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Cotton Market: Following was ruling prices here yesterday: Middling, 9 1-4 cents Good mid. 9 3-8 cents VO. 1. No. 12 FLAG TAG DAY WAS GAEAT SUCCESS Effort By The Ladies of The City Were Appreciated And Large Sum Raised. As has been advertised for the past month, the Flag Tag Day was adopted Monday by the ladies of the city, and that it proved very successful was nothing more than was expected, as the ladies of Covington usually ac¬ complish what they start out to dc. From early in the morning the differ¬ ent ladies could be seen around town pinning tags on the gentlemen and the latter could also be seen going down in their pockets for the required ten cents. The sum realized was more than was at any time expected, and the ladies are very grateful for the liberal-hearted manner in which they were recieved. The sum raised will go toward ihe education of poor boys at the Perry school and may mean the making of a citizen whom we will all be proud of as a Georgian. The amount collected by the ladies was $110. The movement was started some time ago and since that time the ladies have been using their influence and effort to make a success of it and that they have realized their expec¬ tations, the city as a whole extend their congratulations. $2,750 GIVEN EMORY AT THOMASVILLE Liberal Contributions Are Made as ,a Result of Dr. Diekey’s Appeal at That Place. As a result of a sermon Dr. James F. Dickey, president of Emory col¬ lege, delivered at Thomasville last Sunday, S-,75<J was subscribed toward the $300,000 endowment of Emory. The people responded promptly to the call that was made upon them by good old Emory’s brainy president. The Dr. has done much toward rais¬ ing the fund for the endowment, and judging by the present progress, the requisite $300,000 will soon be raised. The News bespeaks a grand and glorious future for this wonderful ed¬ ucational institution. Under Uncle Sam's Control ARE YOU WITH US? Every day brings new depositors to us. IF YOU ARE NOT depositing with us now, FALL IN LINE, join the crowd of depositors we have and then YOU WILL KNOW YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. DON’T carry your money in your pocket or lock it up at home and when it is all spent or lost, wonder who will accommodate you with a loan. One dollar or more starts an account and you become acquainted with us and it is OUR BUSINESS to accommodate every friend who can furnish good security. SEE THE POINT? It costs you nothing to deposit your money with us; it is yours when you want it and we are "much obliged TO YOU.” 1 HIN1C ABOUT'THIS and then start an account WITH US a t your first opportunity, we are WAITING FOR YOU. R - E. STEPHENSON, Cashier. First National Bank L Covington, Georgia. . lew ROBERT GORDON BREAKS ARM. Fell From Veranda Banister Mon¬ day Afternoon and Broke Arm Near Wrist. Last Monday afternoon while the Ladies’ Missionary Society was hold¬ ing a meeting at the home of Rev. and Mrs. John B. Gordon at their home on Washington street, Robert, their little seven year old son, was playing with some other children on the veranda and fell from the banis¬ ters where he had climbed, a distance of several feet, breaking his arm in the fall just above the wrist. At the time of the accident Mr. Gordon was not at home, but when he came he found the little fellow suffer¬ ing intensely from the pain, but after the broken member was set he immed¬ iately returned to his usual brightness of disposition and is now' on the road to recovery. The injury, while very painful, is not serious and in the course of a few weeks he will be all right again. Robert has a host of friends all over the city and they will all be glad to know that he is improving so rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have the sym¬ pathy of the entire city in his misfor¬ tune and wish for him a rapid recov¬ ery. A Black Cat. A black eat isn’t in it whenitcomes to the blackness that has prevailed for the past w'eek at the southeast corner of the public square. The arc light at this point seems to have petered out entirely. Keeping Busy. During the past week The News force has been kept very busy turn¬ ing out some work from its job de j partmentthat other printing plants in this section was unable to do satisfac¬ tory to the business men wanting this kind of work. The News’ job office is one of the best equipped printing plants in this section and the people are fast learning that when they want first-class printing that we are the i boys that do that kind. COVINGTON, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 24, 1909. NEW REGISTRATION BOOK IS HERE. Tax Collector Has The New Book And Asks The Voters To Register At Once. The new registration book for the county of Newton is nowin the hands of the tax collector and under the law passed last year a citizen cannot vote unless he is registered under the new oath. The registration books close six months before an election is held and unless the people will all register at once there will be a lot who will not be allowed to vote when an elec¬ tion is held. Under the new law a man cannot send his name to the tax collector for registration, but must go before him in person and take the oath, which is certainly a binding one, and on ac¬ count of the disfranchisement clause there has been a considerable amount added to the oath as heretofore used. For the benefit of our readers we give below the oath in full that has to be administered by the tax collector and also the amendment to the Con¬ stitution, or disfranchisement act: OATH OF VOTER. “I do