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VOL 1 NO. 34
SALEM CAMP MEETING
([GINS NEAT FRIDAY.
Urge Crowd Expected to Attend.
Ministers and Workers Who
Will be Present.
The annual camp meeting to beheld
at S-ilt'm will ' l>en next 13th Friday of thin and
continue through the
nth. Efforts are being made by
those in charge to make this one of
;he n atest and best from a soul sav
.
in standpoint ever held at this camp
„
,r.und. All who attend are especially
invited to take part in the meeting
and assist in making it the success
lliat is desired by the ministers in
charge. meetings time
These camp are a
honored custom with the people of
this county and are usually largely at
taided by both citizens of this and
adjacent sections, and this year the
meeting promises to be more Largely
attended than in many years.
The hotel will be in charge of Mes¬
srs. Otis and Paul Hardeman, and
they have made ample preparations
for the accommodation of all who
m ay want to attend the meeting and
stop at the hotel.
The following ministers will be pres¬
ent and cake part in the meetings:Dr.
i C. E. Dowman, presiding elder; Rev.
W. 0. Butler, pastor in charge; Rev.
Ford McRee, Milledgeville; Rev. II.
M. Qulllian. Covington; Rev. H. F.
Branham, Conyers; Rev. H. C. Chris¬
tian Barnesville; Rev. T. T. Christian,
Gainesville With these able minis¬
ters in charge the success of the meet¬
ing is assured all who may attend.
In addition to those already mention¬
ed, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Haines, of St.
Louis, will he present and take
part in the services.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to attend.
Deputy Maddox Goes to Rome.
Peeety T .Maddox wont up to
Rome last Thursday to bring back to
i this county Henry Covington, wanted
! her on a misdemeanor charge.
Henry left here sometime ago, but
j die officers here learned that he was
at 11 >m» and .Mr. Maddox went over
ami brought him back. He will be
tried at tii" next term of the city
court.
There Are a Few People in Every
Locality Who Are Getting
Ahead in the World
They are better off than they were a year or more ago ; they
are spending less than they earn, m other words THE\
ARE SAVING SOMETHING some way. There are
others in the same locality who are falling behind. This is
sometimes due to misfortune, but more often to lack of the
proper care in spending their money.
No Matter What Date is Stamped
On It, A Dollar Is Not Old
Enough to Take Care
of Itself.
A hv not do business on a safe basis and be one of the “get
ahead?” BRING YOUR DOLLARS TO US FOR
AAj i KEEPING. When you make your first deposit we
P ! s enl you with a deposit book and check book, these are
-' 0Jrs without cost to you ; the check with which you pay
account is a receipt for it and we always have a record
°hit in case you fail to be properly credited—in other words
1 !, ank account with us guarantees you safety to your funds
with iin i E 10 ut cost to you.
^ ou Wish to Succeed Deposit
Your Money With The
First National Bank
Covington, Georgia.
@flpfi @mimmn Mm
SUPPOSED BOBBERS
CAPTURED SATURDAY,
Men Wanted In Clayton County
Landed Out at Porterdale by
County Officers.
Three men, Jim and Fred Terry
and Tom Walker, wanted in Clayton
county for robbery committed about
three weeks ago, were captured out
et Porterdale last week by Sheriff S.
M. Hay ahd Deputy Sheriff T. F.
Maddox and lodged in jail here to
await the arrival of the sheriff of that
county.
Sheriff Brown, of Jonesboro, came
over Saturday and returned the same
night with his prisoners. It was the
impression of the authorities of this
county that there had been a reward
offered for their apprehension, hence
the arrests.
The officials of this county are gain¬
ing a reputation for capturing men
wanted in other sections of the state
and it is becoming a patent fact with
criminals that if they do not want to
be captured they had better steer
clear of Newton county.
The men arrested offered no resis¬
tance and they were quietly placed in
jail here with but few people knowing
anything about it.
Remodeling Store.
