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F U MflRI CY UoarimiartorQ When you want a nice Suit or odd pair of Trousers made to order we can give v
Ci III mu DLL 1j riudUl|llul lul ui Style and Snap; up to date line of mens soft shirts just the style that suits the hot weather
Also a big line of mens muslin underwear. We have a pretty line of Belts, Ties, Suspenders, Collars and Cuffs. Don t forget to see
line of childrens’ colored parasols. They are beauties, 2 5 cents and up.
Respectfully, E. H. MOBLEY, Covington, Georgia.
Pace Locals.
Re v. W. O. But'er visited Mr. J. W.
Burns Tuesday.
Mrs. Charlie Kimball and children,
of Covington, spent last week with
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Estes.
Mr. Ernest Black, of Richardville,
was a visitor here Sunday ..afternoon,
Mrs. C. D. Ramsey and children
spent Tuesday with Mrs. T. J. Ram¬
sey.
Mr. Allison Cowan, of Rockdale, at¬
tended Sunday school here Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. O. P. McCord spent a
few hours in Covington Tuesday.
Mr. John Zach Almand visited Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Ramsey several days
recently.
Mrs. G. C. Watson and iittle daugh¬
ter, Caroline, spent a part of last week
at Magnet the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Kinnett.
Messrs. John Hardin and Idus Lang¬
ley of Conyers, spent a short while
here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ramsey, of
Covington, visited their children here
part of last week.
Mrs. J. C. Nixon spent several days
recently with Mrs. W. G. Turner in
Covington.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hill and child¬
ren visited Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Boyd,
at Pairview, last Friday.
Mrs. J. W. Estess and Mrs. Chrrlie
Kimball and children spent Tuesday
with Mrs. T. J. Ramsey.
Mrs. L. R. Almand and children, of
Covington, visited Mi. ‘and Mrs, G.
B. Almand last week.
Miss Clemmie Boyd spent Saturday
afternoon in Covington.
Several gentlemen from here enjoy¬
ed a fish-fry at Brown’s bridge last
Thursday. The party consisted of
Messrs. D. B. Crowell, George Loyd,
B. P. Rowan, T. J. Ramsey, Claud
Bailey, Vergil George and Otis Nixon.
Don’t ask them “how many fish they
caught.”
TO FARMERS.
You will possibly need a few
more sacks of Guano for late corn,
pease or something, we can deliver
some goods yet from Covington,
Starrsville or Mansfield.
T. C. Swann Co.
If there is no correspondent to
this paper from your district make
application to us this week, and
get in the Correspondents Gold
Watch Contest, announcement of
which will be made in the next
issue.
m
^carry T^EFORE CLUETT a shirt can
a
Label, it must come
pretty near to being a
perfect shirt.
The label in a
S H I R T
is your guarantee that
everything in the shirt
is right. All you have
to look for is the pat¬
tern you like — $1.50
and more in white or
in color
LEE BROTHERS
High Point News.
Mrs. Hermon Grant and daughter,
of Stewart, spent Monday with Mrs.
J. A. Grant.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Parker were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Salter
Weduesday.
Mrs. J. A. Grant and daughter,
Miss Grace, visited relatives in Cov¬
ington last Thursday.
Mr. C. A. Salter spent Wednesday
night with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bridges
Mrs. E. H. Lewis and son, Grant,
of Covington are the guests of the
formers mother, Mrs. J. A. Grant.
Miss Tempie Lewis spent one after¬
noon last week with Mrs. J. S.
Bridges.
Mr. Bob Darby and Miss Lena Par¬
ker spent Sunday with Miss Sallie
Mae Pope, at Steward.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Grant were the
welcome guests of Mr. W. C. Salter’s
family Sunday.
The young people were delightfully
entertained with an ice cream supper
at Mr. Will Pipers Saturday night.
Mr. Ed Lewis, of Covington, was
with friends and relatives here Sun¬
day.
Mrs. O. D. Grant was the guest of
Mrs. J. A. Grant Monday.
Miss Lena Parker spent Monday
afternoon very pleasantly with Misses
Ethel and Maggie Grant.
Remember preaching at Austin’s
Chapel next Sunday afternoon.
Miss Hattie Salter spent Tuesday
with her grandparents, Mr, and Mrs.
J. S. Bridges.
Misses Tempie Lewis and Olenda
Taylor spent Tuesday afternoon with
Misses Ethel and Maggie Grant.
THE LAND OF BIG GAME.
British East Africa as It Appears to
the Hunter.
