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VOL. L NO. 23
[DUCKWORTH WILL
BE HERE MAY 19.
fill Address The Members of The
Union in The County at The
Court House in This City.
The Farmers Union of this county
eld a very interesting meeting at the
ourt house last Saturday, at which
lme there was considerable busi¬
transacted, and a number of sub¬
ed discussed.
lets were talks
| Lre D uring the meeting interesting
made by Messrs. J. B. George
lid L. W. Jarman on questions local Union that
lave come up before the
tiring the past few weeks.
Mr. Jarman is a member of the Ed
cational Committee of the Fifth Con¬
cessional district and is one of the
; S t posted planters in this section,
is subject Saturday was conditions
id ways for making the present crop.
At this meeting it was announced
latHon. R. F. Duckworth, state
resident of the Union, would deliver
i address here on Wednesday, May
at 10 a. m. and all members of the
iiion in this county are urged to be
esent at his lecture, at which time
me very important business will
me up for action.
The people of this county are well
quainted with Mr. Duckworth and
has possibly as many friends in
iwton as any county in the state,
is expected that all members meet
m here on May 19.
Mrs. T. Chal Cowan Dead.
The announcement of the death of
L. T. Chal Cowan, which occurred
Iher home at Porterdale Thursday,
jh carry with it sorrow to the hearts
many friends in the county.
^he was sixty-three years of age
. leaves four children.
Irs. Cowan was a woman holding
i love and esteem of the entire com¬
ity, always ready to render aid
I assistance to anyone in distress,
i will be greatly missed by the
bple of that section,
fhe funeral. services were conducted
Jay by Rev. John B. Gordon, of
city, laid after which the remains
le to rest at Hopewell ceme-
Hi) i o
Report of the Condition of the
First National Bank
of Covington, Ga., at close of business April 28, 1909.
Resources:
Loans and Discounts__________________________$78,448.43
Overdrafts, (secured and unsecured)________ 380.56
C S. Bonds to secure circulation____________ 40,000.00
Premium on U. S. Bonds________________1,121.25
Bonds, securities, etc_______________ 5.00
Banking Oue house, furniture and fixtures_______ 4,922.24
from National Banks_______________________ 4,472.43
Oue from Approved Reserve Agents________ 7.354.49
necks and other Cash Items 304.40
„______________
otes of other National Banks________________ 368.00
factional paper currency, nickels and cents, 9.55
-awful money reserve in bank________________ 5,142.70
e( ern P tlon fund with U. S. Xreasurer______ 750.00
Total - . . $143,279.05
Liabilities :
Capital Stock________________... $40,000.00
^plus phonal and bank Profits 38,750.00 3,210.90
dividends unpaid_____________ notes outstanding___________ ' 4.00
individual ‘Certificates deposits of sub deposit_______ to check 44,754.50 . 51,314.1 5
BlUs Payable________________________________ 6,559.65 000.00
10 ,
Total . . - $143,279.05
I, }; p e State of Georgia, County of Newton.
8 °Lmnlv knowleffg** u . lenson 1 ** ^d ’ caf, ®‘ hier of the above is true name to bank, the best do
of my 1 6 >ove st,a tement
R. E. STEPHENSON, Cashier.
1909 U ' W ' 1 an< t sworn to pefore this 3rd, day of May
me
J. B. DAVIS, Clerk Court.
C ORRECT—) Attest Attest, -) N. N. n C. Z. Z. n C. i ANDERSON,J ROBINSON PADTMUnXI V l Directors
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) C. C. BROOKS f
BULL BATS GAVE
INSTITUTED HERE.
About One Hundred Red Men Ini¬
tiated Wednesday Evening
At The Hall.
Last Wednesday night was a gala
one for the local tribe of Red Men. A
drill team of the Atlanta Bull Bats
Cave came down and feathered the
nest for the Dried Indian Cave at this
place. About one hundred young
Bats in this county ware taught the
first principles of flight and put
through the intricate and mysterious
passages traversed by them.
