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Written Especially lor the Covington
News by Mrs. J. Thomas Wright. J
Skating Party.
Quite a number of the society set
attended the skating rink last Thurs¬
day night and a most delightful even¬
ing was spent by all present. The
young people were chaperoned by
Mrs. H. D. Terrell and Mr. and Mrs.
j. Bain Terrell.
School Girls Off For College.
Among the. number of charming and
attractive school girls leaving next
week for college are Misses Julia
Thompson and Glady Lee, who go to
Agnes Scott; Miss Annie Mae Lester
to Randolph, Macon; Miss May Belle
Clark to Brenau, and Miss Frances
Godfrey to Wesleyan.
Bowling Party.
An informal, but very pleasant
evening was spent last Tuesday at
the bowling alley. Those enjoying
this exciting and interesting game
were Misses Bonner Simms, Essie
Jordan, May and Christine White,
and Messrs. Berto Lee, Ernest Calla¬
way, Jamie Knox, Shelly Elliott, Will
Cook and Wilbur Harwell.
Birthday Party.
A bright and happy affair for the
very young social set was the spend
the-day party at which Master Jack
Davis entertained a number of his
little friends last Thursday at the
beautiful home of his grand parents,
Major and Mrs. John B. Davis on the
hill.
The morning was spent in playing
the many merry games that little
folks delight in while the afternoon
passed swiftly with the children wad¬
ing in the creek.
The table in the dining room was
very artistic in its decoration, having
for its center piece a silver candela¬
brum holding nine lighted tapers
resting on a pretty lace cover and
surrounded by a mound of luscious
fruits. A most delicious dinner fol¬
lowed by an ice course was served.
Those enjoying the hospitality of
this'young host were Misses Martha
Brown Anderson and Mary White
Anderson, Nelle and Margaret Hut¬
chins, Masters Willie Brown, Coy
Swann and Alexander Reid Davis, of
Atlanta.
FARM FOR SALE!
My farm containing 166 2-3 acres with 7 3
acres in high state of cultivation. 25 acres of
good bottoms, good pasture, good water, good
out houses, one good six room dwelling and a
four room dwelling.
This farm is eight miles east of Conyers on
public road. On this farm there is a good
grist mill with improved roller machinery, with
good patronage. Terms of sale easy.
E. B. ROSSER - Conyers Ga.
At Conyers Hotel.
BANKRUPTCY
Sale at Covington.
Will be sold at Covington, Georgia,
on September 18th at 11 o’clock the entire
stock of goods, Store Furniture and Fix¬
tures of Cash Mobley & Co., Bankrupts.
Invoice value of stock of goods $5942.-
73. Invoice value of furniture and fix¬
tures 8435.75. Stock clean and in good
shape. For information write C. C. King,
attorney for trustee.
C. S. THOMPSON, Trustee.
Dutch Supper.
One of the most delightful affairs of
last week was the Dutch Supper at
which Mr. Donegan Dean Towers, en¬
tertained a few friends Saturday
evening at his pretty home at Porter
dale. Two tables of bridge were
played and after a most enjoyable
! game, the dainty supper was served.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Jno.
M. Wright, Misses Nelle and Kate
j B ltler, Macy Towers, Messrs. Ed
Stephenson, Hugh Wright and Mr.
Towers.
Lawn Party.
A very pleasant affair of last week
was the lawn party at which Mrs.
Albert Peek entertained last Satur¬
day evening at her home one mile
above Oxford.
The lawn wan made bright and very
attractive with many Japanese lan¬
terns and the house was decorated
with late summer flowers. Mrs. Peek
entertained about seventy-five of her
friends. After many enjoyable games
were played, cream and cake were
served. Miss Belle McDaniel assisted
Mrs. Peek in entertaining.
Mothers Circle.
The Mothers Circle was entertained
at its regular meeting last Friday af¬
ternoon by Mrs. Mortimer Hays at
her attractive little cottage on Mou
ticello street. The meeting was call¬
ed at 3:30 p. m. and the program was
as follows:
Reading, “Training the Child for
Citizenship.”—Mrs. Burton Davis.
Round Table, “Is the Education of
the Hand and Brain of the Child
Sufficient?”—Discussion led by Mrs.
James R. Stephenson.
Paper, “Modern Educational Ten¬
dency.”—Mrs. A. H. Foster.
Round Table, “Why Should the
Mothers Unite with the Teachers in
School Problems?”—Discussion led
by Mrs. Luke Robinson.
Paper, “Mothers Catch Book.”—
Mrs. R. E. Everitt.
As all of the members whose names
were on the program, were not pres¬
ent the regular program was put
aside until the next meeting and dif¬
ferent interesting subjects were dis¬
cussed, after which a delightful salad
course was served.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Card of Thanks.
The ladies of the Woman’s Club
wish to thank Mrs. Edwin Taylor for
the proceeds she so kindly gave from
the Operetta, “Edith’s Dream” to
the library.
Mrs. C. A. Sochwell, Pres.
Mrs. J. E. Philips, Rec. Sec.
Afternoon Party.
