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Entered as second-class matter De¬
cember 3, 1908, at the post office at
Covington, (!a., under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
COVINGTON, GA., August 18, 1909
We ask to know: Who is the sani¬
tary inspector of the city, and what
are his duties?
There will be no compulsory educa¬
tion in Georgia for another twelve
months at least.
With the fall season almost here
and the legislature adjourned, every¬
thing is beginning to look lively.
Not a vacant house in town and new
ones being finished every week.
Looks like that’s growing some, don’t
it?
After all the little “yaller” dog has
one advantage in the tax business.
There is no way prescribed for col¬
lecting it.
This county comes in sometimes for
her share of sensation in her public
institutions. The convict camp for
instance.
Cotton still continues to advance and
those farmers who have already sold
the present crop are beginning to wish
they hadn’t.
Covington has the best system of
public schools in the state. Her new
auditorium annex is completed, and
it is a beauty.
A girl in Paris has allowed herself
to be kissed twice for scientific pur¬
poses. Look out for science to hit
America full in the face.
Newton county is fast coming to the
realization of her splendid advantages
over other counties, and the other
counties are realizing it, too.
The demand for residences in this
city is greater than the supply, not¬
withstanding the fact that there are
new ones being built almost daily.
Newton county paid her teachers
last year approximately $12,000, of
which ten thousand went to the white
instructors and two to the colored.
The people of Newton county want
the roads, all right, even if they do
have to wait a year before they can
express their desire at the ballot box.
Up in Maryland the otherday seven
white men were killed at a picnic.
That reads like happenings at festivals
of the colored population in Georgia.
The best law passed by the legisla¬
ture was that making the election of
county school commissioners elective
by the people instead of being ap¬
pointed.
Where, oh, where is that calamity
howler? The one who predicted that
the bottom would fall out of Coving
ton when she carried bonds for water
and sewerage.
Tiie fact that a girl has already al¬
lowed herself to be kissed for the ben¬
efit. of science will likely cause the
scientific schools to do a rushing bus¬
iness this year.
That was a nice little stink the in¬
vestigation at the state sanitarium
disclosed. The rot at that institution
has the old convict lease system skin¬
ned in forty ways.
The county’ commissioners have
taken the lead in sanitation in this
city. They are' having the best there
is in water and sewerage connection
placed in the court house.
Advertisers are realizing that the
News is the best medium in this sec¬
tion. We have the largest paid-in -
advance circulation ever held by a
newspaper in this county.
Whether Newton county issues road
bonds or not, we are going to have
some good roads. The civil engineer
is right on to his job, and is already
making surveys on the Snapping
Shoals road.
It is the ambition of the publishers of
the News to increase our subscription
list to three thousand before the first of
Decomber. YOUR paper intends to
hold its place as the leader of news¬
papers in Newton, county. Will you
speak a good word for us?
OUR SCHOOL.
The fall session of the Covington
Public Schools will opeu on the last
Monday in August, and never before
in the history of the school here has
there been a better or more flattering
prospect.
The new auditorium and annex to
! the already large building has been
i completed, and this fact alone will
make the work more effective than it
has heretofore been. The session days j
which will open within a few
will have a faculty any city should
be proud of. Instead of having one
man at the head of the schools there
will be two, which is something not
before tried by the people here. B -
sides these there will be a splendid
tu rps of instructors for each depart¬
ment and altogether the faculty, con¬
ditions and everything tend to a very
progressive year in this institution.
But the teachers and the building
does not by any manner of means
j make a school. It devolves upon the
I parents of the children to make punc
| That tuality is their thing slogan the for teachers the schools. have
one
always had to contend with and al¬
ways had to contend with and always
will to a certain extent, but this can
be remedied to a great extent if the
parents of the children would insist
on them getting to school on time,
also preventing them from “cutting.”
The parent can assist the teachers
i n various other w ays, a n d
really it is their duty to do this.
Never talk about a teacher in the
presence of the child. Could yon,
yourself, have confidence in one’s
ability if you were to hear continual
criticisms? We scarcely think you
would.
Send the children to school and
pull together with the teachers. They
can do a better part by your child.
Make this year the banner year for
the Covington Public School.
LOCAL TAXATION.
