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Cotton Market:
following was ruling
prices here yesterday:
Middling, 10 3-8 cts
Good mid. 10 1-2 cts
VOL. L NO. 24
HAVE BASEBALL
H Park Being Re-Arranged and
Some Fast Games Will Be
Played Here.
That Covington will have some gen
ne baseball games this summer is
w a fact and not a wild fantasy of
deluded brain. Preparations are
ing made to give the people of the
y several good, swift games with
a l teams in a few weeks, and all
,
e enthusiasm and interest in base-
1 games which has lain dormant so
g will be revived and Covington
1 produce some of as good fans and
ters as she used to when every
y in town went to the games,
he management of the team is
der Mr. I. K. Norman, who has
jpt the crowds his phenominal guessing for several twirls
rs with
many a good batter has taken
players bench when his stick
ed for three consecutive times to
nect with Norman’s elusive sphere.
Norman will hold the plate again
.
year, and for the first time since
days of Gene Lee, Capers Har-
1 and Walter Corley, Covington is
£ to produce a fast team from
men, and a team that is certain
be a winner has already been
fted.
he ball park is being re-arranged
will be put in first-class condition
re the first game is played, insur
the people of a fast and interest
game. With the support of the
enthusiasts Covington can play
ood ball as any team outside the
ue.
elp the boys and lets have some
e good old games like we used to
Tent Meeting.
v. W. H. LaPrade and Rev. W.
enable will begin a tent meeting
ront of Turners Warehouse in
ray, commencing Wednesday
t May 26. The public is cor
y invited to come out and meet
R SALE—Fine Homer Pigeons,
per pair J. M. Aaron. tf.
UNCLE SAM IS
BEHIND US
This Safe is With Us.
’ hat better safe-guard could
you desire?
First National Bank
Covington, Ga.
Ccumniton L Ml I
SCHOOL CLOSES
FRIDAY, MAY 21.
Commencement Exercises Will Be¬
gin Friday Night With
Musical Progam.
The Covington High School will
close its present session Friday after¬
noon and the annual commencement
exercises will begin Friday night and
conclude Monday night. The work
accomplished at the school this year
has been unusually good and the
graduating class is a large one.
Friday night Miss Ezell, the teacher
of music at the college will furnish
the program and from the program
will be a brilliant entertainment.
Miss Ezell is a talented young woman
and her instruction here has been
excellent.
The commencement sermon Sunday
will be preached by Dr. S. R. Belk,
of Atlanta, at the Methodist church.
He is one of the most noted ministers
in the state and his sermon will be
heard by a large congregation.
Monday night the Seniors will fur¬
nish the program, and as usual it will
be intensely interesting to the people
of the city. It follows in full:
Duet, March Triumphant, Rathbun,
Musette Cook and Annie P. Anderson
Self Control, Alva Adams.
A Few Phases of the Negro Ques¬
tion, Lucile Peek.
Have an Object in Life, Eunice
Fowler.
Solo, Etude, Ravir.a, Frances God¬
frey.
Was Hamlet Insance? Emmet
Rogers.
Music, Annie Wicks.
Solo, Dream Idyls, Martin, Grace
Whitehead.
Evangeline, Jeannette Holland.
The Art of Concentration, Otis
Adams.
Solo, Gaite de Coeur, S. Smith,
Musette Cook.
Was Mark Anthony a Friend to
Caesar? Lyda Sue Bower.
Ideals, Lillie Wicks.
Solo, Valse Graceuse, Spindler.
Florence Wells.
Class Prophecy, Katie Briscoe.
Valedictory, Blyde Petty.
Song, Farewell, Class.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, MAY 19, 1909.
FIFTH DISTRICT HIGH
SCHOOL CONVENTION
Prominent Representatives From
Every Town in The District
Attended the Session.
The following account of the Fifth
District High School Convention held
at Conyers recently was published in
the Conyers Free Press and was hand¬
ed us with the request that we pub¬
lish it, as some of the members are
among the county’s able teachers:
The meeting of the Fifth District
High School Association, which con¬
vened here Friday and Saturday, May
7th and 8th, was one of the most en¬
joyable affairs of this kind ever held
in this section of the state. The asso¬
ciation was only recently organized
and the interest and enthusiasm man¬
ifested by the people of every town in
the 5th district is sure to make it one
of the best and most important.
