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PORTERDALE WINS
FROM NORMAN TEAM,
Pitcher’s Battle From Beginning,
With Moore Leading Nor¬
man in Strike-Outs.
In one of the prettiest games of the
season, the Porterdale Baseball Team
defeated the craek Norman Team
from Ola by a score of 2 to 1. It was
decidedly one of the fastest games
ever played at Porterdale. The game
was a pitchers battle between I. K.
Norman, of the Ola team and L. C.
Moore, the young pitcher of the Por
t rlale team. Moore fanned 13 men
and gave up only 3 hits. Norman
fanned 11 men and gave up 7 hits.
The Porterdale team has won 9 out
of 12 games played and is growing
decidedly stronger now than ever
before.
Below will be found the summary
of the game.
PORTERDA LE.
r h e
Miller, e f, 0 0 1
Earnst, 2nd b, 0 0 0
Amerson, 1st b. .. 1 2 0
Stone, ss, 0 1 1
Finley, rf, 1 1 0
Moore, p..... 0 2 0
Huff, 3rd b, 0 0 1
I). Stewart, c, 0 1 0
B. Stewart, If, 0 0 1
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TOTALS 2 3
NORMAN TEAM
r h e
H. Turner, of, 0 0 0
W. Turner, 2nd b, 0 0 0
O. Sewell, e, 1 0 1
Willard, 3rd b, 0 0 0
Duke, rf, 0 2 0
P. Turner, as, 0 0 0
I. J£. Norman, p, 0 0 0
A. C. Norman lb 0 0 1
Johnson, If, 0 1 0
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TOTALS, 1 3 2
Struck out by Moore, 13, by Nor
man, 11.
Umpire, Stillwell.
Laying The Corner Stone.
Yes, I attended the laying of the
corner stone of the new Baptist church
now being Erected in Covington. It’s
a little strange to say, but this was
my first trip to the laying of a corner
stone.
It is said that the wise man gathers
from every event he witnesses and
treasures up the experience of the
past to guide him for the future. I
had some disposition to learn the
origin of corner stones and their uses.
There was a failure on the part of the
speaker, Rev. J. M. Brittain, who was
for some years pastor of the Baptist
church here, to meet the occasion, he
being sick and unable to attend. Quite
a disappointment, and which necessi¬
tated the calling on the present pas¬
tor, the Rev. Mr. Pendleton, who
made a good substitute, and seems to
be leaning in the right direction.
Pendleton’s views in regard to cor¬
ner stones was that they were of
Catholic origin, but by further inves¬
tigation I was informed that the his
tory went back to the second Temple
of Solomon and that the Masons
placed it under tho north east corner
of that temple. So this antidates the
Catholics, if true. It, I think, is a
good custom for the preservation of
records, etc.
A WOKL) ABOUT CHURCHES.
Sir John Pierpoint, of New York
City, took the trouble to get out a
book showing the expenditures for
churches in the world and advanced
the idea that the amount was exces¬
sive, running into figures past enum¬
eration, but from my observation the
more the better. They speak for
themselves in any land and their
want can easily be felt. They bring
light and Christian unity and solem¬
nity of purpose among the masses; so
let them be built in every land both
fine and common, till every nook and
corner shall have had their light.
Horace Greely in years of the past
went to Texas and on return was
asked about their needs and he said
they needed one thousand school
ma’ams end one hundred thousand
window panes.
There is a clause in the book that
says, “lam the light of the world,”
and the most effective method of get¬
ting that light to the masses is schools
a id churches, both fine and common.
Truly, B. F. Camp.
"Jonas, did you beat that rug accord¬
in’ to orders?”
‘‘No, S’manthy; I just didn’t.”
“Didn’t? What’s the reason. I'd like
to know?’’
“’Cause, S’manthy, when 1 got it
out on the line there an’ saw how
frittered an’ feeble it was I didn’t
have the heart to lambaste it. I know
1 have a shortage of viriues, S’manthy,
but I want you to know that respect
for old age isn’t one of ’em.”—Boston
Courier.