A most enjoyable and happy occas¬
ion among the many given last week
was that at which Mrs. R. P. Lester
entertained last Monday afternoon
at her pretty and attractive home in
North Covington in honor of her two
young nieces Misses Octavia and El
berta Holt, of Montgomery. After
many merry games were played out
on the lawn, a most delicious ice
course was served. Mrs. Lester was
assisted in entertaining by her charm¬
ing and attractive niece Miss Annie
Mae Lester.
Middiebrook-Cook.
The marriage of Miss Evalina Mid
dlebrook and Mr. Joe Cook, both of
Covington, was quietly solemnized at
the home of the bride’s parents, Col.
L. L. Middlehrook, on Thursday ev¬
ening, September 9th, at 8:30 o’clock,
Rev. E. R. Pendleton, pastor of the
Baptist church performing the cere¬
mony. Only the immediate families
of the bride and groom were present.
The bride was married in a handsome
blue tailored § suit with hat to match.
They will be at home to their friends
at the home of the groom’s mother,
Mrs. I. W. Cook, until October 1st,
when they will go to Pittsburg, their
future home, carrying with them sin¬
cere best wishes for their future hap¬
piness from many warm friends here
and elsewhere.
Bowling Party.
A number of Covington’s most
charming and popular young ladies
met at the home of Mrs. Ed H. Jor¬
dan last Wednesday morning, for the
purpose of organizing a bowling club,
to meet every Friday morning at Mr.
James Simmon’s bowling alley. The
first meeting was held last Friday
and was given in honor of the visit¬
ing girls and the home girls who
leave next week for college. There
are only eight members of the club
who are Misses Ida and Ethel Hig¬
gins, May and Christine White, Elea¬
nor Hays, Nelle Butler, Anna Quill
ian, and Essie Jordan. The other
young ladies present were, Misses
Louise Haygood, Julia Thompson,
Gladys Lee, Annie Mae Lester Pauline
Corley, May Bradshaw'.
Heart Dice in Honor of Miss Haygood.
One of the most delightful morning
parties of last W'eek was the heart
dice at which Miss Essie Jordan en¬
tertained Wednesday at her pretty
home on church street in honor of
Miss Louise Haygood, of Decatur, the
attractive guest of Mrs. Jno. B. Davis.
The hall, parlor and dining room,
which were thrown into one large
reception room, were beautifully dec¬
orated with quantities of handsome
palms, ferns and foliage plants, and
vases and bowls of fragran; red roses
were artistically arranged in the dif¬
ferent rooms. Four tables of heart
dice were played, the interesting and
exciting game resulted in favor of
Miss Eleador Hays, w'ho captured the
prize, a handsome gold frame. A de¬
licious salad course was served.
Among those enjoying the hospital¬
ity of this charming young hostess
were Misses Louise Haygood, Julia
Thompson, Gladys Lee, Nelle Butler,
May and Christine White, Ida and
Ethel Higgins, Anna Quillian, Annie
Mae Lester, Eleanor Hays, Winnie
Perry, of Decatur; Pauline Corley, of
Marietta; Irma Mason, of Decatur;
Alma DeLaney, of Florida; Ruby
Weaver and Essie Jordan.
Birthday Party.
One of the prettiest and most artis¬
tic affairs given by the very young
set last week was the birthday party
at which Masler Albert Jordan enter¬
tained his little friends in the neigh¬
borhood last Saturday afternoon at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Jordan, on Church street.
The house was very attractive with
its decorations of ferns, foliage plants
and cut flowers. The table in the I
dining room had for its center-piece
a pretty heart-shaped cake, with
twelve red lighted tapers around
which was a wreath of soft feathery
ferns and handsome red roses. The
candlesticks held red unshaded tapers
and the color scheme of red, green
and white was carried out in the most
artistic effect in every detail. Covers
were laid for twelve. After many I
merry games were enjoyed the little j
folks were ushered into the dining
room where delicious refreshments
were served. Among those present
were little Misses Forence Turner,
Dorothy Foster, Josephine Franklin,
Hester Clark, Fletcher Lou Lunsford.
Masters James Carter Anderson,
James White, Theodore Smith, Alton
King and Albert Jordau. j
HOOKING ALLIGATORS.
A Florida Sport With an Element of
Uncertainty In It.
“Hunting alligators at night with a
bullseye lantern and shotgun is tame
sport compared with w hat is called a
gator hunt in Florida,” said an old
Floridian who is visiting New York.
“I mean the feat of capturing an alii
gator alive and then towing the fellow
to high ground through mud and water
from what is called in Florida a ga¬
tor hole.
“The gator fishermen first find the
hole, which is indicated by an opening
in the surrounding grass in the midst
of a dense growth of vegetation, where
the ground is worn smooth by the al¬
ligator in bis pulls in and out. Some
times these gator holes are in the na¬
ture of a cave in the bank of a stream
and may be fifteen or twenty feet
deep, and if so it is not an easy matter
to get the animal out.
“The fisher is supplied with a long
pole with a metal hook on the end.
He takes a strong rope and throws it
about the entrance of the hole. Then
the fisher rams with the hooked pole
down the den and waits and listens.