A petition is being circulated by the
County School Commissioner to order
an election to be held for the purpose
of placing local taxat ion in each dis¬
trict, the proceeds of the tax issue to
go to the schools. This election, if
held, will not affect Covington, neith¬
er will the citizens of Newborn or
Mansfield be allowed to vote on the
issue, it being pointed out by the
State School Commissioner that a
tax is already levied and applied to
these schools. This being true, it is
not a personal issue with the editors
of The News, in that it will not affect
them iu any way. It has been the
policy of the paper, however, to stand
for the best interest of the people of
the entire county and in this instance
we will be found in the same line.
There never was a time in the. history’
of the world when there was a greater
or more pressing deniand for higher
education, and this is especially true
in the rural sections. Whether local
taxation in Newton county will be
of force after the election is a thing
impossible to determine at this stage
of the campaign The question is
right square up to the people of the
rural districts and it remains for them
to say whether they want it or not,
or whether it is the thing best suited
to their needs.
We believe we are voicing the sen¬
timent of the 'majority of the tax¬
payers of the county when we say
that before the election is held there
should be some explanation by those
in authority as to the amount of tax
which will probably be levied, just
what it will be spent, the benefits de -
rived, and all the details connected
with the order for the election, the
issue if carried, and any other infor¬
mation which would he of interest to
the voters of the rural districts.
We invite a free discussion of the
issue iu the columns of this paper.
WILL PUT UP FIGHT
It is now apparent that Mr. S. G.
McLendon, the deposed railroad com¬
missioner, will put up a hard fight for
Ins salary and right to the office from
which he was suspended. He has al¬
ready put in his bill for salary which
he claims is justly his, and this is
considered as the beginning of his
fight for what he claims is his own.
During the investigation by the
legislature which adjourned last week
Mr. McLendon stated that under the
laws the governor of Georgia had no
right to suspend a man whom the
people had elected and that in this
particular case it would not stand.
The members of the legislature sus¬
tained the ex-governor in the suspen¬
sion of Mr. McLendon and it now
falls to Governor Brown to make an
; appointment of his successor. It is
| not known who the plum will go to,
but several prominent men have been
mentioned as possible for the appoint
! ment.
Mr. McLendon claims that he vio¬
lated no law in the conduct of his
| questions office, and that which his ruling along the
! came before him
were made as he thought just. His
reversion of dealing with what he ad¬
vocated during his campaign is said
by him to be due to the fact that at
i that time he was not thoroughly post
i ed as to the needs of the state or the
• corporations.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
THE 1910 CENSUS.
President Taft has just made the
appointment of a number of Census
Supervisors for the purpose of com- j
piling the census next year, notable
among the appointments was that of ;
Hon. Alonza M. Brand, at present j
mayor of Lithonia, as the supervisor
of the census from the Fifth Congress¬
ional district.
Just before Mr. Taft made the ap¬
pointments he made a public state- j
ment in which he said that there]
would be no polities in this depart- j
ment as has heretofore been the eus-j
tom, and any man engaging in politics
while connected with this branch of
the service would be immediately dis¬
charged.
The appointment of Mr. Brand came
as a surprise to a number of people in ;
the district, but everyone we have j
heard speak of it thinks the President
could not have made a better or more j
popular appointment for this section. I
Mr. Brand is a man of unusual intelli¬
gence and will fill the bill for this!
office probably better His popularity than any in other his j |
man available.
home city is attested by the fact that
he is at present mayor and lias also j
filled a number of important positions
in the gift of the people of that coun- i
ty. He has been identified foranum- ;
her of years with the progressive
movement of that section and his j
name is prominent among the people ;
all over the fifth.
The appointment of Mr. Brand came |
after a hard fight tiad been made for
a republican applicant for the place, ,
and it was partly through the influence
of Congressman Livingston that Mr.
Brand received his appointment.
Mr. Brand will have charge of com¬
piling the census and overseeing the
work from all the enumerators, which
will require close attention and abili¬
ty. He is thoroughly competent and
it is predicted that the census next
year will be very concise and correct.
This position was held in 1900 by
Col. James W. Anderson, of this city,
who was at that tim : editor of the
Covington Star.
Wouldn’t a handsome new city hill
look good to the people of Covington?
“Sailing in an airship may be a
pleasant occupation, but there arc
some who will think that it isn’t
equal to a courtship.”—Augusta
Herald.
Why not combine the two? High
life and courtship work together very
well.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
CITATION.
Georgia, Newton County.
Newton Court of Ordinary at Cham¬
bers August 5, 1909: W. C. Salter,
Sr., having made application to me
in due form to be appointed perma
manent administrator upon the estate
of Mrs. Ada R. Salter, late of said
county, notice is hereby given that
said application will be heard at the
regular term of the Court of Ordinary
for said ceunty, to be held on the first
Monday in September, 1909. Witness
my hand and official sigiuature, this
August 5, 1909.
