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Starrsville News.
Messrs. Luther and Everitt Evans
spent last Saturday and Sunday with
relatives near Rocky Plains.
Miss Clio Malier, of Sunnyside, is
the admired guest of her sister, Mrs.
C. U. Skinner.
Mrs. B. J. Anderson and two bright
little children spent several days last
week with relatives at Macon.
Miss Eloise Corley is home from a
two week’s visit with her aunt, Mrs.
F. S. Belcher, at Eudora.
Prof. W. 0. McConnell opened his
school here Monday. We hope to
have a good attendance.
Mr - and Mrs. C. I. Cash, and son,
Claiborn, of Covington, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Middlebrooks
Sunday.
Mrs. R. L. Epps and Miss Rubye
Epps have returned home from a visit
to Atlanta.
Mrs. Ossian Benton and Mrs. S. H.
Starr spent last Tuesday in Coving¬
ton with relatives.
Miss Rubye Hodge, of Shady Dale,
who has been the guest of Mrs. C. C.
Epps for two weeks, returned home
last Wednesday.
Miss Ruth Harwell spent last week
with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Harwell, at Mansfield.
Messrs. J. G. and A. S. Pickett,
spent Saturday in Atlanta.
Misses Aline, Fanny Kate and Elo¬
ise Corley spent Saturday afternoon
with the Misses Wright at Leguin.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Blake, of Mans¬
field, were the guests of Mr. C. U.
Skinner’s family Sunday afternoon .
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Epps and little
daughter Lillian, of Leakton, spent
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Epps.
Dr. F. S. Belcher, of Eudora, visit¬
ed relatives here last Sunday.
Misses Nell Wright and Alice Thomp¬
son, of Leguin, were in our ville a
short while last Saturday morning.
Mr. Stoney Hays, of Hayston, was
among the visitors here last Sunday.
Miss Gladys Skinner left recently
for an extended visit with her sister
Mrs. Alvin Harwell, in Atlanta.
Mrs. J. L. Epps spent last Sunday
in Covington.
Almon News.
Mr. and Mrs. Davie Dobbs are re¬
joicing over their baby boy.
Mrs. Jessie Spaulding, of Atlanta, is
spending this week with relatives and
friends at this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry McCart, or Por
terdale, spent last Saturday and Sun¬
day with Mrs. J. W. Ellis and Mrs. J.
L. Ramey.
Mrs. W.S.Ramey and children spent
last Saturday and Sunday with friends
at Hayston.
Mrs. F. L. Overton and Mrs. F. M.
Underwood spent last Sunday after¬
noon with friends here.
Mr. Billie Mitcham, of Walnut
Grove, spent last Sunday with Mrs.
J. T. Rice.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Young spent
last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Young.
Several attended the ice cream sup¬
per last Saturday night, given by Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Young,
Snapping Shoals.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hooper spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
former parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Hooper.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Presson and
little son, Howard, of Henry county,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Presson.
Mr. D. A. Moore spent the latter
part of last w T eek with relatives near
Rocky Plains.
Mrs. H. C. Hooper and Mrs. Jessie
Lassiter spent one evening last w T eek
with Mrs. Tinie Fisher.
Mrs. Vergie Veal and little son,
Vergie, Jr., spent Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. Jessie Lassiter.
We are sorry to note the illness of
Master Alfred DeLoaeh.
Messrs. D. A. Moore and Horace
Randal made a business trip to Cov¬
ington one day last week.
Messrs. John Presson and Homer
Piper visited Mr. W. L. Presson Sat¬
urday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Blankenship and
children visited relatives near Oak
Hill Sunday.
There is a good many cases of ty¬
phoid fever in this section.
FOR SALE.—One of the best in¬
vestments in city property in Coving¬
ton. Lot 100x180 feet, with five good
tenant houses on it. Will sell at a
bargain. See me at the Flowers Ho¬
tel. R. L. BROWN. tf.
