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VOL I. NO.
(CAL TAXATION
UN BE STOPPED.
(People Are Not Satisfied When
They Get Local Tax They Can
Quit After Three Years
rnder a special amendment to the
U tax act governing Local Taxa
C county after passing a law
Riding anv school tax and
for the
L a period of three years it, they if de
ide that they do not want or it
[“burden to them option. they This may amend¬ discon¬
cert at their
ment was passed by the legislature
ur ing the term just adjourned and we
furnished a copy of it by the
,ere Commissioner. For
ounty School
he information of those mterested in
Je election to below; be held in November
re publish it
“An Act to amend “An act to pro
ide for the creation and operation of
ealtax district schools, for the levy
gand collection of local tax by
unties for educational purposes, for
he laying off of counties into school
istricts, and for other purposes,” ap
ro ved August 23rd, 1905, and for
ther purposes. the
“Sec. 1. Be it enacted by Gen
ral Assembly of Georgia that the
hove recited Act be amended by add
g a section appropriately numbered,
j-wit: “An election for repealing the
ical tax law provided for in this Act
to same has been established for
per three years shall be called as in
rst instance. And if abolished by
ote under similar regulations as in
ret instance, no new election for re¬
peating same shall be called within
aeyear. If not abolished by vote,
oelection for the same shall be call
d within one year.”
Making Improvements.
Mr. N. Kaplan, whose store is in
le Hendrick building, opposite Mr.
I A. Thomoson’s warehouse, has
»n making several inprovements in
is store during the past week. A
;w lot of shelving has been installed
hich greatly improves the appear
iceof his place of business.
■FOR SALE—Two farms near Cov !
Igton. W. B. Shepherd.—tf.
8945
Report of the Condition of the
First National Bank
of Covington, Ga., at close of business September 1 st,
1909, Call of the Comptroller of the currency.
RESOURCES.
Loans & Discounts...............................$ 104773.88
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured........... 3668.29
^ • S. bonds to secure circulation............. 40000.00
Premium on U. S. bonds........................ ’ 1121.25
Ponds, Securities, etc........................... 5.00
I urniture and Fixtures........................ 4922.24
D «e from National Banks........................ 6053.57
Due from approved reserve agent.............. 2412.24
Checks and other cash items................... 189.88
Xotes of other National Banks 60.00
................
Fractional paper currency, nickels, cents... 7.38
Law tul money reserve in bank..... 4570.00
...........
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer..... 2000.00
Total Resources ... $169783.73
LIABILITIES.
Ca Pital stock paid in..............................$ 40000.00
urp-us and undivided profits less expenses
a »d taxes paid............................... 1592.03
Loiul bank notes outstanding.............. 40000.00
Dividends unpaid.................................. 20.00
^dividual deposits................$35433.43
i'Ue certificates...................... 17738.27 53171.70
B!,1s Payable.......................................... 35000.oo
Tota ' liabilities .$169783.73
- - -
I I State of Georgia, County of Newton; as:
donoi k' Stephenson, cashier of the above named bank,
.'""b s wear that the above atatemant is true to the
knowledge and belief.
gul R. E. STEPHENSON, Cashier.
‘ and of Sep
‘ sworn to before me this 13th day
*7 Lorrect- 1909 - JNO. B. DAVIS, Clerk Court.
Attest. LN. Z. ANDERSON i
C. C. ROBINSON
l E. O. LEE )
Ciwingkin
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 15, 1909.
MERCHANTS ARE
VERY PROGRESSIVE
Lines Being Put In By Local Mer¬
chants Show That They Have
Confidence In Coming Fall.
That the merchants and business
men of the city have a great amount
of confidence in the general commer¬
cial conditions is evidenced to a very
high degree by the immense lines
they are putting in to meet the de¬
mands of their patrons. Every mer¬
chant in this city is plainly seeking a
“live wire,” and they are all deter¬
mined to conclusively prove that
there is absolutely no need to send oft
to the mail order houses to buy your
commodities. The lines they are
placing are just as good and stylish
and snappy as any you will find in
the cities and then too you have the
advantage of a lower price for the
same article, from the fact that here
the merchants do not have to pay ex¬
cessive rents, clerk hire and the many
other heavy expense incurred in con¬
ducting a business in the larger cities.
