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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. .................. { Patronize i • White ! | Barbers | + We have a neat and well ♦ | kept shop, equipped with | ♦ new furniture and supplied ♦ I with hot and cold water. We I ♦ ask for your trade from the g • fact that we do first class J g J work the and through. white barbers all j way | I W. J. Gober f W. .T. Higgins * DENTIST l i & Over Cohen’s Store. # Your Patronage Solicited. jj| 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.