Brick Store.
Mrs. Charles Patrick and Mrs. W.
H. Aaron spent Sunday in Madison,
guests of Mrs. Van Shouse.
Quarterly meeting was held at this
church Friday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hays, of Hay¬
ston, visited thelatters parents, Judge
and Mrs. W. T. Patrick Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cowen, of Hay¬
ston, visited here Sunday.
MrA Emma Panned, of Alcova,
spent one day the past w r eek with her
parents Judge and Mrs. W. H. Stew¬
art.
Mr. Tom Swords, of Alcova, visited
his sister here, Mrs. J. T. Elliott, one
day last week.
Rev. W. R. Branham preached here
Sunday and Sunday night.
Mr. Guy Stewart has two very sick
children, threatened with fever.
Prof. W. S. Neel left for Atlanta
Saturday for a stay of several days
with loved ones.
Miss Lillie Richards is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. Hill
Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Flowers and
children, and Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Taylor, all of Covington, spent several
days, including the Fourth, with Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Swords, of
Docatur, spent some time with their
daughter, Mrs. J. T. Elliott the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Elliott and chil¬
dren spent the Fourth with Mr. and
Mrs. Alf Elliott in West Newton.
Among those that went from here to
Covington first Tuesday were Messrs.
Elliott Gibson, Aaron and L. A.
Patrick.
Leguin Locals.
Mr. John P. Thompson visited Mr.
and Edgar Edwards Sunday.
Miss Clara Meadors was the guest
of Miss Ora May Cunnard Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Thomas and children, of
Jackson, are guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilson.
Miss Phena Meadors has returned
home after a pleasant visit to friends
in Conyers.
Mr. A. C. Cunnard visited Mr. H.
L. Ozburn Sunday.
Mr. Carlton Davis and sister, Miss
Marie, of Rocky Plains, attended
preaching at Holly Spring Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Grant and Mas¬
ter Paul Pickett visited Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Roberts Sunday.
Mrs. Junie Dukes and children, of
Florida, are guests this week of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Michel.
Misses Bessie Thompson and Lois
Wright entertained a number of their
little friends Saturday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. J. S. Wright. After
many interesting games, delicious re¬
freshments were served.
Miss Lartrelle Meadors has returned
after a two weeks visit to relatives in
Atlanta.
Miss Lizzie Johnson and brother
spent Monday morning with Mrs. J.
S. Wright.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Mabry, of
Starrsville, were the guests of Mrs.
Anna Smith one day recently.
Miss Ruth Meadors spent Wednes¬
day in Covington.
Death of Mrs. B. A. Spencer.
The body of Mrs. B. A. Spencer,
of Atlanta, was brought here for
interment on Sunday afternoon.
Her death occurred at her resi¬
dence on West Mitchell street.
Mrs. Spencer was at one time a
resident of this city, her husband
having held the position of depot
agent of the Georgia Railroad at
this point a number of years ago.
She was well known to the older
residents of this city and was a
consecrated Christian woman.
Baptists Take Notice.
Notice is hereby given, to all
persons that are in anyway interest¬
ed in the cemetery at Salem Baptist
Church in Rockdale County, that
we will meet at that place to clean
off and beautify said cemetery on
Wednesday the 21st of July. We
ask that all who can give us any
knowledge of persons that are
buried there to be present with us
on that day. We may cut down
some tree or move some thing by
which yoti have some grave marked;
so it is very necessary that all who
are interested be present.
James Mitcham I Com „
T. N. Skelton ( -
For Sale Cheap.
My store house at Mansfield. Cash
or time.
tf. L. D. ADAMS.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Gum Creek.
Mrs. M. A. Bostwiek was the guest
of her sister, Miss Margaret, Satur¬
day night and Sunday.
Mrs. Berry and Mrs. Tom Starks, of
Alcovy, visited Mr. S. R. Ellington
and family Sunday.
