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3% (Couiugtmt Published Every Wednesday. OFFICIAL ORGAN NEWTON Lon. L. Flowers & Edwin Taylor, Edited and Publishers. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Six Three Advertising Kates Furnished oh Application. Entered as second-class matter cember 3, 1908, at the post office Covington, March Ga., under the Act 3, 1879. COVINGTON, GA., May 12, 1909 GOOD ROADS A NECESSITY. Any county with the number of cessful planters, wealthy citizens volume of business that this has should have thoroughly roads for the convenience of the ple generally. Especially is this in the fall and spring seasons as ing these periods there is a amount of supplies and guano to and from the towns within borders and it would mean a ous saving in time and money to the farmers if they had good roads which to haul their products. Newton county has the best road foundation of any in the state and when everything is taken into consid¬ eration she has got just about as sorry roads. Every year for the past three decades vast amounts have been ex¬ pended on the highways of the county with the result that after all her ef¬ forts and expense she has some roads that are passable—in dry weather. What the trouble is seems to be in the methods of road building. We do not mean by this statement that we know how to build good roads but we do know them when we ride over them. The question that now stands before the people of this county is how to get better roads; whether the meth¬ ods now in use should be continued or whether it would be better to issue bonds and put the roads in good con¬ dition once for all and save the nec¬ essity of having to spend so much each year to keep them where the farmer can haul a light load over them at a slow gait. We believe it would be the best thing for the county to issue the road bonds and if it takes every dollar to do it, fix up one stretch of road in the proper condition so that when there is a visitor in town or in the country we can take him to ride over one stretch. Get the bond issue through and believe we will get good roads. That automobile highway from to Atlanta would be a peach all right. The state lost one of its most ble citizens in the death of Hon. R. E. Park last week. There is now a fight on the fly. Seems to us that the fight should bn the filth that produces the pest. The people of this city are more forcibly than ever the of standing together in all matters public interest. Interest in the Poultry Show is creasing every day. It is now an most positive fact that Covington hold one sometime this fall. A murderer was relased in on account of a poem he wrote. have seen some poetry that ought send the writer to the pen for life. For the past few weeks the bers of congress have been from a Payne-Dingley tariff ague. The nation will suffer for after they get over it. Possibly that old friend (?) of property owners of Covington, Southeastern Tariff Association, give us a reduction in insurance after we get our fire company. And now Carrie Nation, of hatchet-saloon fame, has some broad acres and will take farming and poultry raising as livelihood. Truly, we are sorry the fowls. Now that our system of is to be placed in operation we impress it on you that the should be thoroughly cleaned up fore summer. Every property should take pride in the of his premises. Rev. A. C. Shuler, of Buckhead, increased the size of his paper, the “Baptist Helper.” It resents a long felt want in this tion, as there is no paper of this published around here and it is gotten up and well edited. The scription price is only 25c a year, it should be in every Christian throughout this section. We ulate Brother Shuler on the appearance of his pretty little — Madison Advertiser, THE FARMERS UNION. The Farmers Educational and Co¬ operative Union is doing more to ben¬ efit the farmers of the country than anything else has ever done. The aim and intention of the Union is to edu¬ cate the planter along practical lines enab 1 ig him to handle his affairs, plant his crops right, market it in a business way and make his home life more interesting and profitable in every detail. The Union has ized local chapters in all the states in the south and today nearly every county in the entire southern the farmers are working along operative and profitable lines. The field for the Farmers Union unlimited and the work they are do¬ ing is worthy the admiration and sistance of the entire citizenship the south. In Georgia the growth the Union has been phenominal and every county in the state has its local Union with the representative planters of the localities as its members. The work they are doing is commendable from the fact that they are endeavor¬ ing to place the methods of the farm on a practical business basis and so manage the farm products as to pre¬ pare it properly for the market and sell it at the propitious time that they may realize the best price for their efforts. It is a great undertaking but the farmers are rallying to it, realiz¬ ing the benefits to be derived and at the present rate the membership will cover the entire rural sections in a few more years. The officers of the National Union are men of sterling character and re¬ cognized business integrity and hold¬ ing the confidence of the members as they do are doing much for the main¬ tenance and support of the Union. They are devoting their work and clear-sighted business judgment to the good of the order and The News congratulates them on their success. They are guiding the affairs of the Union into channels profitable and pleasant and are making farm life very inviting, making it a pleasant pastime instead of a drag and burden. In Newton county the Union has made rapid strides and growth, every