Cotton Market:
Following was ruling
prices here yesterday.
Middling. 9 1-4 cents
mid. 9 1-2 cents
VOL. I NO. )8
independent order
foresters installed
odge Was Instituted by State Or
' and Medical
ganiier Bingham
Director Clark.
Independent Order of Foresters
I ae lined branch lodge here last
• ins a
j„ v n ight and about fifteen
is fraternal order with an insur¬
S a connected and is of
feature one
ance Ire he longest in the of the country. citizens There of the
several more initiated the
• t be as soon as
lfld L gets into working order and the
prospects are very bright for a strong
lodge I at this place. of this order for Cov
The securing of
Lgton is due largely to the efforts
Mr. Ernest Parker, he having worked
the membership up and got every¬
thing in shape for the installation of
the camp. Quite a number of the
leading citizens have already joined
land many more are on the road. At
[ th e meeting last Thursday night offi¬
cers were elected for the year as fol¬
lows: well, Chief Ranger.
\V. R. S til
W. W. Rhoden, Vice Chief Ranger.
\V. E. Rumph, Past Chief Ranger.
R. F. Taylor, Recording Secretary.
E. E. Parker, Financial Secretary.
V. A. Harper, Treasurer.
Earnest Peek, Orator.
William Stark, Senior Woodward.
Robert Parker, Junior Woodward
Troy Edwards, Senior Beadle,
johnny Hutchins, Junior Beadle.
Newton Felker, Court Deputy.
I)r, Luke Robinson, Court Deputy.
Dick-Salter.
A marriage of interest to their many
friends all ove the county was that of
Mr. W. C. Salter, Sr. to Mrs. Sallie F.
Dick, both of Leguin district, which
took place at the home of Rev. J. B.
Salter last. Thurday evening. Only
| I the ties relatives and jew of friends the contracting were present par- at
a
I the ceremony.
! The marriage of this popular couple
came as quite a surprise to many, but
they all join in wishiug for them a
I long and prosperous union.
The word NA 1IONAL is
ol SAFETY when it is
‘'Government
Means much to a depositor
looks into the affairs of a
SAFE? Well, we have our
United States Bonds.
that, won’t he?
Think About
Capital
All invested in United
ing interest.
Surplus and Profits, March
Less every expense; you
price per share.
Loans and Discounts, March
fie have no doubtful
LOST ONE DOLLAR
mismanaged loans.
Here you have
than words.
Safety Is The
U opening a bank account
transaction.
^ e are conveniently
0r 1 romptness in Banking,
you.
First
mtm
MOTHERS CLUB TO
MEET FRIDAY,
Club Composed of Representative
Ladies Doing Much for Train
ing of Children.
The Mothers Club recently organiz¬
ed here among the matrons of the
city will hold its regular meeting at
the home of Mrs. H. B. Anderson at
3 o’clock Friday afternoon, at which
time an interesting program will be
rendered. Among the other features
of the afternoon will be a discussion
of the following questions:
Questions relating to the education¬
al value of work and play.
1. Is originality in children worth
working for?
2. What forms of play encourage
the creative spirit in children?
3. How can the enthusiasm of chil¬
dren be made to form the basis of
most of their everyday occupations?
4. Are children who play well de¬
fined games easier to discipline than
children who do not?
5. Why should parents see that
their children have proper facilities
for play?
6. Why does France and Germany
claim that their young people are
better fitted for life than either Ameri¬
can or English children?
7. Wherein lies the educational val¬
ue of manual training?
8. Why has every child a right to
diversion of seme proper sort?
9. What is the moral value of right¬
ly directed play or pastime?
10. Is a “good player” generally a
“good worker”? Why?
11. What opportunities does work
in the home offer for teaching child¬
ren the producing value of money?
12. Has all work the same eduea
tioual value? For instance, do com¬
pulsory or distasteful tasks bring the
same results as happy, pleasant du¬
ties?
13. Why is it said that work is the
key-note to happiness?
The Postal Telegraph Co., have
moved their offices from the Star
building to the building occupied by
Lunsford & Milner.
will always be a synonym
to the name of a bank.
Supervision”
you can bet that Uncle Sam
BANK.
capital stock invested in
Uncle Sam will take care of
Figures
Bonds bear¬
’09 - $ 2,958.26
can figure the
’09 - $75,559.76
and NEVER
bad or
AND FIGURES-stronger
Consideration
well as the first in any other
every up-to-date facility
we wish to do business with
Bank
Georgia.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, APRIL 7, 1909.
UNION
NOW IN SESSION,
Ladies Convention is Very Inter
esting. Large Number of
Delegates Present.
The Womans Presbyterial Union is
holding its annual convention in this
city, beginning this morning. The
convention being held here embraces
the territory north of Lagrange and
east of Atlanta, and there are about
seventy-five delegates in attendance.
Mrs. John L. Stephenson will ten¬
der a reception to the visiting ladies
at her beautiful home at 5 o’clock
this evening, which will be a very en¬
joyable and elaborate affair.
