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negro IS KILLED
BY LIVE WIRE.
While Going to His Work at Tur¬
ner’s Compress George Cornell
Is Instantly Killed.
, Fri day morning while going
his work at Turner’s cotton com
^ Cornell, colored came
fV George live telegraph wire
5 ct W ith a
he Western Union which had been
L 'St down by instantly the Htorm killed. Thursday
and was lying
When found the negro was
the wires and was badly burn
in s hands. Itissup
the body and
ed that he intended to raise the
JjTwith She his left His hand left and hand was killed was
current.
' ne d crisp and the thumb on that
■ was completely burned off. It
Apposed that at some point be
W n this city and Atlanta, or possi¬
bly in that city, that the wires from
me electric plant had become cross
with the Western Union’s wire
the whole amount of the current
sed through the negro’s body
using death instantly. His body
Hi found a few minutes after he left
' home and an inquest was held,
verdict of the jury being that he
imeto his death by coming into
nKet with the wires of the Western
lion Telegraph Company.
The pole, which is situated just back
-jUr. J. E. Robinson’s home on West
t blew down sometime during the
l tThursday and as Cornell went
jihis work Friday morning at about
flight, it is thought that he did uot
that the wires were not broken,
Muting the piece that killed him was
The wire burned the wet grass
around where he was killed, the
fnt being terrific.
Notice.
Well, we are at it again, making
ose same good oyster stews like we
ade so many last season. Try one
eu in town and wanting something
eat and then you need not be
of acute indigestion from eat
y°ur dinner in town.—P arkers
SELLING COTTON?
WHEN YOU SELL YOUR COT
ION AND GET YOUR CHECK
Bring it right here to us and de¬
posit it, no matter what bank it is
01 L we collect it free of charge,
place the money to your credit,
gi y c you a bank book and check
if you hay’lit one, then you
cau use it just as well as if you
had the money in your pocket or
better, because the man with a
riicek book always has the change
ail d stands no chance of losing his
money. *7
Then when you have paid your indebtness, if you
3Ve ^* Ve dollars or Five Thousand Dollars left it is in
,
e safest place you could possibly have it.
^ I H ? Because this bank is operated in full com
P ! anc< u T* the National laws; employees are bond
our
or the faithful discharge of their duties and we carry
an d burglar insurance.
L> e n in town come to see us. Make the F irst
w
° na y° ur headquarters time come.
every you
First National Bank
Covington, Georgia.
bi! '»ue The News contains lO-pages-The largest regular weekly edition ever Issued in Newton County
Conington Wans
CONTESTANTS ARE
PILING UP VOTES.
Every One In Contest Is Working
Hard To Win Handsome
Piano From News.
The contest now running by the
News is increasing in interest with
every issue of the paper and the con¬
testants are all working hard to keep
in the lead and secure the handsome
Sulz piano that we are going to pre¬
sent to some Newton county lady on
the 22nd of December.
A great many new subscribers and
renewals have been brought in by the
different contestants and they all
have their friends lined up for them
in both getting subscriptions and the
coupons from the issues of the paper.
Each one has increased the number
of their votes largely within the past
week and the prospects are good for
them to get even a greater number
during the coming week.
The standing of the contestants is
about the same as stated in the last
issue, with the exception that the
first place, or lead, is warmly con¬
tested for between Mrs. L. D. King
and Miss Ethel Piper. Every day
almost changes their standing and
sometimes they exchange places two
or three times per day. Miss Una
Smith is also pushing them close and
if she is as successful this week as
she was last she will push them very
close for first place.
Knowing that the next few weeks is
the best time for securing renewals
and new subscribers to The News we
have decided to give an additional
hundred votes with every renewal and
one hundred and fifty extra votes
with each new subscriber. This will
make two hundred votes for renewals
and two hundred and fifty for new
ones. We do this believing that it
will meet with approval by all the
contestants in that they may run up
their number of votes considerably
during the next few weeks, It will in
no way change the contest, it being
just as fair for one as it is the other
merely placing a bonus on new sub¬
scriptions and renewals during this
time.
With the energy each one of the
contestants is using we feel sure that
the coming week will be the banner
one for them all.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 20, 1909.
PREPARATIONS WILL RE MADE FOR THE
GREAT SAVANNAH-ATLANTA AUTOMOBILE
RACE WHICH PASSES HERE NOV. 9TH.
Committees Appointed for Perfecting Plans
for Convenience of Racers.
BRIDLE TO BE TAKEN OFF, NO SPEED LIMIT IN EFFECT
Sign Boards will be Placed at Every Mile Post on the Run Through
the County. Road from Walton to Rockdale Counties will be
Put in Good Condition for the Occasion.
