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following was ruling
prices here yesterday:
Middling. 13 cts ‘
Good mid. 13 1-4 cts.
NO.
0 ROAD TO
ALCOVA
Commissioners Have Decided
Take New Route to
McGuirts Bridge.
U the meeting of the county
missioners last week it was
them to make a new road
hv northeast of the
the city limits
point about a mile this side
,0 a the Madison
the Alcova river on
The starting point of the new
wil l be built by the city from a
Anderson Avenue, 200 feet
on Cook’s home,
of Mrs. V. across
Held in an easterly direction
Mill Street, thence to the city
Ihe county will then take it up
continue it on to the above
tioned place, which is in front of
old Henderson place.
The commissioners have had a
under consideration for some time
get a road out in that direction
would be on a lighter grade,
what is known as Hddge Hill.
had been figuring on grading
the hill to a four per cent grade
after taking the Civil Engineer’s
ures found it would cost |3,400
make anything like a good road
j of it. They then began bo figure
making a new road altogether
found that over the route decided
I they could build a road on a
percent grade for a little over
hundred dollars, giving not only
better road but making the
I very light compared with those .
the present road. After going into
thoroughly it was decided by
I to build the new road, provided
I city would co-operate with them
I build it to the city limits. The
I is favorable to the city
I mil it is reported that work will
I begun on it within the near future.
I This new road will open up a lot
I good territory and it is argued
I many that it will not affect the
I 1 on the old route. We
that there is a lot of
I out on Floyd st reet about the
Iposed | change, but it is thought
after the parties look over the
jsition lthepeople and see living the out advantages in that of it
lofthe The county, they will not oppose
j difference in the distance
I the river from the court house will
J 1 four mg that hundred much feet, longer. the new route
SELLING COTTON?
WHEN YOU SELL YOUR COT¬
TON AND GET YOUR CHECK
tiring it right here to us and de¬
posit it, no matter what bank it is
on, we collect it free of charge,
place the money to your credit,
$ive you a bank book and check
l>aok if you hav’nt one, then you
(a n use it just as well as if you
had the money in your pocket or
better, because the mail with a
( heck book always has the change
a ud stands no chance of losing his
money.
I Hen when you have paid your mdebtness, if you
avp F ive dollars or Five Thousand Dollars left it is in
e safest place you could possibly have it.
^ H\ ) Because this bank is operated in full com
Plance with the National laws; our employees are bond
or t:le faithful discharge of their duties and we carry j
!'"■ and burglar insurance.
^ hen the hirst !
in town come to see us. Make i
atlona l y°ur headquarters every time you come.
First National Bank
Covington, Georgia.
@bfi @mmmm Nam
FIDE IN THE STAR
BUILDING FRIDAY.
Originated in the Dental Office of
Dr. T. U. Smith. Damage
Was Slight.
What came near being a disastrous
fire _ was narrowly averted Friday af¬
ternoon when it was discovered the
Star building was ablaze. The fire
originated in the dental rooms of Dr.
T. U. Smith, who occupies the front
office, second floor, and by the time
the fire department arrived his whole
office was in flames. In a few min¬
utes, however, the fire was extinguish¬
ed before any serious damage was
done except to the furniture in Dr.
Smith’s office, which is practically a
total loss, with insurance to partially
cover. When the alarm was first
sounded the three companies compos¬
ing the fire department made a break
for the building and a stream was
soon on the building. Lack of system
and organization, however, caused
some confusion among the men, who
found it impossible to locate the Chief
among the crowd' who immed iately
rushed in.
The building, which is owned by
Col. J. W. Anderson, was damaged to
about two hundred and fifty or three
hundred dollars, which is covered by
insurance.
Dr. Smith sustained a loss of some¬
thing like $500, with insurance of
$400.
Col. Chas. C. King sustained a small
loss by his law books being in the ad¬
journing room and was slightly dam¬
aged with water. One or two of the
other occupants of the building were
slightly damaged by water.
