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cember 3, 1908, at the post office at
Covington, Ga., under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
COVINGTON, GA., August 25. 1909
Mansfield, our sister city, possess* s
several of the most progressive busi¬
ness men in the state.
The firms who advertise are gener
a !y the most prosperous in a town.
Did you ever notice that?
Prospects are better for a good busi¬
ness this fall than they have been in
this county in several years.
The ---- good reads convention last
Wednesday didn’t contain as much
politics as you heard there was to be.
From the way the membership roll
of the Newton County Good Roads
Club is increasing it will soon keep a
man busy putting down the names.
The Conyers Free Press complains
that the lights have been out in that
city and intimates that the citizens of
that city may yet have to revert to
“taller” candles to read by.
The investigation of the affairs of
the state asylum at Milledgeville reads
like a leaf out of ancient history. For
pure rotten management the asylum
has all other institutions skinned in
all the directions of the compass.
Atlanta’s citizens have away of fall¬
ing out with each other, and some¬
times scrapping over things, but did
you ever notice that when it comes to
boosting Atlanta’s interests they are
always right there with the goods?
A great sigh of relief went up from
the ladies of the entire state when
the bill was killed which would have
made them ride a horse in the old way.
A bill preventing counties from send¬
ing cranks to the legislature would
have been more appropriate anyway.
As newspaper men of N e w t o n
county we fell safe in saying that
there is no doubt as to Congressman
Livingston offering for re-election
next year. And we make the predic¬
tion right now that when he gets in
the running he will warm things up
for somebody.
The money which has left this
county within the past several years
to go to outside manufacturing enter¬
prises and fake stock companies would
build a big plant if we had it all back
now, wouldn’t it? And the people
who sent it out would bo g? tting
interest on it, too.
A Gwinett county man is suing a
young lady for the recovery of $1000
which he claims he advanced her when
she entered into a contract with him
to marry. This doesn’t seem like a
ease for suit but merely another inci¬
dent in man’s light-headedness where
there is a woman concerned.
After all the country is th<* best
place for a man when he wants that
quiet and peace of mind every indi¬
vidual is looking for. Even from the
glitter and the pleasures of the city
the rich man hikes out to the place of
his birt h on the farm, there to try and
regain that contentment which he has
known for lo, these many years.
Ex-Gov. Smith says that Hon. Obe
Stephens should not be elected to the
office of railroad commissioner. He
also says he will not support or vote
for a man who is appointed by Gov¬
ernor Brown to serve in Guyt Mc¬
Lendon’s place. Tis a pity that these
two brainy men, Hoke Smith and
Joe Brown could not get together and
give the people of the state the bene¬
fit of their ability, leaving their own
personality in the background.
The Rome Tribune discusssing the
law against negro secret societies
makes this very pertinent summing
up of the situation as it really is: “The
majority of the white people have no
desire to cripple any organization
has for-its purpose the
of the negro, the elevation of his mor¬
als, or the extension of charity. Those
negroes who are working for these
things will be glad to pursue their ob¬
jects under new names. Those who
belong, merely that they may wear a
badge the same as white people, and
fool themselves with the idea that
they belong to the same brotherhood,
will of course object but they are the
very people the bill is aimed at.”
PECULIAR LAW.
Alabama has just enacted a law
which on its face looks like freak leg¬
islation, but after a careful study of
the text it impresses one as being
good, and works nicely in conjunc¬
tion with the new prohibition law of
our sister state. The new law as pass¬
ed by the general assembly prohibits
newspapers from carrying advertise¬
ments from whiskey dealers.
There are, of course, a number of
papers in this state as well as in Ala¬
bama who will contend that it wasn’t
good legislation on the part of that
State, but the majority of the good
citizens believe that a paper which
goes into the homes and is read by
the entire family, should exclude the
advertisement of any article the sale
of which is forbidden by the laws ot
the state.
Whether the law of Alabama, and
Oklahoma has a facsimile, is a good
one or not remains to be seen, but in
those states there are a number of the
papers carrying whiskey advertise¬
ments and they of course are dis¬
gruntled over its passage and will
vigorously oppose it.
Should such a law be enacted in
this state The News would not be
affected in any way by it. We made
the announcement in our first issue
that we would carry no whiskey or
patent medicine advertisements and
up to the present time have no desire
bo change our policy.
TRUE NOBILITY.
In this day or rush after and the
greed for notoriety and money, and i
the mimiciug of the English customs,
it is hard to tell just who are Amer- j
iea’s noblemen. True, we have no j
peerage and no titles for the noble of
this busy, industrious land of ours,
neither do we put any credence to
the great deeds and lives of our an¬
cestors. This is truly a land where
every tub must stand on its own bot¬
tom and every individual must fight
his own battles and work out his own
reputation. Especially is this true in
the business world, composed as it is
of ail kinds of men who are endeavor¬
ing to make good. Some of them are
going after business in a manner
worthy a title while some use meth¬
ods, while legal, are in themselves
enough to cast a blush of shame
across the brow of any honest man.