All these things coupled together with
their desire to please their patrons
and draw trade from the country con¬
tiguous to this city will make a sav¬
ing for every person who spends their
money with the merchants of Coving¬
ton.
This is not a boost for the town, and
it is not, to use the slang phrase “hot
air.” Every word of the above can
be proven by a visit to any of the
progressive stores of the city. The
growth of the citv during the past
year or two when times were awful
tight and the increase in the volume
of business in all lines of the city is
an evidence of the push and hustle of
the men who have made Covington
what she is today. These same men
have plans for bringing others to this
city to do their trading and if you ask
some of them their prices on wares
you will at once see how their plans
work—dollars and cents to all who
patronize them.
And just here, while our rural friends
are beginning to reap the reward of
their labors and the people in the
city are having a little more of the
coin of the realm than usual, we want
to impress the fact that spending your
money at home means more to you
than it does to the man whom you
spend it with. Every penny spent in
Covington means that much more in
the annual volume of business. This
will have a tendency to increase the
price of farm lands and city property
alike, and the more business a man
does the more he will have to spend
hack in his business. He will have to
have more room, more help and many
other things which will put the money
back into circulation and in time you
may get your hands on that same
dollar again. If you send it off to
some big mail order house you will
not only get an inferior article, but so
far as ever seeing it again is concern¬
ed, you had just as well kiss it good¬
bye. Your home storekeeper will sell
you a larger quantity of a better grade
goods than you can expect to get by
“sending off” for it. When you feel
like you want to patronize some house
way off in another state just remem¬
ber the motto of the mail order house,
“unto this earth a sucker is born
every minute,” and you will decide
that the home man is the one who
will treat you the best. No one likes
to be a “sucker” and that is exactly
what the mail order man figures you
out to be.
Spend your money at home where
you will stand a chance of getting it
back, and you can get in “cussin’
distanc” of the merchant who sells
you shoddy stuff.
More dollars will be saved to the
buyers of commodities in Covington
this year than ever before in her
history.
Hebrew New Year.
Rosh Hoshannah, the Jewish New
Year, will be celebrated today, Wed¬
nesday, by all the Jews in this coun¬
try. According to Biblical history
the world will be 5670 years old on the
fifteenth of September. Rosh Ho¬
shannah, as this festive occasion is
known, begins at six o’clock in the
evening and continues for twenty
four hours. In the larger cities the
svnagogues will observe t he celebra¬
tion which is in its ritual and inner
meaning one of the most beautiful
services in the Hebrew religion.
' i„ this city Mr. W. Cohen will close
his store on Thursday and Friday of
this week and will observe the oc¬
casion as befits a Hebrew.
ALMON WILL GET
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
After Consideration Board Has
Decided to Grant Petition of
That Section.
Several months ago a petition from
Hon. W. S. Marbut and others was
given to the Board of Education ask¬
ing for a pro rata portion of the pub¬
lic school fund for a school at Alinon.
It seems that Fairview school is not
very far from Almon and the county
gives that school each year their por¬
tion of the school fund, but the school
is located too far a distance for the
pupils to walk and the people of Al¬
mon wanted a school.
When the petition was presented to
the Board it was tabled and has been
thoroughly investigated. At their
last meeting it was decide , that al¬
though the time for prorating the
funds did not arrive until December,
the request of the citizens of Almon
was granted in order that they might
select a suitable teacher by the regu¬
lar time for the term to begin.
During the present year Mr. W. S.
Marbut has had erected on his plan¬
tation at that place a suitable school
house and has given the use of it to
the board for school purposes. A
good school has been taught there
all the term, but it is the desire of
the people there that it be made bet¬
ter, and they will substantially sup¬
plement the funds given them from
the free school fund in making it as
good school as there is in the county.
The decision of the board to grant
a school for Almon will not in any
way conflict with or affect the school
at Fairview.
The News congratulates the citi¬
zens of Almon on securing their fav¬
orable action by the board and that
they will have a good school for an¬
other year.
New Show Windows.
Mr. E. H. Mobley has just finished
putting new show windows in his store
which greatly improves its appear¬
ance and advantages. Mr. Mobley is
making preparations for a big busi¬
ness this fall and is already receiving
his new line.
