Cotton Market:
following was ruling
prices here yesterday:
Middling. 12 cts>
Good mid. 12 1-4 cts.
VOL. I. NO * 38
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MISS HILL WINNER
IN THE CONTEST.
C A. Allison, of the Covington
Mill Comes Second and Gets
the Gold Piece.
The correspondents content which
has been running in this paper for
the f)as t three months came to a close
yesterday afternoon at five o’clock
and right up to the last the race for
the handsome watch was close and
exciting. correspondent
yiss Selus Hill, our
at Fair, won the watch, she having
received 5910 votes. Miss Hill has a
number of friends who have worked
hard for her and voted at every op¬
portunity, and The News congratu¬
lates her on her splendid race.
Mr. C. A. Allison came in for the
second prize, a five dollar gold piece,
he having received the next highest
Bnm ber of votes 4740. He too, has a
lot of friends who have been voting
for him and are glad lie won the
premium. There several other correspon¬
are
dents who deserve special mention for
their efforts, among them being
Bowenville and Snapping Shoals,both
of whom made good races but wound
up in the finish about eight hundred
behind the winners.
We have conducted this contest
perfectly fair and are glad to award
the premiums to the successful con¬
testants. W'e appreciate our writers.
They are the ones who make a news¬
paper bright. Taken as a whole The
News has the best lot of writers of
auv paper in Middle Georgia.
The premiums are at this office and
will be delivered to the successful
contestants at any time they call for
them. We would he glad for them to
call in person, as would like to con¬
gratulate them personally.
Will Use Filtered Water
The strainers for the filtering sta¬
tion havedjeeu received and we are
informed that the citizens of the city
will get pure filtered water beginning
■ Thursday.
The system this city will use is con¬
sidered the best obtainable and we
will get the best fcljpre is in water
through the mains in the city.
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 HEY
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.
NoMatter What Date is Stamped
Dn It, A Dollar Is Not Old
Enough to Take Care
of Itself.
^ l'\ not do business safe basis and be of the “get
on a one
aheadr BRING YOUR DOLLARS TO US FOR
Al I. KEEPING. When make your first deposit we
you
P e f nt you with a deposit book and check book, these are
u, v without cost to you ; the check with which you pay
° Ur accou nt is receipt for it and always have record
a we a
^ 1,1 ca se you fail to be properly credited—in other words
Hnk account with us guarantees safety to your funds
W,t taut you
cost to you.
^ You Wish to Succeed Deposit
Your Money With The
First National Bank
Covington, Georgia.
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EX-GOV. SMITH WILL
SPEAK AT MONROE.
He Will Deliver an Address to the
Fifth District Agricultural School
at Monroe, September, 9th.
On September 9th, at 2 p. m., Ex
Gov. Smith will deliver an address at
the Fifth District, A. M. School at
Monroe, Georgia.
Mr. Smith is considered one of the
foremost educational speakers in the
South.
Many people should go from Cov¬
ington and Newton county and not
only hear Mr. Smith, but also visit
our Agricultural School. The sched¬
ule is such that one can go over on
the morning train and return in the
afternoon.
Principal G. C. Adams invites the
citizens of Newton county to visit the
school and farm an this occasion.
Preaching at Baptist Church.
Rev. and Mrs. E. R. Pendleton have
returned from a delightful outing of
a month at Blue Ridge and other
places, and Mr. Pendleton requests
us to announce that service will he
resumed, at the Baptist church Sun¬
day evening.
Mr. aud Mrs. Pendleton spent sev¬
eral days at the B. Y. P. U. encamp¬
ment at Blue Ridge and had a most
pleasant outing. Mr. Pendleton is
very enthusiastic over the plan of
holding the annual encampments
there of the Georgia Baptists and
thinks that a larger number will be
in attendance next year.
Revival at Snapping Shoals.
Rev. W. O. Butler, of Salem, will
begin a series of protracted meetings
at Snapping Shoals beginning today
Wednesday, at 11 o’clock, A. M., and
continuing for several days. The
services will be held at the Methodist
church. Mr. Butler will be assisted
by Rev. M- D. Samms, of Stoekbridge
and between the two the people of
that section of the county may expect
a great meeting.
FOR SALE—Two farms near Cov¬
ington. W. B. Shepherd.—tf.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
MIXON HOLDS BIG
SCHOOL RALLY,
W. C. Wright, H. H. Stone and
A. H. Foster Deliver Ad¬
dresses. Other Speakers.
A large crowd assembled at Red
Oak, near the Mixon Public School,
last Friday for an all day School
Rally.