All these things being true it is in¬
deed hard to tell who are the true
nobles of this country in finance and
the integrity of the nation. It is the
opinion of a small number of Amer¬
icans that we adopt titles for those
who come nearest to the standard.
This we are opposed to. We believe
the true noble man will be recognized
by Ids deeds and by his treatment of
humanity. A man who is a noble in
our opinion is he who opportunities sacrifices his
own pleasures and for
the good of his fellow man, and who
is ever ready to lend his assistance to
a cause which will make conditions
better for his neighbor, and who toils
unceasingly for the upholding of the
standard on which this fair land of
ours is anchored—integrity. This
county has many nobles of whom you
hear little. They are doing just those
things which are the fundamental
principles of a great nation and a
great people, sacrificing themselves
for the general good and for the ele
vation of morality and right living.
They are true noblemen, regardless
of the fact that there is no honorary
prefixes to t heir names.
The man who is continually
home industry and home enterprise
the true public spirited citizen. How
many of t his kind have we here
Newton county?
“You’ll like Augusta”—its loca¬
ted on a river that divides two
states, a reason that helps to pre¬
vent it suffering from drought.—
Augusta Herald.
And the bridge which spans
river is a piece of State history,
The Herald should not forget this
portant detail in its boost.
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Hon. Josiah Carter has
the Marietta Courier, of Marietta,
j the Journal of the same city and
i consolidate these papers. Marietta
j a cracking good town and there
j doubtless lie good business there
I Mr. Carter. The Courier was
and operated by Mr. J. A.
I and the Journal by Messrs. Neill
; Massey. They are all good
j per men and we hope to hear
j them again in the newspaper work
J the state. Mr. Carter is well
to the people of the state, he
been private secretary to
Smith. He is a brilliant young
and we predict for him abundant
cess in his new field.
Notice Masons.
( ovington Chapter No. 71,
Arch Masons, will meet in
convocation Friday evening,
27, at 8 o’clock. Work in Royal Arch
degree. Meet with us companions
need your assistance.
A. S. HOPKINS, H. P.
R. R. Fowler, Sec.
T H K COVINGTON NEWS
WITH OUR EXCHANGES
A demogogue is your friend as long
as he can control you.—Clarksville
Advertiser.
According to Mrs. Hanson’s way of
thinking “Jack” Horner did not stay
in her corner.—Waynesboro true Cit¬
izen.
Pauline! Have you noticed that
Mary Jane has arrived, and her waist
the knees. Oh you Mary 1
is just about
Jane. We can love you all the same
if you’ll pardon awkwardness -Ex
change.
Had the legislature spent its entire
t ime in consideration of Georgia’s an
tequated and inefficient system of
taxation the net results would have
been vastly more profitable and satis¬
factory. —Sparta Ishmaelite.
Speaker Holder is much pleased
with his present job, and unless the
dear home people get busy with their
pressure, he will not make the race
for congress, barbecue to the contra¬
ry, notwithstanding.—Winder News.
An irreverent contemporary thinks
the late session of the Georgia Legis¬
lature ought to have an epitaph in
paraphase of that which Scotty Briggs
wrote for Buck Fangshaw: “He Done
His D-dest!”—Savannah News.
How misery loves company! A
South Carolina minister, run over by
an automobile in Washington, insist
ing that the chauffeur should not be
arrested. He evidently thought that
by leaving the fellow at large he would
soon run over somebody else.—Au
gusta Herald,
The young ladies of his church gave
the Rev. Howard Benedict a spanking
with barrel staves on the occasion of
his birthday anniversary. He was a
young man, and the young ladies
warmed him up this way perhaps be¬
cause he would not be a benedict in
fact as well as in name. He is sooth¬
ing Ids injured anatomy with arnica
and witch hazel.—Hartwell Sun.
Georgia lyses a distinguished jurist
in the death of Judge Howell Cobb.
For thirty years he filled the position
as Judge of the City Court of Athens,
being the only judge of that court.
He was strickened with paralysis three
months ago and never recovered. He
was a man of broad mind, talented
and of lofty character and was uni¬
versally beloved.—Waynesboro True
Citizen.
The Columbus Ledger wants every
man with a valueless dog to shoot
and take the dollar that would other
| wise a be The V aid addition for a tas of a,ul a couple inv ^ 8t hun- ' l in
j dret ‘ thousand pigs to the live
(>f the state would mean something
,
ham and bacon and salt pork later on.
The scheme is a fine one. But did
Ledger ever know a man to have
valueless dog?—Americas Times
corder.
He Did His Part Thoroughly.
lu order to avoid an argument
■ suffragist
a woman on the subject
’ her hobby a happy bachelor
acquiesced In the truth of her
tions.
“But, sir,” sternly remarked
spinster, “your admission is
but creditable to you. What, for
stance, have you ever done for
emancipation of woman?”
“Madam,” responded the
with a polite smile and a bow, “I
at least remained a bachelor!”
j Seemed All Right.
"
“Mamma, why don’t you want me
play with that Kudgor boy?”
“Because, dear. I know the
He hasn’t good blood in him.”
“Why, mamma, he’s been
twice, and it wouldn’t take
i time.”—Ladies’ Homo Journal.
j Making and Earning Money.
j “What is the difference
making money and earning
j asked the youth.
