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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. gm @wingfim Mm 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.