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Social and Local News Items a i, ' Bi iiBBBB S Sc^3S5 —5 B ■•-.i.—. 55—™5, BBSs Paragraphs About People You Know. Mrs. R. B. Davis spent Monchy in Atlanta. Mrs. William G. Burt spent Monday with friends in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. J. a. Venable announce the birth of a beautiful baby girl. Miss Kate Vining and little brother, Howard, spent Sunday in Mansfield. Miss Myrtle Bird and little brother spent Sunday with friends in Atlanta. Mrs. Cathey and children are at home from a several days stay at Col¬ lege Park. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith and little son spent Sunday with relatives at Walnutgrove. Mrs. Chas. A. Franklin has returned from a stay in Atlanta and is much improved in health. Mrs. Walter Sloan, of Atlanta, was udth her .brother, Mr. A. D. Atkin¬ son, a part of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Erl Lunsford have re¬ turned from East Point to make Cov¬ ington their future home. Mr. Junius G. Marlowe, of Athens, visited his aunt, Mrs. M. D. Petty, several days of last week. Mrs. Laura Carter and daughter, Miss Mary, and Mrs. V. Cook spent one day last week in Atlanta. Miss Mary Carter left this week for an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. C. D. Shelnut, at Sandersville. Miss Ruby Ezelle, of Monticello, will spend several days of this week with her sister, Miss Bessie Ezelle. Miss Beulah Atkinson, of McDon¬ ough, is the attractive guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Atkinson, on Floyd street. Miss Jeanne Carter has returned to her home at Newborn after apleasant visit to her grandmother, Mrs. Laura Carter. Mrs. H. B. Anderson and Miss Martha Anderson are at home from a several days stay with Mrs. J. T. Corley in Marietta. —FOS SALE—Several good milch cows for sale at a bargain. All giving milk. See me at once. W. F. Hilley, Porterdale, Ga. We are receiving daily pretty new things for our The Store of GOOD Values Misses Annie Higgins and Mattie Micheal, of Monroe, spent the week¬ end with Miss Higgins’ parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Higgins. Mrs. Clara P. Bolger and little daughter, Frances, have returned to their home after a short visit to her mother, Mrs. M. D. Petty. Mr. J. H. Mathis, of Charleston, S. C., has come to our city and opened a plumbing establishment in the store room formerly occupied by Cash, Mobley & Co. —LOST—In the city of Covington or between city and my store near Porterdale, a black pocket book con¬ taining 3 five dollar bills. Finder re¬ turn to R. H. Dial, Covington, No. 2, and get reward. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Travis and little son, Jack, arrived in the city last week and are stopping at the Flowers Hotel. Mr. Travis is engaged in the plumbing business here with offices in the Star building. Library Circle to Sell Candy. Circle No. 1 of the Library Associa¬ tion will place a lot of nice candy, the good home-made kind, at the store of J. N. Bradshaw & Co., next Saturday to be sold to the people of the city. This circle of the library is doing much for the work they have under¬ taken and the proceeds of the sale Saturday will go toward the purchase price of the library building. Go down and buy some of their candy it is the best to be had and you w-ill also have-the pleasure of helping a worthy cause. A Great Convenience. Messrs. Childs & Fuller have opened a first-class wood and coal yard where they are prepared to deliver to your home the best wood and coal procur¬ able in the city. When you buy your stove wood from them you get it already cut and are saved the annoy¬ ance of getting it prepared for your stove, which is quite an item in Cov¬ ington. Remember them when you need either wood or coal and tele¬ phone your orders to them. They will sell you the best and will treat you right too. Give them a call. THE COVINGTON NEWS Mother’s Circle Entertainment. The Mothers Circle held their last meeting at the home of Mrs. A. H. Foster on Friday afternoon. Various questions upon habit and its effect upon the future welfare of the child were discussed. The meetings are growing in interest and the earnest¬ ness manifested by the mothers can¬ not fail to have its effect for great good. After