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ICotton Market: Following was ruling prices here yesterday: Middling, 9 cents Good mid. 9 1-8 cents L NO. 16 IEWT0N county may issue $20,000 OF ROAD BONDS. brand Jury in Session Last Week Recoin mends That This Step Be Taken in Order to Make Permanent Road Improvements. In keeping with the progress of the j U11 t.y and the improvements now Bing made in the public roads of this flinty, the grand Jury last week w k this phase of the county’s affairs , a nd after going into it thoroughly line to the conclusion that effective nd permanent work could not be one with the money provided and ;ate in their general presentments iat if it becomes advisable the county hould issue at least $25,000 worth of nmds, the proceeds to be used on the hililie roads of the county. As binds now the public road work costs Lmuch land or more than the county can with the present tax returns and Jhen the state convicts are put chain- on the xpense of keeping the county ang will materially increase, hence he recommendation. This recommendation is practically n endorsement of the law created ist year giving each county in the tate the right to issue bonds for pub¬ ic road improvement, and, we believe, rill meet the approval of every citizen n the county who has the welfare of he people at heart. With the funds lerived from the issue of the bonds, >ven at the lowest amount of the ecommendation the roads of Newton Kiunty could he made as good or bet er than any county in the state, and vould be a permanent improvement. In talking to the Solicitor last week, le stated that to his certain knowledge DeKalb county had paid for road vork $24,000 a year for twenty-years md that if there was ten miles of jood road in the county at this time le didn’t know where they were, this amount paid by DeKalb county would, in the length of time she has >een paying it, have paid for a thoroughly modern system of roads and they would have been permanent. WHAT DO YOU CARE About the size capital of your bank, whether $40,000.00 or $40,000,000.00 if you know your funds are safe and you can get accommodations when needed ? The First National Bank OFFERS YOU SAFETY. ^ e are under the direct supervision of the United States Government and obliged to be safe. OUR POLICY IS to be conservative, yet progressive, to meet every request of our patrons that is in keeping with sound banking principles, at¬ tentiveness to our business and courteous treatment to every one, CAN YOU ASK MORE? Cur officers and directors are among the most progressive and conservative business men of this locality and they keep in touch with the banks’ business. “UNION IS STRENGTH.” OFFICERS: f ■ ° 7 ‘‘ BENTON, ANDERSON, Vice Pres. C. C. ROBINSON, STEPHENSON, Vice Cashier Pres. • Pres. R. E. DIRECTORS: * • ( ‘- ROBINSON ANDERSON E. O. LEE N. Z. w ” BROOKS J. Z. JOHNSON L. O. BENTON K. PENNINGTON C. R. ROGERS A. J. BELCHER " STEp HENSON H. B. ANDERSON \vr e are not too large for you and you are neither too large r ' ° ^mall for us. We invite your business. First National Bank Covington, Georgia. * @333 @Wingifln Nam As it is she has paid for them but hasn’t got them. This is just what Newton county has been doing for years, and while the roads here are even better than in some sections, they could be greatly improved if the funds were in hand. Ordinary road work only lasts until a hard rain and then they have to be worked over. Some permanent improvements should be made every year, and should the people of this county decide to issue bonds for this work, we would soon have roads that would cost us very little to keep them up. We want the people to think about this recommendation of the grand jury and let’s all get together and have the best roads in the state. Dr. Robinson is County Physician. At a meeting of the County Com¬ missioners held in the court house here one day last week, Dr. Luke Robin¬ son, one of the city’s best physicians and the county’s most popular men, was appointed county physician for the year 1909. The appointment was made upon a competitive bid for the county’s medi¬ cal work ,and Dr. Robinson making the lowest bid he was named for that posi¬ tion. We understand that notice was sent out for bids for thiswork and that a number of them were turned in to the commissioners. Dr. Robinson having made prepara¬ tions for taking a Polyclinical course at Polyclinic college, Chicago, within the next month, has made arrange¬ ments with Dr. Wm. D. Travis, for¬ mer county physician, to act in his capacity during his absence. All kinds of Spring and Summer Dress Materials at C. C. Robinson's. COVINGTON, GEORGIA, MARCH 24 1909. HOLD-OP ON THE STREETS OF CITY. Negroes Placed Gun in Mr. Seigel’s Face and Told Him to “Hand* Up.” At about nine o’clock Monday night while Mr. J. Seigel was returning to his home in the eastern part of the city he was held up by two negro men in front of the Baptist church and with a gun in his face was told to stand still. The negroes took his hat off and after looking at him in a scru¬ tinizing manner he was told that they had made a mistake and that he was not the man they wanted. They then told him to make a run for it, which he did, but after he had gone a few steps he gave a yell ‘‘murder” and they immediately caught him