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WILL GIVE PUBLIC
ENTERTAINMENT.
Library Association Planning to Have
Delightful Affair February 15
Everybody Envited
The members of the Library Asso¬
ciation have arranged for a public re¬
ception at Music Ball, next Monday
evening Feb. 15th at 8 o’clock.
There will be bright and entertain¬
ing talks of fi ve minutes each by Maj.
Davis, Col. Middlebrook, Mr. Hawk,
Col. Milner, Prof. Nicholson, Mr.
Quillian, Col. Foster, Mr. Gordon, Mr.
Simmons, Mr. Pendleton, Capt. Pace,
Mrs. Branham Anderson, Mrs. P. W.
Godfrey, and Mrs. W. C. Clark.
Our well beloved and incomparable
Mr. Jordan will be the story teller of
the evening, and that is sufficient
guarantee of a jolly good time.
The whole evening will be enliven¬
ed by plenty of pretty music. Those
taking part are: The Well’s Orches¬
tra, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson, Miss
Fox, Miss Ezelle, Miss Eleanor Hays,
Miss Annie Duffey, Miss Lueile Peek,
Miss Clara Belle Adams, Miss Winnie
Huson, Messrs. Mote Thompson,
Chas. Elliott, Eugene Everitt and
Lem King.
Our kind and generous Mr. Tom
Wells has donated some of his deli¬
cious fruit punch, for which he has
become famous, and it w’ill be served
by Misses Florence Wells, Annie
White and Maybelle Clark.
The public is most cordially invited
to come out and spend a pleasant
hour.
No collection taken or offering ex¬
pected. All will be free.
Brick Store News
There was a very quiet wedding
here on Wednesday, Mr. Earle Cooper
of Social Circle, and Miss Lena Green,
daughter of Mrs. Flody Green. They
were married by Judge W. H. Stew¬
art at his home. We join the many
friends of both Mr. and Mrs. Cooper
in wishing for them a long and happy
life.
Mr. Bob Higginbotham, visited his
brother Joe at Social Circle, one day
the past week. Joe is quite sick, but
is thought to be improving.
Misses Mamie and Tinie Osborn,
spent Saturday and Saturday night
with relatives at Hayston.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Elliott and chil¬
dren spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mrs. Alf. Elliott in West Newton.
Mr. Alton Stewart, of Rutledge,
w r as a visitor here Sunday.
Miss Willie May Fincher spent Sat¬
urday and Sunday w’ith her, sister,
Mrs. Wallace, of Covington.
Mrs. Jessie Hawkins, of Pine Grove,
spent Sunday w'ith Mrs. F. H. Osborn
Misses Leila Stanton and Lema
Dacus were visitors here day the past
week.
Several of our people went over to
Social Circle to the play at that place
—“The Deestric School.”
Leguin News.
Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Lumsden was
the guest of Mrs. E. Moss Sunday.
Mr. Lee Piper and family, of Starrs
ville, spent Monday w-ith his mother,
Mrs. Nancy Piper.
Miss Alice Thompson was the guest
of Mrs. I. K. Meadors Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cunnard visi¬
ted the latters parents, Mrs. Lewis, of
Jasper, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hammond, of
Atlanta, visited Mrs. E. Moss recent¬
ly.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Mabry spent
oue day last W'eek with Mrs. Ann
Smith.
Mr. W. M. Heard made a business
trip to Covington Monday.
We are sorry to note the illness of
Mr. Will Piper. Hope he will soon
be well again.
Mr. Grant has returned to his home
in Jackson, after a visit to his daugh¬
ter, Mrs. Powell.
Misses Aline Corley and Ruby Epps
of Starrsville, were visitors here
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fitz Heard were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Heard
Sunday.
Mr. Tom Smith spent a few days
this week in Atlanta on business.
Misses Minnie Lee and Ora May
Cunnard were the guests of Miss
Clara Meadors Sunday.
Rev. Irby Henderson preached a
very interesting sermon at Lovejoy,
Sunday morning.
Several of our young people attend¬
ed the party at Starrsville Saturday
night. ■
Mr. A 4. Wilson was in Covington
Monday. j
High Point News Notes.
Rev. Patrick preached a very inter¬
esting 9ermon here Sunday afternoon
from the Sec. Tim., Sec. Chap, and
fifteen verse.
Mrs. M. H. Parker and children
were guests of Mrs. Nancy Piper last
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Frank Vining of Starrsville,
spent last Saturday night and Sunday
with Mr. Edgar Edwards.
Mr. J. O. Weldon and little daugh¬
ter Rebecca, of Oxford, w T ere attrac¬
tive guests of Mr. W. C. Salter’s fam¬
ily last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCart, Jr.,
spent last Sunday in Covington, the
guests of the latters parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Moss.
Miss Emma Day, of Liberty, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Miss Lil¬
lian Parish.
Miss Georgia Salter dined with Miss
Lena Parker last Sunday.