Mr. B. O. Bostwiek and children
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grover
Dial Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Albert Giles, of Walnut Grove,
visited Mr. Parks Dial Sunday.
Mrs. Grover Deck has as her guest
her mother, Mrs. Peek, of Rockdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Mann visited
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Dial Friday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dial were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Will Mann Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Giles visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Giles one night
the past week at Walnut Grove.
Mrs. John Ellis visited Mrs. R. A.
Bostwiek Monday afternoon.
Georgia’s Patriotic Women’s Organiza¬
tions.
Elsewheie The Constitution pub¬
lishes a strong communication from
Mrs. William Conyers Clark, in
which she defends organizations of
women of a patriotic nature from
the criticisms of a prominent north¬
ern clergymen, published promi¬
nently in this paper a few days ago.
The substance of his attack was
that many of the organizations
perpetuating the memories and
traditions of American wars, not¬
ably women’s organizations, were
of a futile and purely ornamental
description.
Speaking for Georgia, Mrs. Clark
shows the splendid constructive
work of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. It has been
especially active in educational
directions, endowing four scholar¬
ships for the Martha Berry Indus¬
trial School, as well as other in¬
stitutions. Its aggressive civic
attitude is shown in numerous
movements throughout the state for
municipal and domestic beautifi¬
cation. It will also present to the
current session of the general
assembly three measures of wide
general importance—a bill for com¬
pulsory education; a bill to compel
the systematic equalizing of local
taxation, and a bill providing
appropriations for copying records
of old counties.
While Mrs. Clark speaks only for
the Daughters of the American
Revolution, what she says reflects
also the approximate activity of the
other patriotic organizations in the
state. The Daughters of the Con¬
federacy, for instance, contributed
$20,000 toward the erection of the
$40,000 dormitory at the state
normal school at Athens. It has
also been notable in other philan
thropic and civic fields.
As a matter of fact, any defense
of these or allied organizations is
superfluous. The people of Geor¬
gia are too familiar with their in
fluence in the preservation of the
best traditions of the state and
nation, and their participation in
current upbuilding movements, to
be misled by ill-advised criticism,
—Atlanta Constitution.
Rally at Austin Chapel.
Austin chapel will hold its first an¬
nual Sunday school rally on Saturday,
July 31, and the people there are ex¬
pecting to make its first one of the
best. The program is not yet com¬
plete, but it has been decided by the
community to offer a banner and in¬
vite other schools to enter the contest
for it. All Sunday schools of all
churches are invited to enter the con¬
test for this banner, which will be a
nice one, and they are requested to
notify the superintendent, Mr. J. B.
Salter, not later than July 20th. Ev¬
erybody is invited to come and bring
well filled baskets. The program will
be published later.
City Court In Session.
The city court of this county
convened in regular session Wednes¬
day morning but owing to the fact
that the farmers were so badly be¬
hind with their work Judge Whaley
adjourned that night until the
fourth Monday in July. Only one
case was tried during the day, it
being one about the horse-swapping
episode which came up before the
past grand jury.
Let me do your laundry work.
I have the Troy Steam Laundry,
and will do it as cheep as any body.
I will do up any thing from a
circus tent to a pocket lianderchief.
Leave order at McGarity’s stable
Phone 167-L
HARRY AIKEN.
—We make a specialty of ice cream
milk shakes and lemonade. Parker’s
place.—tf.
A PERILOUS PERCH.
Two Nights on a Ledge of a Lofty
Peak In the Tyrol.
In the northeastern corner of the
Tyrol is the best skee ground in Eu¬
rope, writes W. A. Balllie-Groham in
“Tyrol.” The region has many lofty
peaks, which make mountain climbing
of Interest. The author gives one of
his adventures on a peak near the vil¬
lage of Kitzbuhel.