swear, or affirm, that I am a citizen of the United States; that I am twenty-one years of age, or will be on the-day of-of this calen¬ dar year; that I have resided in this state for one year, and in this county for six months immediately preceding the date of this oath, or will have re¬ sided so on the-day of-of this calendar year; that I have pnid all taxes which, since the adoption of the Constitution of 1877, have been re¬ quired of me, except taxes for this year, and that I am not disfranchised from voting by reason of any offense committed against the laws of this state. I further swear or affirm that I reside in the-district, G. M., or in the-ward in the city of-. My age is-. My occupation-. The above is taken from the regis¬ tration books and is an exact form of the oath prescribed, the blanks to be filled in with the person making oath. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. All persons who have honorably served in the land or naval forces of the United States, in the Revolution¬ ary War, or in the War of 1812, or in the war with Mexico, or in any war with the Indians, or in the war be¬ tween the States, or in the war with Spain, or who have honorably served in the land or naval forces ofjfche con¬ federate states, or of the state of Georgia or the war between the states, or All persons lawfully descended from those embraced in the classes enum¬ erated in the sub-division above, or All persons who are of good char¬ acter and understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a Re¬ publican form of government, or All persons who can correctly read in the English language any paragraph of the Constitution of the United States, or of this state and correctly write the same in the English lan¬ guage when read to them by any one of the registrars, and all persons who solely because of physical disability are unable to comply with the above requirements, but who can understand and give a reasonable interpretation of any paragraph of the Constitution of the United States, or of this state, that may be read to them by any one of the registrars, or Any person who is the owner in good faith in his own right of least forty acres of land situated in this state upon which he resides, or is the owner in good faith in his own right of property situated in this state and assessed for taxation at the value of $500. With Covington Buggy Co. Mr. E. H. Lewis who has been con¬ ducting a wagon factory and repair shop here for several years has sold his factory and is now connected with the Covington Buggy Co., where he will be glad to have his friends call and see him. Mr. Lewis is one of the best all-round shop men in this sec¬ tion and will make quite an acquisi¬ tion to the new company. The Cov¬ ington Buggy Company has already begun the manufacture of vehicles and will begin placing them on the market in a short time. Notice. 1 hereby notify all persons to not i employ in any way Harvey Ellis, a he is under contract with me for thes vear 1909. This Jan. 25, 1909. ;' W. C. SALTER, Sr.—I t CITY COURT CONVENES NEXT WEDNESDAY, Unusually Heavy Docket in Both Civil and Criminal Cases. Will Last Several Days. The March term of the City Court which will convene next Wednesday will be an unusually busy one, due to the fact that a large number of cases, both civil and criminal will come up for trial and the court will possibly hold for several days. At this term of the court a suit against the county by Susan Glover Stamps is set for hearing. The suit is for $2,000 damages which she alleges is due her on the de:J,h of her daugh¬ ter who fell through a bridge last year, death resulting. The plaintiff claims that the county is liable on ac¬ count of the bridge being defective, but the county will endeavor to prove that such was not the case and that it was negligence on the part of the plaintiff. It will be a very interest¬ ing suit and is attracting quite a good deal of interest all over the county, the citizens waiting with interest to see the outcome. We publish below T for the informa¬ tion of parties concerned the calendar for the March term City Court: John Fretwel! vs. Albert Wood, suit on lease. J. B. Blackwell vs. W. T. Yancey and W. E. Stowe, suit on note. J. A. Starr vs. T. L. Thomason, B. M. M. Thomason and J. D. Thoma¬ son, suit on note. R. W. Milner, Admr. Childs Estate vs. T. M. Duke, suit on note. Turner Vinson vs. Mansfield Lum¬ ber Co., damages. A. H. Milner vs. C. C. Robison, suit for salary. T. M. & M. J. McGee vs. Central Railway, damages to furniture. Mrs. M. D. Petty vs. R. W. Camp¬ bell, suit to force payment of labor of Win. Printup. Susan Glover Stamps vs. Newton county, suit for 22,000 damages, death of child. H. J. Kirkley vs. Covington Mills, suit for damages. R. W. Milner, amdr. Childs Estate vs. T. E. Hardeman, suit on note. J. P. Freeman vs. J. C. & W. M. Harwell, suit on note. Kelly Bros., & Co., vs. J. L. Har¬ well, suit on note. S. P. Thompson vs. W. S. Avery, suit on note. R. E. Kelly vs. Central Georgia Ry. Co., suit for damages. CRIMINAL DOCKET. State vs. John Blackwell and Lush Reed, cheating and swindling. State vs. Will Wright, assault and battery. State vs. Joe Robison, stabbing. State vs. Alfonso Terrell, assault and battery. State vs. John Kelly, assault and battery. State vs. Anna Henderson, selling whiskey. State vs. Anna Henderson and Hat¬ tie Gammon, larceny. State vs. John Kelly, assault. State vs. Henry Henderson, assault. State vs. Jim Thornton, wife beat¬ ing. State vs. Charlie Henderson, assault and battery. State vs. Ed. Pullliam, larceny from house. State vs. Nathan Bigham, larceny from