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Cotton Market:
Following was ruling
prices here yesterday:
Middling, la! 1-4 cts.
Good mid- U l' 2 cts -
V0L.I..NO. 35
Come to the Big Good Roads Convention In This City Next Wednesday!
SIC CROWD ATTENDS
SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY
Snapping Shoals Was Mecca Of
Great Congregation at Sun¬
day School Convention.
Possibly the best program ever ren¬
dered at the annual Snapping Shoals
Sunday School Convention, was that
of last Wednesday, when the people
for miles around gathered for a day of
pleasure and profit at this well known
place, and partook of the hospitality
of the big-hearted people of that dis¬
trict. The clay was replete with good
singing, good speaking and a good
time for everybody.
The program which had been ar¬
ranged by the program committee
was considered by all who attended
as being the best ever arranged for
the occasion, and when the day was
finished there was not a single glum
face or a kick from anyone present.
The people there know how to enter¬
tain royally, and their attitude this
year was hut a repetition of the an¬
nual display of their true southern
hospitality.
Among the most important num¬
bers on the program was an address
from Ex-Gov. Hoke Smith, he using
as his subject “Education.” Mr.
Smith is considered one of the best
posted men in t he state on the educa¬
tional conditions and needs, and his
talk on this subject was one of the
most powerful and sensible ever lis¬
tened to by a Newton county conven¬
tion. His talk has been the suhjeot
of quite a good deal of comment and
is being highly praised by all present .
Another important feature of the
lay was the address of our own L. W.
Jarman, who gave the large crowd
some very telling facts and arguments
in favor of the good roads movement
flow at such a high pitch in this
county. We are all proud of Wilson,
and when he makes such a strong talk
as he did on that occasion, especially
iwhen he espoused such an import ant
measure for the people, we feel just
like throwing up our hats like we did
I here 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, in other words I HE\
ARE SAVING SOMETHING some way. There are
others in the same locality who are falling behind. I his 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.
Why not do business on a safe basis and be one of the “get
ahead ?” BRING your dollars to us for
S \! 1 KEEPING. When make your first deposit we
you
Present you with a deposit book and check book, these are
yours without cost to you ; the check with which you pay
y°ur account is a receipt for it and we always have a record
°l ri in case you fail to be properly credited—in other words
a hank account with us guarantees you safety to your funds
without cost to you.
^ Vou Wish to Succeed Deposit
Your Money With The
First National Bank
Covington, Georgia.
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RAILWAY COMPANY
BUYS NEW GARS.
Covington and Oxford Will Both
Have New Street Cars and
Better Transit Service.
The Covington & Oxford Street
Railway company has just purchased
two new cars to be operated on their
lines between this city and Oxford
and they will be placed in service
within the next few days. The cars
are of a new type and are considered
better in many ways than the ones
now in use. They arrived in the city
last Saturday and have already been
unloaded and put in the’barns.
The Street Car company had some
misunderstanding with the city au¬
thorities several months ago about
their franchise, but this has all been
amicably settled and they have gone
to work to give the people better cars
and better service. Much complai nt
has been made recently about the old
cars being uncomfortable to ride in
and the company has shown a willing¬
ness to “tote fair” with the people by
purchasing new ones. The new ones
are beauties and will add greatly to
the appearance of their property.
Often we hear some one say Cov¬
ington should do away with horse
ears and put into operation an electric
line, but did you ever think that when
you are off in some other city and
someone asks you where you are from
and you tell them Covington, they
immediately say, “that’s where the
horse ears are.” That advertises the
city, and anything that advertises
helps.
when we were boys together at the
Academy Spring, and all yell, “Go
after ’em Beck.”
There were a numberef other in¬
teresting items on the program de¬
serving special mention, and alto¬
gether it was one of the best conven¬
tions yet held at Snapping Shoals, or
for that matter, anywhere else in the
county.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. AUGUST 11, 1909.
I It Is Expected that There Will Be a Great
Crowd VvTn I hat P a te and Pro '
gram Will b Be One of the L Best Ever.
Many Prominent Men to Speak.
L. F. LIVINGSTON. MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Many Plans and Methods of Raising Necessary Funds for Building
Permanent Roads Will Be Presented to the People of the County.
Local Citizens Will Also Address the Crowd. Every Citizen in
the County is Urged to be Present.