A meeting of the citizens of the
city was held at the council chamber
yesterday for the perfection of plans
for making the Savannah to Atlanta
automobile race, which passes through
this city on the 9th of November, as
pleasant to the participants as possi¬
ble, and making the roads easy to
travel and other assistance needful.
Mayor Smith, who was chairman of
the meeting, read a letter from the
president of the Savannah Automo¬
bile Club, stating that the route had
been decided on and that it would
come through this city and asked the
co-operation of the officials and citi¬
zens in making the run a success.
At this meeting it was decided to
place sign boards at each mile post
from the Walton county line to this
city, each sign to tell the number of
miles to Covington, with a big sign
at the county line telling the racers
that they are in Newton county. A
sign will also be placed just where
they enter the square, and the word¬
ing on the sign as suggested by Capt.
H. D. Terrell will be, “Welcome, to
the Best Automobile Club in the State
to the Best Town In The State.”
At all the cross streets in the city
a person will be placed to warn teams¬
ters to keep well on the side of the
street and also to tell, with a sign,
the direction for the racers to take
These signs will be paid for by public
subscriptions, a committee having
been appointed to secure the funds.
A committee was also appointed to
have a full supply of gasoline placed
in five gallon cans somewhere on the
square where the racers can supply
their tanks easily and without the loss
of time. The chairman of the water
board also offered to attach a hose and
place it somewhere in front of the
court house for the use of the partici¬
pants in the race. It was the concen¬
sus of opinion by all the citizens pres
COVINGTON IS ON
AUTOMOBILE ROUTE.
Savannah to Atlanta Run Will
Pass Through This City on
November the 9th.
The automobile route from Savan¬
nah to Atlanta has been chosed and
Covington will be on it. This is a
good piece of news for the citizens of
this city and county as quite a good
many of the people from all sections
of the county were anxious for it to
pass through here.
The run which will be made to At¬
lanta from Savannah on the 9th_ of
November will be the first of the runs
made. The entire number of cars to
leave Savannah will be between forty
and fifty, and they will leave that ci¬
ty on the eighth and spend the night
at Milledgeville, after which they will
proceed to Atlanta, via Covington.
New entries will be picked up all
along the line and by the time they
reach this city is estimated that the
procession will contain a hundred
cars, possibly more. Frank C. Batty,
In a letter from Mr.
president of the Savannah Automobile
Club, to Mayor Chas. G. Smith of this
citv he states that he will appreciate
it very much if the city will so ar¬
as to make the entry into the
range and for the roads going
city straight posted as
out from the city to be so
to cause no inconvenience to the con
test ants. He says that generally it is
quite easy to get into a strange town
but quite frequently the wrong road
is taken when leaving. will
We are informed that the city
have a large sign placed at the city
limits on the Madison road which wiU
be used for the run into the city.
The road leading out west from the
will also be posted so that the
citv will make no m.s
drivers of the cars
| ent that we do all we can to give Cov
ington some advertising and to make
the racers remember the city.
It was also decided, on a suggestion
from the Mayor, that the committee
have a lot of folders or pamphlets
printed setting forth the advantages
and general “stay ahead” features
Covington possesses, having some
one so placed that he could put sev¬
eral of them in each car. A com¬
mittee was appointed for this pur¬
pose, and upon suggestion of one of
the members of the old Board of
Trade, it was decided that if agree¬
able they would use the funds of that
organization for this purpose, they
having a balance of something like
sixty dollars in the bank.
A committee was also appointed to
employ a team and help to go over
the entire road to be traversed by
them in this county and patch up the
bad places, making the roadway as
smooth as possible.
A meeting will be held on the third
of November to see that all is in
readiness for the run on the ninth,
and to take up any other business
that might come up for consideration.
The mayor stated in this meeting
that the speed limit would be suspen¬
ded during this race and that all the
i courtesy possible would be shown the
J contestants, trying to make them feel
! as much at home as possible during
their brief sojourn with us. The peo¬
ple of the city are requested to re¬
member the date -of the race and, if
possible, not allow their children to
obstruct the streets at that time.
There will be between seventy-five
and one hundred cars in the race and
will begin to arrive in the ciny about
noon, continuing for several hours. It
will be a gala day for Covington and
one that will mean much to her from
a standpoint of publicity.
THE LARGEST EVER.
This issue of The News con¬
tains sixteen pages of all home
print newspaper, or the largest
regular issue of a newpaper ever
sent out from this city. It car
ly 1 ries the greatest number of col¬
umns of advertising ever carried
• by a newspaper in this city. It
> also carries more columns of
5 reading carried in matter single than issue was ever lo
• a of a
£ cal paper. It also has the larg-
5 est periodical subscription in this list city. ever held by
a
" ^ With these facts we solicit
your patronage.
Peary is still at work in his atte mpts
to discredit the statements of Dr.
