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FREIGHT RATE
QUESTION AGAIN
Mr. Mitchell, of Thomasville, Of¬
fers to Get the Covington
Rate Reduced.
Mr. J. L. Huson, one of Coving¬
ton’s sons, but now a member of the
firm of the A. M. Robinson Company,
of Atlanta, still has the interests of
his home town at heart and for some¬
time past has been giving the freight
rate qusstion here quite a good deal
of study. Mr. Huson says that the
rate charged to this point is in excess
of that paid by either cities and has
suggested that this city employ an
attorney with experience in freight
questions to submit our side of it to
the railroad commission of the state.
While in Thomasville the other day
he told Mr. Mitchell of his opinion and
suggested that he write Mr. J. H.
Echols of this city regarding the mat¬
ter, which he did.
Mr. Echols received the letter the
other day and has been read by a
large number of the business men
who believe that the rate should be
decreased. So far, however, there
has been no definite action taken in
regard to the proposition made by
Mr. Mitchell, and is impossible to tell
just what will be the outcome, or
whether anything will be done.
Mr. Mitchell is said to have been
instrumental in securing the low rate
which Griffin enjoys and the rate now
in force in a number of towns is due
to his efforts.
His proposition to the citizens of
this city is outlined in his letter to
Mr. Echols and is as follows:
“At the suggestion of Mr. J. L.
Huson, from your city, I am writing
you this letter. He informs me that
the interstate freight rates to your
city are higher than the rates to other
cities similarly located, and says that
it is your desire that I take the mat¬
ter up with the Railroad Commission,
with the purpose in view of getting
rates to your city properly adjusted.
“He tells me that the sum of $200
will be deposited for the purpose of
paying my expenses and fee in rep¬
resenting your cause before the Rail¬
road Commission.
“Before the matter is taken up, I
request that you furnish me with a
schedule of the freight rates that you
pay from points within the state, and
also a schedule that your neighboring
cities pay. I would suggest that this
schedule be furnished as soon as pos¬
sible, and if you cannot furnish a
complete schedule, give me one of
the most important articles shipped
to your city as compared to the same
articles shipped to your neighboring
cities.”
“Yours very truly,
Fondren Mitchell.
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References furnished. Very respectfully,
A. P. TRAVIS, Manager.
ROCKDALE PLANS
FOR BETTER ROADS,
!s Determined to Give Her
Citizens Thoroughty Modern
Highways.
That Rockdale is going to have part
of her roads in the county up in the
class is evidenced by the action
recently taken by her board of county
who have been work¬
out the good roads problem for
and have studied it from
viewpoint.
At the mass meeting held here
Mr. Eakes, the chairman of
county commissioners
that they had employed a civil
and would work the roads
from the city of Conyers in
direction two miles from the
limits. It is their purpose to
the roads built on a six per cent
The work will be done under
surveys and instructions of the
and when finished will re¬
the county of an enormous ex¬
in keeping them up. When
have finished all the roads with¬
the boundary of two miles they
go back to the starting point and
all the roads two miles further,
this until they have all the
in the county so constructed
they will be right up to the stan¬
and will relieve them of the ne¬
of having to keep a large force
convicts to make them passable.
This plan seems to us to be the best
any we have yet heard of and un¬
this county does something with¬
the present year Rockdale will have
going on the road proposition.
In Newton county if this plan was
would soon have roads which
be a pleasure to travel over
the best part of it is that they
be permanent. This plan could
successfully carried out and speed¬
too if the recommendation of the
jury to issue road bonds could
placed before the people and car¬
the extra expense could be de¬
and roads built up to the stan¬
Installing Mergenthaler.
Our contemporary, The Enterprise,
just installing a
linotype machine and
future to set the type for its
it. There is no doubt about
being a great convenience
printing office, it being claimed
will do the work of several men.
News congratulates Mr. Snow
purchase of the machine
that he may get out of it
claimed for it.
—We make a specialty of ice
shakes and lemonade.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
MAD DOGS ARE
A PUBLIC ENEMY.
Shooting of Mad Dogs on The
Sabbath Legal is Decision of
Court of Appeals.
That a mad dog is a “public ene¬
my” has been definitely decided by
the state Court of Appeals.
And as it is lawful to make war on
a public enemy at any time, it is also
the conclusion of the court that it is
perfectly legal and proper to shoot or
otherwise execute a mad dog on the
Sabbath.
Clarence Manning of Jasper county,
shot a mad dog on Sunday and was
prosecuted and convicted for unlawful
shooting on the Sabbath. The Court
of Appeals reverses the judgment and
declares Manning was justified in the
act.
The court’s decision as written by
Judge Richard B. Russell is as follows:
“A mad dog is a public enemy, and
to shoot at a mad dog is not the will¬
ful and wanton firing of a w r eapon
within the terms of the act of 1898,
which forbids the shooting of firearms
on Sunday.
