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March 3, 1879.
COVINGTON, GA.. September 1.1909
Now' that they are calling aeronauts
“sky pilots.” what will the users of
slang call the preachers?
The race for Warden of the convict
camp is getting lively. We under¬
stand there will be something like five
applications for the place.
The price of cotton is still up above
the twelve cent mark and the farmer
who has a good crop is wearing that
smile w’hich will not wear off.
Already there are practically four
candidates in the race from this dis¬
trict for congress next year, with three
other counties yet to be heard from.
All previous records for home build¬
ing hvea been smashed in this city
this, year. It seems that new life has
struck this part of building up the
city.
Our sister city of Newborn will give
a premium of ten dollars for the first
bale of new cotton marketed there
this season. Covington w'ould do well
to do this.
The Good Roads club of Newton
county is going right along perfecting
the organization and making plans for
building better roads in all sections
of the county.
“You’ll like Augusta,” is the Her¬
ald’s slogan. Now that’s pretty good
and the Herald should be congratu¬
lated for hammering adversity and
placing prosperity on top.
The correspondents contest which
closed last night seemed to be very
much appreciated by our w'riters, and
we know that there will be two happy
pen-pushers when this issue of the
paper reaches them.
We have heard of a lot of epitaphs,
and have been thinking this one would
work pretty well for a business w'hich
died from lack of advertising: “I
would be living now had this printer’9
ink been used sooner.”
Sometimes we are impressed very
forcibly (especially when we pass the
park or the court house) that there is
a lot of truth in that old spark of
wisdom: “A lazy man is of no more
consequence in this world than a dead
one, and takes up decidedly more
room.”
The greatest scientific achievement
of the age is the aeroplane, or flying
machine. At the rate the inventors
have been going for the past few
years, it will soon be quite a com¬
mon thing to step in one anywhere in
the country and ted the conductor to
“put me oft at Buffalo.”
That premium which has been
spoken of for the first bale of cotton
marketed here has not materialized
so far. The merchants and business
men of this city should offer a nice
inducement for the farmer who brings
in the first one, as that is really the
beginning of the busy season.
The Atlanta Constitution draws
some very pertinent conclusions about
the state’s dog tax law. That paper
shows that if all the people in the
state pays tax at the same ratio that
Atlanta does the total amount would
only be $18000. We wonder if the peo¬
ple will give in that many dogs for
taxation.
There seems to be some dissatis¬
faction out in the western part of the
county over the fact that the roads
are being made in new places, in some
instances leaving the old road-bed for
as much as a quarter of a mile, and
where people live on the old roads
will be cut off, as we underrtand, en¬
tirely from an outlet over the new
ones.
The dog tax recently passed by the
Georgia legislature is the source of a
good deal of sarcasm at the hands of
the press of the state. One paper has
remarked that “no man who has ever
voted for a dog tax went back to the
legislature. It would be a “dog
gone ’ good thing for the state at
large if some of the members of the
body just adjourned could be kept at
home.”
SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES
In the last issue of The
C ounty School Commissioner
gave our readers a great deal of
formation about the question of
! tax in the rural districts of the
| for school purposes and his
was one of the most logical we
yet seen on this important
One thing in particular he
out that will interest the people,
that was that under the local tax
sne the different districts would
have to raise money themselves
supplement the school fund in
ing a seven months school.
9eem „ u , be a decided advantage
the present system, as the people
ing in any of the districts have to
e xtra tuition and in a number of
a few of the patrons have to make
guarantee to raise a sufficient fund
pay for the extra cost for the
months. In a number of
those parties who make the
tee have to put up their money
pay considerably more than their
rata :-hare when the thru? comes for
settlement. This is a hardship
the public spirited men of each
trict and :> a condition that would
alleviated under the local tax
What is the most important
tion before the people, how'ever,
just what increase in the tax
measure will call for. As w r e
stand it from members of the
of school commissioners the extra
will be twenty cents on the
dollars, as they figure that
amount w'ill give them longer
sessions and allow for an
in the salaries of the teachers
inadequate funds necessitate
salaries, and it is pointed out that
is impossible to get the best
tors. This tax will not amount
very much to any property
while the benefits W'ill be felt by
the citizens of the district.
It may possibly be contended
* n some sections one man owns
tically all the land, and will
quently pay all the taxes. That
be true, but the advantage to
would be a? great in proportion as
the man owning only one
acres, in that it will give him a
school and make it possible for
to secure good white citizens as
ants, who will increase the value
his property and raise the standard
the community to a higher
both from an educational and
standpoint. It is a known fact
there is a first class school in a
munity there is also the most
ble land and more contentment
prosperity than there is in a
ment where there is not a good
or white tenants. This is one of
strongest arguments in favor of
local tax, and one that cannot
evaded.
