl.
The three year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Adolphos Dial died at their
home near Almon Monday and was
buried at Walnutgrove Tuesday. The
little tot had been ill only a short
time and her death came as a shock
to her parents and a host of little
friends. She possessed one of the
happiest and most lovable of disposi¬
tions and her merry nature and child¬
ish prattle will be sorely missed in
the home.
MAYOR’S COURT IN
SESSION
Several Plain Drunks and
Obscene Language Offender
Given Fines.
At the regular weekly session of
Mayor’s court held at the
room Monday afternoon there
several cases of just plain drunks
for their privilege in paying part
the city’s expenses and were given
and costs all the way through.
Smith says if they are going to
loaded they must either stay out
town or pay the fiddler.
After the drunks were disposed
Luke Daniel came up for using ob¬
scene language and was given a fine
of $7.50 and costs and informed
if he came up again for the same of¬
fense he would assist the street over¬
seer for a while. He paid his fine and
promised to be good.
Mayor Smith has started out with
the intention of keeping order and
while he is doing this he is also adding
to the city’s source of income in a
very substantial way. At the rate he
has started he will pay his own salary
and the other officials too before the
year is out. Good order is conducive
to contentment and the “fine” medi¬
cine is the best remedy possible for
this evil.
Manufacturing Started.
The Covington Buggy Co., which
was organized here a few weeks ago,
has already begun the manufacture
of vehicles and from now on things
will assume a busy aspect around
their place of business. It is the
policy of the new company to build
nothing but the very best buggies
possible to produce and they will
have no trouble in making sales in
advance for their output. Mr. Wright,
the manager and president, is a man¬
ufacturer of wide expereince and be¬
sides that is a hustler in every sense,
and he is pushing the business end of
it right along. They start business
with flattering prospects and their
success is assured.
—FOR SALE, a number of fine
shoats just arrived. J. M. Dearing.-tf
Offerings l Week
I have begun the manufacture of all
the delicate and delicious Candies
and am offering the following Specials
for the week, all made from the
purest ingredients:
Peanut Brittle, Cocoanut Brittle, Orange cream kisses
Cocoanut cream cakes, Cocoanut cream kisses,
Maple Cocoanut cream kisses.
Cherry cream kisses, Walnut cream cakes,
Italian Cream, Vanilla Peanut and Walnut Flavors.
Chocolate Covered Almonds,
Chocolate Covered Peanuts,
Chocolate Covered Filberts,
Walnut Top Chocolate Cream
Almond Top Chocolate Cream.
We also carry a nice line of Assorted
Bon Bons.
J. L. Smith,
Phone 221.
Leader in High Grade Cigars and Tobacco.
WHY
Has the Three Job
Presses at this office
been running 15 hours
a day for sixty days?
There’s a Reason.
$1.00 A Year In Advance.
NEW MACHINERY
FOR NEWS OFFICE.
Is Now Complete and Modern In
Every Detail. Everything New
and Up to date.
The job printing department of the
News office was made thoroughly
modem last week by the installation
of one of the new and improved bind¬
ing and stapling machines for finish¬
ing books, pamphlets and work of this
class. This machine does the best
binding posible and is in keeping with
the other equipment of this office.
The material and equipment of the
News office is the most complete of
any office outside the cities in the
state, and with printers, not children,
we are in better position to give you
just what you want in printing with
the cost reduced to a minimum. An¬
other feature in having us do your
printing is that we carry the fullest
and best line of papers in the country
and you don’t have to wait for your
job until stock is ordered. We want
you to see our plant, papers, and
samples of our work-then let us make
you prices. We know we can please
you all the way through. Whether
you have any printing or not come
around and see us. We want you to
feel at home at the office of your paper,
the one we are managing for you.
Look Out For The Flag Taggers.
Have you the price of a tag in your
pocket? If not get busy for you may
be embarassed by having some good
looking lady pin a tag on the lapel of
your coat, and then sweetly say
cents please, and who is there among
the MEN of Covington who does not
like to please the ladies and especial¬
ly w r hen engaged in getting funds for
so noble a purpose as helping a poor
boy. and So get the price for several
tags, you will make glad the gen¬
erous hearts of the noble women en¬
gaged monds in in this work. There are ‘Dia¬
the rough’ in the mountains
of North Ga., and the wire grass re¬
gions of South Ga., and the God
blessed section of Middle Ga., that
are only awaiting the skill of the
schools, and colleges to polish them,
and make them bright, and shining
lights, in the councils of State,
Church, and society. Take several
tags, and pay for them.