district in the county being represent¬ ed at the county division, and the of¬ ficers are doing much for its advance¬ ment. Every district has one man who is a member of the National Ed¬ ucational branch of the Union and Mr. L. W. Jarman of this county is the representative from the fifth dis¬ trict. He is a young man of unusual energy and is doing much for the fur¬ therance of the interests of the Union from this section. He is a model farmer and is a thorough believer education for the farmer in both tical and literary lines. He is his energy and influence for its and the members of the Union this district are proud of their sentative. Mr, A. A. Crutchfield, an tic member of the Union, in a sation with a News man the day stated that the Union when organized was handicapped by bers who would join and then stand up to the principles of the but that at the present time member was loyal to his and that they were standing for the good of all and trying to farm life a model one. The future the Union and the southern planter due largely to efforts and success the Union, and with it grounded the fundamental principles of on practical lines a glowing will await the planter through working of the Union. PURE ROT. Of all the pure, unmitigated rot in troduced into the annals of politics within recent years, the of Gov. Smith and his and the glowing pictures of what Brown will do when he is has got all precedents skinned a block. Some of the weekly who were staunch friends of the ent governor last year have learned that they were defeated those papers ardently supporting Brown seem to have forgotten, if ever knew', that the campaign is Really it seems to be a sound case petty prejudice on both sides, and say the least of it, it is decidedly tasteful to the public which is posed of friends of both sides. During the past few weeks i has been a great deal of hurled at Gov. Smith for some of decisions. The News believes he has performed his duty as he it, without fear or favor to any He announced, and in fact it was platform, to do his “durndest” to the railroad question dowm to rates w'ould be equal to He has done what he said he was ing to do—agitated a reduction freight rates and a reduction of senger rates. There is nothing to criticise in his tion. This is not said as a boost merely a statement of facts. What Governor Brow'n will do he is inaugurated is a question to determined later. It is expected he will make a good one and if does, and carries out the planks his platform of last year, The w.ll be ready to give any possible to help him. As far as the puerilous punk at both parties it is deserving of censure of the entire citizenship of intelligent Georgia people as the people are. THE COVINGTON NEWS We Heard It Said- That the city taxes will be as high in Coviugton next year as they were this. That some of our citizens really don’t know they belong to that “knocking club.” That when it comes to school audi toriums Contractor Charlie Clark knows how to build them. That Dr. Anderson is going to wear one of those “home-made suits” to Joe Brown’s inauguration. That ere this the electric light board of the city should have at least accu¬ mulated a small sinking fund. That the residents of East street want an electric light at the crossing of the Central road mighty bad. That Covington is not only the livest town in this section of Georgia, but one of the prettiest on the map. That within a very short time now Covington will go into the front ranks of the foremost towns of the state. That our citizens have at last put their shoulders to the wheel and gone to work for a better and greater Cov¬ ington. That Covington offers better induce¬ ments to manufacturing enterprises than any other tow r n in this section of the state. That if Newton had a few more John Echols’ within her borders we’d have some public highways that any one should feel proud of. That Judge Whaley did the farmers a great favor in not requiring them to attend court only one day at the last term of the City court. That the people of the city have at last woke up to the necessity of good roads. Covington has recently in¬ stalled a water and sewerage system. That those fellows in our city who are given to “knocking their home town” are rapidly “tucking their tails” and going into the back yard. That the people of the county have already learned that things are not always what they are claimed to be, and that they get the news while it is news from The News. That from the condition of some of Newton’s roads after a few miles ride in the country a thorough water and sewerage system had been placed in many parts of the county. That a large number of our citizens are asking if the city council is going to make the establishment of water and sewerage “compulsory” among the people who own property. That that gambling scrape which Newton was given credit for inaugu¬ rating brought the names of some prominent people in the lime light who really did not live in this county. That before the present water and sewerage system is completed the citizens of Covington would like to see a re-production of the original drawing in one of the county papers. The Athens Banner is deserving of the support of the business men of that city and the people generally. The editor of that live paper is always boosting something for the good of the city and he is achieving much along the lines advocated by him. Every enterprise that w'ould mean more prosperity and business for Cov¬ ington should be encouraged by the people as a whole. There is nothing that builds up a town faster and on a more solid foundation than a lot of manufacturing enterprises. Help them along. We notice that many papers over the state are jumping on the tax dodg¬ ers and giving them “hail Columbia” for not giving in their pigs, cows and suspenders at the exact price for which they would be wdlling to sell them. Well, w'hen seriously consid¬ ered, it is sad to note the common disregard of an oath in Georgia, but it is mighty hard to give in a mouse colored mule at his full value when the landlord pays taxes at $5 per acre on the land that same mule tills. It would be well for the legislature to look into this matter and give us tax assessors, which w'ould soon lower the tax rate and enforce honesty all down the line, instead of this guess work of balancing with next door neighbors.