Possibly one of the most interesting
features of the convention will be a
lecture at the church this evening by
a native Syrian who will be dressed
as a shepherd, the same style costume
having been worn in that contry dur¬
ing the life of the Savior. He will
use as his subject the twenty-third
Psalm. He places a new interpreta¬
tion upon it and thosJ^ho hear him
will be given a treat. The public is
cordially invited to hear him.
Following is the program of the
convention furnished this paper by
Mrs. W. T. Milner.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
9:45 Devotional service by Rev.
John B. Gordon.
10:00 Address of welcome — Mrs.
James Stephenson, Covington.
Response—Mrs. G. S. Clark, At¬
lanta.
10:30 Enrollment of delegates.
President’s message — Mrs. S. J.
Thompson.
11:00 Minutes of last meeting—
Mrs. Hale.
Reports of secretaries, treasurer,
and vice presidents.
Missionary creed.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
2:30 Devotional service—Mrs. Mc¬
Donald, McDonough.
2 :45 Reports from Women’s Socie¬
ties.
3:15 Conference, new methods for
1909—Mrs. R. D. McKelway, Decatur,
and others.
Program, finance and membership
committee reports. .
3:45 Music.
Paper—“The Calls of the Hour”—
Miss Willie Everitt, Atlanta.
3:55 A Model Mission Study Class
—Mrs. R. D. Crusoe, Atlanta.
4:35 Appointing committees.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Devotional service—Rev. John B.
Gordon.
Solo—Mrs. George T. Smith, Cov¬
ington.
Missionary address—Native.
Offering.
THURSDAY MORNING.
9:30 Executive meeting.
10:00 Devotional service—Mrs. S.
A. Jones, Kirkwood.
| 10:15—Reports from Young People’s
Societies—Miss McLellan, Atlanta.
10:35 Paper—“Children’s Gifts to
Missions”—Miss Mary Burns, Atlanta.
10:50 Presbyterian hospital—Mrs.
Archibald Davis, Atlanta.
11:05 Music.
Address on Home Missions.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
2:30 Devotional service.
2:45 Paper—“Importance of Mis¬
sionary Biography—Miss Eva Neel,
| Atlanta. Barbara
3:00 Round Table—Miss
Lambden, Atlanta, assistant to Dr.
Morris in Home Mission office.
3:30 Unfinished business.
Cohen’s Corner Completed.
Mr. W. Cohen has had his store
room at the corner of Monticello and
Washington streets, remodeld and it
puts up one of the handsomest appear¬
ances of any business house in the
city. He has had the partition re¬
moved, throwing the entire floor into
one large room, plate glass front and
large show windows put in, giving it
a thoroughly modern style. Mr. Co¬
hen is moving his immense stock back
to it this morning and is busy getting
straightened out. He has had to se¬
cure the services of another milliner
to help supply the demand made on
this department and the many friends
of Miss Myrtle Bird, who has been
with Rich of Atlanta, will be glad to
know that she is back with Mr. Cohen.
Mr. Cohen has bought heavily this
and has the prettiest line of
season He
goods ever carried by him. an¬
nounces in another column that he is
full}- prepared for Easter with an un¬
usually pretty line.
See us for high-class Printing.
ALL FOOL'S DAY
FITTINGLY OBSERVED,
Many Innocent Jokes Played on
The Citizens. Ladies Had a
Great Time.
Last Thursday, April first, or more
plainly speaking, all fool’s day, was
a great one for Covington, many jokes
being played on friends all over the
city. From early in the morning till
late that night the jokers held full
sway and some of them were real
funny, too, to the other fellow.
No one was immune and occasion¬
ally you could see two men busily en¬
gaged in conversation when one would
run his hand into his pocket and hand
the other a little block closely resem¬
bling a caramel. The other would
unsuspectingly put it in his mouth
and right there the fun would start
for in reality it was only a little piece
of laundry soap. Did you ever see a
little square block of laundry soap?
Just like a caramel, isn’t it?—but pos¬
sibly you got caught (?)
One of the ladies of the city called
up a friend and told her to go to
the home of a neighbor who had se¬
riously mashed her foot. She then
called up the neighbor and told her
that the friend had seriously mashed
her foot. Of course they both imme¬
diately rushed out, intent on helping
the other—they met just half way.
We were told that one of the ladies
had a postal card from the express
company stating that she had a pack¬
age there and requesting her to call
for it. She went by and got a neigh¬
bor to go down to the express com¬
pany’s office and opened the package,
expecting to find a five-pound box of
Huyler’s. So far we have been un¬
able to ascertain what the package
contained.
One of the funniest incidents we
have heard of was a joke played on
Prof. Nicholson by two of the school
boys and when he started to correct
them for their refraction they made a
break for the door and incidentally
the street. Right there one of the
most exciting Marathon races in the
history of school began with the two
boys in the lead and the professor a
close second. As he ran the solf,
balmy breeze of a typical April morn¬
ing played the “wave song” through
his auburn locks as with rapid strides
he endeavored to overtake the cul¬
prits. It was indeed exciting and af¬
ter what seemed an interminable
length of time he overtook them, and
taking each by the hand he led them
reluctantly back to the school house,
into his private sanctum, and reach¬
ing after his moral persuader he has
there he proceeded to-but probably
you have been a boy, so w T hy go into
painful details?
