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AGRICULTURAL AND
MECHANICAL FAIR.
Fifth District Agricultural College
at Monroe to Hold Big Event
October 28th and 29th.
A big Agricultural and Mechanical
fair is scheduled to be held at the ag¬
ricultural college of this district at
Monroe on the 28th and 29th of this
month. The Farmers Institute of the
fifth congressional district at it? ? s
sion in the summer determined to
hold this fair at the school building
this fall and pursuant to this end an
executive committee was appointed.
This committee met and after organ¬
ization adopted certain rules and reg¬
ulations as to the scope of the fair,
entry of exhibits, etc., and appointed
Prof. G. C. Adams as general mana¬
ger. He was invested with full pow¬
er to direct entries and general de¬
tails subject from time to time to
such suggestions, modification and
alterations as the executive commit¬
tee might make, and fixed the date as
above stated.
Prof. Adams is a native of this
county and has a host of friends here
who are pleased to learn of the confi¬
dence and trust reposed in by this
college and the people generally all
over the district. He urges the farm¬
ers from this county especially to
take from their fields and orchards,
gardens, barns and homes such speci¬
men of their products as are merito¬
rious and enter them at this fair.
In a letter from him he has the fol¬
lowing to say to the farmers:
“All entries are free and must be
offered not later than 6 p. m. on
nesday the 27th, except live stock,
which will not be received until the
twenty-eighth.
“The management and executive
committee disclaim all liability or res¬
ponsibility for the care, custody and
keeping of an entry or exhibit, but
will endeavor to prevent accidents or
appropriation that might happen.
“Brother farmers, without your aid
active interest we cannot make this
undertaking a success in the smallest
degree, and we rely on you confident¬
ly to respond to this invitation with a
zeal equal to its importance to the
farming interest of this section. Con¬
fer with the manager and he will aid
you greatly in preparing, forwarding
and entering your exhibits, and ex¬
hibitors from other counties will con¬
fer with the general manager at
Monroe, Ga., by letter or otherwise.
“This effort is but laying the found¬
ation for one of the best agricultural
fairs next year that has ever come off
in this section. On each day we ex¬
pect to have an address on agricul¬
tural lines from the brainiest and
most practical farmers in Geogia, be¬
sides contests in plowing, cotton
picking, athletic sports and other at¬
tractions.
“Everybody invited. Admission
free.”
Customs Maintained Religiously.
The head master of Manchester Gram
mar school, in a speech at Rochdale,
referred to a custom at Rugby school
which forbids a boy of less than three
years’ standing to turn up his trousers
and insists on his doing so after that
period.
The custom is only a minor instance
of the quaint practices that exist at
all the great public schools in Eng¬
land and are maintained with religious
care, though In many cases their origin
is obscure or unknown. The Shrove
Tuesday tossing of the pancake at
Westminster school, with its ensuing
scramble for the largest fragment,
which gains for its possessor a guinea
from the dean, is perhaps the best
known among them. A curious cus¬
tom at Marlborough requires every
boy to bring to school with him a
cushion, technically termed a "kish” —
with the “1” long. This article is his
inseparable companion in school time
and, in addition to the ordinary func¬
tions of a cushion, is employed to car
ry books from one form room to an¬
other.
At Shrewsbury school, at the be¬
ginning of each term, "ball elections"
are held for the posts of ball crier,
hall constable, ball postman and hall
scavengers. The genial brutality of
youth often selects for the position of
hall crier either the most nervous boy
in the school or one who is afflicted
with a stammer.
The new boy in the schoolhouse at
Rugby is early called upon to take his
part Id "house singing.” At this func¬
tion, which is held in one of the dor¬
mitories, he has to render a song to
the satisfaction of his audience, the
penalty being the swallowing of a
mouthful of soapy water.
Another ancient school custom is the
parade of the Christ's hospital blue
coat boys before the lord mayor at the
Mansion House on St. Matthew’s day,
when the "Grecians,” who correspond
to "sixth formers” elsewhere, receive
a guinea each and the rank and tile
of the school are presented with new
shillings.—London Mail.
Unappreciated.
“Dobson is an unnatural sort of fa
tker.”
“How so?”
“His baby threw his gold watch from I
the third story window to the pave- j
meat, and he didu’t see anything cute I
in it.”—Boston Herald.
A Sad Death.
Miss Verna Mae Parker, daughter
of Mr. Jack Parker, died at her home
Oct. 13, 1909 after a short illness.
She had many friends, oh. how sad
a very sad mother, sisters, brothers.
She left many friends to mourn her
death, five brothers, sixsistres. moth¬
er and father.
He who knoweth best and doth all
things, wanted her and those around
her could almost hear the rustle of
the angles wings as they bore her
i re-c and happy spirit from earth to
heaven.
Weep not for h r nor wish her back
again, -he is not dead but lives where
sickness never comes nor pain nor
death. We will all meet her in heav¬
en some day.
Her body was laid in the grave
yard at Red Oak church Oct. 15.
Weep not loved ones, she has gone
up higher to wear a brighter crown
and beckon you upward. We know¬
eth you are safe in heaven, sweet one
that thine eyes behold thy father and
mother’s face.
Vivin Piper.
Burglar’s Tools Manufacture.
Every little while, said a detective
recently, the police arrest a man with
a set of burglar’s tools in h!s posses¬
sion. and oue naturally wonders where
they all come from.
It is easy to buy a gun of any de¬
scription. and the most reputable per¬
son would not be ashamed to be seen
purchasing the most wicked looking
knife ever made. But who would know
where to get a "jimmy” or a device
for drilling into a safe or any of the
many tools used by the professional
burglar in the pursuit of his calling’:
There are places in the large cities
where these things are made and sold
to the users, but such places are ex¬
ceedingly scarce. It may seem a little
strange to learn that most of the tools
used in burglaries are made by me¬
chanics who are looked upon as re¬
spectable men in the community.