Addresses were made in the fore¬
noon by Prof. W. C. Wright, for sev¬
eral years County School Commission¬
er of Newton county, but now County
School Commissioner of Putnam coun¬
ty and Prof. H. H. Stone, President
of Newton County Board of Educa¬
tion.
Prof. U right, in a very forceful
way discussed the importance of pro¬
viding adequate educational facilities,
and eloquently showed the responsi¬
bility resting upon parents to give
their children educational opportuni¬
ties. Prof. Wright’s address was re¬
plete with apt illustrations, and for
over an hour lie held the undivided
attention of the audience.
Prof. Stone discussed the necessity
of longer term schools, and showed
conclusively that the only satisfactory
way to lenghten the term, and in eve¬
ry way provide better school facili¬
ties, is for the county to vote local
taxation. His clear cut talk was well
received.
In the afternoon the first address
was by Hon. L. F. Livingston. He
dwelt upon the importance of educa¬
tion in the btoad sense of the word,
and very clearly developed the
thought that mere bookishness or
booklearning is not necessarily educa¬
tion; that the child should be so
taught as to stimulate self-reliance—
in short, that thinking power should
he looked to as the all-important ed¬
ucational product.
The County School Commissioner
gave the last talk of the afternoon.
He outlined the purposes of the local
tax measure, and showed wherein thji
school interests of the county would
be advanced by the adoption of Local i
Taxation.
The addresses during the day were
interspersed with recitations and
songs by the pupils of Mixon Public
School. This community has de¬
veloped pereaps the largest county
school in the state, one hundred and
ninety pupils having been enrolled
this term. Prof. Herring, the trus
tees and all concerned deserve much
credit for the successful work of this
year, and for Friday’s rally.
Street Improved.
During the past several days the
street force, together with a force of
hands of the Covington and Oxford
Street Railway company have been
busy building up the street to the
Georgia railroad depot, and have
about gotten it straightend out all
right. The car company has lowered
its tracks in several places and the
street has been built up, making it
one of the best in the city.
On this street there are more traffic
than on any other and from that fact
it is a hard matter to keep it in per¬
fect repair. They have built it up
this time with gravel and clay and
from its appearance it will be there
for quite a while,
The Livingston School Catalog.
The News force has been busy for
the past several days working on the
catalog of the Livingston High School
in the western part of the county, and
when the job is completed it will be
one of the neatest catalogs ever issued
from this county.
The school at that place is one of
the best in the county and the trus¬
tees and faculty are always on the
alert for anything that will place
their advantages before the people.
There is nothing which will help a
school more than a nice catalog and
the Livingston school never lets the
grass grow under their feet.
This Hen is a Hustler.
Mr. Aleck Wheeler purchased a
Rhode Island Red pullet from Mr. S.
J. Yancey at Porterdale sometime
ago, and stated to a News man Sat¬
urday t hat the pullet, while only seven
months old, had laved two settings of
eggs and hatched them both.
Mr. Yancey is said to have the finest
Rhode Island Reds in the county and
this pullet, raised by him, is one of
the “hustlinest” pullet we have yet
heard of.
COL J, F. ROGERS
MAKES WARM REPLY.
Article in The Enterprise Brings
Some Caustic Remarks From
Prominent Attorney.
Editors Covington News:
Replying to the article in last weeks
I issue of the Covington Enterprise on
the grant of a new trial in the ease of
Stamps vs Newton county, the article
sounds to me like it was written or
dictated by an attorney for the
county, else how did the writer of the
article know of the “Considerable
amount of new testimony now in
hand for the next trial”? •
Judge Whaley granted the new
trial solely on account of some sup¬
posed error in the charge of the Court
to the Jury, and not because the
claim was not a valid one.
It is always improper to talk pub¬
licly or publish in a newspaper of
“suggestions” of a compromise.
“Any propositions made with a
view to a compromise, are not ad¬
missible in evidence.” .
As to the “suggestion” of compro¬
mise, I feel now justified in saying
publicly that the first “suggestion”
of compromise came to me as the
woman’s attorney by one of the
county commissioners for the county.
I would not have said this but for the
publication of the article in the En¬
terprise.
Above all things juries ought to be
allowed to try cases by the law and
the evidence in each particular ease
without the newspapers or any other
improper outside influence being at¬
tempted to be brought to bear on
them. The law of liability of coun¬
ties for defective bridges was made
by the legislature for the purpose of
securing the public safety, whites as
well as blacks, while using the bridges
as travelers.
If in the opinion of a jury, this par¬
ticular bridge was not safe, but in
negligent condition, then it is no
hardship upon tax payers but a vin¬
dication of the law of the land and of
a sound public policy.