A lot of fun was had throughout the
day but when Dr. Archer sat down to
supper and began to eat hot cakes he
was amazed to find his mouth full of
nice soft cotton. That capped the
climax—and this article, too.
Several Automobiles Here.
During the past few days there have
been quite a number of the best
makes of automobiles in the city, and
we understand that several of the
prominent citizens have purchased
machines. We are glad to see this
as it gives everything a city-like ap¬
pearance. If the ones purchased are
of the same pattern as those here last
week they will be beauties, all right.
Revival at the Methodist Church.
A series of revival meetings will be
held at the Methodist church in this
city commencing next Sunday and
continuing for several days, possibly
two weeks. Rev. Quillian, will prob¬
ably be assisted by Rev. J. N. Snow-,
of Macon, Ga., and the
are being looked forward too by
members of the church and the
ple generally. Every citizen in town
is cordially invited to come out to
services and the members are
ally urged to attend.
By The Office Devil.
All this week the crow has
getting in his song that many of
have read in the old
Reaker:
“Caw, caw said the crow
To the corn field below,
For as sure as I am born
There is a farmer planting
All of them have been busy
week planting. This is the first
this year the farmer has had
chance to do anything at all and
are making good use of the
nity.
$1.00 A Year In Advance.
NEW LODGE FOR
MASONIC ORDER.
St. Bernard Commandery Establish¬
ed Here Last Night. Good
Membership Enrolled.
The St. Bernard Commandery,
Knights Templar, was installed here
last night with Mr. R. P. Lester as
Eminent Commander, M. O. Turner,
Oenerallissimo and C. A. Sockwell as
Captain General. The institution of
this branch of Masonary is said to be
one of the most interesting in the
whole order, and starts off in this
city with a splendid enrollment of
members.
The drill team from the Atlanta
Commandery came down and put the
degree work on for the local lodge.
This team consisted of ten of the best
informed members in the state and
their work is said to be the finest ever
witnessed. About thirty-five mem¬
bers were initiated.
Mr. R. R. Fowler entertained the
members of the degree team and sev¬
eral of the local Knights at an elegant
dinner at his home on Floyd street
Tuesday evening which was quite an
elaborate affair. The dinner consisted
of six courses and w-as served under
the direction of Mrs. Fowler. The
guests were royally entertained and
enjoyed the affair very much.
The instituting of this branch here
will mean much for the local men and
it is thought that within a few weeks
the membership will exceed fifty.
Mrs. Philips A Delegate.
Mrs. J. E. Phillips was recently
appointed to represent the Daughters
of the American Revolution at the
conference of southern education
which will meet at Atlanta on the
fourteenth of this month. Mrs. Phil¬
lips received her appointment from
Miss Anna Caroline Bennings, State
Regent of the Daughters of the Amer¬
ican Revolution. The appointment
came as quite a surprise to Mrs. Phil¬
lips and her friends are congratulat¬
ing her upon receiving this compli¬
ment from the state regent.
—BOARD WANTED: Etoom and
board in good family. Reference ex¬
changed if desired. B. F. ROBERTS.
An
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INTERESTING LETTER
FROM MANSFIELD
Uncle John Roquemore Writes about
Conditions Existing In That
Hustling Little City.
Editors Covington News,
My Dear Friends:—I thank you
for past favors. May I come again?
I have some good and some bad news
from Mansfield. First, I will give the
bad. During the last two months our
town has been afflicted with money
sharks, pickpockets, and canvassers
of the country with worthless shows,
carrying out money from our town
which should go to support our good
women and children. If such con¬
tinues it will bring about a bread
famine upon our loved ones. God’s
word says “he that fails to provide
for his own, and especially his own
household, has denied the faith and
is more than an infidel.” Quit the
shows and feed your families.
Now I will give the good wine. Our
beautiful town is blessed with a fine
school conducted by Prof. H. L. Fos¬
ter and his assistant ladies, all mov¬
ing along nicely. This is not all.
We have the finest crop of sweet
babies in the county. As a proof of
this fact, our undertaker, Mr. J. C.
Harwell, said to me the other day
that he had sold out all his baby car¬
riages and had to make a new order.
God bless these sweet little things.
Let them come. Our Savior said
“suffer little children to come unto
me and forbid them not, for such is
the kingdom of heaven.”
In conclusion: it is said that blood
will tell. Like begets like. I have
been anxious to have a baby show in
our town. They all come from good
stock and I am satisfied our exhibit
would be fine. Our babies can all be
registered. I will say to the good
women, let us have* the baby show—
we will keep our money and sweet
babies too. God bless the good wo¬
men, and the men too, when they do
right. Goodbye,
Uncle John Roquemork .
P. S.—Subscribe for the News.
Don’t fail to see our line of straw
hats for men and boys. Will be on
display Saturday, April 10.
E. H. Mobley.
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