A. D. Meador, Ordinary.
CITATION.
Georgia, Newton County.
Newton Court of Ordinary at Cham¬
bers, August 5, 1909: S. P. Thomp¬
son!: having made application to me
in due form to be appointed perma¬
nent administrator upon the estate of
Bryant Osbortn, late of said county,
deceased, notice is hereby given that
said application will be heard on the
first Monday in September, 1909.
Witness my hand and official signa¬
ture, this August 5, 1909.
A. D. Meador, Ordinary.
Notice.
Georgia, Newton County.
Under an order from the Court of
Ordinary of said county, I will sell
before the court house door in the city
of Covington on the 18th day of Au¬
gust sonal 1909, the following described per¬
property, to-wit:
Two horses, 2 mules, 1 top buggy’, 2
sets of harness, 1 two-horse wagon, 1
one-horse wagon, 1 shot gun and a lot
of farm tools, consisting of plows,
stocks, hoes, etc. Said sale is for the
purpose of paying debts and distribu¬
tion. Terms of sale CASH. This
August 4, 1909.
F. A. HENDERSON,
Admr. of J. N. A. Henderson, dec’d.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persons indebted to the estate of
J. N. A. Henderson, deceased, late of
said county, are hereby notified to
make immediate payments, and all
creditors of said deceased are hereby
notified to render unto the under¬
signed all demands against said estate
within the terms of the law. This,
I August 4, 1909,
F. A. HENDERSON,
! Admr. of estate J. N. A. Henderson,
deceased.
;
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persons indebted to the estate
of William McDonald, late of said
county, deceased, are hereby notified
to make immediate payment, and all
creditors of said deceased are hereby
notified to render unto the under
| signed all demands against said es
] tate August within 13, 1909. terms of the law. This
•
j Administrators S. P. Thompson of the & E. W. Fowler,
estate of Wil¬
liam McDonald, deceased.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION BILL
One of the measures advocated by
a great many of the people of the
state and a bill for which was intro¬
duced in the session of the legislature
the compulsory education bill has
been tabled until the next term of
that body. While there were a num¬
ber of people advocating the passage
of such a law there were also a large
number opposing it. Several of the
papers of the state were very strong
in their opposition, claiming that it
would be paternalism in its rankest
form. *• ,
Without a doubt there never was a
time when the demand for education
wan at such a high pitcli and this
measure sprung from t his demand and
the fact that a number of the states
composing the union have it. The
Georgia solons, however, failed to
come to any definite agrceem -111 with
regard to it and passed it up to the
next session as unfinished business.
There will not be a special session
as it is not deemed advisable from the
f ict that there is not enough business
of importance to warrant it, and con¬
sequently it will be another year be¬
fore the matter is again up for con¬
sideration. It is predicted that when
it comes up again it will meet the
same fate as it did this time, or be
passed of unfavorably.
WITH OUR EXCHANGES
Ever notice how the fellow who
does the most grumbling almost al¬
ways gets his livingoff some generous
class.—Dalton Citizen.
The investigating committee from
the legislature that “investigated”
the asylum, found things in just -such
a plight as one would expect to find
in such institutions.—Waynesboro
True Citizen.
A bill is pending in the Alabama
Legislature to prohibit papers from
publishing names of women who are
assaulted. Such a law should be on
the statutes of every state in the
union.—Oglethorpe Echo.
Congress has adjourned. The Geor¬
gia legislature has adjourned. “Billi
ken” and “Flathead” have cut it out.
Good times are ahead. Let’s all be
happy and increase our contributions
to all good causes.—Americas Tim es
Rocorder.
Alabama now has the most sweep¬
ing prohibition law of any state. It
is unlawful to sell or store any liquid
containing more than one-half of one
per cent, of alcohol. The law will
perhaps be embodied-in the constitu¬
tion of the state.—Madisonian .
It’s funny to us to watch some of
the weeklies quote the daily papers.
As for ourselves, we find the most
wisdom, the brightest paragraphs,
the most sentiment, and most sympa¬
thetic phrases in the country press.
The brethren in the the sticks have
time for reflection.—Marietta News.
The grand jury at Griffin has done a
piece of good work in indicting the
comity commissioners and other in¬
terested parties for using the county
convicts in the improvement of pri¬
vate property. If this was done it
was graft of the worst kind. Georgia
doesn’t want such methods and will
not stand for them.