Going to Law.
The man who goes to law for the
purpose of obtaining satisfaction gen¬
erally gets so many other things that
he forgets all about the satisfaction if
there is any in it for him.—Chicago
"Let Us Reason Together.” j
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date thirty-eight convicts on account
of the new change in the convict sys¬
tem ; three times as many as she ever
handled before. Therefore with three
times as many convicts to care for, it
will cost the county at the very low¬
est possible figure twenty thousand
dollars per annum to care for and
build any kind of roads with this
number of convicts.
So if you please, let twenty thous¬
and dollars be the basis from which
we shall make our calculation. Then
say that it will cost $2,500,00 per mile
to build permanent road, with the
twenty thousand dollars you have to
; spend on roads you can only build
eight miles of road per annum.
This biings us row to the main
question which we are to decide, viz:
Do we want this county to build these
roads at once, or get them by piece¬
meal, when one way will cost practi¬
cally as much as the other? If there
is no economy in waiting, why not
have these good roads now, and let us
enjoy their benefits? How can we
build them now and have but little or
no increase in taxation?
If you are going to spend $20,000
every year any way, on the patch
work and temporary work, why not
raise enough money at one time to
accomplish some material good?
You can vote an issue of One Hun¬
dred Thousand Dollars of bonds, pay¬
able twenty years from date, these
bonds can be easily sold at par bear¬
ing five per cent, interest. The inter¬
est on these bonds will amount to five
thousand dollars per annum; create a
sinking fund of Five Thousand Dollars
per annum for the retirement of these
bonds when due; place the sinking
fund on time deposit in a safe bank
paying four per cent, interest on the
! deposits; the interest on this sinking
fund in twenty years will amount to
about Forty Five Thousand Dollars
compounded; therefore instead of
your interest amounting to five per
cent, on the whole bond issue, it will
be only a little more than two and.
one half per cent. Take the other
ten thousand dollars that you are to
have in hand, and keep the other
roads in the county, while these per¬
manent roads are being built, in pass¬
able repair, feed and clothe convicts
and care for the other necessary cur
! rent expenses of the county.
This one hundred thousand dollars
properly expended will build eighty
miles of permanent good road thirty
feet wide, that will be as good when
your children are old men as it was
the day it was built.
Take some prominent point in the
county as the hub, and build in each
direction from that point, along the
mostly traveled roads from ten to fif¬
teen miles, and extend these roads
from time to time as you retire the
present indebtedness until the entire
county has a perfect system of roads.
With this amount of money the
chaingang can be supplemented with
free labor, and during the summer
months after the crops are layed by,
the farmers of the county can be
given employment in hauling rock
and dirt from grades to fills, and dur¬
ing the winter months when road
j work is practically suspended they
can haul and cord rock along the pro¬
posed line of road for the crushers; or
if you like a competent engineer can
be secured by several surrounding
counties, and he can furnish plans
and specifications and let part of the
roads by contract, requiring bond T)f
the contractor for the acceptable ful¬
fillment of the same.
The only loss to the county under
this order of procedure is the interest
on the bonded debt which we have
already seen is a little more than two
and one half per cent during the life
of the bonds. In return for this loss
you get an increase in taxable values
of from two to five dollars per acre
for every acre of land one of these
roads penetrate; you save the wear
and tear on your vehicles; the life
and vitality of your live stock; time
in going to and from markets, making
two loads then where you make only
one now.
4n the last ten years we have al¬
ready expended $125,000 on roads, and
it only takes a winter’s rain and
freezes to convince you of the folly of
the present s\ stem of roads in the
county, and that this money has al¬
most been uselessly expended.
Don’t you think men of Newton
county that we ought to get together
on a sound business basis and quit
wasting our money on temporary road
work, and go to building roads, sure
enough roads, good roads and perma¬
nent roads. Put an end to the great !
injustice being done future genera¬
tions, and by exemplarlry business be
a blessing to our children instead of a
burden.