Mrs. Sallie Dick returned home Sat¬
urday after a two weeks visit with
friends in Covington.
Mrs. I. W. Meadors and Mrs. Posey
of Leguin, were welcome guests of
Miss Tempie Lewis last Saturday.
Several from Leguin attended
preaching here Sunday afternoon.
Miss Hattie Salter spent last Sun¬
day very pleasantly with Misses Irene
and Grace Grant.
Mrs. Martha Farmon returned home
Tuesday after several months visit
with relatives in Atlanta.
Mr. Ca. Salter, of Covington, w r as
visiting friends and relatives here
Sunday.
Mr. Clarence Kenerly, of Starrs
ville, was a visitor here Sunday.
Miss Annie Webb, one of Starrs
ville’s most charming young ladies,
was a welcome visitor in our com¬
munity Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mask and chil¬
dren, of Henderson’s Mill were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Parker last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Salter spent last
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Bridges.
The singing given by Miss Lillian
Parish Sunday night was very much
enjoyed by all present.
Rev. Patrick spent Sunday night
with Mr. J. A. Grant’s family.
Mr. Will Piper has been very sick
for the past week with the grip. We
are glad to report that he i9 better at
this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Middlebrooka
and children spent last Sunday in
Covington, as the guests of Col. and
Mrs. L. L. Middlebrooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Piper w'ere the
guests of Mr. Will Piper one day last
week.
News From Kings
The Friday evening exercises, of
the Livingston High School, were
very beneficial. The first thing on
the program w r as a debate by the De
mosthenian Debating Society. The
question was,
Resolved, That the pen is might¬
ier than the sword. Both sides made
an excellent defense, but by the
merest little bit the decision w T as ren¬
dered in favor of the affirmative.
The next feature of the program w r as
a play by the Primary Department.
This play showed excellent training
on the teacher’s part, as w'ell as on
the pupils.
The first assistant demonstrated the
work being done in English by the
sixth grade. This work show'ed sys¬
tem, and thoroughness.
The second assistant demonstrated
the work in Geography. This w r ork
w T as very beneficial to all the pupils.
Mt. Zion News.
We are glad to say that Mrs. Jim
Cook is getting better, and are sorry
to say that Mr. D. D. Dial’s little girl
is not any better.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kimble were the
guests of the latter’s parents
day and Sunday.
Mrs. C. C. Harper was the guest
Mrs. W. C. Eubanks Friday afternoon
Mrs. W. B. Mann was the guest of
Mrs. D. D. Dial Saturday.
Mrs. J. J. Rosey and sister, Miss
Minnie, of Perry, visited their sister,
Mrs. C. C. Harper.
Mrs. N. C. Eubanks was the guest
of Mrs. C. C. Harper last Tuesday af¬
ternoon.
Mrs. Jennie Owens and Mrs. Sallie
Darby were the guests of Mrs. Susie
Dial one afternoon last week.
Miss Vera Eubanks was the guest of
Mrs. C. C. Harper Sunday afternoon.
The Mt. Zion school is in a flour
ishing condition under the manage¬
ment of Miss Ola Edwards as princi¬
pal and M:ss Addie Kate Falkner as
assistant.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
State Convicts Being Assigned.
Newton county ha9 her application
in for her quota of the state convicts
and also for seven of the “over9.”
Under the present ruling she i9 entit¬
led to thirteen and if the state grants
her request for the other seven she
will receive twenty on the first of
April. These together with the coun¬
ty convicts will make a large squad
and will keep the roads in much bet¬
ter condition than is possible under
the present system of road work as
there are not enough men to do the
work.
The county is making preparation
for their coming and will be ready for
them at the proper time.
Pace Items.
Preaching at Salem last Sunday by
Rev. John Reynolds, of Congress.
Little J. C. Turner, of Covington,
spent several days recently with rel¬
atives here.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Almand
Mrs. Lon Christian Sunday.
Rev. W. O. Butler spent Monday
night with Mr. C. D. Ramsey’s fami¬
ly very pleasantly.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Almand,
Conyers, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Cowan Wednesday.
Mr. George Willingham, of Atlan¬
ta, spent Sunday with his parents
here.
Mr. L. B. Livingston and
Miss Oekie spent Wednesday in Con¬
yers.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Almand visited
relatives in Rockdale part of last
week.
j Mr. J. F. McCord visited his broth¬
er, Mr. 0. P. McCord here Sunday.
Messrs. Otis Nixon, Dowman Al¬
mand and Olin Cowan spent Satur¬
day in Atlanta.
Misses Clemmie Boyd and Addie
Belle Elliott visited relatives in Cov¬
ington Saturday.
Mr. Tom L. Burns, of Monroe, spent
a few hours here Monday.
Mrs. J. S. Neely and Mrs. Charlie
Hammond and two children of Fair
view' visited Mrs. J. C. Nixon Sunday
Messrs. Jeff Ramsey and Otis Nixon
spent Tuesday in Covington.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Neely, of Fair
view, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Cowan Sunday.