Representatives from every town
and county in the district were here
and the citizens of Conyers did much
for the entertainment of the great
number of guests.
The exercises Friday evening were
held in the Methodist church and were
attended en masse. The address of
welcome by Prof. R. 0. Powell was
responded to by Prof. J. O. Upshaw,
of Monroe. The program which con¬
sisted of music, recitations and im¬
promptu debating, was charmingly
rendered, every one carrying out his
or her part exceedingly well, and all
who participated deserve special men¬
tion. The chorus by the Conyers
High school girls was the opening
number on the program.
Four young men took part in the
impromptu debating and they did full
justice to the subject, “Should a Bill
be Introduced in the Georgia Legisla¬
ture on Compulsory Education,” upon
which they were given five minutes
to think and no one knew his subject
beforehand. All were heartily in
sympathy with the debaters at this
trying time, but each did his best arid
was congratulated for his efforts on
such a universal matter of discussion.
Saturday morning the school grounds
were thronged with spectators to wit¬
ness the 100 yard dash, 250 yard dash,
hurdle race, the leaps, etc. Stone
Mountain carried off all the prizes of
the athletic games which showed the
skill of their training at U. S. B.
The remainder of the morning’s pro¬
gram was rendered at the church,
spelling match, orations, music, etc.,
being the principal features. If space
would permit we would like to go into
detail, for saying that all did excel¬
lent work mildly expresses it. The
oration by Mr. Roy Burson, “The
Man of Tomorrow,” and Mr. Madison
Tucker’s oration were oratorical gems,
Mr. Tucker receiving honorable men¬
tion.
In the ready writer’s contest the
subject given was, “Should Women
Be Allowed to Vote.” Miss Kate
O’Kelly received honorable mention
in this contest.
A small fee of ten cemts was charged
to pay for medals and other expenses.
The committee in awarding the
medals did not judge from the general
impressions but from the ease and
manner in which the contestant per¬
formed.
Medals were awarded the following
in a most gracious manner by Prof.
Hanson:
Elocution—Miss Lorene Collins, of
Monroe A. & M.
Music—Miss Olive Hardwick, of
Conyers.
Spelling—Miss Leila Johnson, of
Conyers.
Impromptu Debating—A. Peacock,
Jr. of Stone Mountain.
Oratory—Mr. Lucius Upshaw, of
Douglas ville.
Ready Writing—Miss Stella Upshaw
of Monroe.
HONORABLE MENTION.
Elocution—Miss Nannie Mae Mob¬
ley, of Social Circle.
Music—Miss Mary Mobley, of Mon¬
roe.
Oratory—Mr. Madison Tucker, of
Conyers.
Ready Writing—Miss Kate O’Kelly,
of Conyers.
One of the most exciting ball games
witnessed here in some time was
played at 1 :30 o’clock between A. &
M. Boys of Monroe and Conyers, and
the yells of both sides added greatly
to the excitement. The result of the
game was 5 to 3 in favor or Conyers.
The following were prominent vis¬
itors:
Supt. J. C. Upshaw, Monroe.
Supt. J. R. Campbell, Social Circle.
Supt. W. E. Dendy, Douglasville.
Supt. G. C. Adams, Monroe.
Prof. Cowan, Monroe.
MB. JOHN ECHOLS
FOR GOOD ROADS.
Made a Trip to Atlanta to Secure
Route For Big Automobile
Highway.
Mr. John H. Echols, a member of
the city council and a thorough citi¬
zen when it comes to improvement
and bettering cenditions in the rural
districts of the county, has a proposi¬
tion before the county commissioners
and the directors of the Atlanta-New
York automobile highway being
planned by the Atlanta Journal, to
bring this county in for a stretch of
the road building and allow us to con¬
test for the $1000 prize offered to the
county making the best showing in
road work. Last Wednesday Mr.