If he finds a gator In the hole he
teases the beast by poking him until
the gator in a rage finally grabs the
hooked pole and is pulled from the
den. It is with uncertainty that he is
dragged' forth, for it is not known
whether the catch is large or small.
The fisher does not know whether to
get into shape to run or to fight. Out
the gator comes, bellowing and roar¬
ing mad.
“After the gator is dragged to the
surface he in his rtige turns and rolls
and finally twists himself up in the
rope or noose that has been previously
prepared. With the assistance of the
others in the party the gator's legs
and mouth are tied and the gator is a
prisoner.
“The gator is for the most part
caught in marshes where the ground is
soft and slushy and too wet for either
horse or wagon to enter. The fishers
are compelled to carry their catch to
higher ground, there to he loaded into
the waiting wagon, and the hunt is
ended.”—New York Sun.
UNCONSCIOUS WORRY.
Born of the Habit of Taking Things
Too Seriously.
A great many people worry uncon¬
sciously, says O. S. Warden in Success
Magazine. They don’t understand why
they are so tired in the morning, why
their sleep was so disturbed and trou¬
bled.
This mental disturbance is often
caused by the habit of taking things
too seriously, carrying too great a
weight of responsibility. Everywhere
we see people who take life too seri¬
ously. Most of us are like the motor
man who not only starts and steps the
car and tries to keep from running
over people, but also feels tremendous
anxiety and responsibility about the
motive pow’er.
One ot the most helpful lessons life
can Impart is that which shows us
how to do our work as well as it can
fie done and then let principle take
care of the result. How often have we
been amazed to find things come out
much better than we anticipated; to
find that the great unseen power that
governs our lives through a wilderness
of trial and tribulation into the open
has guided our life ship through the
fogs of difficulties and of sorrow,
through storms of hardships and
losses, safely into port.
The pilot does not lose heart when
he cannot see his way. He turns to
that mysterious compass which sees
as plainly in the fog and guides as
faithfully in the tempests as when the
sea is like glass. We are in touch with
a power greater than any compass,
greater than any pilot, a power that
can extricate us from the most des¬
perate situation.
Family Floriculture.
George Blank, the stage manager, is
a lover of nature and a hater of over¬
coats and umbrellas. Recently during
a violent rainstorm he called on his
mother, entering her presence wring¬
ing wet.
“George,” said she firmly, “you
ought not to expose yourself in such
weather. You will get pneumonia.”
“But, mother,” exclaimed George,
with a theatrical wave of his hand,
“why should I fear the rain? Does
tt not nurture the grass? Is it uot life
to the flowers?”
“It is a long time," said the good
woman, closing a window, “since you
were a flower.”—Success Magazine.
Origin of the Word Academy.
Academus was a wealthy Greek of
Athens who lived several hundred
years before the birth of Christ.
Among his possessions was a beautiful
grove, where young men used to con¬
gregate and listen to the teachings of
wise men, such as Flato and Socrates.
This developed into the school of mod¬
ern times, and these modern schools
take their name “academy” from the
old Greek, Academus. The rea' mean¬
ing of the word academy is a school
for boys.
Sterilized.
“Have you,” inquired the city vis¬
itor, "a moss covered bucket about tbe
place?”
“No, sir,” answered the farmer.
“All our utensils are sterilized and
strictly sanitary.”—Kansas City Jour¬
nal.
No Danger.
Tbe Lady—I’d buy you a nice pearl
handled knife for your birthday, but
I’m superstitious. I’m afraid it would
cut our friendship. The Man—Cheer
up! No knife a woman buys could
ever cut anything.—Cleveland Leader.
The Sewing Machine
Repair Shop in Residence. All
Work Guaranteed.
I am not the agent for any Sewing
Company but handle all the following ma¬
chines which I sell cash or partial payments.
Buy one of them—you will never regret it
and never realize how you paid for it until
it belongs to you. Will sell you one paya¬
ble one-third this fall, one-third fall of 1910
and balance fall of 1911, without interest
or security. Here they are and all are
good ones too:
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, New Royal, Silent, Clayton,
Fulton, Remington, Peerless; ranging in price from $11.75 up
There is no excuse for anyone not owning a good machine un¬
der my plan. Don’t send your money way off, I can save you
time and money.
See me, 1 will make it interesting for you. If you cannot
come to see me drop me a postal and I will call ane see you.
Also handle a complete line of needles and oil.
Machines rented, terms right. Your choice for $2.00 per
month. I am devoting my whole time to sewing machines and
for this reason 1 am in a position to sell you a machine cheaper
than anyone elso.
G. G. DAVIS
Railroad Street Coviogton, 6a.
COM
COMING!
Will Exhibit at
Covington, Monday Sept. 27
Afternoon and Night
Posititively the only large shows that
will play in Covington this year.
Don’t fail to see :
The Only Somersault Elephant in
W orld. The Bovopolis. The Baby Cam¬
el- The Racing Camels. The Orehestii*
ana.
$50,000 Street Parade
Excursion Rates on all Lines