The drill team from the Atlanta
Cave was composed of some ten or
twelve Bats and they were all gen¬
tlemen well posted in their work and
were very interesting talkers and
workers. The Weelaunie Tribe from
Porterdale came in and furnished the
music for the occasion. Red Men
from all parts of the county were also
here and possibly the largest number
ever gathered together in the county
corraled in the lodge room. The de¬
gree work lasted until the early hours
of the morning and the fellows had
the Bull Bat look all right next morn¬
ing.
After the installation ceremonies
were over refreshments were served,
consisting of cream, cake and other
delicacies. The boys all had a jolly
good time and emerged from the hall
full-fledged Bull Bats.
New Road Machine.
The County Commissioners at their
regular meeting last Tuesday passed
a resolution to purchase for the county
a new grading machine to be used on
the public roads of the county, and it
will be sent here for demonstration
within a short time. The machine
will be an improvement on the ones
now’ in use and it is said that the one
they are going to purchase is of the
most modern type.
Six more mules will also be pur¬
chased for road work, which will give
the county a strong working force,
together with the convicts now on
the roads.
The machine which will be pur¬
chased will be demonstrated on the
roads before the county will issue a
warrant for the price.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, MAY 12 , 1909 .
FRANCHISE QUESTION
IS STILL UNSETTLED
Adjustment of Street Car Company’s
Franchise Still Under Council
Advisement
As to whether or not Covington will
grant the Covington and Oxford
Street Railway a renewal of their
franchise which expired last year or
not is still a question that is giving
the members of the council a lot of
thinking. As it stands the street car
company has been operating for the
past year without anything like a
franchise, their old one having ex¬
pired in 1908, and although their char¬
ter was renewed there was no official
franchise given them by the city.
A few weeks ago this fact was
brought to the attention of the city
officials and since that time the ad¬
justment has been worked on. The
car company has made application
for a renewal to cover a period of
twenty years but a majority of the
members of the council only want to
grant the charter for a period of
five years, under condition that they
place their tracks on a level with the
street and keep the bridge between
the citv and the Georgia Railroad
depot in repair.
A special meeting of the council
was held in the council chambers
Monday night at which time stock¬
holders and representatives of the car
company were invited to discuss the
matter with the authorities. After
considerable discussion a vote was
taken as to whether the company
should operate with a charter for five
years under the conditions above
stated.
The desire of the council, as we un¬
derstand it, is simply to allow the car
company to operate on the streets of
the city, but they want them to have
a franchise and most of the members
favor the five year limit. At the
meeting Monday night committees
were appointed by the city and also
by the car company to confer with
each other that an adjustment may
be amicably reached which will give
the car company the same privileges
as it now enjoys and at the same time
to allow the city the benefit of pro¬
gress likely to come about before the
time asked by the car company,
which is thirty years.
These committees will hold a joint
meeting Wednesday afternoon, at
which time the plans will be discussed
and it is thought that an agreement
will be reached.
In talking to a member of the coun¬
cil this morning he stated that the
city did not want to work a hardship
on the car company but that they
thought that the company should
keep up their part of the bridge and
keep their tracks on a level with the
street. He also stated that there was
nothing to the report that the city
would require them to place their
tracks on the sides of the streets.
In bringing up the matter the fol¬
lowing resolution was passed by the
mayor and council and is taken from
the minutes:
“That the Covington and Oxford
Street Railway Company be required and
to pay 50 per cent of the repairs
maintenance of the bridge over Dried
Indian Creek leading to Georgia rail¬
road depot, not to include the walk¬
way. That the Covington and Oxford
Street Railway Company be required
to maintain that part of the street oc¬
cupied by their track by keeping it up
uniform with the roadway on either
side in an acceptable manner to the
Mayor and Council, and upon failure
to do so the Mayor and Council can
have the work done at the expense of
the railroad.”
The car company contends that
they are now operating under a fran¬
chise and the city attorney states that
they are not. The people of the city
will await the outcome of the mat¬
ter with interest.
Mrs. Godfrey Returns.
Mrs. P. Walton Godfrey, state
Regent of the Georgia Division of
D. A. R. and one of the most popu¬
lar and charming young matrons in
the state, returned this week from
Washington, where she went as a
delegate to the National Congress
of the D. A. R.
Mrs. Godfrey is a very enthusias¬
tic member of this body and while
in Washington took quite a promi¬
nent part in all the meetings and
the selection of the officers of the
order.