Echols was in Atlanta conferring
with the directors of the movement
and submitted to them the practica¬
bility of Newton, Walton and Rock¬
dale combining and building a thor¬
oughly modern roadway from the
northern edge of Walton through
Newton and Rockdale, thence on to
Atlanta. The directors thought well
of the proposition and have the plan
under advisement. The scout car is
out now looking up the best route
and in all probability will pass
through Newton county sometime
within the next few days.
Mr. Echols stated to a News man
that in all probability the route would
be so changed as to bring this county
in if the other counties would unite in
an effort to get it. The matter has
been taken up officially with them by
the county commissioners and some¬
thing definite will be the outcome
shortly.
In speaking of the proposition of
Mr. Echols the Atlanta Journal of
last Wednesday afternoon had the
following to say regarding it:
“J. H. Echols, of Covington, New¬
ton county, enthused by the possibil¬
ities which the great New York to
Atlanta highways offers to this ana
future generations, has laid before
The Journal a plan whereby he hopes
to divert the ultimate route of the
highway from its present course from
Jefferson to Stone Mountain, to a
more southerly route through Winder,
Monroe, Covington, Conyers and
Lithonia, and from Lithonia direct to
Atlanta.
“ ‘This route would be a few miles
further,’ concedes Mr. Echols who
called at The Journal offices Tuesday,
commissioned by his fellow citizens
of Covington.
“ ‘But it would more than make up
for that by its superior grades. The
road by this route would evade the
hills that the more northerly route
would encounter, and it would class
in quality, in other points, in bridg¬
ing, etc., with some of the best roads
in the state.’
“ ‘The three counties combined
could offer about 100 miles of excel¬
lent road,’ says Mr. Echols. ‘The
county commissioners told me they
are working on a project now to con¬
nect the county seats of these three
counties, as an initial step for the im¬
provement of all the roads in that
section.’ ”
Error Corrected.
Last week we published a little
squib stating that we had a letter
from some one at Newborn signed
Jesse James. Immediately after the
paper came out we were called up a
number of times over phone and told
that we had made a mistake and th at
there was a man living at Newborn
by the name signed to the article. We
were some worried over it and
thought that we had made a grave
mistake. Friday, however, we re¬
ceived a letter from Mr. James at
Newborn stating that a lot of people
thought his name was “Jesse” and
that it did not set well with him. His
in full follows:
“It has appeared in your paper that
au article has been addressed to you
from Newborn claiming to have been
written by Jesse James. There is no
anywhere person living at Newborn or
else that I know of. A few
persons, unwittingly call me Jesse
James. That is not my name and I
would thank such persons to cease
calling card me by that name. I write this
and wish you to publish it, be¬
the article some people think that I wrote
referred to above. I know
nothing of it whatever.
“H. H. James, Newborn, Ga.”
Prof. McLean, Decatur.
Prof. J. S. Tilley, Athens, Judge of
Oratory.
Music. Miss Ezelle, Covington, Judge of j
Prof. Hanson, Monroe, Judge of
Oratory.
Prof. J. O. Martin, Porterdale.
Prof. J. S. Stewart, Athens.
COUNTY ISSUES
ANOTHER REPORT.
Shows Disbursements for Month of
April and Gives Road Expense
at $1,450.59.
The County Commissioners have is¬
sued their official report for the last
month showing the expenditures for
the county. As will be seen the road
expense was $1,450.50. The other ex¬
penses for the month were low. The
report in full follows:
ROAD FUND.