And I will say further that the jury
which tried the case were tax payers,
some of them large tax payers, and
they thought the county liable, and
I would suggest to the Enterprise that
this jury was under oath to try this
ease by the law and the evidence.
James F. Rogers.
JERE M. POUND WAS
HERE THURSDAY.
Delivered Educational Address at
The Court House. County
Well Represented.
, Hon. Jere M. Pound, State School
of Georgia, delivered
educational address at the court
house Thursday at ten o’clock. There
was only a small audience present to
him, but several communities
the county were represented.
Prof. Pound devoted the principal
of his address to the educational
o f Georgia. He called atten¬
to the fact there were only four¬
counties in Georgia that did not
more money back from the
than they paid in for school pur¬
and pensions, and in conclusion
a strong plea for local taxation.
In the afternoon as stated elsewheie
Pound addressed a large audience
High Point church.
Bought Nice Line of Millinery.
Mrs. E. H. Mobley has returned
the markets and while there she
the new creations in ladies
for the coming season and pur¬
an elaborate line for the house
E. H. Mobley. Mrs. Mobley is
well known here as a milliner
has a number of friends through¬
the county who will be pleased
know that they will carry a milli¬
line again this season.
Mrs. Harper Has Returned.
Mrs. V. A. Harper returned this
from Atlanta, where he has
looking over the new things in
hats and purchased a large line
her millinery parlors at Mr. Le¬
store. Mrs. Harper is an adept
the art of making artistic creations
the ladies and this season she
be better prepared than ever be¬
to serve them.
TWO LARGE SCHOOLS
ARE CONSOLIDATED,
High Point and Leguin Schools
Combine Into One Large and
Better School Room.
The County School Commissioner
called a mass meeting of the citizens
of High Point and Leguin communi¬
ties last Thursday afternoon to
consider the advisibility of consoli¬
dating the High Point and Leguin
schools.
Heretofore if has been a difficult
matter to get an attendance at either
school large enough to warrant the
services of an assistant, and further¬
more, the terms have been entirely
too short.
State School Commissioner, Pound,
delivered a strong address at the
meeting on the advantages of consol¬
idated schools, and the importance of
local taxation as a means of main¬
taining schools.
The County School Commissioner
also made a talk on the same lines,
and showed that under present con¬
ditions it is impossible to have a
graded school at either Leguin or
High Point, but that by consolidating
the two schools, the attendance
would be large enough to warrant
employing three or fourteachers, and
a graded school would be the out¬
come.
Short talks were made by citizens
who were present at the mass meet¬
ing. All were agreed as to the ex¬
pediency of consolidating the two
schools.
The mass meeting put in nomina¬
tion, and elected committees from
High Point and Leguin communities
respectively to see if a suitable build¬
ing site about half way between the
two communities could be secured.
The committees met at Grant’s shop
the following afternoon, and after
looking into the matter, found that a
three acre site could be purchased
from Mr. J. M. Parker on the next
rise from High Point church to Le¬
The committee has an engage¬
ment to meet with the committee on
building and grounds of the Board of
Education at an early date. At that
time plans will be fully consumated
and doubtless in time for next session
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NEWBORN ORGANIZES
BUSINESS MENS’ CLUB
Hustling Newborn Makes Plans
For Handling Matters of In¬
terest to the Public.
NEWBORN, GA.—At the Business
Mens, League meeting held Monday
night permanent officers were elected
as follows: t
Mr. F. R. Porter, president.
Dr. P. Willson, vice presidknt.
Mr. C. M. Gay, sec. and treas.
Committee on Financ—N. P. Smith,
chairman; A. J. Stanton, L. J. Pharr,
H. H. Willburn and J. T. Willson.
The object of the organization as
stated in the Constitution and By
Laws adobted, will be to handle all
matters of public interest as a body,
aud promote anything that will up¬
build the town and surrounding com¬
munity.
Now watch Newborn grow.
Home From New York.
Mr. Thos. J. Harwell, manager for
the T. C. Swann Company, returned
last week from the eastern markets
where he went to buy the tall and
winter stock for that progressive firm.
Mr. Harwell stated to a News report¬
er that their line for the coming sea¬
son would be the most complete ever
handled by them and that he made
several nice deals, whereby he will be
able to save his customers a nice per
cent, on their purchases.
The Swann Company has been re¬
cognized for a long time as one of the
most complete and best equipped de¬
partment stores in this section, and
since Mr. Harwell has assumed the'
management he has been gradually
reaching out into new territory and
today has possibly the largest number
of customers of any store in the city.
a modern three of four room school
building will be on the proposed site.
The people of these two commun¬
ities are to be commended for this
forward step, and particularly for
their having come together on the
proposition without the least fric¬
tion.
