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I statement to the People of
Newton County From the
Board Of Education.
the directors of a manu-
2g concern the stockholders in Georgia issued calling a
? ". en , to of the plant,
S.'CU. f„ the condition
<•»
the condition of its operatives
matters which concerned its
nther calling attention to
t ins’ also invest
"means of bettering the
L, "mill 9 hown that while the product the
was fairly good, yet by
action of improved machinery
uld be greatly advanced as to
itv and increased as to quantity,
demand for the goods then mann¬
ed called for an increased in¬
dent while it would be impossible
ipp i y the demand for the improved
Jet without greatly too enlarging that the most the
t It was shown
ed operatives were being drawn
by the better wages offered
v of work by
; r in other lines or
t manufacturing concerns,
hen these facts were laid before
stockholders they, by a large ma
iy vote, decided to bring the mill
higher degree of efficiency and
dng capacity, by the enlargement
,he buildings, the introduction of
roved machinery and the reten
of the skilled operatives by means
letter wages.
hy did they vote this increased
ssmenton themselves? Because
r thought it would be dividends in
r pockets.
YOU ARE STOCKHOLDERS.
le most valuable manufacturing
rest in this county is the common
»ls.
le Board of Education of Newton
uty, as Directors of the Common
ool Educational System of the
nty, wish to call attention of the
lens of the county—the stockhol
lof this manufacturing concern—
he condition of the plant and the
it need for its enlargement and the
ering of its output.
CONDITION AND NEEDS.
). The school houses are, as a
, inferior, uncomfortable and un
Ithy buildings. There are a few
Ml houses in the county which are
edit to the neighborhoods in which
F are situated, but many—too
iy—of them do not afford com for¬
eshelter to your children. Some
of them would not be tolerated as
louseson many of your farms. The
Ml-room should be as attractive
as comfortable as the best room
our homes. Your court house is
imposing building. Your county
is a presentable structure, con
% presenting the question for
r answer: Will you make the
Iter of your criminals more corn
able and habitable than the rooms
' re your innocent and sometimes
rate children are trained ?
)• The school term is too short.
snow fi ve months—it should be at
“ 9evei > months. The chief
rot education pur
an is not the cram¬
's " f the pupil with facts and
"“'these might be obtained with
attending school—but the mental
and discipline which he obtains
1Ugh tlie Preparation and mastery
“ 8 lessons. When the term is so
and frequently divided into two
nm" , K se8sions
> be nan not suf
J? y ere study the interval a subject as to master
, between school
ls so long many of the subjects
™ 08 t obliterated from the mind
lhe next session, or become
so
either the pupil needs to
uldT- •'*' tr ° Ver v to tllG Proceed 8ame he ground or
1 1 the - stumbles
dark without certainty or
, h
t 8 the , fiest S( ’hooling can not pro
resuits.
^nre an!', S t hirieS need to be P aid
sachers the best talent
ool builfi; ° U niay im P rove y° ur
lei " Ks u,| til every one is
itolt of ■ a
ind;y ° U "-lengthen
ired 11 UUti * n °t> h ing is to be
h ‘
f vitalizing,
.ethi 6 ° a S° od teacher
texa t 111111011 arenaUKht of teachers - 111 the re
nty tn .If in our
(ants 111 nia i°rity of the ap
ige. Tv llUder , twenty-one years
ten t'n.i"i'' 'i nieans S boin that our more
i other are K drawn off
ftoentbvbmf tunless' J. p U8efulness com Pensation, and em and -
»ur 6 * n ln °rease the salary
Gomw bell!' 80,1001
1 soon teachers, we
q*Henee/r adent on br ight but
c ers the "' 8 and K'rls as our
lulled , i 11 ut wbom
^ on will soon
a minute ; ’"h H °wmanyof ° ther P ursuit8 those -
firoDuci' jo,, h „ 1 ' kn
,e °wn as teachers
^ * n d what'I* ." ! dve m been the the P aHt n ve
many causes?
c l>school 1 “ think thatthey can
aired ‘ throusri. ( . ail *^ Ssibl let y a one good out teacher of five
„ Tu ttn
**1 Praise ? er8 calls for an
ones w , ‘ ‘ to those de
trough love of the
of our beings? We must leave our
lands and our stock and our factories
in a few years in other hands, but our
minds and our souls will live on and
on forever.
There are many things worse than
taxes. That man is a poor farmer
who stints his crop the proper work or
his stock the proper food because it
costs money. That government is not
the best that levies the smallest taxes;
if so we might take lessons in good
government from the dwellers in the
Islands of the sea. Nor can we look
on that man as the highest type of
citizen and patriot who first asks:
‘ ‘How will that me?” “ What
pay can
I get out of it?” rather than “Is it a
good thing for the community ?”
“Will it advance the general good?”
“That man may last, but never lives
Who much receives,but little gives.”
DIVIDENDS.
The Dividends that we assure you
will ensue can not be estimated in
dollars and cents like lands and mules
and cotton; nor weighed nor handled
nor figured into per cents, and tabu¬
lated into columns. We present to
you as the possible output-of your im¬
proved educational plant—manly boys
and womanly girls—-young people im¬
bued with high ideals, with trust in
God and reliance in self. Young peo¬
ple who will bring happiness to your
homes and joy to your hearts—
who will build up your communi¬
ties—who will advance your county in
all good things.
Newton county’s children are in¬
deed Newton county’s jewels. Noth¬
ing you can endow them with is too
good for them. God bless them every¬
one!
SUGGESTION OF DIRECTORS.
We have tried to show you the
needs of the present common school
system of Newton county—your sys¬
tem of schools. We have done our
best for you with the meager equip¬
ment entrusted to us. It is entirely
inadequate to meet your needs and we
advise that the plant be enlarged;
promising an increased rate of interes t
on the investment.