Arrangements have been almost
completed for the program of the l>ig
Good Roads Convention and Rally to
be held here on next Wednesday, Au¬
gust 18th, and one of the largest
crowds assembled here in many years
will in all probability be present.
Hon. L. F. Livingston will be the
Master of Ceremonies for the occa¬
sion, and will deliver a telling address
about the road problem, his expe¬
rience at Washington making it pos¬
sibly the most concise and clear of
any. Hon. Wm. Schley Howard, So¬
licitor General of the Stone Mountain
Circuit will also be there with an ad¬
dress, followed by Hon. Fred E.
White, president of the Good Roads
Club of Georgia. After these speak¬
ers have told the people the best
methods of how to obtain the neces¬
sary funds for the work, a govern¬
ment expert will give the people an
idea as to the cost of building and
maintaining permanent thorough¬ ]
fares. Many of the local citizens of
the county and city will also have |
short addresses, and alt ogether thtM
day will be full of interest and infor
FIRE DEPARTMENT
NOW ORGANIZED.
Covington Now Has Three Com¬
panies With Seven Men to
Each Reel.
The city council at their last meet¬
ing did the preliminary work of or¬
ganizing the fire department, by ap¬
pointing a chief and three captains to
work with the volunteer department
during the present year. Mr. Miles
G. Turner was appointed chief, and
Messrs. J. O. - Bradshaw, J. W. Peek
and J. E. Taylor were made captains
of the three companies, with instruc¬
tions to at once make up their respec¬
tive companies of eight men each.
They have all registered their men
with the city clerk, and the work of
organizing and placing the men in
their different places has already been
started. The chief will call a’mat¬
ing for one night this week for the
purpose of adopting rules and regula¬
tions for the department, after which
the different companies will begin
practice.
It is the intention of Chief Turner
to make the Covington Fire Depart¬
ment one of the best volunteer organ¬
izations in the state, and if his pre¬
liminary work is any indication, he
certainly means to do it. All the
boys composing the different compa¬
nies are hustlers, and their work at
the fire last Friday night, without any
previous practice or instruction gives
a fair idea of what they will do for
the protection of property when they
get thoroughly organized and under¬
stand the work.
We are requested by the chief to
state that when there is a fire in the
city that no one will be allowed to
approach the building inside of fifty
yards, except members of the depart¬
ment, as it is impossible to keep a
thorough system when everybody is
right at the boys, and all are talking
at the same time.
Following is a list of the hoys be¬
longing to their respective companies:
Company No. I—J- O. Bradshaw,
cantain; W. A. Heard, Dewitt Weav¬
er. Lewis Clark, W. R. Stillwell, Cal¬
houn Vining, Shelly Elliott.
Company No. 2.—J. T. Swann, cap¬
tain- J. W. Harwell, R. E. Stephen¬
son, Robert Vining, Emmett Piper,
W. E. Rumph.
COMPANY No. 3.—J. E. Taylor, Taylor, cap¬
tain: L. L. Flowers, R. F.
Carl Smith, Claude Whiteheau, Geo. !
D. Butler, Jr., Will Cook.
| NGREASE SHOWN
IN TAX RETURNS.
Taxable Values in This County
Have Increased $1,769,134
In Last Five Years.
That Newton County is one of the
most prosperous and progressive in
the state is attested to a remarkable
degree by the substantial increase in
her taxable property every year dur¬
ing the past decade. The returns for
every one of the last ten years show
that we are on the progressive march
and that property is always advanc¬
ing in values, notwithstanding the
fact that we have undergone during
this period one of the most severe
panics in the history of the country
since the reconstruction days.
As a matter of information we have
compiled the returns of the taxable
property for the past five years, which
shows an increase for each year, and
also the difference between the value
of taxable property now and at the
different periods. The increase dur¬
ing the administration of the present
officer, Mr. J. F. Lunsford who took
the oath of office in 1901, is ft,480,978,
which is one of the most remarkable
increases in the history of the county.
Following is the amount of property
returned for taxation during the past
five years:
1905 $3,000,155
1900........ 3,920,341
1907 4,229,600
1908 ....., .. 4,350,830
1909 4,309,289
As will be seen from the above re¬
turns of the present year there is an
increase of $18,459 over that of 1908,
which is considered good when it is
taken into consideration that at the
time for taxes to be returned there
was a shortage in the amount of cot¬
ton in the county of approximately
$50, (XX) over 1908.