The question of local taxation is
very important one and one we
like to see sifted down to the
in order that the people will know
exactly the advantages of the
We believe that local taxation
school purposes would be of
benefit to the rural schools, but it
for the people living in the districts
decide this for themselves, as they
the ones who will be affected and
know what they want a great
better than we do.
COVINGTON’S FACILITIES.
No city in this section of the
can boast of a more complete
ment for handling the cotton
than Covington. This city has two
as complete ginneries as there is
where, with a daily capacity of
thing over a hundred bales, and
compress which is equally capable
taking care of all the cotton raised
a radius of twenty miles from
city.
The oil mill here has a lot of
proved machinery and a high
city for the production of oil,
and other cotton seed products.
The average yield of cotton in
county is something like 24,000
per year, and there are
enough mills in the county to
up into manufactured products
bales of cotton. This is a
showing for any county, and
conclusively that Newton is
rapid strides in the progressive
manufacturing lines. There are
few counties in the state with a
cord like this and the people of
county should be justly proud of
fact.
We hope to see in the near
that this county will work up all
cotton and by-products of the
tions around here, and we
that with the lead we have it is
matter of only a few years until
will be done.
The man who is conducting a
ness that advertising will not help
selling either blue sky or
It is said that Hetty Green’s son
going to buy an aeroplane and try
hand at flying. If we had as
money as that young man
would induce us to go up in a
elevator, much less risk our
life in an aeroplane. The earth
be good enough for
| S un.
THft COVINGTON NEWS
WHITE WASHING IN VOGUE.
From the recent disclosures at the
state asylum at Milledgeville it would
seem that there has been quite a bit
of white washing going on there for
the past several years, and that mat¬
ters which should have been denounc
ed at the time of the. incident have
! allowed unnoticed.
; been to pass
In a report recently a committee
j appointed to investigate conditions
there they told of a lot of things which
made the people of the entire state
blush with shame that the actions of
those in charge should be placed as
representing the most delicate of all
the institutions of this great empire
state. Such conditions as are report¬
ed to have been true at the asylum
are a disgace to civilization and, if
true, there should not be a white
washing episode or a resignation, but
a straightout prosecution for criminal
negligence or some such arraignment.
It is all too true that politics enter
too largely into the administration of
Georgia’s institutions and the sooner
this is stopped the better we will be
served.
In the asylum at Milledgeville are
detained men and women who are in¬
deed pitiable. They have lost the
greatest gift God bestowed on human¬
ity. Their reason has been shattered
and they are at the mercy of any cold
blooded knave or brute in human form
who wants to take advantage of them
If these reports coming from there
are true, then some of Georgia’s citi¬
zens have retrogaded to a state of
barbarism, instead of the much vaunt¬
ed claim made for high civilization.
The blame cannot well be attached
to the directors of the asylum, from
the fact that most of them live at too
great a distance from that city to be
in close touch with conditions there,
but at their monthly meetings, pres¬
cribed by law, they could, it seems to
the public, make the under officials
do a great deal better than they do.
It is high time for the state to have
a general cleaning out at that insti¬
tution, and endeavor, if possible, to
remove the stigma of the recent dis¬
closures.
THE CITY’S PARK.
The city of Covington has one of
the prettiest places for a public park
of any city in this section. We have
reference to the Academy Spring
property, on which the city has grad¬
ed one driveway and placed one in¬
candescent light.
To build a pretty park costs money,
and the city decided after they had
begun this work sometime ago that
the cost would be too great and ceas¬
ed operations. The property, as it
came to the city, didn't cost a cent,
and even if it did cost something to
improve it, it would be an excellent
place for the people to go if it were
fixed up a little and a few more lights
were added to dispel the gloom that
settles over the spring in the even¬
ings. The city owns her electric light
plant and the cost of putting in
lights would only mean the placing of
the wire and poles, and the pleasure
the people would derive from them
would more than balance any output
in cash the city would make.
Like a great many other citizens of
the city, The News would be glad
to see the city improve this property
and make of it an ideal place to go
for a rest.
WITH OUR EXCHANGES
There are awful weak places in our
present tax system. The paramount
issue in nearly every campaign for
governor for a great many years past
has been revision of the tax laws,”
and yet no revision has been made.
