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Good mid. 12 1-Jets.
VOL. I- NO. 37
PUBLIC SCHOOL WILL
OPEN SEPTEMBER 6.
Strong Corps of Teachers and Fa¬
cilities Belter for Good School
Than Ever Before.
The 1909-10 term of the Covington
Public Schools will open on Monday
morning- September 6th and ^ if indi¬
cations are an index to the worth of
institution this will be one of the
n history of the school.
be9t years in the
The new auditorium annex has been I
completed and the seats have been
shipped from the factory. They will
ive sometime during the week and
arr position and every
mil be placed in -
thing will lm in readiness for the
opening on the sixth. The faculty is
considered the strongest ever assem
I blediu this school and the people of
the entire city believe this year will
give the pupils more real knowledge
Oian they have ever received before
in the same length of time.
Several changes have been made in
the different departments and Prof.
Nicholson who was re-elected as su
j penntendent, has them all assigned
1 their different duties. The teach¬
to
ers for the grades will be as follows:
Mrs. J. E. Philips, first grade. grade.
Miss Anna Keith, second
Miss Susie Lewis, third grade. grade.
MissDessa Hays, fourth
Miss Kathrine Butler, fifth grade.
Miss Roberta Fox, sixth grade.
Miss Ethel Belcher, seventh grade.
Prof. McLeod, eighth and ninth
| grades. tenth grade and
Prof. Nicholson,
[superintendent of the school.
Prof. Nicholson has been busy for
[the past two or three weeks mapping
Hdt die plans for the school for the
[year [straightened and getting all the details
out.
He requests us t o state that all the
[pupils jly are urged to be on hand prompt
at l ight o’clock, on Monday mum¬
ps. September 6th, with the determ¬
ination [most to make this the best and
pfofiitable year in the his.ory
■the school.
b v S Se c®^Wl?aU“been J
nected with a < splendid system
[water and sewerage and will be
■best equipped building for a school
[the state.
There Are a Few People in Every
Locality Who the'World AiyOetting
Ahead in
They are belter off than they wer« T=ar or more ago ; they
are spending less than SOMETHING they earn, jrother words^THEY There
ARE SAVING 0 -™ way. are
others in the same locality who af «i"g behind. This is
due to misfortune, butC often to lack of the
somettmes
proper care in spending their mof
No Matter W hat ite is Stamped
On It, A Doll Is Not Old
Enough td a ^ e Care
of ,e *f
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not J0LLARS US FOR
aheadT BRING YO* TO
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with ., dep j >ok and check book, these are
present you a Ihe check with which
yours without ., cost L ^ to you pay
it and we always J have a record
your account is a rec iroperly credited—in other words
ot c • it in case you f tail i
i bank | wit . arantees you J safety J to J your funds
a account
without cost to yo
If You vd° Succeed Deposit
Y 0 ,oney With The
Fictional Bank
ington, Georgia.
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l)c Coinnqton
NEW CHURCH FOR
ALMON METHODISTS.
Work Has Already Been Beg un
on Handsome New Structure
for Shiloh Methodists.
The new building which is being
erected at Alraon to take the place of
Shiloh Methodist church is going right
along, the framing having already
been put up and the veneering is now
being placed in position.
The new building is being built on
the same plans as the Baptist church
in this city, and is what is known as a
brick veneered structure. It will be
a beauty and is being constructed at
a cost of about $2500.
The funds are being derived from
public subscriptions and any one in¬
terested in this work is invited to
make their donations to Mr. W. S.
Marbut, at Almon.
Perhaps there is not a more historic
church in the county than Shiloh
church near Almon. Many of the
Methodist ministers who have later
made themselves high reputations in
the ministerial work preached their
first sermon at this church.
The new building is being erected
nearer the depot at that place
the old one was, in order to make
more convenient for the members.
Revival at Mansfield.
One of the best revival services
held at Mansfield came to a close
Sunday with an addition to the
roll of fourteen. The meeting
been in progress for ten days
much good was accomplished.
Joe J. Winburn, the pastor of
church was assisted by Rev. Z.
Leverette, of Flovilla, who
a number of strong sermons.
The people of Carmel church
Mansfield are a very religious
and the meeting there last week
well attended and interest was
fested from the start to the finish.
lo'V^'f'LfLnew members were
bers „,J-‘ ' 0n tt “ a the 01(1
YOUNG’S white
75 March hatched pullets for
j. 0. Mills, Porterdale, Ga.—tf.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, AUGUST 25, 1909.
BIG CROWD AT GOOD
ROADS CONVENTION
I he Address of the Occasion was
Made by Congressman Liv¬
ingston. Other Speakers.
The Good Roads Convention which
was scheduled for last Wednesday
was pulled off and the interest and
crowd surpassed the expectations of
the most ardent supporters of this im¬
portant question. While the crowd
here that day did not go up into the
thousands, there were a good number
of the county’s most prominent citi¬
zens in attendance and they were all
heartily in favor of working to the
end that this county will eventually
have as good roads as any county in
the state.