The people of the county should
feel justly proud of the fact that there
has been such a substantial increase
in her taxable property, especially so
when euery indication points to an
even greater increase during the next
mation for the people of the county
interested in this most important
question now before them for consid¬
eration. Hon. Livingston hit the nail
square on the head sometime ago
when he remarked that it was now
time for the people of the rural sec¬
tion to strike for good roads as the
town people were ready to help them
out.
Come to Covington on the 18th and
bring your neighbor with you. It is
a duty you owe your manhood, to
wife and to your children, if you
have any, to consider this question.
If you come you will then understand
things none of us know about
road work, and then if you don’t like
vote against it. You will never
coming. In fact you will al¬
ways he thankful that you came and
something about other pi aces,
if Newton never gets good roads.
Come over that day and meet your
from the other side of the
They will be glad to see you
the people of the city will be glad
welcome you here that day.
REPORT :
SHOWS DEGREASE. |
i
Government Report Was
Published There was a Lively
Rise in Prices in New York.
The Government’s report on the
of the cotton crop was
last Monday, and owing to the
that the report showed a decrease
that of former years, the price
T ent up almost immediately after the
were made public. In New
the prices advanced sharply for
and there is a considerable
over the figures of the pre¬
week. January delivery sold
12.35 to 12.70 inside of ten minutes
about $2 per bale above the closing
at the close of the previous day.
advance w T as within 14 points of
higli record of the season.
The government report of 71.9 per
represented a deterioration of
per cent, for the month, and was
record for this season of the year.
The average condition by states on
25th, 1909, and ten years previous
July 25th, respectively, follows:
Virginia—71 and 82.
North Carolina—71 and 91.
South Carolina—77 and 80.
Georgia—78 and 81.
Florida-84 and 84. *
Alabama - 68 and 80.
Mississippi—61 and 80.
Louisiana—58 and 81.
Texas—70 and 81.
Arkansas—76 and 81.
Tennessee—80 and 83.
Missouri—85 and 84.
Oklahoma—79 and 82.
The New Game.
Covington is not behind the times
any means. She now' has one of
new r games, “Five Back,” and it
attracting a great deal of attention
the older people as well as the
This new game is one of the
interesting and popular games
in that it is such excellent exer-1
especially for the young ladies. fel-1 |
managers are clever young
and they frequently let their |
out for special parties in the
and it is becoming quite a
for the young ladies of the city to
their friends at their place,
is located in the store formerly
by Cash-Mobley & Co. xxx
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Covington, Ga.
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The News is now lo¬
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quarters o n Pace
street. Come to see
us for good printing.
$1. A Year In Advance.
GAMP MEETING
ATTRACTS CROWD,
Begun Last Friday and Will Con
tinut Trough the Thirteenth
of This Month.
The annual camp meetings were be¬
gun at Salem Camp Grouud last Fri¬
day and the attendance has been good
up to the time we go to press. Ow¬
ing to the incessant rain every day
since the meetings started the attend¬
ance has not been quite as good as on
former occasions but the meetings
are said to be the best held in many
years.
A number of prominent ministers
are there and they are all doing good
work and delivering splendid sermons
at every service. The Sunday ser¬
vices were unusully good, several of
the strongest sermons ever heard in
this county having been delivered on
that day and the congregation at each
service gave the ministers their entire
attention throughout the day. The
fact that a revival service was held at
Salem a few weeks ago has added a
great deal to the zest of the camp
meetings, and it is thought that the
good done there this week will long
be felt in that section of the county.
Rev. W. O. Butler is the pastor in
charge and the ministers who are as¬
sisting him with the services are all
earnest workers and are putting forth
every effort to make the services of
the 1909 camp meetings the best ever
held there. The song services are ex¬
cellent, many local voices and a num¬
ber of singers from other places being
present.
five years over the ones above given.
We doubt if there is any county in
the state that can make such a show¬
ing as Newton, especially as there
was no large corporations placing
manufacturing plants during this pe¬
riod, but the growth has been a steady
one, with plenty of good back-bone
behind it, and after all that is what it
takes to build up tax return s.