the business session the guests were served with a delicious salad course with iced tea. Mrs. Fos¬ ter was assisted in entertaining by Miss Dorothy Foster, the little daugh¬ ter of the house and Mrs. P. W. God¬ frey. The next meeting will be held the home of Mrs. Edward Fowler. Newborn High School Commencement. The commencement exercises Newborn High School will be May 28 to June 1st, 1909, with as follows: Friday night, May 28th Junior ception at the home of the principal. Sunday morning, May 30th. mencement Sermon by Rev. S. P. Wiggins, of Jackson, Ga. Monday night, May 3lst, by Grammar Grades. Tuesday night, June 1st, by High School Grades. The public will receive a welcome to each and all of the above, with the exception of the Junior ception. Livingston High School Graduates. The list of names given' are those of the graduates of the ingston High School, a picture which appears on another page. regret that the list of names us too late to be printed along with the cut, but we give them here you can easily tell w'ho they are. Reading from the left, top row Miss Carrie Lee Livingston, Miss Ross Scott; second row, J. O. Martin, Crew Sullivan, Abbie Ogletree, Hull, Chas King, Chas. Sullivan, Olin Hooper; third row’, Miss Ada ston, Miss Mary Sue Sullivan, Kate Pruitt, Miss Verba Ogletree, Carrie Black, Roy Ogletree; row', Miss Mary Lucy and Miss Inez Stewart. There are eighteen in this class two w'ere absent the day the was made. Dr. J. T. Gibson, of Oak Hill, and Dr. O. L. Holmes, of Stewart, two the county’s prominent physicians, were in the city Tuesday on business. A Theatrical Boom. The lovers of high-class Comedy and Drama are to be complimented when such a company of dramatic artists as compose the C. W. Park Dramatic Co., playing in our city. This W’ell known organization has toured the south for seven years, playing only the larger cities, and the press of all the cities praise the merits of this company in the highest terms. The Park Company played Tampa, Fla., for 4 weeks, Miami 4 weeks, Palm Beach 2 weeks, and one week in all the prominent cities in Georgia and Florida. The Park Co. is not/ an ordinary tent show. Their canvas pavilion is not only the largest but the best equipped canvas theatre on the road Lighted by electricity, comfortable folding chairs for the reserved seats. A very- large stage and the finest scenery ever produced under canvas. They have 36 separate and distinct sets of scenery and the stage setting is a creation of novelties. When you are once inside this mammoth tent you can hardly realize that you are not in a modern theatre. Every production is replete with special scenery-, stage effects, geor geous costumes, electrical and me¬ chanical ^ effects and appropriate music. If you are a lover of high class drama do not fail to visit the Park Big Tent, located on the base ball grounds. A list cf the plays to be produced, from Thursday, will be found in their ad. Fincher, and Norris Hardware We have arranged with the manu faturers of Chi-Namel, who are al¬ so patentees ot the Chi-Namel Graining, Staining and Varnishing Process to have one of their expert demonstrators spent a few days with us for the special purpose of teaching our trade to use the little tool and furnish our patrons free of cost, expert instruction in the treat¬ ment of interior wood work. This will be a rare opportunity i for the ladies to learn how to grain and varnish their own floors and w-ood work. Chi-Namel graining will outwear the ordinary floor varnish many times over. Furnished Room for Rent. One block from the public square. Call News Office or write box 36. Suitable for young man. READ! The extra list of the Beautiful Plays to be produced at the Great C. W. Parks Mammouth Waterproof pavilion Theater At The Ball Gro Thursday Matinee, May 20. The Ideal Comedy Drama, The American Princess. Thursday Night, May 20. A story of love and devotion, Tempest and Sunshine. Friday Night, May 21. The greatest play of the age, Thelma. Saturday Matinee May 22 A comedy, pure and simple, Across the Continent. Saturday Night, May 22. A story that appeals to the people, James Eyre. Prices of Admission Nights: Children 25c. Adults 36c. Reserved Seats 15c extra. Matinee: Children 15c. Adults 25c. No extra charge for reserved seats at Matinee.