—Ex. It pays to buy the best. I breed exclusively S. C. R. I. Reds, from prize pens. Eggs, $2.00 for 15. J. W. HENDERSON Mansfield, Ga. Teacher’s Examination. The next regular Teachers’ Exami¬ nation will be held June 18th and 19th. Questions on Theory and Practice of Teaching will be based largely on ' Dutton’s School Management and Dinmore’s Teaching a District School. A. H. Foster, C. S. C. j —Fine Berkshire male. Service seasona,Jle , . J. L. Mask, Henderson 1 - Mill.—1. Spring and Summer Clothi Dont Forget to give M. Levin a call when you buy your spring or summer suit. MM' He has the Best Clothes at the Lowest! m prices, in Serges and Fancy Worsteds, i n y Latest Colors and Patterns. Prices I Pi n n / i $10 $16.50 □ n to J Millinery Stylish Millinery at reasonable price Shapes right styles right, colors right. % will save you money and please you. Also: a full line of Ladies Dress Goods. LEVIN, Covington, Georgi; | LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Commissioners’ Sale. By virtue of an order from the Su¬ perior Court of Newton county, Geor¬ will gia, granted March term, of partition, 1909, be sold, for the purpose at public outcry on the first Tuesday in June, 1909, at the court house door in said county, between the legal hours of sale, a tract of land lying in Gaither’s District, in said county, containing thirty-six acres, more by or less, and bounded on the north land of J. H. Boyd, Lilia M. Benford, William G. Boyd, Clara G. Goodman, Marvin V. Boyd and Ludia H. Boyd; by on the east Gay; by land formerly owmed and E. H. on the south south-east by land of C. A. Tuggle, and on the west by land formerly owmed by Martha Banks; and also that tract or parcel of land lying in said District and county containing seventy-five acres, and bounded on the east by land of Epsie Gav, on the south by the above described tract of land, on the west by lands formerly owmed by Martha Banks and on the north by l^nds of the estate of James Harwell deceased. The purchase price of said land to be paid November 1st, 1909. D. A. Thompson, John L. Stephenson, J. F. Henderson. Commissioners. May 3, 1909. SHERIFF SALES. Will be sold at the Court House door in New¬ ton County, Ga., on the First Tuesday in June 1909, within the legal hours of sale for cash, the following property, to-wit: All that tract or parcel of land con¬ taining Forty-seven (47) acres, more or less, on the north-west side of the Town of Oxford, in Newton county, Georgia, and bounded as follow’s ; On the north by lands formerly be¬ longing to the estate of Henry Gaith¬ er, deceased, on the east by Hull Street and land of George W. Stone, on the south by lands of J. S. Stew¬ art, trustee, and on the west Stone." by lands of H. H. and W. T. Said property levied on as the property of George W. Stone with a fi fa issued from the Superior Court of said county and state, in favor of Clark Banking Co., and transferred to the Bank of Newton County, against said George W. Stone. Written notice given George W. Stone, lie being in pos¬ session. This March 31, 1909. S. M. Hay, Sheriff. Citation. GEORGIA, Newton County. T. W. Heard, administrator upon the estate o J. H. Pope, late of said county deceased hav ing filed his petition for discharge, this is to cite all persons concerned to show cause against the granting of this discharge, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary for said comity to lie held on the first Monday in June. 1909. A. D. MEADOR. Ordinary. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons having claims against the Estate of the late Jas. P. Sain are hereby notified to render the same to me in proper form according to I .aw, and all persons indebted to said Estate are here¬ by notified to make settlement as the l.aw di¬ rects. J. J. CORLEY, Administrator of the Estate of Jas. P. Sain Deceased. Covington Ga. April 5th 1909 Notice. All persons are hereby warned not to hire or harbor Tommy Harrison, he being a minor and having been persuaded to leave home. Mrs. M. J. McGHEE, Covington, Ga., May 1, 1909.—4t. —We make a specialty of ice cream milk shakes and lemonade. Parker’s place.—tf. To the Ladies of Covington. We have added a bakery to our Lunch Counter and Candy Kitchen and have secured the services of E. A. Veal, an expert baker of 1 2 years experience. Why make cakes when you can get them from us such as Angel cake, Pound cake, Raisin cake, Citron, Silver and Fruit cakes; cream puffs, chocolate, cl* elaire, coeoanut, and macaroons. Pies of all kinds. Wedding cakes a specialty. We are making a special run this week on Layer Cakes, coeoanut, chocolate and caramel, 50c each. J. L. Smith Phone 221. NICE FRESH GROCERIES You will always find at my store as nice and fresh ceries as can be found in the city, and when you purcta 56 them from me I make it a point to get them to your ^ 0,ne just as quick as it is possible for me to do it. fresh meats 1 also have in connection with my store a first class M ea Market and can furnish you with the choice kind of you like so well. Giveme an order. I will appreciate it an will try to please you. Cigars aud Tobacco. Cash Paid for ^ R. F. Wright, Covington, Georgia.