Mr. M. Levin, who moved his stock
of goods to the Terrell building some¬
time ago, is having his store remodel¬
ed and changed around, preparatory
for the fall trade. The building which
is located next to The First National
Bank,belongs to Mr. John Taylor, who
is showing his public spirit and pro¬
gressiveness in making a thoroughly
modern place out of it. He is having
the whole front taken out and rebuilt
with plate glass, with two large show
windows. New interior work is being
placed all over the store and new
counters and shelving also. By the
time Mr. Levin gets back into it it
will be one of the prettiest places in
the city.
Yes, Geraldine, a few hen-pecked
husbands have introduced a bill in
the legislature to prohibit the ladies
riding astride a horse!
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, AUGUST 4 , 1909.
LEE AGAIN HEADS
FARMERS UNION
Largest Crowd in History of Union
Attend the Meeting held at
Macon Last Week.
The Farmers Educational and Co¬
operative Union held one of the best
meetings in the history of the organi¬
zation in Macon three days of last
week, nearly every county in the
state being represented. There were
over seven hundred delegates in
attendance.
The exercises were held in the city
auditorium and the meeting called to
order by Hon. Jas. L. Lee, president
of the union. Hon. A. L. Miller,
mayor of the city of Macon, delivered
the welcome address, and Hon. C. S.
Barret, president of the National Un¬
ion, responded in a speech upholding
the work of the Farmers Union.
Other speeches were delivered by
prominent members and citizens along
lines of interest to those who were in
attendance.
Hon. J. L. Lee, of DeKalb county
was re-elected president. No changes
were made in the re-election of offi¬
cers. The executive committee was
slightly changed from last year.
Hon. L. W Jarman, of this county,
was placed on the committee on agri¬
cultural education.
Several very interesting sessions
were held and the discussion of perti¬
nent topics and expressions upon a
number of matters were heard by the
organization.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
“Resolved, that the Georgia divit
ion of the F. E. & C. U. of America,
in convention assembled, expresses
its hearty approval of a prudent and
conservative beginning toward com¬
pulsory education in Georgia and ex¬
presses the hope that the present leg¬
islature will give careful and deliber¬
ate consideration to this subject, and.
if practicable, to enact such a law Be¬
fore adjournment. We deem this sub¬
ject secondary to none before our law
making body.”
The convention also went upon re¬
cord as favoring the appointment of a
state commissioner of agriculture,
adopting the following resolution,
which was offered by Mr. W. L. Stall¬
ings:
“Resolved, by the State Farmers’
Union, in convention assembled, that
we urge upon our present general as¬
sembly the enactment of such legisla¬
tion as will empower each county to
elect, by the people, a commissioner
of agriculture.” convention memorialized the
The
present legislature to remove the tax
on lield-over farm products. The con¬
vention’s sentiment on this matter
was expressed as follows:
“Resolved; That, whereas, Repre¬
sentative M. L. Johnson of Bartow
county has introduced into the pres¬
ent Georgia assembly a bill to exempt
from taxation all unmanufactured
farm products, including bale cotton,
while in the hands of the producer,
for a peoriod of one year following
such production, therefore, be it
“Resolved by the State Farmers’
Union of Georgia, in convention as¬
sembled, That we favor the passage
of such bill, and be it resolved, that
if a constitutional amendment is nec¬
essary to make the said bill operative,
we hereby request the general assem¬
bly to submit to the people of Georgia
such necessary amendment.”
The convention appeared to be en¬
thusiastically opposed to immigration
in all forms.
City Court Jury List.
The following named persons were
drawn to serve as Jurtrs for the regu¬
lar September Term, 1909, of the City
Court of Covington in open court,
July 30, 1909, to-wit:
W. T. Smith, T. J. Harwell,
C. W. Berry, S. B. Fuller,
W. H. Aaron, J. C. Stewart,
B. M. Leach, O. P. McCord,
J. A. Scott, W. B. Smith,
T. B. Black, Otis Hardeman,
1 J. A. Grant, A. II. Milner,
I L. S. Smith, L. L. Johnson,
E. W. Fowler, D. A. Thompson,
Elected Superintendent.