and told him that they didn’t want him to yell they wanted him to run and that quick, too. When they again turned him loose he made a dash that would have immediately given him a Mara¬ thon prize, had a time-keeper been present. In his race for safety he paid no attention whatever to the ditches of the water and sewerage system and when he reached his home he was so full of mud that his family at first failed to recognize him. The police were notified but up to this time no clue has been learned as to who the perpetrators were. They did’nt rob Mr. Seigel after they found he was not the man they were after. This would lead to believe that they will make another effort to hold-up the party they were laying for and the people had better keep their eyes open. This is the first time in the history of Covington that a hold-up has ever happened on any of the public street and especially at this early hour. Mr. Seigel was badly frightened and says he does not care to make another trial in the racing game. HUNTING SEASON CLOSED ON 15, Let Every Citizen See to it That the Law is Enforced. The Game Should be Protected. The bird law went into effect last Sunday, March 15th, and nowit is un¬ lawful to catch or kill game in Geor¬ gia. The Sportsmen have greatly enjoyed the season, though partridges have been very scarce in thi9 section of the state. The law protects doves and other birds same as it does quail. All the sportsmen should and we believe do, favor a close observance of the law and they see that it is strictly enforced, and all who break it should be report¬ ed to the grand jury. The game law is one of the import¬ ant laws of the state that should be strictly enforced and now for the pres¬ ent time lets see to it that it is rigidly enforced. Ditching Machine Finished Work. The big ditching machine has finish¬ ed all the excavations that can be done with it and is now being shipped to Eastpoint where it will be used for the work there. It was impossible for the machine to be used on some of the streets, especially on Railroad street, on account of the street rail¬ road, and the work there will have to be done with laborers. While here it attracted a lot of attention and interest and w T as the object of a lot of conjecture. Notice Royal Arch Masons. Covington Chapter will meet in regular convocation next Friday evening, in the lodge room at at 7:30. Work in Royal Arch de¬ gree. Take notice companions and govern yourselves accordingly. A. S. Hopkins, H. P. R. R. Fowler, Sec y. Go to C. C. Robinson’s and buy a Ready Made Suit or have your measure taken for a suit to order. You will find there & beautiful stock of Strouss & Bros., clothing. I hereby give notice to all persons concerned that Harvey Ellis is under no contract with any one, he being a minor child, and contract would not stand without my consent. ^ J. C. ELLIS. ENTERTAINMENT BT LOCAL TALENT. The Deestrick Skule Was Played By Library Association to Big House Last Night. The ladies composing the Library Association have been working hard for the past several weeks getting ready for the production of that laugh¬ able farce comedy, “The Deestrick Skule,” which was played by them at the Opera House last night to a very large and appreciative audience. The play was full of life and go from start to finish and the audience w T as kept in a good, strong laugh from beginning to end. Each of the young ladies and gentlemen deserve praise for the way in which they rendered their parts, but special mention should be made of Messrs. C. A. Harwell and F. W. Simmons, they putting up their parts in a most characteristi c repre¬ sentation of the school days of their boyhood and they proved to those composing the audience that it was nothing new to them and that they had been there before. This play was put on by the Library Association to raise funds with which to provide new books for that insti¬ tution and the cause being a worthy one the people were very liberal in their patronage of it. Some time ago the ladies decided to discontinue the membership fee in the library and they find that their efforts to give the people the benefit of the books is being highly appreciated. In the play were Prof, and Mrs. W. D. Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hawk, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Adams, Mesdames J. W. Lee, W. T. Milner, Evans Lunsford, Col. A. H. Foster, Col. Edgar Gunn, Messrs. C. A. Har¬ well, John M. Wright, C. D. Terrell, Lester Lee, Mortimer Hays, Dean Albert, Dave Cook, Simms Heard, Wilbur Harwell, Will Cook, F. W. Simmons; Misses Nell Butler, Mary Carter, Ida Higgins, Susie Lewis and Anna Keith, and they all rendered their parts in a very capable and lively manner. The entertainment, as a whole, was very much enjoyed and the people of this city will be im¬ patient for the ladies to put on anoth¬ er one at an early date The gate receipts were very satis¬ factory and the ladies realized a neat sum for the library. JUDGE ROAN FAVORS WHIPPING POST. “It Would Go a Long Way Toward Reforming Young Criminals,” Says The Judge. Judge L. S. Roan, of the Stone Mountain circuit, and probably one of the best known men in the state, and who presided over the last session of the Newton Superior court, held here last week, favors the establishment of a