After the adjounment of the con¬
gress, Mrs. Godfrey visited several
points of interest. Her trip cover¬
ed a short stay at New York, Long
Island, New Jersey and points of
note in North and South Carolina.
ENTERTAINMENT A
DECIDED SUCCESS.
Program Given at Opera House by
Library Association Was Best
of Season.
The entertainment given at the
opera house last Friday night by Cir¬
cle three of the Library association
was one of the most largely attended
and enjoyable entertainments of the
season and the ladies are receiving
the congratulations of every one who
attended. The hall was filled with
people and they all pronounced the
program as being splendid.
The feature of the entertainment
was the Emory Glee Club, composed
of a number of students, and included
in this club are some of the best ame
tuers in the south. The songs ren¬
dered by them were simply fine and
the other numbers of the program
were excellently rendered and very
enjoyable in every detail.
The ladies of the library association
have purchased the house and lot on
College avenue, just in the rear of
Harwell’s Furniture Store, and it is
their purpose to erect a modern libra¬
ry building on the lot. The enter¬
tainments being given by them is for
this purpose and the success they are
meeting with is very flattering. Tem¬
porarily, they will aemodel the build¬
ing now on the lot which will be used
as a home for the library and a public
rest room for ladies who come to the
city for a few hours. The ultimate
object, however, is to build a library
building as a memorial to the Wo¬
man’s Club of this city.
The rest room planned by them is
one of the most needed of any conve¬
nience in the city. These ladies saw
the necessity of it and they have gone
to work to get it. It goes without
saying that they will succeed. Ladies
coming to the city now to do their
shopping or to attend to any kind of
business have no place to go to ar¬
range their toilets when they get to
town and sometimes in winter present
a very disheveled appearance, as the
only place for them to go is into some
store, unless they want to make a call
on some friend, and it is very embar¬
rassing for them all the time. This
rest room will meet the approval of
every one, in that it will provide the
place for them to go and come forth
with that chic appearance so dear to
both men and women. Then, too,
gentlemen will know where to find
their wives when they come to town
for a short while, which will be very
much easier than to have to start out
to make a visit of each store. Besidps
this thfere will be something like fif¬
teen hundred books for the benefit of
the people using the rest room. These
books are late editions and magazines
of all kinds will be found there. In
all the undertaking is a worthy one
and is receiving the hearty support
and appreciation of the entire city.
Remodels Home.
Mr. Wood Aiken, whose home is on
Monticello street, has just completed
the remodeling of his residence and
now has one of the prettiest in the
city. He has added another story
and more room to the ground floor,
making it a very convenient and
commodious residence.
Evidently a Mistake.
Yesterday The News received a
communication bearing the post
maik of Newborn, Ga., giving
some local items and some items
not exactly local, some personal
items and other things. At the
conclusion of the article the name
of Jesse James was signed. Now
everybody knows Jesse James died
some years ago and as it is impossi¬
ble for letters to be sent from the
other world (wherever he is) we
think there must have been some
mistake as to the name of the
writer. The article is not publish¬
ed from the fact that we positively
will not publish anything unless it
is signed by the writers right name.
We do not want to use the name in
print but must have it that we may
know who the sender of the article
is.
We would be glad for the writer
signing his name Jesse James to
come again with the correct signa¬
ture affixed.
—I am now located at the Flowers
Hotel and am prepared to do all
kinds of repair work. First-class cab¬
inet work and rebuilding of every
description done by me at reasonable
prices. Phone No. Estelle Glenn.
73.
JEWELRY STOCK
SOLD AT AUCTION.
Was Purchased By Mr. T. D. John¬
ston, of Atlanta, Who Will
Conduct the Business.
The stock of jewelry belonging to
the estate of the late James P. Sain
was sold by the administrator last Sat¬
urday at public outcry and the entire
business was purchased by Mr. T. D.
Johnston an Atlanta jeweler, who will
continue the same business at Mr.
Sain’s old stand.
The bidding for the stock was lively
and w r as finally sold to Mr f Johnston
at fifty-nine per cent of the original
cost. The stock inventories some¬
thing like $2,000 and is one of the pret¬
tiest lines in the country".