Mr. J. T. Elliott, one of the most
substantial citizens of the county and
worker for anything that tends to
build up the life of the district where
he lives, has been elected superinten¬
dent of the Sunday School at Brick
Store and has assumed his duties.
The people of that district could not
jhave selected a more conscientious
GEORGIA BAPTISTS
AT BLUE RIDGE.
B. Y. P. U. Convention Meets at
1 hat Place August 4-7. Big
Crowds Expected.
The first assembly of the Georgia
Baptists promises to be one of the
most largely attended gatherings of
Baptists ever held in Georgia. Below
we publish the program in full:
PROGRAM.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUU. 4.
Preceding the Assembly.
7:45—Service of song, conducted by
T. A. Henry, Esq.
Convention Sermon—Rev. D. W.
Key, D. 1)., Washington, Ga.
Welcome Address—T. H. Crawford,
Esq., Blue Ridge.
Response—E. R. Pendleton, Coving¬
ton, Ga.
Announcement of committee.
Adjournment.
THURSDAY MORNING.
Devotional—G. P. Leggett, Esq.,
Adel, Ga.
Conference on Literature—Rev. I.
J. Van Ness, D. D., Nashville, Tenn.
Address—The Lordship of Jesus in
our Faith. Rev. J. D. Chapman, D.
D., Valdosta, Ga.
Report of Executive Committee.
Adjournment.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Song service, led by T. A. Henry.
Conference on Junior Work. Hon.
John E. Howell, Moultrie.
THURSDAY NIGHT.
Song service—Conducted by T. A.
Henry, Esq.
Address—The Lordship of Jesus in
our Vocations. Hon. W. J. Northen,
LL‘ D., Atlanta.
Address—“Tne Bible and Evange¬
lism.” Rev. H. C. Buchholtz, Atlanta.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Devotional—Rev. C. T. Willingham
Rome.
Address -The Lordship of Jesus in
Our Avocations. Rev. Ralph Bailey,
Savannah.
Address—The Lordship of Jesus in
Our Church Life. Rev. T. J. Watts,
Corresponding Secretary of B. Y. P.
LT. of the South, Louisville, Ky.
Miscellaneous.
Adjournment.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Song Service.
Address—The Lordship of Jesus in
Missions. Rev. T. B. Ray, D. D.,
Educational Secretary of Foreign
Mission Board, Richmond, Va.
FRIDAY NIGHT.
Song Service, by T. A. Henry, Esq.
Address and Stereopticon—Dr. T.
B. Ray, Richmond, Va.
Closing.
JURY LIST.
September Term Newton County
Superior Court.
The following gentlemen have been
drawn to serve as Grand and Traverse
Jurors at the September Term, 1909,
of Newton Superior Court:
GRAND JURORS.