The meeting was presided over by
Congressman Livingston, who made
a very strong address in favor of a
bond issue for the building of roads.
He made several striking compari¬
sons, taking up the benefit of good
roads to the community, to the town
and to the county. One thing he said
which impressed the business men of
the city was that in the western part
of the county we were allowing the
people to carry their cotton to Con¬
yers for market instead of bringing
it to this city. He gave as his reason
for them going there that six bales of
cotton could be hauled over those
roads to that city with as much ease
as two or three could be brough there.
That is something worth considering
by the business men of the county and
especially the merchants of Covington.
The same thing is true in the eastern
section of the county. The cotton
there nearly all goes to Social Circle.
Col. Livingston is of the opinion
if Newton county had the roads
would make possible it would have
tendency to bring all the
grown in the county to the
within her borders. This is one
the strongest arguments which
he used for road improvement, as
would mean an increase of
of dollars annually in the business
th*u-otu\We Rs i
and prosperity.
After Col. Livingston’s address Hon
Fred L. White, president of the
Roads Club of Georgia, made an
dress, setting forth several
why any county should build
highways.
Mr. White was followed by
local speakers and a free discussion
the road question. It was the opin¬
ion of all present that the majority
the people of the county who have
the public interest at heart that a bond
issue would be the best and
practical solution of the question. Af¬
ter the discussion was over, Messrs.
J. H. Echols, L. W. Jarmon and a
number of other progressive men be¬
gan the organization of a Good Roads
Club of Newton county and before
the day was over the membership list
had been signed by something like
one hundred men. The object of the
club is to organize the entire county,
by districts if possible, and formulate
plans for the consummation of the
end in view. It is the belief that ev¬
ery man in the county, with possibly
a few exceptions, will join this club
which has the ultimate object of ben
efltting the entire citizenship.
The officers of the club as elected
»
Wednesday are, L. W. Jarman, presi¬
dent; E. L. Almand, vice president;
J. H. Echols, secretary, and J. Z.
Johnson, treasurer. A meeting of
the members is called for Wednesday
September first, at the court house,
for the purpose of adopting by-laws
and mapping out a plan of work for
the coming season. It is the desire of
the officers that each member attend
this meeting as many matters of im¬
portance will come up for discussion
and consideration.
The fact that the bill authorizing
the issuance of bonds for roads failed
to pass at the last session of the leg¬
islature, due to the fact that insuffi¬
cient advertising had been done, has
not deterred the people who are vi¬
tally interested in the welfare of the
whole county from going right along
with the work and they will even¬
tually succeed in their undertaking.
All the progressive succeeding coun¬
ties are building good roads, and why
shouldn’t Newton get in the leading
band wagon without having it forced
on her to hold her own.
Good roads enthusiasts are highly
elated over the work done here last
Wednesday and believe it is really the
initial step toward building good
roads in this county.
FOR SALE—Two farms near Cov¬
ington. W. B. Shepherd.—tf.
OUTLOOK GOOD FOR
PROSPEROUS FALL.
While There are Some Pessimists
Who Believe There wall be no
Crop, Others are Jubilant.
The theme attracting the greatest
attention among the citizens of this
city and county at the present time,
ift the outlook for business during the
coming fall. Nearly everyone in the
city, with a few exceptions, believe
that a fairly good crop of cotton will
be made and that the price will be
above the ten-eent mark during the
entire season.
While there are some who claim
that the crop will be considerably
shorter than it was last year it is
know’ll that W’here the farmers have
had time to work their crops a good
yield will be the result. There is no
one in the country w ho expects a
bumper crop in this section. Owing
to the fact that there has been an un¬
usual rainfall during the spring very
little work W’as done during May and
June, making it impossible to make
a full crop. If the yield, how’ever, is
as good as it was last year hi this
county, it is strongly believed that
business w’ill be better and that the
people will have more money than
they have had in several years. It is
argued by some that even if a crop
equal to that of last year is made that
the farmer will not have as much
money, even if the price is two cents
higher, as he had a year ago, because
they have had to pay so much more
for their supplies, which, they claim,
will decrease the amount of actual
cash. That may be true but we do
not believe the average price of sup¬
plies has been as much higher as a
diff erence of two cents a pound in cot¬
ton would amount to.
From what we can gather by talk¬
ing to our rural friends the crop con¬
dition is spotted. Some places have
unusually good crops w’hile others
have a poor outlook, but taking the
OOll ntv as u whnlo * La the mainrit.V
f 1 nrvi ^ n«iieve that with
t -. arable
x*v- a goou nrcrage crop will be
made.
The most interesting part of the fall
season, however, is the price
fleecy staple will bring. Today
price is 12 l-4c and prospects are
will go to a higher mark. With
short crop in Texas and several other
large cotton producing states it is
the belief of those who study the law’s
of supply and demand that the farm
ers of this section of the state will
a good and remunerative price for
their crop. We hope so. Our inter¬
ests and heart is with the farmer and
w’hen he is happy and prosperous we
are too. Truly, he is the source from
which all our prosperity flow’s.
Mrs. Cynthia Osborn Dead.