The legislature should create a board
of tax assessors for each county,
whose duty it would be to require an
equitable, just and reasonable return
at an honest valuation of property
subject to taxation. There are scores
of men and corporations whose prop¬
erty is worth in actual value from ten
to twenty times as much as it appears
on the tax digest and in many eases
thousands of dollars worth of proper¬
ty is never accounted for at all.
| I Where are the notes held by the rich
men? They do not appear in the re¬
turns. The remedy should come
. [ hrou h
? S a general tax act Greens¬
boro Herald-Journal.
A Lawrenceville man paid a woman
a cool thousand dollars to marry him,
and after she had salted down the
money, she would not do it. Come
over to Commerce, man, and get as
many as you want for $1.50, the kind
that will freeze to you until Jennie
blows the horn.—Commerce News.
We never was nor never expect to
be a legislator, even if we were com¬
petent to be. There are more men go
now incompetent than many of those
who stay at home. We sure would
hate to have been a member of the
body just adjourned. From the way
the people talk it is remarkable if all
of them get home safe—and don’t
have a spell of fever.— Advocate Dem¬
ocrat..
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 pernia
nianent administrator upon the estate
of Mrs. Ada R. Salter, late of said
county, notice is hereby given that
said application will be heard at t he
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 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 will be heard on the
first Monday in September, 1909.
Witness my hand and official signa¬
ture, this August 5, 1909.
A. 1). 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 shotgun 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,
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 within terms of the law. This
August 13, 1909.
S. P. Thompson & E. W. Fowler,
Administrators of the estate of Wil¬
liam McDonald, deceased.
Notice.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Mrs. Ola M. Brown fruarndian of Mrs. I.illian
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 itt Said County on the 1st Monday in Sept,
next, why said application for discharge, should
not lie granted.
Witness my official signature this^Aug 2, 1909,
A. It. Meador Ordenary
Citation.
NEWTON COUNTY COURT OF ORDINARY.
Whereas R. W. Milner administator of the
estate of Mrs. Isabelle Roberts represents tin to
the Court in his pretition duly filed and entered on
record, that he has fully administered Mrs. Isa
tielle 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 m.v hand and official signature
this August 2, 1909
A. I>. MEADOR Ordinary.
Citation.
GEORGIA, Newton County,
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
have applied to A, D, Meador ordinary in and
for said state and County for leave to sell the
land belonging to the estate of William McDonald
late of said County deseased for the payment
of debts, and distribution. Said application will
be heard on the 1st Monday in September next.
This Aug, 2. 1909.
S. I>. THOMPSON, E. W. FOWLER.
Admrs of the estate of William McDonald.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
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
in terms of the law. July 10. 1909.
JAS. S. GARDNER.
Executor of A. S. Hell estate,
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’cloek, 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 Porterdaie. Plans and spec¬
ifications for same can be seen at this
office.
The Board reserves the right to re¬
ject any and all bids.
J.Z. JOHNSON, Ch’n. Board.
G. D. Heard, Clerk.
—We make a specialty of ice cream
milk shakes and lemonade. Parker’s
place.—tf.
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are comfortably roomy
l and leathers that are serviceably gentle.
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<3 most senstive correct in form
• for comfort and adapted for fashionable
very wear.
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£ <]j“PATRICAN” is wholly a woman’s shoe—catering to the
jg finer tastes—-in its wear there’s a latent charm you feel—but you
• cannot describe.
I Price $3.50 and $4.00
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FARMERS
STORE YOUR COTTON WITH THE
Planters Warehouse
WHY ?
1st Because we sample, weigh and store your cotton for 30 days
without the cost of one cent to you.
2nd We will give you the market every 15 minutes, which keeps
YOU posted as to the worth of your cotton, and guarantees
to you the very TOP of the market.
3rd We guarantee to you, honest weight, EVERY POUND and
just and prompt service in all things.
4th We will protect your business interests in all cotton stored
with us.
Cotton Market Posted Every fifteen Minutes. Free For
Everybody. We will pay a Premium of $10.00 Cash for the first
new bale of Cotton passing through our warehouse.
PLANTERS WAREHOUSE
C. M. GAY, Manager
NEWBORN, - - GEORGIA
Machine Shop Under New Managsmen
Ira Blackstock, Mgr.
I have leased the old Evans machine shop, in the rear of the co
house and am prepared to do all kinds of repair work on short not
When your engine, boiler, or any other machinery is out of work
order, 1 will fix it for you at prices so reasonable that you can har
miss the money. 1 make a specialty of repair work on engines, hoi
and all kinds of gin machinery. Give me your next order of repair
I City’s Finest Drug Store
SMITHS DRUG STORE
Also a nice Line of Stationery,
Cigars and Tobacco.
* Nunnally’s Fine Candies Always Fresh
(Geo. T. Smith COVINGTON, GEORGIA.