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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
RENDER MAY STATEMENT
goad Work Fund Remains About Same as
Bor Month Previous. General Fund
of County in Fair Condition.
Receipts and Disbursements of New
Jcounty from May 1st to June 1st,
“'503 92
1,1, UM- <■! W * R “"'
JlK J Tax Collector 28 60
.ey,
„ « Rec. of Ii Moore,
Commutation Tax 3 60
„ •* Ree. of J E Dobbs
Commutation Tax 7 20
„ *< Rec. of G D Heard
Commutation Tax 10 00
ii “ Rec. of Emmet Rob¬
ertson Commuta¬
tion Tax 28 00
ii “ Rec. of J S Fillyaw
Commutation Tax 16 00
ii “ Rec. of G W Hill
Commutation Tax 18 00
ii “ Rec. of R F Dick
Commutation Tax 102 00
ii « Rec. of A G Lane
Commutation Tax 91 80
ii “ Rec. of C E Hardman
Commutation Tax 136 00
n “ Rec. of S C Chestnut
Commutation Tax 45 00
n “ Rec of T D Meadors
Commutation Tax 23 00
*| “ Rec. of W P Hooper
Commutation Tax 28 22
|| “ Rec. of J S Mosely
Commutation Tax 1 50
“ “ Rec. of B M Leach
Commutation Tax 136 00
“ “ Rec. of Robt. Rainey
Coal 15
Total $2,179 49
DISBURSEMENTS.
CONVICT FUNDS.
J M Neely for Overseers
and Guards $306 07
Fowler Bros., Provision s $45 69
Stock Feed 66 70
Dry Goods 1 75
Sundries 5 20—119 34
MW Flemister, Provisions 11 82
Dr Luke Robinson, Pro¬
fessional Service 22 75
S R Ellington, Provisions 1 50
Dr Holmes, Professional
Service 46 35
Dr J A Wright, Medicine 3 25
A S Hopkins, Professional
Service 2 00
1W Meadors, Provisions 29 07
Dry Goods 6 25
Sundries 3 10— 38 42
Hutchins Grocery Co.,
Provisions 1 50
TCSwanCo., Provisions 34 76
Stock Feed 61 96— 96 71
J A Grant, Provisions 11 25
Heard, White & Co.,
Provisions 34 08
Stock Feed 74 03—108 11
PM Smith, Provisions 5 02
Lee Bros., Provisions 41 96
Stock Feed 59 00
Sundries 1 65—102 61
Cook Bros., Provisions 7 16
Dr. A. S. Hopkins,
Professional Service 2 00
Oglesby Grocery Co.,
Provisions 32 30
Total Convict Fund $868 16
general road fund.
Central Georgia R. R. freight $ 4 80
Central Georgia R. R. freight 15 00
Leurgia Railroad freight 29 81
^ L Hardman Com. Commu¬
tation Tax 13 60
C E Hardman, Work the
Roads on
and Bridges 50 2&
J h c C Chestnut, Chestnut, Com. on Tax 19 40
G Labor 5 55
* Lane, Labor 24 55
Arnett Robertson Com on
hTlv Hobert 11 80
1 *°n, Labor 2 50
Dick, ! Work on Bridge 24 50
J S Fillyaw, Com. on Tax 11 60
J S Fillyaw, Labor 4 60
B M Leach. Com. on Tax 13 60
B M Leach, Labor 81 97
R M Moore, Labor 3 50
P E Middlebrook, Labor 6 93
J W McDaniel, Labor 6 65
J M Jones, Labor 1 50
J J Kelly, Labor 1 00
W M Brown, Labor 5 00
T W Hicks, Labor 10 00
W F Thomas Com. on Tax 13 70
Beck, Gregg Co. 36
M D and H L Smith, equip
ments 132 63
Stephenson Hardware Co.,
Sundries 30 84
D A. Thompson, equipment 62 11
Fincher-Norris Co.,equipment 15 45
Crenshaw & Rainwater, equip¬
ment 132 51
G W Hill, Labor 2 00
G S Nelson, equipment 35 00
Central of Georgia, railroad
equipment 91
Total Gen. road fund $ 832 16
Total convict and gen. R. fund 1,700 38
GENERAL COUNTY FUND.
♦
Officers City Court $24 95
Dr. Luke Robinson, Profes¬
sional Service 12 50
Covington News, printing 30 00
A D Meadow, Ordinary, Lu¬
nacy 28 00
Jno, Bird, holding election,
J P 4 00
Sellie Preston, non-resident
witness 7 20
Dr T U Smith, Professional
Service 1 50
J B Davis, transferring docket 44 35
H J Hays, bringing prisoner
from Jackson county 30 07
S M Hay,sheriff fee,City Court 5 00
J C Nixon, bailiff, City Court 2 00
T F Maddox, bailiff, City Court 2 00
W H Whaley, salary, City
Court 83 33
Geo D Barnard, sundries 4 50
Will Thomas, lumber 8 82
S M Hay, jail expenses 72 80
John Gaither, salary 10 00
John Bass, salary 4 00
Stephenson & Callaway, broom 50
So. Bell Tel. Co., rent 3 00
Total $378 52
BRIDGE FUND.