NEW ELECTION LAWS
WILL BE USED,
Several Of The Old Rules Regu¬
lating Primaries And Elec¬
tions Have Been Changed
One law passed by the legislature
during its session in 1908 is not very
familiar to the citizens of this count) 7 ,
or for that matter of any county in
the state. The amendments were
made to make the disfranchisement
law more rigid, and it is expected
that it will have the desired effect.
In the change of the registration of
the voters the law specifically says
that the books must be closed six
months before the time for holding
the regular elections for state house
officers in October.
That part of the law is given below
for the benefit of our readers, with
the suggestion that you register at
y our first opportunity:
“Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same, That from
and after the passage of this Act it
shall be the duty of the tax collector
collecting the taxes in each county in
this state to open his book or books,
designated as voters’ books, at the
time when he begins the collection of
taxes for each year, and he shall in
each year in which there is a general
election to be held for governor and
members of the General Assembly,
close said voters’ books for said elec¬
tion six months before the date of
said general election, and no one shall
be allowed to register for said election
due by him at least six months before
the date of said general election.”
This part of the law will at once
kill the argument that is being made
by some that the books will not close
six months before the date tor the
election. Another feature of the new
law is that a voter may not leave his
militia district and vote at another
precinct. Referring to that part of
the law we find the following:
. ‘Be it further enacted, That no
elector shall vote in any primary elec¬
tion in a militia district other than the
one in which he resides, or, if he re¬
sides in a city, in a ward other than
the one in which he resides, if an elec¬
tion precinct be located in such ward. ’ ’
To avoid confusion at the next bal¬
loting time register now and carefully
peruse that part of the law regulating
the holding of primaries and elections.
News Add Does the Work.
Mayor Chas. G. Smith, who is one
of the livest wires in the real estate
market, stated to a News reporter
the other day that when it came to de¬
livering the goods to the advertisers
this paper did the work in a hurry.
Some two or three weeks ago Mr.
Smith placed a small advertisement
in the paper about a piece of property,
he had listed with him for sale. In
less than two weeks from the date of
the first issue he had made a deal sell¬
ing the property for the neat sum of
$5,000.
This is one of the many instances
where our claim of having the best
advertising medium in the state is
substantiated, and what it did for Mr.
Smith it will do for anyone having a
meritorious articie to place before
the people.
The News has the largest circula¬
tion ever attained by a paper publish
ed in the county, and by our efforts
to give our readers the news all the
time we are building up one of the
most thoroughly read sheets in the
country.
Home Raised Dog.
The average Georgia farmer buys
canned and dried fruit—likewise can¬
ned and other dried goods. He gets
up by the alarm of a Connecticut
clock, fastens his Chicago suspenders
to Detroit overalls, washes his face
with Cincinnati soap in a Philadelphia
wash pan, sits down to a Grand Rap¬
ids table and eats Indiana hominy,
fried in St. Joseph’s lard with bacon
from Kansas City, and flour from
Tennessee, baked on a St. Louis stove
Then he puts a St. Louis bridle on
a Missouri mule and plows a farm
covered with an Ohio mortgage.
When bedtime comes he reads a little
chapter from a Bible printed in Chic¬
ago, says a prayer that was written
in Jerusalem, and crawls under a
blanket made in New Jersey, only to
be kept awake by a Georgia dog,
which is about the only home made
product on the place.—Ex.
$1. A Year In Advance.
REVIVAL SERVICES
IN PROGRESS.
The Series of Meetings at Presby¬
terian Church Are Being
Largely Attended.
The protracted services begun at
the Presbyterian church last week are
still being largely attended and will
continue throughout the week, at
least.
Rev. John B. Gordon, the pastor, is
being assisted by Rev. J. B. Mack, of
Atlanta, who is one of the most force¬
ful and earnest ministers in the Pres¬
bytery. He will preach the 10 a. m.,
and 7:30 p.m., services during the
week and he is already attracting
large congregations out to hear him.
It is expected that much good will be
accomplished during these meetings.
It is the desire of Mr. Gordon and
the members of this church that all
who feel interested in the moral and
spiritual welfare of the city come out
and meet with them.
Discovery of Tightwads.