Mr. Johnston will arrive in the city
today and assume charge of the bus¬
iness. He comes well recommended
and is said to be an expert jeweler.
The sale was conducted by Mr. Jno.
J. Corley, who was appointed admin¬
istrator of the Sain estate, and the
price for which the goods were sold
was thought to be good, especially at
this season of the year.
Messrs. Grant & Williams who have
been conducting a repair shop in the
building have not yet decided what
they will do, but think they will con¬
tinue business at some other place.
The News extends to Mr. Johnston
a cordial welcome with the wish that
his business will be entirely" satisfac¬
tory and remunerative.
Moving Their Stock.
Messrs. Cash, Mobley & Co., who
have been engaged in the mercantile
business in the Magath building for
the past two y r ears are moving their
stock of goods into the store room
formerly occupied by the Bank of
Newton County where they will con¬
tinue in the same business.
The store room into which they are
moving was recently purchased by
Mr. W. Cohen and he has had it re¬
modeled and renovated, mamng oue
of the nicest places in the city.
For Sale—Full blooded Jersey bull.
Good qualities. A. R. Bower, Cov¬
ington, R. F. D. No. 2.
STRENGTH T •
,
Statement of condition of Bank of Covington
S of April, Covington, 28, 1909. Ga., at the close of business s
KESOURCEH:
'-p T Loans & Discounts, $184,071.03
Demand Loans...... 33,813.90 *217,884.93 E
Overdrafts, secured & unsecured 3,327.56
T't^rniture and Fixtures............ 3,833.65
A Cash on hand & due from banks 48,221.59
Total . . . $273,257.73 C
LIABILITIES:
B Capital, Undivided ....................... Profits (Net).......... 8100 7,203.18 , 000.00 U
Dividends Unpaid................. 52.00
Deposits.............. 141,002.55
I Bills Payable......................... 25,000.00
$273,257.73 R
L Deposits April 28,1908, $91,120.73
Deposits April 28, 1909, $141,002.55
r
I Capital Undivided Increased Profits. January $8,000.00 1, 1908, Dividends With Paid NO
Stockholders Since Capital Was Increased. T
T DIRECTORS:
S. P. Thompson Dr. J. T. Gibson
P. W. Godfrey C. A. Sockwell
Y R. R. S. R. Franklin Fowier Jno. N. S. L. Turner Stephenson Y
F. E. Heard O. S. Porter
R. W. Milner C. S. Thompson
Bank of Covington
Covington, Georgia
$1. A Year In Advance.
STATE TREASURER
R. E. PARK DEAD.
He Was One of The Best Known Of¬
ficials in The State and An Excel¬
lent Officer.
Capt. R. E. Park, treasurer of the
state of Georgia, died at the Piedmont
sanitarium in Atlanta last Friday af¬
ternoon, following an operation, for
acute bladder trouble. He did not
recover consciousness after the opera¬
tion and death came almost im¬
mediately.
The funeral took place at St. Mark’s
Methodist church last Sunday after¬
noon at four o’clock after which the
interment took place in Oakland. The
funeral services were conducted by
General Clement A. Evans and Bishop
Candler, and were very impressive.
The office of state treasurer is now
open and it is said that the appoint¬
ment of a successor is to be made by
Gov. Smith for the unexpired term.
The next term for which Mr. Park
had been elected will have to be filled
by a special election. Several promi¬
nent Georgians have been mentioned
for the place, among them being Hon.
John D. Walker, of Sparta, and Hon.
H. H. Gabaniss, of Atlanta. Just
who will be appointed is yet un¬
known.
In the death of, Hon. R. E. Park the
state looses one of its most valuable
officials and sterling citizens and the
people of the entire state extend
sympathy to the bereaved family.
Card of Thanks.
We take this method of publicly ex¬
pressing our sincere thanks to our
many friends, both white and colored,
for their generous expressions of sym¬
pathy and tokens of friendship shown
us since our recent loss by fire.
J. A. Cowan and Family.
For Sale—Cash or Credit.
150 bushels of the best Whipporwill
Peas for sale cheap, cash or on time.
D. A. THOMPSON.—3t.
—For the best ice cream, milk
shakes and lemonade, go to Parker’s
place.—tf.