Dobbs Bros., labor $ 8 50
L S Lansford, work on bridge 25 00
Joseph Smith, material 5 04
T L Loyd, material 10 26
G F Dobbs, lumber 60 00 j
R D Dial, labor 18 62
Dobbs Bros., labor 23 75
Stephenson Hardware Co. 3 65
Total $154 87
PAUPER FUND.
Heard, White & Co., provis¬
ions $ 1 23
Fowler Bros., provisions 4 00
C A Harwell, coffin 615
W T Watson, salary self and
cook IT 33
W C Hitchcock, sundries 5 00
Stephenson & Callaway, pro¬
visions 15 99
J C Harwell, coffin 12 50
J C Harwell, sundries 10 00
T C Swann Co. 2 00
Total $72 20
CITY COURT.
D I Mobley, Jury Script $2 00
N H Piper 2 00
T A Cook 2 00
FA Henderson “ 2 00
J B Glass, jury script Superior
court 6 00
$14 00
nice fresh groceries
^ °u will always find at my store as nice and fresh Gro
Cer tos as can be found in the city, and when you purchase
! etn hom me I make it a point to get them to your home
) Ust as 9 u * c k as it is possible for me to do it.
FRESH MEATS
f also have in connection with store first class Meat
my a
ar ^ e * a *id can furnish you with the choice kind of Meats
y°b like so well. Giveme an order. I will appreciate it and
1 try to please you.
2ud Tobacco. Cash Paid for Hides.
R. F. Wright,
Covington, Georgia.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Domination of Negro Bugaboo.
The Covington News: I inclose
a clipping from the Atlanta Georgian
of July 10th, which I wish you would
give as prominent a position in your
next issue as possible.
So many ^are led astray by the cry
of taxing tlie white man to educate
the negro.
President Barrett takes a more
hopeful view of the situation.
Can’t you help to set those voters
straight who are being misled by an
editorial?
H. H. Stone.
“I feel assured that anything that
puts Georgia forward in the matter of
education is worth while.”
this was the emphatic statement
Saturday ol C. S. Barrett, president
of the National Farmers’ Union, who
had just returned from a trip to Wash¬
ington. President Barrett is especial¬
ly equipped to speak on this subject.
He was for many years a teacher him¬
self and practically all of his life has
been spent among the people in the
country, where the average of illitera¬
cy is highest.
“The day is dawning, and dawning
fast, when politicians can no longer
hoodwink people about this matter.
Let’s face the bald truth of this mat¬
ter. You hear on every side that same
old cry when compulsory education
comes up—negro denomination and
too much going for the education of
the negro.
“It is the favorite bug-a-boo of all
crafty politicians in the state whe n
they are out hunting offices. He’s got
to have something to scare the peo¬
ple with, some hobby to ride into of¬
fice on. But it can’t last always.
“I know that the county boards of
education handle their problems of the
negro with ability and diplomacy
now. In many counties the negro
population dominates, but it is so ar¬
ranged that he gets only in proportion
to the amount of taxes he pays in.
Don’t you know, don’t I know, doesn’t
every thinking man know that satis¬
factory ways would be devised by the
county boards to handle compulsory
education?
“Negro domination has too long
been our bug-a-boo. It lias kept us
back in many ways, yet we have gone
forward when confronted with our
problems and solved them. The white
man still rules, and he will continue
to rule. Let these little politicians
get something else to work their
schemes on. They are blocking a
great and irresistible movement. It
remains to be seen whether or not
Georgia is to bring up the rear or
forge ahead with the other progressive
states.—Atlanta Georgian.
A Nuisance Who Is fn Every Town.
Occasionally one will hear the re¬
mark, “I wish I wasoutofthis town,”
and then one feels like saying, “I
wish you were,” for a man who
stands on the street corners chewing
and spitting, telling obscene stories,
cursing the town, finding fault with
his grand mother because she was a
woman, claiming that the merchants
are a lot of thieves, that the lawyers
and newspaper men would skin a man
to a finish, and a whole lot more, is a
nuisance and an abomination. Any
town pestered with one or more such
worthies would be justified in exer¬
cising cowhide authority on the bos¬
om of their pants. No one is obliged
to live where he is not suited. If one
hasn’t an encouraging word for the
business enterprises and institutions
of his town he should shut up and “go
way back and sit down.” If things
don’t suit you move to where they
will. A growler and sorehead in a
town is an enterprise killer every time.
It would pay a town to donate $5 and
tell him to move.-*-Griffin Farmer.
Go After Business.
The trade territory of a town is
not all dependent upon the distance
to neighboring trading points.
The trade territory depends upon
the enterprise of the merchants and
the residents of the town.
If a town does not reach out
after the trade it will come only as
fast as it has to, and it will grow as
it is forced to. But if the mer¬
chants go after business in the sur¬
rounding country, advertising in
every possible way, and making
good every word of their advertis¬
ing, trade will come from an ever
increasing radius, the town will
gain a reputation for being awake
and it will forge to the front.
It is the men in the town and not
altogether the men living within a
certain number of miles from it
that makes the town good for noth¬
ing.—Dallas New Era.
W. J. Higgins |
DENTIST !
Over Cohen’s Store. §
Your Patronage Solicited. ^
Covington - - Georgia jjjf
TO MY FRIENDS
Georgia Made Tap 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 eitherj
These prices for cash, but will sell on time for a small advance.
D. A. Thompson.
PROFITS CUT ALL
TO PIECES ON
PIANOS
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.