Miss Vera McCord had asher guests
Sunday Miss Ethel McCord, of Cov¬
ington, Miss Bay Pruett, of near Con¬
yers, and Miss Vara Cowan, of Pace.
Rev. W. 0. Butler, spent Saturday
and Sunday at Snapping Shoals.
Mrs. J. S. Neely, Mrs. J. F. Fic
quett and Mrs. J. D. Boyd, of Fair
view, were the guests of Mrs. J. W.
Cow'an Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Rogers and
children, of Covington, spent Sunday
with Mr. D. B. Crowell’s family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ramsey, of
Covington, and Mr. C. D. Ramsey,
wife and children visited Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Ramsey Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cowan are in
Atlanta. Mr. Cow'an is taking treat¬
ment from Dr. Fow'ell, eye specialist.
His many friends hope he will soon
be well again.
AN ARAB SURGEON.
Hi* Own 8tory of a Wonderful Opera¬
tion He Performed.
Mr. Walter B. Harris in his account
of a Journey to Tafllet tells the story
of a wonderful operation in surgery
as It was reported to him by a native
doctor who was traveling In his com¬
pany:
“I think the old man fancied that 1
doubted his skill. At least, he was al¬
ways holding forth upon the subject
and continually repeating the story
that when in Algeria he had been of
fered a fabulous salary—the sum va¬
ried each time the tale was told—to re¬
main in charge of the military hos¬
pital at Algiers, an honor which he
had declined.
“He never tired of narrating the
facts and details of his most success¬
| ful operation. There is a sect in Mo¬
rocco called Hamacha, who are fol¬
j lowers of a certain saint buried near
Mekinez. These devotees amuse their
audience—and themselves, too, let Os
hope—by throwing Into the air heavy
cannon balls, which they allow to fall
! upon their shaven crowns. On the oc¬
casion in question a Hamdushi had
unfortunately been wanting in reli¬
j gious power, for the cannon ball
{ crushed his skull.
j “My old shereef friend had been call¬
ed to the rescue. According to his ac¬
count, he removed the broken patch
of skull, replacing it with the rind of
a green pumpkin, and closed the skin
over it. In a month’s time, he said,
the patient was not only convalescent,
but was once more hard at work prac¬
ticing his religlo-aorobatlc feats, with
not only a remodeled and renovated
skull, but even a new crop of hair.”
Bad and Good
Miss Sue Brette—And you say be
took aim and threw an egg at you?
Foote Llghte—He did.
“Was it bad?”
“The egg wa<* but the aim was not.”
—Kansas City Independent.
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STRANGER THAN FICTION.
The Way the Captain of a Slave
Trader Was Convicted.
Romance writers are often blamed
for making the plots of their stories
turn upon slight chances and improba¬
ble incidents, but here is an incident
in real life stranger than fiction.
In 1799 the cutter Sparrow brought
the brig Nancy into harbor at Kings¬
ton, Jamaica, under suspicion that she
was engaged in the slave trade. But,
although many circumstances pointed
to this fact, no clear proof could be
obtained, as the brig had no papers
from which the charge could be sub¬
stantiated. The suspected vessel was
therefore discharged, but the day be¬
fore she left the harbor a man-of
war arrived, bringing some documeuts
that clearly proved her guilt.
These papers had been obtained in
a “highly Improbable manner.” While
cruising off the coast of Santo Domin
go the crew of the man-of-war had
amused themselves by fishing for
sharks. One monster was captured
and cut up on deck, and Id its stom¬
ach was found a bundle of ship’s
papers, the very documents flung over¬
board by the captain of the Nancy
when he was boarded by the Sparrow’
Curiosity led the captain of the man
of-war to clean and examine the
papers, and the result was that he
brought them before the authorities at
the nearest port. The unlucky brig
was condemned on this romantically
acquired evidence. — St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
A Lam* Excuse.
“A French sentinel in Algeria,” said
a playwright, "had for bis colonel a
very tall, lanky, round shouldered man.
This round shouldered colonel one
night was making a quiet inspec¬
tion. Passing the sentinel, he found,
td his rage and indignation, that he w T as
not challenged. So he returned to the
man and roared:
“ ‘You didn’t challenge me!’
“ ‘N-no, sir,’ faltered the sentinel,
sa¬
luting.
” ‘Well, why didD’t you?' the colonel
demanded.
“ ‘Excuse me, sir,’ said the sentinel,
‘but I thought—I beg your pardon, sir—
I thought you was a camel.’ ”
Hi* Denomination.
A man who had beeD playing golf
with a clergyman heard him swear
two or three times under his breath.
Suspecting the lapse, he could not be
sure of it until one monosyllable
came out with unmistakable clearness.
After he had finished the match a
friend of his said: “I saw you play¬
ing Just now with the Rev. Mr. Dash.
Of what denomination is he?” “Some
people say he Is a Congregationalist,”
replied his late opponent, “but I should
call him a Profanltarian.”—Argonaut.
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