The many friends of Mrs. Cynthia
Osborn were pained to learn of her
death which occurred at her home on
Floyd street Tuesday night, after an
illness of only a few days. Mrs. Os¬
born was in her seventy-fourth year
and was the w’ife of the late Wiley W.
Osborn w’ho preceded her to the grave
several years ago.
Mrs. Osbdrn was possibly one of the
oldest residents of the city and had a
host of friends here and at other
points in the state. She was taken
suddenly ill last Saturday with some¬
thing like a nervous breakdowm and
owing to her advanced age she did
not rally at all from the attack and
death followed Tuesday night.
She leaves three sons and one daugh -
ter, Mr. R. W. Osborn, of this city;
Mr. J. W. Osborn, of Porterdale; Mr.
E. L. Osborn, of Atlanta, and Mrs. J.
W. Alford, of Canton. Two sisters
also survive her, Mrs. T. J. Wells of
this city, and Mrs. G. A. Banks of
Atlanta.
The funeral took place at the Meth¬
odist church Wednesday’ afternoon,
the services being conducted by Rev.
W. H. LaPrade, after which the in
terment took place at Westview’ cem¬
etery.
The New t s joins in extending sy m¬
pathy’ to the bereaved family.
lemedy For Chickens With Sorehead.
One of the best remedies we have
yet heard of is one handed us by O.
F. Adair, one of the chicken fanciers
of the city. The receipt calls for
equal parts of glycerine and iodene
mixed together and applied to the
head of the fowls with a feather. Mr.
Adair says this is a good remedy and
if you have chickens with sorehead a
few applications of this will effective¬
ly check aud cure it.
NEGRO IS CAUGHT
AT BASEBALL PARK.
Wanted at Madison and Made a
Break From the Policemen,
But Was Nabbed.
At the game of ball here last Wed¬
nesday between the colored teams of
Covington and Madison, quite a good
deal of excitement was caused by the
advent of Chief Bradford Bohanan
and his deputy, Marshal B. Johnson.
They had received a message from
the authorities at Madison stat ing that
they w’anted Bud Watkins there on
two warrants, and asked the officers
here to arrest him and hold him.
They repaired to the ball park, but
for sometime could not get anywhere
near the negro. Finally they thought
they had him surrounded but when
they began to close in on him he
made a break for the open, running
over one of the men who was trying
to capture him. Several shots were
fired at the fleeing negro, b.ut he ran
through the marsh and succeeded in
eluding the officers and getting as far
as the mill, where some of the boys
saw him running- and a bunch of them
caught the negro after a tussle. He
was brought to the city and placed in
jail, where he was kept until Thurs¬
day when a policeman from Madison
came up after him.
Watkins is said to be a bad negro
and and his actions showed the offi¬
cers here that he did not intend to be
captured.
Prof. Nicholson Crippled.
Prof. David F. Nicholson, principal
of the Covington schools, has been
unable to leave, his room for the past
ten days with a crippled foot. He has
been busy, however, getting his plans
made for the coming session of the
school and stated to a News reporter
yesterday that he had them about com¬
pleted for the term.
His many friends will be glad to
and that, he is considerably improved
will he able to be out again with¬
in a few day’s.
FOR SALE—A few nice Rhode Is¬
land Reds and White Leghorn Cock¬
erels. C. L. Collum, Porterdale. 4t.
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FREAK LEGISLATION
BECOMING POPULAR.
Alabama Legislature Has Taken
Up Several Bills Argued by
Georgia’s Solons.
Tis an old saying that “misery loves
company,” but truly Alabama has
our sympathy, in that she has a leg
islature believing in frittering away
their time in passing freak laws, the
same as our own beloved solons did
a few weeks ago.
They took up and passed the Trad¬
ing Stamp measure—like Georgia did.
They took up, and tabled the Pension
revisement act—like Georgia did. Be¬
sides this they passed a club measure
—like Georgia’s near beer legislation.
There is one thing, however, that
Alabama should really be proud of,
and that is that her dignified solons
failed to try to enact a bill to prevent
the ladies from riding a horse like
they want to. That is really an ad¬
vantage Alabama had over us. She
didn’t have a doctor who wanted to
gain a little notoriety as a “represen¬
tative” citizen in that august body.
They say that the legislature which
adjourned in this state a few weeks
ago and the one that is now in
session in Alabama is a continuation
of the reform wave which struck the
country last year. That being the
case, then we say, excuse us, we
dou’t need reforming. Reform in its
true sense is one of the best things
attainable for a people, whether state
or race, but freak legislation—never!
Sheriff Hay Has a Runaway.
What came near being a serious ac¬
cident which was narrowly averted
happened to Newton county’s popular
sheriff Wednesday morning while he
was returning to the city from out in
the country. He and his little son
were in the buggy when the mule be¬
came frightened at an incoming train
and ran away. In turning around the
male threw the buggy over into a
ditch on top of the sheriff and his son.
After the sheriff became disentangled
ho found that his son was not hurt at
all, and that the only injuries he sus¬
tained was several bruises about the
head and shoulders.
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