Just ask yourself this question. If
you were going to build a mill dam,
would you build one that would wash
away with every rain, or would you
build a good one, a permanent one
that would stand against a deluge?
Why of course you would build the
permanent dam, and why? Because
you know it would be a foolish expen
ture of time and money to build the
temporary one, and the great econo-
THE COVINGTON NEWS
No Singing at Red Oak This Year.
We are requested to state that the
usual annual singing held at Red Oak
church, in Brewers district, will not
be held this year. This is probably
the first time in fifteen years that
there has been no annual singing held
at this place, and many who kave
been in the habit of attending there
gatherings will be disappointed to
know that the singing has been called
off for this year.
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION.
A Bill will be introduced at the i
present term of the legislators to
authorize Newton County to issue
$100,000.00 bonds for Road pur¬
poses. Also to create a bond com¬
mission. And order an election for
same.
Let me do your laundry work.
I have the Troy Steam Laundry,
and will do it as cheep asa.iy body.
I will do up any thing from a
circus tent to a pocket handerchief.
Leave order atMcGarity’s stable
Phone 167-L.
HARRY AIKEN.
Local Taxation in Morgan.
(Continued from first page.)
a month longer in the spring and one
month in the fall the attendance
would have been larger, but I am
gratified by the following comparison:
SCHOOL CENSUS FOR THE YEARS.
White Colored Total
1903 1398 3691 • 5089
1908 1442 3655 5097
From the foregoing it will be seen
that our entire school population has
increased only eight pupils in five
years; that the white population has
increased in number 44 pupils, and
that the colored population has de
creassd 36 pupils in five years.
Now I beg to call your attention to
the enrollment and attendance durii g
these five years, to-wit:
ENROLLMENT.
YEAR TERM WHITE COLORED TOTAL
1903 6 mo. 1157 2274 2431
1904 5 4 4 2017 2145 3352
1905 5 « t 1285 2339 3624
1906 5 4 4 1253 2356 3609
1907 5 < < 1334 2476 3810
1908 7 t ( 1402 2827 4229
ATTENDANCE.
YEAR TERM WHITE COLORED TOTAL
1903 6 mo. 715 1378 2093
1904 5 i 4 717 938 1700
1905 5 4 ( 740 1166 1905
1906 5 i 4 801 1156 1957
1907 5 4 4 800 1236 2036
1908 7 4 i 752 1217 1970
A careful inspection of the above
will disclose a constant increase in
enrollment of white children from
1903 to 1908 inclusive, except a very
slight decrease in 1006. The same is
true of the enrollment of the colored
schools.
The average attendance of whites
is but slightly less in 1908 for seven
months than in 1907 or 1906 for five
months and is larger than all pre¬
vious years.”
The above demonstrates that the
schools can be operated as success¬
fully for seven months as for five
months.
F. L. Florence, C. S. C.
Morgan County Georgia.
FATE OF THE BRAAKE.
A Treasure Ship That Lies Buried Off
Cape Henlopen.
Somewhere in deep water off Cape
Henlopen lies over half a million In
British gold, and how much more In
gold and silver bars and plate and oth¬
er treasures can only be guessed at.
In 1798 the British privateer Braake
sailed for the west Atlantic bearing
enough gold to pay off all the English
troops stationed in various parts of the
new world. As the soldiers had not
been paid in many months the sum
was a large one.
Whether the captain of the Braake
decided to turn pirate or whether he
merely was showing excessive zeal in
making war on all the enemies of
England that lie met on the high seas
and intended to turn over his loot to
the crown on his return will never be
known, but the fact that the Braake
took no prisoners and sank every prize
goes a long way toward proving the
piracy theory. The Braake captured
a Spanish merchantman coming up
from South American ports laden with
rich tribute from the Spanish colonies
there, transferred the precious cargo
to her own hold and burned "the vessel
Another Spanish ship bringing a
church service of richly jeweled gold
plate to a new world cathedral en¬
countered the privateer and suffered
the same fate. The next to fall a vic¬
tim to the Braake's rapacity was a
Frenchman carrying silks, spices, bran¬
dy and bars of silver. That, too, was
sent to the bottom after it was de¬
spoiled.