whipping post for youthful offenders guilty of crimes involving moral turpitude. Judge Roau announced his opinion in the Fulton county court house Saturday morning, when he heard the case of Frank Alexander and Emmett Shaw, aged 15 and 14, respectively, charged with stealing $300 from the house of B. H. Wise. Both of the boys pleaded guilty and were sent to the county industrial farm by Judge Roan. “A whipping post would go a long way toward reforming such boys as you,” said Judge Roan, after hearing a statement of the case. “It seems it will have to come to that. What is to be done with all these young criminals who come up here to be sent to the reformatories? It will get so after a while that the reformatories won’t hold them. The old whipping post, not for all offenses, but crimes of moral turpitude, would be a very effective reformatory measure, it seems to me, for young criminals.” “You appear to me to be perfectly indifferent to what you have done. What is to become of a boy who makes his mother weep, as your mother is doing, because of his con¬ duct? The whipping post would have been good for you.” Rev. W. J. Callahan to Give Lecture. Rev. W. J. Callahan, noted lec¬ turer, will give his stereoptican il¬ lustrated lecture: ‘Japan,’’ on Thursday night at ihe Methodist church in this city. Everybody ! invited. No admission. LARGE NUMBER OF TRUE RILLS RETURNED JN ONE DAY’S TIME. One of the Most Sensational Investigations in the History of Newton County Was Held Before Grand Jury Last Week. The grand jury which was in session at the term of Newton Superior court last week held one of the most sensa¬ tional investigations ever placed on the records of this county, when they returned seventy-four true bills in con¬ nection with one of the smoothest gambling houses ever aperated and de¬ tected in this section of the state. It came as a surprise to a number of our citizens and it was learned that the true bills returned men from Morgan, Rockdale, Walton, Jasper, and several other sections the whole county was worked up to a high degree of excite¬ ment. It is reported that there were men also from Pulton county and as soon as their names could be ascer¬ tained warrants would also be issued for their apprehension and arrest. We have been unable so far to get the exact number of bills and the names of the gentlemen for whom they were issued but it is positively stated that there are at the very least seventy-four. When we asked for the list we were told that it would be impossible for us to use it as a number of them have not been served and that should they be published some of them would possibly take the quick leave of absence. When it came up for investigation it was shown that at the home of Mr. Vance Cooper there had been operated a gaming house for the past several months and that there were several kinds of games played there at all times and that a considerable amount of money had changed hands at that place. It developed during the inves¬ tigation that the house had from" been liberally patronized by men all sections of the country for fifty around and that the trials of the gen¬ tlemen indicted would prove to be a very sensational one. The investiga- NOT An Experiment WE have passed “the new boot stage.” WE do not experiment with our business, nor with your business. are not incorporated lor the purpose of financing auxiliary enterprises. enjoy the distinction of top notch quality “that time enduring kind.” WF Ww MmmJ respectfully solicit your banking business on the basis of superior strength and experience, and assure courteous, intelligent treatment and close attention to your individual wants. Bank o? Covington Covington, Georgia. CAPITAL, - . $100,000 If Your ing Stationery bears and imprint Print¬ our it is backed by our guarantee satisfaction. to give We you are here to please YOU. $1.00 A Year In Advance. tion was conducted by Col. Wm. Schley Howard, who had learned something of the affair and he worked up the evidence that brought about the indictments. Mr. Howard is the solicitor of this judicial circuit and has, since his election, been very diligent in his efforts to decrease gambling and selling whiskey in this county During the investigation true bills were found against Mr. Cooper for running a gaming house and also for selling whiskey. It is understood that the other seventy-three gentlemen are all prominent citizens of their respect¬ ed sections and that when their names are learned it will canse quite a great deal of surprise and sensation in the immediate neighborhood in which they live. In all probability this investigation will break up to a certain extent, gambling and whiskey selling in this section. With T. C. Swann Co. The many friends of Mrs. Annie Wooten will be pleased to learn that she has accepted a position with the T. C. Swann Co., where she will have charge of the ladies dress goods and dry goods departments. Mrs. Wooten is well known to the trade of this city, she having been connected with C. E. Cook’s store for sometime and while there she made a host of friends by her courteous treatment, affable man¬ ner and her desire to have each one of them get just what they wanted. We con & ratulate the Swann Co ‘« on M "‘ American Lady Corsets in all the latest styles at C. C. Robinson’s.