“Sometimes the difference is a
j to the penitentiary for
answered tlie home grown
pher.—Chicago News,
Enlightening Rollo.
“Father,” said little Kollo, “what
an egotist?”
“Au egotist, my sou, is a burnt
that thinks it was the whole
works."—Washington Star.
Notice of Bridge Letting.
Office Board C o. Com rs. Aug 4,
j
Bids will be received at this
on Sept. 7th, 1909, at 10 e’cloek, a.
for the erection of a steel bridge
Alcova river at Dabney’s bridge
Plans and specifications can be
at this office.
Also bids will be received at
same time and place for repairing
bridge at Portenlale. Plans and
ifications for same can he seen at
office,
The Board reserves the right to
ject any and all bids.
1 J.Z. JOHNSON, Ch’n. Board,
U. D. Heard, Clerk.
1 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. |
CITATION.
Georgia, Newton County.
Newton Court of Ordinary at Cham¬
bers August 5, 1909: W. C. Salter,
Sr. , having made application appointed to me
in due form to be 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 held of Ordinary
for said ceunty, to be on the first
Monday in September, 1909. Witness
my hand and official siginature, 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 Monday in will be heard on the
first 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 1909, the following described per¬
sonal 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 CASH. and distribu¬
tion. Terms of sale
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
J. N. A. Henderson, deceased, late
said county, are hereby notified
make immediate payments, and
creditors of said deceased are
notified to render unto the
signed all demands against said
within the terms of the law. This,
August 4, 1909,
F. A. HENDERSON,
Admr. of estate J. N. A.
deceased.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persons indebted to the
of William McDonald, late of
county, deceased, are hereby notified
to make immediate payment, and all
creditors of said deceased are
notified to render unto the
signed all demands against said es¬
tate within terms of the law. This
August 13, 1909.
S. P. Thompson & E. W. Fowler,
Administrators of the estate of
liam McDonald, deceased.
Notice.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Mrs. Ola M. Brown guamdian of Mrs.
Hallis Moncrief, having applied to me, to be
charged from such guardianship, let all
concerned, show cause l>efore me at the
House in Said County on the 1st Monday in
next, why said application for discharge,
not !>e granted.
j Witness my official signature this^Aug 2,
A. D. Meador Ordenary
j Citation.
NEWTON county court of ordinary.
Whereas R. W. Milner adraiuistator of
estate of Mrs. Isabelle Roberts represents
the Court in his pretition duly filed and entered
record, that lie has fully administered Mrs.
lielle Roberts estate. This is therefore to Cite
persons, concerned kindred and creditors to
cause, if any they can, why said
should not be discharged from his
and receive letters of desinission on the 1st
day in September next.
Given under my hand and official
this August 2. 1909
A. 1). MEADOR
Citation.
GEORGIA. Newton County,
Notice is hereby given that the
have applied to A. 1), Meador ordinary in
for said state and County for leave to sell
laud belonging to the estate of William
late of said County deseased for the
of debts, and distribution. Said application
be heard on the 1st Monday in September
This Aug, 2. 1909.
S. P. THOMPSON, E. W. FOWI.EK.
Admrs of the estate of William McDonald.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persons indebted to the estate of A. S.
late of said county, deceased, are hereby
to make immediate payment, and all creditors
said deceased are hereby notified to render
the undersigned all demands against said
in terms of the law. July 10. 1909.
JAS. S. GARDNER,
Executor of A. S. Bell estate,
City Court Jury List.
The following named persons
drawn to serve as Jurors for the
lar September Term, 1909, of the
Court of Covington in open
July 30, 1909, to-wit:
W. T. Smith, T. J. Harwell,
C. W. Berry, S. B. Fuller,
W. II. Aaron, J. C. Stewart,
B. M. Leach, O. P. McCord,
J. A. Scott, W. B. Smith,
T. B. Black, Otis Hardeman,
J. A. Grant, A. H. Milner,
L. S. Smith, L. L. Johnson,
E. W. Fowler, D. A. Thompson,
—We make a specialty of ice
milk shakes and lemonade.
place.— tf.
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1 j FOR SALE -Fine Homer
$ 1.00 per pair J. M. Aaron. tf.
i City’s Finest Drug Store
SMITHS DRUG STORE
Also a nice Line of Stationery,
Cigars and Tobacco.
* Nunnally’s Fine Candies Always Fresh.
iGeo. T. Smith COVINGTON GEORGIA’; i
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\ We Carry a Good Stock of
j for Trusses relief and of adjust hearuia. them Read sicentifieally what
► a
; customer says:
► Aiken, Ga., July 6, 1909.
I. DR. J. A. WRIGHT,
| Covington, Ga.
► Dear Doctor:—
) 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
k to benefit suffering humanity. Yours very truly,
The above was an Unusually Bad Case.
We carry a full line of Spectacles and can test your eyes and Fit
your glasses according to the most approved scientific methods. We
guarantee satisfaction to those who deal with us.
Dr. J. A. WRIGHT
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.
If you want the very best there is in printing give
us a trial order. We do that bind.
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