The people of the city generally are
gratified over the splendid water sys¬
tem just installed, as a disastrous fire
can neariy always be averted with it.
When the fire department gets thor¬
oughly' organized Covington will have
had its last expensive conflagration.
—WANTED—One good Gasoline
Engine, Pump, Tank and Power.—Ad¬
dress N. G. Maddox, Note, Ga. tf
—Barred Plymouth Rocks, Wm. El¬
lery Bright Strain, the kind that will
please. Eggs, $1.00 for 15.—The Dairy
Fafiu, W. P. or Henry Odom. tf
COVINGTON,
PIANO CONTEST
GETTING LIVELY,
There Are Now Nine Contestants
and Four Are Within a Few
Votes of Each Other.
The 1 iano Contest now running by
this paper is getting to be a very live¬
ly one, as there are a number of con¬
testants in the race and all working
just like they intend to have the in¬
strument in their home Christmas.
Their friends are rallying to their sup¬
port and every week there is a batch
of the coupons from the paper from
each section of the county, being
voted for the different contestants.
The News feels good over the fact
that there so many people in the coun¬
ty who realize the value of the instru¬
ment we are going to present to some
lady in this county, and that the con¬
testants are taking such a lively in¬
terest in the contest is very gratifying
to the management. It is impossible
for ns to publish the exact number of
votes each contestant has but we fiive
below a list of the five leading contes¬
tants printed consecutively in the
order that they stand as nearly as can
be estimated by us. This list repre¬
sents the first five, and they are close¬
ly followed by the others, there being
no great difference in the standing,
except the first two:
Mrs. Lemuel D. King is in the lead.
Miss Ethel Piper is a very close
second.
Miss Una Smith is in the next place.
Mrs. Oby Edwards is fourth.
Miss Viunie Allison is fifth.
Miss Allison entered the contest
Saturday and from the start she is
showing that she will be in the run¬
ning.
The two leaders, Mrs. King and
Miss Piper, are running right along
together, and almost every day
changes their position. The others
above mentioned are all making good
showings and the result promises to
warmly contested. Miss Smith is also
close up to the leaders with Mrs. Ed¬
wards pushing her as a close second.
The friends of all these ladies are re¬
newing their subscriptions and plac¬
ing the votes to their favorite, making
the contest spicy and interesting all
the way through.
We would suggest that there is a
mighty good chance tor some one to
enter the contest from the eastern
part of the county and get well up iu
the running. No one from there has
entered. The News goes into a large
majority of the homes in that direc¬
tion, and with the right kind of work
it is possible for a successfnl contes¬
tant to come from that section. Get
in the race early and you stand a
good chance to win a handsome $350
Schulz piano.
There is only one condition we im¬
pose on the contestant and the person
renewing their subscriptions, and that
is we will not accept renewals for a
longer period than ten years. This
rule must be rigidly adhered to.
The coupons good for ten votes
taken from each issue of the paper
must be signed by the subscriber and
will positively not be counted unless
they reach the office of The Coving¬
ton News at 5 o’clock on Saturday
afternoon of the week in which they
are published. Where the parties vot¬
ing them are out of town and have to
mail them, they must be in our box
at the post office in this city at that
time, or they will not be counted.
Some Big Orders.
Possibly it isn’t just exactly ethical
but we can’t resist the temptation to
tell our readers and friends what a
nice business we are now enjoying.
During the past week we have finish¬
ed up a fifty thousand order of envel¬
opes for a local firm, two book jobs
which go to another county, one of
which made sixty pages and the oth¬
er over thirty; several orders of de¬
posit slips, some running as high as
twenty-five thousand, besides a large
quantity of commercial printing, such
as letter heads, envelopes and special
orders for printing not before obtain¬
able outside the larger cities.
We are extremely proud of the fact
that we are building up such a nice
business, especially as we have only
been located here for less than a year.