“Hanged if we aren’t getting tired
of having the balance of the country
hold Georgia responsible for the Geor¬
gia Legislature,” says the Augusta
Chronele. But the people of Georgia
send these men to the Legislature and
there is no way to dodge the responsi¬
bility.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
That is the only correct view that
can be taken of it. The people of
Georgia constitute the State, and if
the Legislature is not all that could
be desired the people who elected the
members are responsible, and there’s
no way to dodge that responsibility,
or avoid the stigma, if there is any.
P. S. Same here.—Montgomery Ad¬
vertiser.
FOR RENT—5jroom dwelling house
located on Monticello street. Building
new. Nice lot goes with it. For terms
and particulars apply to A. S. Mc
Garity.
Notice of Bridge Letting.
Office Board Co. Com’rs. Aug 4, 1909.
Bids will be received at this office
on Sept. 7th, 1909. at 10 e’clock, a. m.
for the erection of a steel bridge over
Alcova river at Dabney’s bridge site.
Plans and specifications can be seen
at this office.
Also bids will be received at the
same time and place for repairing the
: bridge at Porterdale. Plans and spec
| ifications for same can be seen at this
j office.
The Board reserves the right to re¬
ject any and all bids.
J.Z. JOHNSON, Ch’n. Board.
G. I). Heard, Clerk.
City’s Finest Drug Store
SMITHS DRUG STORE
Also a nice Line of Stationery,
Cigars and Tobacco.
Nunnally’s Fine Candies Always Fresh. I
Geo. T. Smith, COVINGTON GEORGIA’1 ’ -i
We Carry a Good Stock of j
Trusses and adjust them sicentitically I
for relief of hearnia. Read what a •
customer says: I
Aiken, Ga., July 6, 1909.
DR. J. A. WRIGHT, j J
Covington, Ga.
Dear Doctor:— J
My truss is all O. K. and I am telling the good news to |
every one. I feel like a new man. I wish you may live long ! I
to benefit suffering humanity. Yours very truly, ♦
The above was an Unusually Bad Case. I
♦
We carry a full line of Spectacles and can test your eyes and fit ♦ I
your glasses according to the most approved scientific methods. We
guarantee satisfaction to those who deal with us. ’
Dr. J. A. WRIGHT i
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
1 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.
Notice.
GEORGIA, Nkwton Covnty.
Mrs. Ola M. Brown guamdian of Mrs. l.illiau
Hallis Moncrief, having applied to me, to be dis¬
charged from such guardianship, let all persons
concerned, show cause before me at the Court
House in Said County on the 1st Monday in Sept,
next, why said application for discharge, should
not l>e granted.
Witness my official signature this'Aug 2 1909,
,
A. D. Meador Ordenary
Citation.
NEWTON COUNTY COURT OF ORDINARY,
Whereas R. w. Milner administator of the
estate of Mrs. lsal>elle Rol>erts represents unto
the Court in his pretition duly filed and entered 011
record, that he h,is fully administered Mrs. Isa"
belle Roberts estate. This is therefore to Cite all
persons, concerned kindred and creditors to show
cause, if any they can, why said Administrator
should not be discharged from his administration
and receive letters of desinission on the 1st Mon¬
day in September next.
Given under my hand and official signature
this August 2, 1909
A. D. MEADOR Ordinary.
Citation.
GEORGIA, Newton County,
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
have applied to A. I), Meador ordinary in and
for said state aud County for leave to sell the
land belonging to the estate of William McDonald
late of said County deseased fur the payment
of debts, aud distribution. Said application will
be heard on the 1st Monday iu September next.
This Aug, 2. 1909.
S. P. THOMPSON, K W. POWDER.
Admrs of the estate of William McDonald.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
I All persons indebted to the estate of A. S. Bell,
late of said county, deceased, are hereby notified
to make immediate payment, and all creditors of
said deceased are hereby notified to render unto
the undersigned all demands against said estate
ill terms of the law. July 10. 1909.
JAS. S. GARDNER
Executor of A. S. Bell estate,
—We make a specialty of ice cream
milk shakes and lemonade. Parker’s
place.—tf.
l'OR SALE—Fine Homer Pigeons.
$1.00 per pair J. M. Aaron. tf.
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NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION
A Bill will be introduced at
legm a 1 w
present term of the .^. ue
authorize Newton Count> 0
$ 100 000.00 bonds for Boat v
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