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Georgia, Newton County.
We, the Jrand Jurors empaneled
and sworn for March Term, 1909, New¬
ton Superior Court, submit the follow¬
ing report:
Through our committee, we have
examined all the records pertaining to
the county. Upon the whole, they
are neatly kept, and as far as we
could ascertain, correct.
The report made by our efficient
County School Commissioner, shows
much interest being manefested in the
cause of education. There are fifty
two school buildings, all in good re¬
pair; 25 are for white and 27 are for
colored children, with an enrollment
of 3,695. Of this number 1,730 are
white and 1,965 are colored. His
books show that he has received from
all sources $21,474.04, and has disburs¬
ed as shown by vouchers, $18,623.38,
leaving a balance on hand of $2,850.66.
The county treasurers books show
the amount received from all sources
to be $28,870.68, and amount paid on
vouchers $24,787.76, leaving balance
on hand of $4,082.92. This amount
taken from the outstanding notes a
gainst the county shows the actual in
debtness of the county to be$7,389.25.
We find seven inmates, two whites
and five colored, at the pauper farm,
and they seem to be well pleased.
We find the buildings in good condi¬
tion, also, plenty of bedding which is
neatly kept.
We find the convict camp in good
condition, with nineteen male convicts
all colored, who are in good health
and comfortably clothed. The sani¬
tary condition of the camp is good.
We find they have twenty-three mules
in fairly good condition, except three,
which are lame and not able to do hard
road work. We find seven oars in
good sanitary condition, as well as
comfortable quarters for the stock and
an extra good barn.
We find the court house in good
condition, except five window glasses
broken in court room, which should
be replaced. The jail is in good con¬
dition, except some leaks in the resi¬
dence portion. The water tank also
has some leaks.
We find that all the druggists have
complied with the law governing the
sale of poisons.
We find no reason for any changes
in the pension roll.
We recommend the appointment
of the following as notaries public
and ex officio justices of the peace
in their rsspective districts:
462 district, G. M., J. H. Carroll.
464 district, G. M., Robt. W. Ballard.
1249 district, G, M., J. R. Byrd.
A SOLID CAR LOAD OF
naming this Organ in the last issue of this paper, made the name read “High Point Organs,” when it should have been “Shipman,” Mr. Shipman having bought the entire plant.
We have just received a solid car load of the famous SHIPMAN Organs and for the next few days are going to sell
them at reduced prices in order to place them in the homes of the people of this city and county.
There is Absolutely No Better Organ on the Market than the SHIPMAN
In workmanship, finish and the excellent tone. It is truly a pleasure to hear tne music made on this Instru
we want to show it to you. These organs carry a binding ten-year GUARANTEE on every one sold and we j
make good the guarantee of the manufacturer and also add our personal guarantee. We have got the greater
offer in a high-grade organ ever given the people and want you to look at them.
Besides the ear of organs we have had to arrive a solid car of Furniture, which makes our stock the most com
in the city, and we are now in a better position than ever to aceommadate you in installments or carry account over
We have Bed Boom Suits, Single Pieces of Suits, Matrasses, Iron Beds, Tables, Carpets, Bugs, and just anyt
you want in house furnishings. It will pay you to see this stock of Organs, and High-grade Furniture before you ]
your order. We can give you the best values for a little less than any one else. Let us prove this fact to vou.
The Live Furniture Merchants Covington, Georgia
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1522 district, G. M., W. J. M. Preston.
We fully appreciate the wonderful
improvement that has been made in
la9t ten years on our roads. We think
the county commissioners are doing
what they can to do permanent work,
for in nearly every section we have
some good roads, and this fact makes
us want all our roads made, good, but
there seems to be a lack of system, or
lack of means to make speedy repairs
which are rendered necessary after
each hard rain. Much complaint is
heard along this line, and we under¬
stand that this i9 principally due to a
lack of funds. Realizing that the
increased force to be put to work soon,
means increased exqense in various
ways, we recommend that if it is ne¬
cessary, that the county issue at least
$25,000 worth of road bonds, to give us
good roads as speedy as possible. We
further believe it would be economy,
in the long run, if the board of county
commissioners would secure the ser¬
vices of a civil engineer, to survey the
public roads, and furnish plans and
specifications by which the permanent
road work may be done, either now or
in the near future.