A brown village of thatched huts
squatting In a trampled clearing of
the forest and backed by thickset trees
bo closely laced with a living tapestry
of woven green that the aching tropic
sunlight can scarcely penetrate; slim,
naked blacks slipping like shadows
among the broad leaved bananas and
rubber trees, staring furtively as your
bearers file slowly past them; a lone¬
ly station far up or down river, where
a haggard white man sits to receive
tribute in the name of his trading
company, marks sd outpost of civiliza¬
tion In this Jungle land. And through
and under it all are the fevered glare
of sunlight, the ceaseless drowsy whis¬
per of the woods, the hot, dry scents
of the parched earth, or. If the rains
have come, all the land about will He
cloaked in steaming vapor, the sultry
air as thick and humid as the air of a
greenhouse at home. There you have
the Kongo as the white man knows It
—the Kongo or the jungle of Uganda.
But all of this is only a part of what
we have chosen to call and to picture
as the dark continent
For there, too, Is the desert widely
different in all Its aspects from Kong«v
land. On the slope of the rising ground
that lifts from sea level at Mombasa
and climbs to nearly 8,000 feet before
It drops again to the lesser level of
Victoria Nyanza is another vast waste
as typical of Africa as this jungte
country—the desert, as It is called, the
plains of bush and grass. Six months
of the year—from October to April—
It lies half drowned under tropic rains.
From April to September only occa¬
sional showers fall, and the wide pla¬
teau grills under the staring sunlight,
all yellowing In the glare. Here upon
these uplands Is found the great vari¬
ety of big game, the vast herds of
wild things that have made and still
make Africa the greatest shooting
country in the world. This Is British
East Africa as the hunter knows it.—
0. B. Taylor In Everybody’s.
His Qualifications.
He was pleading his cause earnestly.
“I am wealthy,” he said, “and could
make ample provision for you.”
She nodded and checked one point
oft on her fingers.
“I have had experience with the
world,” he continued.
She checked off another point.
“I have passed the frivolous point,”
he went on, “and 1 have the steadfast¬
ness, the age and the wisdom to guard
and guide you well.”
He paused for an answer.
“The points you make are strong
•nes," she said, “but they lead undeviat
ingly to the conclusion that you would
make an excellent father for me. You
have all the necessary qualifications,
but Just now I am looking for a hus¬
band.”—New York Tiroes.
“Yes; I believe that every Intelligent
♦oman should have a vote.”
“But, senator, I understand that you
♦ere opposed to women’s suffrage?”
“1 am’’-Judge.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Leguin Locals.
Miss Alice Thompson has returned
after a pleasant visit with friends in
Atlanta.
Miss Lucile Lawson, of Flovilla, is
the guest of Mrs. W. R. Roberts.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meadors spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Mea¬
dors.
Mr. and Mrs. Obie Edwards and lit¬
tle son, Watson, visited relatives here
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Ed Heard, of Covington, was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Heard Sunday.
Mr. Ed Lawson visited Mr. W. R.
Roberts family Saturday and Sunday.
Misses Bessie Thompson and Mag¬
gie Pennington were the gusts Satur¬
day of Miss Clara Meadors.
Mr. C. W. Wright left Tuesday for
Atlanta where he is to take a busi¬
ness course.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Grant were the
guests of Miss Georgia Salter last
Saturday.
Miss Irene Meadors spent one day
last week with Miss Bessie Thompson.
The entertainment given by Miss
Emma Piper Saturday evening was
enjoyed by quite a crowd of young
people.
Mr. Ca Salter was a visitor here
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Lassiter were
the guests of the latters parents Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Austin recently.]
Misses Tempie Lewis and Wynder
Taylor visited Mr. and Mrs. Ike Mea¬
dors Sunday.
ICEBERGS.
How Those Found In the North At¬
lantic Are Formed.
The distance covered by an iceberg
of the north Atlantic from the time
It Is formed until it reaches the banks
Is fully 2,500 miles. It may have been
afloat for a year, exposed to wide
changes of temperature, battered by
Ice floes, possibly other bergs and
ceaselessly washed by the waves. Yet
Borne of those seen 2.000 miles south
of their starting point are uearly 300
feet In height and truly of majestic
proportions, often 1,000 or more feet
in length, while it is an established
scientific fact that so much more of
the bulk is under water than Is visible
that the largest bergs may extend Into
the ocean to a depth of over half a
mile.
