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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 “See Statememt on Another Page.’