As the saving goes, we started from
the ground and, if we can continue to
produce the very best there is in
printing and do not mind hard work
can hold our grip on the trade and
we We like to work
gain new customers.
and when we get some large orders
like the ones above referred to we just
feel proud of the fact that we have
so it bust.
to sav something about or
Come to see us when you want some
nice work in the printing line.
THE CITY COUNCIL
HAS BUSY SESSION,
Fire Department Headquarters Up
And Diversity of Opinion
Was the Result.
The session of the mayor and coun¬
cil last week proved to be a very busy
one from many standpoints. First
the tax rate had to be fixed and pass¬
ed on and a number of other matters
of importance were up for considera¬
tion.
Possibly the warmest discussion to
arise was in reference to the place to
be provided for the headquarters of
the fire department. One or two
places were suggested, the principal
one being the purchase by the city of
the building formerly occupied by the
Clark Banking Company. The other
place investigated was the lot in the
rear of the court house, belonging to
the county. The Commissioners who
met last week agreed to let the city
use as much of the lot as was neces¬
sary for the building of a fire house,
and the firm of Lunsford & Milner of¬
fered to erect a brick house on it for
something like a thousand dollars.
This plan is favorable to a large por¬
tion of the citizens who believe that
this would make a convenient and a
good place.
When it came to a vote as to the
place to be selected, however, it was
passed by the body to purchase the
Clark Banking Co., site for $3,000,
making the payments, $1,000 on the
first of January, 1910; $1,000 on the
first of January, 1911, and the remain¬
der with interest on the first of Jan¬
uary, 1912.
The mayor is strongly opposed to
the purchase of this property, giving
as his reason for opposing it, that the
city is in no financial condition to buy
property as expensive as this when a
house answering the same purpose
could be obtained for a great deal less.
He says that the equipment for the
fire company has already passed the
two thousand mark and if they buy
this high-priced property the fire
equipment will amount to nearly
$6,000, which he says is too much. He
also says that he will refuse to sign
the order or the notes for the property
and will under no consideration allow
the sale to go through. It is also un¬
derstood that one or two members of
the council oppose it.
Just how the proposition will end is
the conjecture of a great many citi
bens just at this time.
Selling Razors Some.
A gentlemen came to this city a
few days ago and brought with him a
lot of razors. These said razors were
marked on the case as being priced
at $3.50. Being marked that way they
were necessarily worth the price (?>.
The possessor of these razors pro¬
ceeded up to the square and began to
talk. Naturally he talked razors. He
talked razors. He talked in such a
persuasive manner that the great
crowd that had gathered around him
believed that the past, present and
future depended on the man selling
thirty of the razors. So plausably
did he talk and so great was his con¬
trol of the English language that he
had the crowd believing that should
they buy one of the razors they would
get their money back and still keep
the$3.50 (?) article. He told them that
as he was in Covington and had noth¬
ing to do until Saturday that he
would sell them at $1.00. The sun
shone very brightly on this group of
the county’s prosperous and enlight¬
ened citizens and when the gentleman
flashed the steel blades in the sun¬
light they just couldn’t resist the
temptation to own one and get their
money back too.
They began to buy razors, and did
not stop until the supply was exhaust¬
ed. After all were gone they went
up to get their money back, but lo!
the man was sharper than his razors,
and the crowd went away poorer but
wiser.
Good Business Saturday.
Last Saturday was a banner day for
the business men of the city for the
entire year, nearly every merchant in
town having done more cash business
than for any day this year. Every¬
where in the business houses in the
city ybu could see the merchants
wearing the smile that stays and they
are all feeling a great deal more hope¬
ful than for months past. The three
local banks report for Saturday alone
over $125,000.00 on deposit.
With cotton well up in price and a
good deal being sold, the people are
trading freely and business iu every
line is looking up.
NEW COTTON MILL
IS NOW
At t. Meeting Held Last
day More Than Half Capital
Stock was hedged.