The Braake was overtaken by a hur¬
ricane when nearing the American
coast, was blown far out of her course
and sank off Cape Henlopen. Several
of the crew escaped in a small boat
and reached land. Their tales of the
treasure on the sunken ship caused
several expeditious to be fitted out the
following year, but nothing was
brought up save pieces of the anchor
chains and a cannon or two. During
the last hundred years every effort to
raise any part of the treasure has
failed.
The last attempt was made by Cap¬
tain Charles Adams, who fitted out a
ship under the auspices of (he navy
department, but was unable to locate j
the wreck, which is probably by this
time deeply submerged in the ooze and
mud of the ocean bed.—New York
Press.
my would be in building the perma¬
nent dam.
The county of Newton is nothing
more nor less than a large corpora¬
tion ; each tax payer is a stockholder, |
and we are all partners in business ;
so let us have a meeting of the stock
holders, advise with our partners, get
down 1 1 business, quit wasting our
time and money,upbuild our county,
increase our wealth, happiness and
prosperity, and literally carry out by
practice the teaching of the wise
man: “Therefore whosoeverheareth
these sayings of mine, and doeth
them, I will liken him unto a wise
man, which built his house upon a !
rock. And the rain decended, and
the floods came and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house and it fell
not: for it was founded upon a rock.
And every one that heareth these
saying of mine, and doeth them not,
shall be likened unto a foolish man
which built his house upon the sand.”
On August I 7 th, at 10 o’clock, 1 will sell to the highest bidder,
at my old home place, in Newton county, the three fine farms
shown in the above plat. This is my old home place sub¬
divided into three convenient and desirable farms. This is some
of the most valuable farm lands in Newton county. It is a rich
mulatto soil and very productive. It is well situated, being on
the new Covington road and the Covington and Lawrenceville
road. Has R. F. D. service and there are schools and churches
within a short distance. The new Covington road passes thru
each of these farms, and teere are other good roads, making it
easily accessible from all directions. There is abundant water
and timber supply, about 20 per cent, of each farm being in fine
original forest. These are selfsustammg farms and the man who
is looking for an ideal country home or for a paying land invest¬
ment can’t afford to miss this sale. There are few desirable
farms like these on the market today. In fact these would not
be for sale but for the fact that I am so far from them as to
make it impossible to give them hardly any attention.
Terms of Sale
I have made the terms easy so that this land will pay for itself. The terms are
as follows : 5 per cent, of the price on delivery of bond for title. I will accept
a good note for the 5 per cent, due Dec. 1, 1909.
Note for 20 per cent, of price due Jan. 1, 1910.
“ “ 25 “ “ ......Jan. 1, 1911.
“ “ 25 “ “ “ “ “ Jan. I, 1912.
“ “ 25 “ “ “ “ “ Jan. 1, 1913.
All notes to bear interest at the rate of 8 per cent.
Remember this land goes to the highest bidder. Don’t forget the date and place.
TUESDAY AUGUST 17 TH
For Furtlier information Address F. H. TUCK, Loganville, Ga.
NICE FRESH GROCERIES
You will always find at my store as nice and fresh Gro
ceries as can be found in the city, and when you purchase
them from me I make it a point to get them to your home
just as quick as it is possible for me to do it.
FRESH MEATS
I also have in connection with my store a first class Meat
Market and can furnish you with the choice kind of Meats
you like so well. Giveme an order. I will appreciate it and
will try to please you.
Cigars aud Tobacco. Cash Paid for Hides.
R. F. Wright,
Covington, Georgia.
Come to the Road Rally August 18,