Speaking of tightwads a little Texas
paper has unearthed a triumvirate of
parsimony that make the estimable
Hetty Green look like a green and
giddy young spendthrift, says the
Boston Traveler. It says:
“It is reported three of the stingiest
men in the state were in town yester¬
day. One of them will not drink as
much water as he wants unless it is
from another man’s well. The sec¬
ond fobids any of his family from
writing anything but a small hand, as
it is a waste of ink to make large let¬
ters. The third stops his clock at
night in order to save wear and tear
on the machinery. All of them de¬
cline to take their county paper on
the ground that it is a terrible strain
on their spectacles to read newspapers
even in the daytime.”—Ex.
Call No. 10-L when you want cream
for dinner. One gallon delivered in
freezer for $1.00, 1-2 gallon 50c. De¬
livered in cartoons 25c. Parker’s Gro¬
cery Store.—tf.
—TO RENT—Back end of Jewelry
store. Size of room24x36 feet. Apply
to Covingtou Jewelry Store.—2t.
Statement of the Condition of
The Bank of Covington
Located at Covington, Ga., at close of business Sept. 1, 1909
as called for by State Treasurer.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discount, $ 233 622 68
Demand Loans, 4 619 05
Overdrafts, 1 436 52
Furniture and Fixtures, 3 833 65
Due from Banks and Bankers in the State, 14 699 23
Due from Banks and Bankers in other States, 13 661 60
Currency, 7 011 00
Ooldj •• •• m •• 120 00
Silver, Nickels and Pennies, 1 392 10
Checks and Cash Items, 1 073 65
TOTAL..... $ 281 469 48
LIABILITIES: •
Capital Stock paid in, $ 100 000 00
Undivided Profits less current expenses and
taxes paid, 3 801 63
Due Unpaid Dividends, 360 00
Individual Deposits Subject
to Check, .. $100 472 24
Time Certificates, 41 835 61 142 307 85
Bills Payable, Including Time Certificates
representing Borrowed Money, 35 000 00
TOTAL..... $ 281 469 48
GEORGIA, NEWTON COUNTY:
Before me came J. E. Philips, Assistant Cashier, of The
Bank of Covington, who being duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement is a true condition of said Bank, as shown
by the books of file in said Bank. J. E. PHILIPS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 13th day of Sep
tember, 1909. JNO. B. DAVIS.
In New Home
The News is now lo¬
cated in it’s new
quarters o n Pace
street. Come to see
us for good printing.
SCHOOL MEETING
AT COUNTY LINE.
Several Speeches Were Made and
a Great Dinner Was Spread
For the Crowd.
A great school meeting and educa¬
tional rally was held at County Line
last Thursday and a more enthusias¬
tic gathering of educators and friends
of education would be hard to find.
Mr. R. L. Cowan was in charge of
the details of the occasien and he
made everything interesting and help¬
ful as is characteristic of this splen¬
did citizen.
Hon. L. F. Livingston made a very
strong talk in favor of education and
the many advantages of the person
fortunate enough to obtain knowledge
and training so much in demand in
all the different pages of life’s history.
His argument was clear and concise
and his hearers were given a great
deal of good substance for serious
thought. /
After Col. Livingston’s address a
delightful basket dinner was spread
and everyone present enjoyed it to
the fullest.
In the afternoon addresses were de¬
livered by County School Commiss¬
ioner A. H. Foster and Hon. L. W.
Jarman. Mr. Jarman is one of the
county’s most progressive young men
and is a warm advocate of higher
education, as well as the practical
kind. We understand that he is in
favor of the local taxation measure
now being agitated.
The day was altogether a pleasant
and profitable one and those present
were fortunate in having good speak¬
ers and a good master of ceremonies.
A Real Southern Show.
Mr. E. Haag, sole owner of the
Mighty Haag Railrod Show, which
exhibits at Covington on Monday,
Sept. 27th, is the only Southern gen¬
tleman that owns and control a
Southern show of any size. Mr. Haag
has always been foremost in giving
the public the best there is in amuse¬
ments in trained animal acts. This
year Mr. Haag has outdone all efforts,
and has brought together from all
four corners of the earth, the greatest
collection of trained animals with
any show. xxx