We recommend that the pay of all
jurors be two dollars per diem; that
the pay of court bailiffs be two dollars,
and riding bailiffs three dollars per
diem.
In taking leave of the court we de¬
sire to express our thanks to his honor,
Judge L. S. Roan, for his courtesy and
consideration, and to Solicitor Gen¬
eral, W. S. Howard, for his able assis¬
tance.
We recommend that these present¬
ments be published in both county
papers at a cost not exceeding five
dollars for each paper.
T. J. SPEER, Foreman.
M. G. Turner, Clerk.
Whereupon,itis ordered by the court
that the within general presentments
be spread upon the minutes of this
court and be published as recommend¬
ed.
L. S. ROAN,
Judge S. C. STN. MTN. Ct.
By The Court
Wm. Schley Howard,
Sol. Gen. St. Mtn. Ct.
This 19th day of March 1909.
Berggren & Levy
Brothers
Painters and Interior Decora¬
ters. Paper Hangers and Wall
Tinting.
All work done upon a guaran¬
tee. Phone 185.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
WINTER WOOD,
It Makes the Best and Most Lasting
Kind of Timber.
It has long been known that winter
the be*-t lime of the year for eut
j down trees for their timber, but
until the American bureau of forestry
published the results of some experi¬
ments no one was sure why. The bu¬
reau of forestry selected four pine
trees of the same age and of equal
vigor, growing in the same soil, and
felled them, the first at the end of
December, the second at the end of
January, the third at the end of Feb¬
ruary and the fourth at the end of
March. They were hewn Into logs of
the same size and dried at the same
place. Then the logs were tested.
The December log resisted a flexile
strain twice as strong as that which
the March log resisted. 1. It furnished ---------
piles which were still perfect and un¬
decayed sixteen years later, while the
piles made from the March log had
rotted within three or four years.
Wood that is felled in December Is
less porous than that cut at other
tlmee. It has been proved that oak
Improved.
“How do you like your alarm clock?”
asked the jeweler.
“First rate.”
“You didn’t seem pleased with It at
first.”
“No, but it’s broken now.”—Tit-Bits.
They Needed Prayers.
A member of parliament tells a good
story of an out of the way country
clergyman who did not keep up to
date in what was going on in the
world. One Sunday he asked his sex¬
ton: “Is the prayer for parliament to
be used today? Is parliament still sit¬
ting?”
The sexton’s reply came promptly,
“Well, sir, I don’t know; but, anyhow,
better pray for them, for they’re a
precious bad lot!”—London Standard.
Truthful.
He—Give me a kiss. She (decidedly)
—I won’t. He— You shouldn’t say “I
won’t” to me; you should say, “I pre¬
fer not.” She—But that wouldn’t be
true.
The greatest firmness is the greatest
mercy.—Longfellow.
COPIED NAPOLEON
zuela has been compared witn rnai ui
l’resident Francia, who terrorized Far
aguay for over thirty years. Francia
was a worshiper of Napoleon, whom
he endeavored to imitate in every pos- !
sible way. He possesses only one por
trait of ills idol, a German caricature.
which depicted tlie emperor wearing
an exaggerated version of the famous
gray overcoat. Francia took this pic
ture seriously and for many years pa
raded the streets of Asuncion clad in
a gray dressing gown and a cocked
hat, which he fondly believed to hr
the habitual garb of I lie French des
pot. distinguished yredeees
Castro’s most
sor was also a Napoleon devotee, but
Bolivar had seen his idol and could
thus imitate him more faithfully, lie
managed " to ‘ » acquire the emperors
„ _
brusque speech and other mannerisms,
pulled people’s ears when in a good
humor and dictated dispatches to sev
eral secretaries' at once. He founded
an order closely modeled on the I.e
gion of Honor: surrounded himself
with a guard of negroes from Haiti,
after the style of Napoleon s iname
lukes, and endeavored to codify tie
laws of Ills country. M-hen he letum
ed to America after witnessing - upo
leon’s coronation Bolivar entem a
raeas standing in a Roman c iaro
drawn by twelve maidens belonging 0
the first families of tlie towu.-London
Chronicle.__
A Bone.