Their enormous size wheD they be¬
come detached from the glaciers Is
proved by the observations of explor¬
ers along the Greenland coast. A few
years ago a berg was measured as
nearly as possible around the edges.
This distance was about five miles.
It had several peaks estimated to
range from 300 to 500 feet high. Judg¬
ing from Its appearance, it was a solid
mass that had separated In its entirety
from the glacial edge of Greenland.
As arctic navigators who venture
far north often see a score or more of
great bergs in a day, the tremendous
glacial activity in this region can be
appreciated. The majority of these
that drift to the Grand banks come
from Melville bay. Some of the dis¬
tinct glaciers that terminate the Green¬
land Ice cap on this coast extend along
It a distance of fully twenty-five miles.
Their thickness or height can only be
estimated, but in places near the opeD
sea It is believed to be several hun¬
dred feet.
Recent examinations of this coast
show that during the short summer
the formation of bergs in the bay is
almost continuous. The glacial move¬
ment keeps pressing the Ice forward
until a thick stratum often projects
many feet beyond that beneath. After
a time the great weight overcomes the
tensile strength of the mass and It
falls Into the sea, and a berg Is cre¬
ated.—Day Allen Willey In Scientific
American.
A Frog’s Nest.
In Brazil a species of tree frog con¬
structs in the water a curious nest, or
fortifications, to protect its eggs and
young from the attacks of fish. Start¬
ing at the bottom of a pond, the moth¬
er frog erects a circular, tubelike wall
of mud which at the top projects above
the surface of the water In the water
thus Inclosed the eggs are laid, and
when they have hatched out the frog’s
young are secure from enemies until
they are able to take care of them¬
selves.
Puppies Both.
“I would give half my fortune to be
in your little dogs place.” said a
“smart” young man in a railway car¬
riage to a gir! who had a toy terrier In
her arms.
“And It would be the right place for
you.” she retorted, “for I am taking
him to have bis ears croppedLon¬
don Express.
Gum Creek News.
Mrs. D. F. Horton has returned to
her home near Loganville after a visit
of four weeks with her daughter Mrs.
S. R. Ellington.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Dial and little
son Otis Lee was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Bostwiek Saturday
night and Sunday.
The ice-cream supper given by Mis¬
ses Eva and Evie Ellis was enjoyed
by all who were present.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Ellington spent
Friday night with the latters sister,
Mrs Jim Tuck near Loganville.
Miss Robbie Ellington and Miss
Lizzie Franklin was the guest of Mrs.
R. A. Bostwiek Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Jim Byrd and children were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. El
Ellington Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. M. A. Bostwiek was the guest
of Mrs. S. R. Ellington last Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Mamie Kimble was the guest
of Mrs. A. C. Giles Friday.
Mrs. W. A. Ellington w r as the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. Nonie White
Thursday.—Last week’s letter.
“All London public buildings are
now' erected with fog filters,” said an
architect. “They are essential. Lon¬
don’s yellow brown fog, made of the
smoke of a million soft coal fires,
smells of sulphur, irritates eyes and
throat and causes headache. It pene¬
trates houses. Waking on a winter
morning, you can’t see across your
bedroom for It. So now all public
buildings filter It. The air Is drawn In
one orifice only, and fans hurl It
against curtains of cotton six Inches
thick. It is forced through these cur
taihs. It comes out on the other side
for distribution through the various
rooms a fairly clean, pure, transparent
air. But the whfte filter curtains! Ev¬
ery day they must be changed. It
takes only an hour to gray them, and
by nightfall they are as black as ink.”
The Only White Barber Shoe in j t
Covington, Georgia
Is better prepared than ever to serve the J
people of this section, with new equip- l
ment, hot and cold towels, and three *
good White Barbers to wait on you. f
_____‘ Come to see us, always glad to see Y^ u \
j
W.J. GOBER, Proprietor. | !
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Trustees Sale in Bankrupt
Over $7000.00 Insolvent
Notes and Open Accounts
There will be sold at Mansfield, Ga., next Wednesday, June 2nd,
1 1 o’clock, at public out cry, all papers, notes, mortgage-notes and
open accounts belongting to the estate of Crawford Harwell, Bankrupt,
The same amounts to wore than $7000.00 and are sold as insolvent
papers. Term Cash, by order of the court of Bankruptcy.
C. C. KING,
Trustee for Crawford Harwell
Bankrupt.
The Covington News will give a
ladies handsome gold watch to
one of its correspondents this sum¬
mer. Look for next weeks paper
giving details of contest.