house. MRS. STEPHEN GLASS DIES ON TUESDAY. She Was Mother Of Mr. James Glass of This City. For¬ merly Of Oxford. Mrs. Stephen C. Glass, mother of our fellow-townsman, Mr. James Glass, died at her home in Waynes¬ boro yesterday (Tuesday) morning after an illness of several months with a complication of diseases. Mrs. Glass was formerly of this county, having spent the greater part of her life at Oxford. They moved to Waynesboro several years ago, and on account of her age she has been in feeble health for a long time. She had a host of friends throughout this section who will regret to learn of her death. The funeral services were held in this city this morning, the remains having been brought here yesterday afternoon for interment. She leaves five children living: Mrs. E. G. Lee, of Atlanta; J. B. Glass, of this city; S. C. Glass, of Atlanta; Mrs. Eva Muraford, of Atlanta, and Mrs. H. S. Kaylor, of Waynesboro. $1.00 A Year In Advance. K. P’S. BANQUET MARCH TENTH. Will be Most Elaborate Ever Held In This City by That Order. Large Attendance Expected. The Knights of Pythias will hold their annual banquet in Castle Hall on March tenth and they are making preparations for one of the most ele¬ gant affairs ever held by them in this city. The committee in charge of the arrangements is leaving nothing undone to have all the details in per¬ fect condition. There will be a number of speeches and toasts by the members of the or¬ der and the table will be laid for eighty. The spread will be an elabo¬ rate seven course dinner and is under the direction of Mrs. John B. Davis, w r ho is well known to the K. P’s., as being one of the most capable direc¬ tors for an occasion of this kind in the city. Mrs. Davis will have an Atlanta caterer to prepare the ban¬ quet and there is no question about it being elegant. The Knights of Pythias have had a lodge here for a number of years and they always hold a banquet every year that is very much enjoyed by the members and their ladies. The order here is in a very flourishing condition and is considered one of the foremost in the state. DITCHING MACHINE NOW AT WORK. After Several Interruptions The Big Ditch Digger is Moving Qauntities of Dirt. The big ditch digging machine which was recently brought to the city for the purpose of cutting the ditches for the sewer mains is now at work on Churc-st., and will in a few days fee right up in the center of the city. The work being done by this machine is attracting the attention of the entire citizenship and all the time it is running crowds of people go STRENGTH 1 ♦ s Statement of condition of Bank of Covington, of Covington, Ga., at the close of business February 5th, 1909. s RESOURCES T Loans Demand & Loans...... Discounts, $139,638.78 41,434.81 Cotton Overdrafts, 9,966.22 $191,039.81 E Overdrafts, Unsecured,............ 782.31 A Furniture Cash hand and &due Fixtures,........... from Banks, 58.131.95 3,833.65 on C Total, $253,787.72 B Capital,............................... LIABILITIES $100,000.00 Undivided Profits, (Net)......... 3,217.03 U Dividends Unpaid................... 160.00 1 1 Deposits,............................. 150,410.69 Bills Payable and Rediscounts,.. NONE Total, $253,787.72 R 1 Deposits February 5, 1908, $113,134.93 JL-' Deposits February 5, 1909, $150,410.69 1 J 1 Capital Increased Jan. 1st, 1908, "With NO Un¬ divided Profits—$8,000.00 Dividends Paid Stockholders Since Capital Was Increased. T T DIRECTORS: S. P. Thompson, Dr. J. T. Gibson, P. W. Godfrey, C. A. Sockwell, Y R. R. Fowler, N. S. Turner, Y R. S. Franklin, Jno. L. Stephenson, F. E. Heard, O. S. Porter, R. W. Milner, C. S. Thompson. Bank of Covington Covington, Georgia. Have the Three Job Presses at this office been running 15 hours a day for sixty days? There’s a Reason. BANK OF NEWTON C OUNTY MOVES. They Are Moving Into Their Ele¬ gant New Quarters In the Star Building. The Bank of Newton County is busy this week moving into their new quarters in the Star Building, where they have one of the prettiest places for an institution of this kind in this section. They have the room former¬ ly occupied by Mr. C. E. Cook and have added a plate glass front and marble tiling to the floor which great¬ ly improves and beautifies the place. The Star building is considered one of the best pieces of property in the city, by reason of the fact that there is more people passing it than any other place on the square and this fact will add greatly to the promi¬ nence of this bank. The interior is finished with the same fixtures they used in D>eir old place and the walls and otlie are made to match. This g appearance of thoroughly r stitution, which works n their manner of doing bus: Have you tried RoK * £ £ a 9U c Bitters? need They are ju£ • p* fr - ^ £ oultry ^ for a spnng to* + —WANTED g the class of cash andIdozen money—The eggs <5 c -r | - are b glad to J mte . , jr^ . . ■ e ..Ring an down and watch it ^ uc v. The machine begun work at Rogers branch in the southern part of the city and on the hill coming up town the ditch is something like twelve feet deep. The machine cuts the the ditch the right depth and makes it just two feet wide. The work it has baen doing the past week could not have possibly been done by one hundred negroes and will greatly add to the efficiency of the work. Since the starting of the machine they have had quite a good deal of trouble in getting started up on ac¬ count of there being several parts of the machine broken. These had to be replaced by new ones and the work of getting the machine in first class shape is about completed and the ditching is being gone after in earnest.