“What sort of an after dinner speak¬
er is Bliggins?”
“One of the kind who start In by
saying they didn’t expect to be called
on and then proceed to demonstrate
that they can’t be called off.”
CITY OF THE INSANE,
lu Europe, or wmen no iourn i on pieus
ure beut ever take^ notice, says a wiit
er lu a iterlin paper, is the “City of the
j nsane ,” by whieh name Glieel, near
Antwerp, lias been known for generu
tlons About l.ftw men and women
at fli c t e d with insanity in all its forms
j ive there and have a happy being as
tlie “g Ues ts'’ of the inhabitants, who
j-now by experience how to treat the
un f or t U nate ones. In the streets, in
,| ie pi aces of amusement, the cafes
an j workshops these patients may be
found, and nowhere is there tlie re
motest suggestion of restraint appar
ent. The board ranges from 240 to
2,400 marks a year, and, no matter
bow small the amount may be, the pa
tIent j s always the favored member
tbe f ain jiy. He has the first right
tQ tbe n)0flt oom f 0 rtable chair, and the
jjead 0 f t jie table belongs to him. He
recc j ves the most attention, and this
j earns t 0 appreciate and to endeav
or t0 ma j n t a |n by living down his
j^lness. Even the children know how
demented people. The
dangerous ones are sent to another
8 e ttj e ment and to institutions. It is
wonderful how considerate, careful
and kind the simple people are toward
||j e { r charges, and a peep into the com
mui) qy would probably terrify physl
clans who had never heard of and
cou j^ uo ^ appreciate the good which Is
beIng doae Ju tWg .. Clty Qf the In .
sa ne.”
Couldn’t Quite Qualify.
“Mebbe you’d like to put a piece
about me lu yer paper,” quavered the
old man, hobbling up to the city edi¬
tor’s desk.
“What have you done?” demauded
the arbiter of publicity’s destiny.
“Nothiu’ much, but I was a hundred
year old yesterday.”
“A hundred, eh? But cau you walk
without a stick and read flue print
without glasses?”
“N-no."
“You are an impostor!”
The old man broke down and con¬
fessed that he was only ninety -seven.
—Cleveland Leader.
Lapland Reindeer#.
In April the Lapp lets bis reindeer
loose to wander as they please, and
when the mosquitoes begin to abound,
about midsummer, he collects his herd
simply by catching one deer, fitting it
with a bell and trusting to Instinct,
which leads the animals to gather into
herds for protection against the mos¬
quitoes, to do the rest. In a cool sum¬
mer, when mosquitoes are few, this
Instinct does not come iuto play, and
It is almost impossible to bring the
reindeer together.
City Court J w ,
The following li st
have been drawn of
to 8en , (
the May term of the ci
Covington:
F. A. Henderson, q
W. B. R. Pennington n
J. J. Kite:hens, v
R. L. Ellington, p
J. H. Willingham, p
T. T. Sullivan, w
T. G. Barnes, r ,
T. A. Cook, p
J. C. McClendon, y
v* wi pc suiu uetore the«
House door in the city 0 f 0]
ton on the first Tuesday jJ
next, to the highest 3 good,
belonging to the county
J. Z . JOHNSO N, Chain
IPBF^FOR SALE: WeatherB
ing and Framing.
4t. DR. O. L. HOLM]
GO TO
J. SIEGEL
The New York Watch M
For the benefit of being t
duced to the people of Covin
and vicinity. We will do
class watch and clock repair i
for the next ten days at special
ductions.
Now is your opportunity,
work guaranteed O. K. 01
charge.
At Dr. J. A. Wrights D
Store, Covington, Ga.