On one of these peaks occurred to
me many years ago a little adventure
which gave me an opportunity of ad
miring the grand view rather longer
than was pleasant
I was out stalking chamois, and. hav¬
ing some unoccupied hours in the mid¬
dle of the day, when stalking is prac¬
tically useless, as the beasts are rest¬
ing, 1 thought I would ascend one of
those pinnacles upon which at that
time few human beings, I suppose, had
ever set foot
The very last bit was a smooth faced
rock not more than twelve feet high,
but absolutely uucllmbable if unaided
by rope or another man upon whose
shoulders one could get and so obtain
a hand grip of the top and thus draw
oneself up. As 1 was alone 1 had re¬
course to a short length of rope I had
in my rucksack. Making a slip noose,
I threw 7 it upward till it gripped some
projection. Then I drew myself up.
While looking about me an unfortu¬
nate movement of my legs, which were
dangling over the brink as I sat, caused
the rope to slip and fall down to the
small ledge on which I had stood when
flinging it upward. This ledge or band
of rock was uncomfortably narrow,
not wider than thirty inches, and the
abyss below was a perpendicular wall
four or five church Bteeples in depth.
At first it did not seem such a seri¬
ous fix to be in. By letting myself
drop to the ledge, my extended arms
gripping the top. the distance between
the soles of my feet and the ledge was
not more than four feet or so—nothing
to speak of If that yawning gulf had
not been there and 1 had had boots on
my feet. But, having taken these off
and left them below, together with my
coat and rifle, I should have to drop
on to sharp rocks barefooted and hence
w 7 ould be very npt to lose my balance.
The more I considered the position
the more I funked that drop, and. to
make a long story short, I stayed on
that pinnacle two nights, until the
morning of the third day. before hun¬
ger drove me to risk the drop, which
I did in safety.
How I got down the remainder of
that descent, “shinning” down chim¬
neys and creeping along narrow edges,
was a mystery to me afterward, for I
was faint with hunger and my knees
trembled and shook under me. When
I reached the first habitation where 1
happened to be known the peasant
woman at the door hardly recognized
me.
Poor Man!
She—I’m never going to speak to
your wife again.
He—What’s the matter?
“She promised to write to me two
weeks ago, and I haven’t heard from
her since.”
“Oh, well” (feeling in his pocket),
‘diere’s the letter. She gave it to me
« fortnight ago.”—Yonkers Statesman.
The Descent.
“Father, do men descend from mon¬
keys?” asked an inquisitive lad.
“Yes. my boy."
“And what do monkeys descend
from?"
“The monkeys descend—ah—from the
trees!”—London Telegraph.
Not Guilty.
It Is said that within 400 years gold
aggiegating $2,000,000,000 has disap¬
peared from circulation, and the gov¬
ernment would like to know who has
it. We learn that the members of the
newspaper fraternity are not suspected.
—St. Louis Republic.
Handicapped.
“You ought to save money for your
family.”
“Yes. but”
“Bnt what?”
“My family won’t let me.”—Cleve¬
land Leader.
Covington News Correspondents
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We Carry a Good Stock of
Trusses and adjust them sieentifieally
for relief of hearnia. Head what a
customer says:
Atlanta, Gn., July 6, 1909.
DR. J. A. WRIGHT,
Covington, Ga.
Dear Doctor:—
My truss is all O. K. and I am telling the good news to
every one. I feel like a new man. I wish you may live long
to benefit suffering humanity. Yours very truly,
The above was an Unusually Bad Case.
We carry a full line of Spectacles and can test your eyes and fit
your glasses according to the most approved scientific methods. We
guarantee satisfaction to those who deal with us.
Dr. J. A. WRIGHT
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New Racket Store
New spring and summer goods are here.
Have added several new lines.
COME AND SEE THEM.
Same big cash values as we have al¬
ways given you. Remember new goods
of the season arriving every few days
| ands marked at the lowest spot cash
prices. Yours truly,
J. I. Guinn, G “2S
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