Cook relative to his discovering the
North Pole, but the general puqlic ap¬
pears to be siding with Dr. Cook.—Ex.
FOR RENT—A three horse farm in
Hays District. House and barn just
re-covered and repaired. Apply to
Mrs. A. M. Travis.
take about the roads from here to
where they are going.
The county also will probably place
signs from the Walton county line to
this city at each mile post, giving the
number of miles to the best town on
the route—Covington. Sign posts will
also be placed from here to the Rock¬
dale line, telling how many miles it
is back to the city.
Mr. John H. Echols, who is one of
the enthusiast® for good roads and
anything that will tend towards get¬
ting them, has offered to use his teams
in placing the signs out at the mile
posts.
The fact that this run will be made
through this city will mean much for
us as Covington will get more free ad¬
vertising than she ever had before,
which in the end will add materially
to her already rapid growth.
The News heartily welcomes this
route, and we believe the majority of
the people of the city and county feel
just like we do—glad it is coming.
BIG HAIL STORM
STRIKES THE CITY,
Stones as Large as Goose Eggs
Were Picked up and Measur¬
ed by Citizens.
One of the most terrfic hail and wind
storms to ever visit this section fell
at about six o’clock Thursday even¬
ing and continued for something like
thirty minutes. Hailstones as large
as a goose egg were seen lying around
on the streets and a number of win¬
dow glasses and show windows were
broken by them.
Mr. J. W. Peek measured several of
the stones and one measured 7 1-2
inches in circumference. Several
were also weighed, one being report¬
ed as weighing four ounces. During
the time the hail was falling the wind
reached a terrific speed and fences,
roofs and trees were sent helter skel¬
ter around tow r n.
The tall smoke stack at the com¬
press was blown down, causing con¬
siderable damage to the machinery
and building. The big show window
in Pincher-Norris Hardware Co’s.,
store was broken by the hail and a
number of others were cracked up
pretty badly.
The older citizens of the city state
that it was the heaviest hail storm in
their recollection and that the stones
were the largest ever seen by them.
In the rural districts cotton was
knocked and blown from the bolls and
in many places w r as so badly battered
into the ground that it will be impossi¬
ble to ever get it in marketing shape.
Considerable damage was done to
property all over the county.
Miss Nannie Aiken, of Rocky Plains
district, was badly hurt and as we go
to press doubts are entertained as to
her recovery. Mr. Billie Aiken was
also badly hurt, the house occupied
by these people was blown down.
Among the heavy losers that have
been reported to us are Mr. Boyce
Harvey’s dwelling and several out¬
houses and a cotton seed house con¬
taining about five bales of seed cotton
which was scattered across his plan¬
tation. Mr. C. A. Fisher had his cot¬
ton house with three bales of seed
cotton scattered over his plantation.
Points
That
Interest
You
E provide an absolutely safe place to
deposit your money.
WE are not an experiment but a grown,
really existing reality.
Money re t urn y 0ur money (all of it) on de¬
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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
FIRSTS
SECTION
$1. A Year In Advance.
NORTH GEORGIA CON¬
FERENCE NOV. 17th.
Very Important Matters Will Be
Brought Up For Discussion
On That Date.
Quite a number of important mat¬
ters will be up for consideration be¬
fore the North Georgia Conference,
which meets in St. Paul’s church,
Atlanta, November 17th. The first
meeting to be held Tuesday night,
November 16th. It is in the interest
of the Widow’s and Orphan’s Aid As¬
sociation, the mission of which is to
furnish $100 to the family of a
preacher when be dies. The associa¬
tion usually pays the family of the
deceased preacher about $400 during
the year of his death.
The Conference will doubtless give
much attention to planning for col¬
leges and schools under the patronage
of the| North Georgia Conference.
Some $12,000 is collected annually for
educational purposes.
This is the year for the election of
delegates to the general conference
and there is unusual interest in this
election, as the next general confer¬
ence which meets in Ashville, N. C.,
in May 1910, will have a large num¬
ber of bishops to eiect, as six have
died since the last general conference.
Dwelling houses belonging Mr. Aiken
Lummus, Mrs. Mary Harvey, Mrs.
Bob Harvey, and negro house on the
plantation of Mrs. Harvey. In this
house were nine, none of which were
seriously hurt. The large barn of Mr.
M. C. Davis was completely demolish¬
ed, killing several head of stock.
It is impossible for us to get a com¬
plete list of all who were damaged in
the county by the wind and hail, and
so far the full amount of damage can¬
not be estimated.
On the roofs of the business houses
around town considerable damage was
done by the hail knocking holes in
the roofing and the rain poured
through in a number of the houses.
Cook Brothers grocery store was dam¬
aged more than anyone else around
the square, the water coming in so
rapidly that it was impossible to move
their goods to keep them dry.