W. E. Harwell, P. W. Godfrey,
E. W. Fowler, W. B. Smith,
H. J. Boggus, P. W. Turner,
E. F. Hays, J. J. Carter,
C. D. Ramsey, M. H. Davis,
J. L. Stephenson, C. C. Epps, Jr.,
J. W. Sockwell, R. E. Everitt,
S. A. Brown, D. A. Thompson, Jr,
J. W. Branham, J. O. Adams,
J. C. Harwell, T. T. Sullivan,
F. R. Porter, W. B. Hurst,
G. W. Avery, W. H. Ogietree,
G. D. Almand, W. T. Milner,
W. C. Clark, B. J. Anderson,
J. R. Stephenson, T. G. Callaway,
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Hugh Aiken, W. R. Roberts,
J. J. Corley, W. J. Hays,
C. A. Wander, Woodie Piper,
W.W. Willingham,J. W. Pickett,
E. W. Adams, J. L. Coggin, Dobbs,
J. B. Ellington, W. N.
C. E. Chestnut, W.B.R.Penington
T. A. Cook, J. M. Aaron,
C. A. Sockwell, L. L. Johnson,
W. A. Gardner, L. S. Smith,
E. E. Parker, J. T. Elliott,
W. H. Gaither, J. Q. Harvey,
R. W. Campbell, E. N. Dabney,
C. A. Franklin. W. R. Greer,
J. H. Camp, R. I. Mobley,
E. H. Mobley, W. H. Adams,
R. R. Fowler, D. W. Adams,
William Boyd, Wolf Cohen,
man for the place, or a man who will
do more for the good of the work in
which he is engaged. The people
there are very much pleased with his
selection and will do all they can to
make the Sunday School there one of
the best in the county.
CITY COURT HAS
BUSY SESSION.
Adjourned Term Which Met Last
Monday Was Busiest Session
Held in Many Months.
The adjourned term of the City
Court convened last Monday morning
with Judge Whaley on the bench and
Solicitor Milner in the prosecuting
line. He was assisted in ihe business
of the Court by Mr. W. S. Howard,
Solicitor General of the Stone Moun¬
tain Circuit and they rushed things
through with asunuch speed as was
practicable.
One of the most important eases to
be tried was that of the suit against
the county to recover damages on ac¬
count of the death of a little negro
girl, who it is claimed, fell off of a
bridge in the north-eastern part of the
county some time last year and was
drowned. The case required a day
and a half to examine the witnesses
and for the attorneys on both sides
to present their respective points.
The ease was interesting from start
to finish and attracted quite a large
crowd to the city on those days. Af¬
ter consideration and several ballots
by the jury the verdict gave the plain¬
tiff damages to the amount of $500.
They claimed $2000. The county was
represented by Milner & Foster, and
the plaintiff was represented by the
law firm of Middlebrook, Rogers &
Knox.
During the session of the court a
number of civil eases were disposed
of and several disdemeanor cases also
came up for consideration and were
tried. Several of the gambling cases,
bills of indictment having been re¬
turned by the last grand jury, and the
verdict in one was a mistrial and the
others guilty. These cases have
nearly all been settled, and it was
the biggest haul ever made by a grand
jury in this county.
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION.
A Bill will be introduced at the
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.
MOST
ANY
BANK
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times are good and money easy. When times
are hard and money tight you feel the
need of a business connection with a
Big, Strong and Reliable Bank
Do your banking business and make your credit
good with the strongest Bank in
Newton County
The
Bank of Covington
Covington, Ga.
V.
The News is now lo¬
cated in it’s new
quarters o n Pace
street. Come to see
us for good printing.
$1. A Year In Advance.
GOLD WATCH CON¬
TEST GETTING WARM.
Several Correspondents are Getting
in Votes Right Along. Closes
Last Day of August.
The Correspondents Contest begun
by The News in which we will give
one of our writers on the first of Sep¬
tember a handsome gold watch and
another a five dollar gold piece, is
creating a lot of lively interest and
the voting is close all the way round.
The News’ object in putting on this
contest is to get a letter from every
district in the couuty for every issue
of the paper and in order to do this we
are going to give these handsome pre¬
sents to two of them just to show our
appreciation of their excellent ser¬
vice.
Below we give the names and num¬
ber of votes of the three leading con¬
testants. Several others are running
them a close race and by the end of
the month there will be a lot of hust¬
ling done by each of them. We want
to urge all our correspondents to have
their friends use the vote coupon in
each issue of The News which is good
for ten votes. It costs nothing to vote
and the people of eacli locality should
encourage the correspondents by vot¬
ing for them. Here are the three lead¬
ers:
Pace 2460.
Bowenville 1880.
Covington Mill 1165.
As a special inducement to get votes
we give with every paid subscription
of twelve months one hundred votes;
With each subscription of six months,
50 votes, and each three months sub¬
scriptions 25 votes. Get some of your
friends to subscribe for The News or
renew their subscriptions before the
first of September and place their
votes to your credit. The prizes are
well worth working for.
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.