H. H. Stone, President.
D. J. Adams,
A. J. Belcher,
M. C. Davis,
S. R. Ellington,
Board of Education.
A. H. Foster,
County School Com.
Ordinances Being Printed.
The city ordinances regulating
plumbing and the water-sewerage sys¬
tem are now in the hands of the prin¬
ter and in a few days will be ready
for people having plumbing work
done. The ordinances are similar to
those used in other cities and after
careful consideration by members of
the city council and the water board
were adopted. The people of the city
generally are glad the city is going to
have the new regulations put in
pamphlet form and it has been sug¬
gested by some that a new code or
ordinance book of all the laws of the
city would be a good thing to have
printed this summer as there are a
number of ordinances now in force
not found in the old books. In fact
the ones now in use were printed in
1898 when the late S. W. Hawkins was
mayor.
“Muvver, what was I cryin’ for?”
“Because mother wouldn’t let you
go over to Phillip’s.”
“Was I through cryin’ muvver?”
“Maybe not. You hadn’t cried
long.”
“Say I can’t go again, muvver, so I
can finish!”—M. T.
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Covington * ■ Georgia
work and of immortal minds and souls
have stuck to your school-rooms, but
what about those who have stinted
them at every turn?
In this day of increasing prosperity
and enlarged opportunity, it is too
great a sacrifice to expect this con¬
dition to continue.
WHAT IS THE REMEDY?
Now, fellow stockholders, we have
shown you the need. You ask: What
is the remedy? We reply: Vote au¬
thorizing “Local Taxation for
schools.”
WHOM WILL IT BENEFIT!
You ask that ever present question:
Will it pay? Where are the dividends?
We answer: Yes, it will pay.
(1) . The property owner will be
benefitted by an increased selling
price of his property—by increased
security of society—by more intelli¬
gent and painstaking tenants. Have
you any idea how much you lost last
year by reason of your lack in these
lines?
(2) . The parents will be benefitted
by more obedient, intelligent, con¬
tented children; for as the intellectual
and social atmosphere of your com¬
munity is made better and purer so
will your children be more willing to
remain on the farm and become more
capable of building up the waste
places. Home will be happier—Heav¬
en will be nearer. You have no pos¬
sible means of estimating yours or
your neighbors’ losses on these lines
in the past.
(3) . The individual will be bene¬
fitted. Dr. Thompkins tells us that
our earning capacity is increased
twelve and one-half times by a com¬
mon school education; and twenty
five times by a higher school educa¬
tion. Dr. W. W. Smith, of Virginia,
figures out for us:
(a) . That an uneducated child has
one chance in 150,000 of attaining dis¬
tinction as a factor in the progress of
the age.
(b) . That a common school educa¬
tion will increase his chances nearly
4 times.
(c) . That a high school training
will increase the chances of the com¬
mon school boy 23 times giving him
87 times the chance of the uneducat¬
ed.
Dr. W. T. Harris, U. S. Commis¬
sioner of Education says: “I would
estimate the average salary or income
of the illiterate at $150 to $200. Of
one having taken a partial elementary
course at $300; the eight years
elementary course at $500; the high
school graduate at $1,000.”
Judge Thos. J. Lawson, of Putnam
County, says: “We cannot weigh an
educated and well balanced mind in
the scales as we would a quantity of
lead. What can we place in the op¬
posite scale as an equivalent? We
may compute the value of gold and
silver because they are earthly and
perishable, but by what system of
mathematics can we compute the
value of that electric spark of intel¬
lect that is destined to live and glow
and radiate when the heavens and the
earth shall have passed away? The
question of the Man of Galilee is as
pertinent now as when he spoke it
nineteen centuries ago: ‘For what
shall it profit man if he gain the whole
world and lose his own soul, or w T hat
shall a man give in exchange for his
soul?’”
(4) The ENTIRE COMMUNITY will be
.
benefited by the higher tone of its
people and those entangible and ines¬
timable somethings which goto make
that neighborhood desirable as a resi¬
dence section to the best and most law
abiding citizens. Try and see how
hard a thing it is to get a good family
to move into a neighborhood where
there are no school privileges, or very
poor ones.
THE COST TO YOU.
Your Board estimates that with a
tax of twenty cents on the hundred
dollars worth of property the
troubles in your school system
can be largely removed and Newton
have one of the best in the state in
fact, as well as in name. Writedown
the value of your tax returns and
figure out in dollars just how little
this will call from each of you, even
the largest property owner in your
community. Do not fear the cost of
good schools, but rather fear the con¬
ditions which will take hold of us
without them. They will cost you
some money in the way of a school
tax, but have you any way of estima¬
ting the saving to you in taxes for the
prosecution of crime or the harm and
hurt of ignorance and narrow-minded¬
ness? They will cost you something
—but so will good clothes (shoddx
ones are the dearer)—so will a good
horse—so will good roads, or good
bridges—so will good houses and farms
—so will anything that is worth hav¬
ing. Is it well to practice a grudging
economy ou the only immortal parts
THE COVINGTON
PROFITS CUT ALL
TO PIECES ON
PIANO
Ten or Fifteen Different Makes.
$10 Profit on Factory Prices.
See This Line Before You Make
Your Purchase.
It Means Money To you.
C. A. HARWELL.
Leader In
Furniture and Undertaking
Covington, Ga.
IP MY FRIENDS
Georgia Made Top Buggies
For $49.oo. For $55.oo. For 6 O. 00 . For 65.oo.
You cannot save $20.00 on these prices nor $1.00 either^
These prices for cash, but will sell on time for a small advance.
D. A. TiiomDSon.