“It is the duty of the court, upon
the trial of one charged with a viola¬
tion of this statute, to instruct the
jury as to the meaning of the words
‘wilful and wanton,’ as used in the
statute; and it is error to restrict the
defense of the accused to cases of ac¬
tual self-defense or defense of prop¬
erty.
“It is for the jury to determine
whether shooting at a mad dog on
Sunday is willful and wanton shoot¬
ing within the meaning of the statute,
although they might believe that the
mad dog was fleeing at the time he
wss shot at, and that neither the de
fendent’s person nor his property was
in danger.”
Clarence may, therefore, continue
to shoot mad dogs on Sunday, if they
cross his path, without further moles¬
tation from the criminal courts.
$2,000,000 IN
ROAD CHARTERS.
Big Roads will Be Built In Differ¬
ent Parts of the State. Other
Lines Progressing.
The Georgia and Alabama Indus¬
trial Index, published at Columbus,
Ga., says in its regular weekly issue:
“The application for charter for two
million-dollar railroads formed an im¬
portant feature of the industrial news
of the week ending today. One of the
new roads is to be built northward
from Rome, Ga., the idea being to
ultimately extend it to the Tennessee
line, and Michigan capital will largely
finance the enterprise. Investors from
that state have recently acquired
mineral properties in northwest Geor¬
gia, and it is in connection with their
development that this road is to be
built. The city of Rome secured the
road by giving a bonus of $25,000 in
cash, and in the formal application
for charter quite a number of the
citizens there are listed among the
stockholders. The other railroad
which will also begin life with capital
stock of $1,000,000, is to be built en¬
tirely across the state of Georgia from
Savannah to Fort Gaines, Ga., just
across the Chattahoochee river from
Alabama.
“Jefferson county, Alabama, called
an election on the issuance of $600,000
in bonds for the building of a sky¬
scraper courthouse and jail, and if the
bonds are authorized Birmingham will
have one of the most pretentious tem¬
ples of justice in the southern states.
Ensley, Ala., voted $175,000 of bonds
for various public improvements, and
Bainbridge, Ga., Commerce, Ga., Je
sup, Ga., and other places will soon
vote on the issuance of improvement
bonds.
“Good roads is the slogan through¬
out the two states and many of the
counties will issue bonds for the pur¬
pose of highway improvement. The
people of both Georgia and Alabama
seem more aroused on this
than ever before, and during the next
two or three months the voters will
have opportunity of passing on pro¬
posed road-bond issues ranging from
$50,000 to $150,000.
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.
—Fine Berkshire male. Service
seasonable. J. L. Mask, Henderson
Mill.—1.
It pays to buy the best. I breed
exclusively prize S. C. R. I. Reds,’ from
pens. Eggs, $2.00 for 15.
J. W. HENDERSON
Mansfield, Ga.
STRIKE-BREAKERS
HAVE CINCH.
Georgia Railroad Imported a Num
ber From The North and
Paid Hotel Fare.
The strike which took place on the
Georgia railroad by the white firemen
having refused to work because the
railroad company persisted, through
its manager, T. K. Scott, to hire and
promote the negro firemen ahead of
the white men who had stood by them
so long, brings several interesting
views of southern sentiment to light,
notable among which is the disgust
with which the people all along the
line showed when the report came out
that the railroad had brought
some eighteen or twenty strike-break¬
ers down from the north and had
them corralled at the Aragon Hotel
in Atlanta, where their expenses and
wages were paid by the company. It
was thought by the official above re¬
ferred to tiiat it would be an easy
matter to end the strike by putting
these men into the places of the
strikers. But the pinch came when
the engineers refused to run the en¬
gines, giving as their reasons therefor
the probability of violence by the peo¬
ple all along the line who are in sym¬
pathy with the strikers and have
about the same respect for the impor¬
ted article as they have for the cause
of the trouble. It seemed to be the
sentiment of nine-tenth of the citizens
between Augusta and Atlanta that
the striking firemen were in the right
and that justice was w'hat they want¬
ed. Certain it is that the strikers
were very moderate in their demands,
if their request could be termed in the
light of a demand.
Mr. Scott’s flat refusal to arbitrate
the differences and his determined
fight against them has had much to
do with public sentiment in this local¬
ity and we are informed all along the
line. As a rule the southern people
are not opposed to the negro working
hut they detest conditions placing
them in competition and on an equal
with them.
Furnished Room for Rent.
One block from the public
square. Call News Office or write
box 36. Suitable for young man.
FOR SALE—Fine Homer Pigeons.
$1.00 per pair J. M. Aaron. tf.
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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 12 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, eh
claire, cocoanut, and macaroons.
Pies of all kinds.
Wedding cakes a specialty.
We are making a special run this
week on Layer Cakes, cocoanut,
chocolate and caramel, 50c each.
J. L. Smith
Phone 221.
you want the very best there is in printing give
us a trial order. We do that kind.