D. A. Thompson.................................... $ 28 25
T. W. Hicks............................................ 25 18
W. H.Ogletree....................................... 8 00
James Patrick......................................... 7 50
S. S. Starr............................................... 1 00
T. L. Loyd........................................... 23 52
Lunsford & Estes................................... 2 00
Newt Steadham...................................... 5 40
Almand Supply Co................................. 6 60
S. C. Chestnut......................................... 31 48
Emmett Robertson................................ 22 25
R. M. Moon............................................. 11 00
J. M, Lassiter.......................................... 2 80
Dobbs Bros............................................ 5 10
J. M. Davis, et al.................................... 303 27
A.M, Owens.......................................... 7 12
W. T. Thomas...................................... 31 42
J. W. Giles............................................ 10 11
Newton County Oil Mills...................... 7 63
Fowler Bros............................................ 1 50
Fowler Brs............................................... 92 80
Covington Buggy Co.............................. 75
C. A. Franklin...................................... 20 56
Corden Moore........................................ 5 00
T. A. Cook............................................. 2 00
A. S. Hopkins........................................ 2 00
C. T. Pitts............................................... 8 90
Heard, White & Co.............................. 141 55
I. W. Meadors...................................... 15 75
B. L. Johnson... A................................. 49 48
M. D. and II L. Smith .......................... 35 82
H. J. Boggus.......................................... 6 00
Stephenson & Callaway.......................... 99 58
Sebe Carr............................................... 3 25
T. C. Swann Co................. 205 31
Howard Middlebrook............................. 2 00
Stephenson hardware Co........................ 82 24
O. L. Holmes.......................................... 3 96
Sam Johnson.......................................... 12 00
J. T. Stubbs............................................ 23 27
A. R. Knight.......................................... 2 00
J. C. Hays............................................... 80 85
R. C. Guinn, Agt Ga R. R...................... 1 36
R. C. Guinn, Agt Ga R. R................. 13 08
Total..................................................... 114V) 59
COUNTY FUND
John Bass................................................. 4 00
The Enterprise.................. 4 00
S. B, Fuller.......................................... 7 jo
Heard, White & Co............................... 50
J. B. Davis.............................................. 52 00
G. D. Heard.......................................... 82 00
John Gaither.......................................... 10 00
Fowler Bros........................................... 30 00
A, S. Hopkins....................................... 1 00
A. D. Meadors........................... 14 00
If Your
Stationery ing bears and Print¬
it is backed our imprint
by our
guarantee to give you
satisfaction. We are
here to please YOU.
$1. A Year In Advance.
BIG LAND SALE
FOR NEXT FRIDAY
Overlook Park Lots Will Be Sold
at Auction Next Friday. Sev¬
eral Lots Given Away.
Messrs. Starr, Adams & White, who
have sub-divided the lots at Overlook
Park, have been busy during the past
week getting things in shape for the
big sale which is scheduled to come
off beginning next Friday and con¬
tinuing from day to day until all the
lots are sold.
Last Friday they gave away ten
lots to people who would agree to
build a house on them within the
next twelve months and there were
something like forty applicants for
the free lots. They are also going to
give a lot away every day during the
sale and everybody on the grounds
will have the opportunity of securing
a resideuce lot free.
They have been doing considerable
grading and laying off streets out at
the park and by the day of the sale
will have everything in first class
shape. They are also making prepara¬
tions to give the people who attend
a good time as cold drinks will be
served free and Wedemeyer’s Con¬
cert Band of Atlanta has been en¬
gaged to furnish the music for the
occasion.
The free lots given last Friday were
awarded to Mrs. J. B. Almand, Miss
Lula Kirkley, Messrs J. J. Smith, W.
A. Adams, J. P. Perry, G. D. Heard,
M. W. Flemister, H. H. Venable, J.
W. Dutton, and W. S. Chandler.
See their advertisement in another
part of to-day’s paper and go out to
the sale next Friday.
F. S. Lunsford......................................... 9 50
Southern Bell Tel Co.............................. 3 15
S. M. Hay, Sheriff......................... 4 00
Total........................................................ $257 65
* PAUPER FUND
C. C. Brooks.............................................. 75
W. T. Watson ....................................... 17 33
Fowler Bros ....................................... 80
Fowler Bros............................................. 4 00
Heard, White & Co................................. 16 94
Total......................................................i $39 82
Grand Total................................. v ........... $1748 06
G. D. HEARD, Clerk
Bank The success of a bank and the safety of
the funds intrusted to it depend upon
With a judicious management of its affairs.
The Every officer of the Bank of Covington
OLD is a practical banker of life-long ex¬
perience.
Its Directors are all well known men se¬
L lected for their business ability and their
I financial standing.
A The strength of this bank lies not alone
B in its large capital and resources, but
in the character and financial respon¬
L sibility of the who conduct its
men
E affairs.
The
Bank of Covington
Covington, Georgia
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