The organization of the new cotton
mill for this city is now well
way and it is confidently expected
those interested that before the
is out the entire amount will
been subscribed. A meeting of
citizens was held in the council
ber last Thursday afternoon and
that time over half of the$100,000
pledged. The gentlemen present
subscribed liberally for the stock
when the time came for
they were sure that the balance
he easily placed.
This new mill will mean much
Covington, especially as it will
built largely by local men, who
lieve in investing their money in
home enterprises. The majority
the stock will be owned by citizens
Covington and the balance will
held by different business men and
planters of the county. The
of the mill will be different from that
of the other two in the county and
will in no way conflict with the busi¬
ness of either concern.
It is the plan of the promoters of
this new enterprise to complete the
work of organization as soon as is
practicable and begin the work of
construction, getting everything in
readiness before the next season
opens up. The location of the new
factory has not been decided on yet,
but when the organization is com¬
pleted they will have no trouble in
securing a good site as there are sev¬
eral places in town and just outside
the city limits admirably adapted for
this purpose.
Among the number who are already
iuterested in the movement for the
new mill are Messrs. Chas. G. Smith,
C. S. Thompson, I). A. Thompson,
W. Cohen, J. L. Callaway, T. G. Cal¬
laway, J. E. Phillips, H. D. Terrell,
Luke Robinson, E. W. and R. R.
Fowler, F. E. Heard, C. H. White,
J. R. Stephepson, Geo, T. Smith, F.
D. Ballard, C. I). Terrell and numer¬
ous other prominent citizens of the
city and county.
All of the above namad gentlemen
Points
That
1 nterest
You
WE provide an absolutely safe place to
deposit your money.
WE are not an experiment but a grown,
really existing reality.
Money return y OUI . mone y (all of it) on de¬
mand.
WE are prosperous as well as progressive
and MERIT WINS.
WE give you the best service as the result
of long experience.
* WE do not mimic, or meet, but create,
originate and raise.
WE have the largest capital and resources
of any bank in Newton county.
The-Bank of Covington
Covington, Georgia.
CAPITAL $100,000.oo
PIANO FREE
.
’I‘Iuc NEWS is going to
give some lady in this
county a handsome
$350 Schulz piano on
Dec. 22, 1909.
$1. A Year In Advance.
COBURN’S MINSTREL
TROUPE COMING.
Will Appear at Opera House Next
Tuesday Night With Best Show
Ever Put on Local Boards.
The managers of the opera house of
this city have succeeded in booking
Coburn’s Minstrels to appear here on
Tuesday night, October 19th. This is
one of the largest all-white minstrel
troupes on the road, traveling in their
own private car and carrying their
own special scenery.
They come to this city from Athens
filling in an open night here while en
route to Birmingham, where they go
to play the opening performance in
the handsome new theatre in that
city. They do not play cities as small
as Covington and those who meet
them here will get more for their
money than they ever did before.
There is not a dull moment, not a
single mediocre feature in the big
show provided by Manager Coburn
this season. Everything new, bright
and thoroughly enjoyable. A Clean
Comedy, catchy music, fine dancing,
clever specalities, and the latest nov¬
elties in vaudeville and blackface imi¬
tations and fun. Pat Crawford “The
Man from Dixie,” Tom Post, “Ole
Virginny,” Harry Frankie, Billy
Blackwell, Harry Hespen, Tommy
Galvin, all first class wide awake per¬
formers, whose initiations, singing
dancing, jokes and capers will please
all and offend none.
Don’t forget the date, nor the com¬
pany, at the Opera house Tuesday
evening, October 19th.
—FOR SALE—White Leghorns—
cock and five fine hens—cock scores
93 1-2. $10, if taken immediately.—
Leonard Sain, Covington, Ga. It
—FOR SALE—The printing mate¬
rial of the Democrat at a bargain, be¬
cause of the death of the Editor and
the loss of my Subscription book.
Batnbridge is a floe opening for a tri¬
weekly,—Address Mrs. J. M. Brown,
Dawson, Ga.
feel sure that they can place enough
more of the stock to make the mill a
sure thing and there is now no ques¬
tion about its being built.