When a burglar wants any particu¬
lar tool made he goes to a mechanic
who can do the job and pays him per¬
haps five times what it is actually
worth for making the tool and keeping
quiet about it. Many detectives can
recall cases of this kind that have
come to light.
One in particular occurred some
years ago when an escaped convict
named Williams went to a blacksmith
and got him to make a lot of drills to
be tfsed in safe cracking. Fie person¬
ally superintended the tempering of
the steel, but when the job was nearly
completed it leaked out, and Williams
was arrested. In this instance the
blacksmith knew nothing of the use to
which the tools were to be put. Most
of the tools used by burglars are se¬
cured in the same way.—Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Tragedy of the Olden Days.
a good many years ago, long before
skyscrapers and rapid transit were
thought of and .New York was just a
big growing town, they used to tell a
story that was ghastly enough to cur¬
dle the blood of the most skeptical
and to keep people of nervous temper¬
ament awake of nights.
The tale went that of a summer
night a husband and wife, returning
home from the theater, entered a Fifth
avenue stage far downtown and for
many blocks were the only occupants
A little above Fourteenth street, how¬
ever, the stage came to an abrupt
stop, the door was opened, and three
young men entered. One of the three
had evidently been drinking heavily
for his companions were obliged te
help him to his seat. The door was
closed behind them, and the stage con¬
tinued its journey northward.
About ten blocks farther on one of
the young men rose and. bidding his
friends good night, stopped the stage
and alighted. A few minutes later
the second of the three said. "Well,
good night, Dick.” pulled the strap,
stepped to the sidewalk and walked
off through one of the side streets.
There remained in the stage only the
husband and wife and the young man
who was obviously under the influ¬
ence of liquor and who sat in a
crouching attitude in a corner of the
stage under the dim flickering lamp.
After a time the husband noticed
that the young man’s head seemed to
be drooping as if in sleep, and. fearing
that he might be borne beyond his
destination, he rose, tapped him on the
shoulder and called attention to the
number of the street they had just
passed. There was no response, and
the husband repeated his words, lean¬
ing ever as he did so. Then he sud¬
denly straightened up, turned to his
wife aud said quickly, “We will get
out here.”
She began to protest, but be simply
repeated the words, pulled the strap
and helped her to alight. As they
stood under the corner lamppost she
turned questioningly and asked him
why he insisted on their getting out
of the bus so far below their destina¬
tion.
“Because.” he replied, “that young
man’s throat was cut from ear to ear.”
Had All the Others.
“Were you ever in love?” RSked the
sweet young thing.
“Me.” replied (he bachelor, “but you !
can’t mention any other fashionable
disease (hat I haven’t had.”—Detroit
Free Press.
Wanted Harmony.
Soda please? Fountain Silly Attendant—What Young fla- j
vor. Thing—Have \
you anything In pink to match this
gown?—Harper’s Weekly.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
FORESIGHT OF AN
EMORY COLLEGE MAN
Former Contractor of M.xfcon LV.vj
Bunch o( Land tot 5c:x ; .v s
ion and Auction S.-.r
Mr. M. M. Marshall h rnwr-'. * ,-..v
of Macon. Ga :xt; , v, *
ministerial student at Faster>
has succeeded in purohas .- g u v ,
J. Z. Johnson a strip of laud > rg
the west side of the street car track
between Covington and Oxford. Ms
Marshall is to be congratulated on J
success in this matter.
He had no trouble in interesting
Mr. J. E. Kidd, a great real estate
man of Milledgeville. in assisting him
in making a subdivision of this prop-
MR, J. E. KIDD, THE REAL ESTATE MAN
erty that has been so anxiously want¬
ed in the past. It is expected that he
will put on a sale of lots in the near
future.
The increasing demand for houses
and building lots both in Covington
and Oxford, together with the increas¬
ing prosperity of the surrounding
country warrants his belief that the
people will be glad to avail themselves
of this opportunity to secure admira
able building lots so conveniently
located.
Quite a number of people have al¬
ready indicated to Mr. Marshall their
desire to purchase lots, and will im¬
mediately erect handsome homes.
Evolution of Fluffy Furs.
It Is an interesting mailer i<> follow
stage by stage the evolution of e liiue
pile of soft, fluffy rabbit fur into i lie
finished hat, whether a fl^ht colored
crush ora raven bla<k hard hat of ttie
derby shape. The general idea about
such a hat is t but it is cut and made
or molded out of a sheet of felt, so
that amazement comes when one is
shown bales and heaps of rabbit fur
and is told that it is out of this that
hats are made. Felt indeed is uot so
much a primary material, but felting
is the process by which wool, fur or
hair is matted together and formed
into a close fabric. For hats rabbit
fur is the material used. The first
step in its treatment is the thorough
cleansing of the close clipped fur in a
machine, which winnows it of all dirt
or foreign matter and leaves it in a
soft, fluffy condition resembling the
finest and lightest down.
Anything less resembling a hat it is
impossible to imagine. But the mar¬
velous ingenuity of the next process
accomplishes an almost magical
change. In the central box of a hop¬
per-like machine a big copper cone re¬
volves. From above the soft, fluffy
fur is fed down in a shower, which
clings like gray snow on the revolving
cone, while jets of water and steam
spray on the fur mat and plaster it
into a complete covering. In a minute
or two the cone is covered to the
depth of one-eighth of an inch with
this matter and saturated fur, which
is Dow become felt. The machine is
stopped, the cone is taken out. and the
workman dexterously peels off the felt
covering. Being built up on the cone,
it is also cone shaped and looks like a
gigantic sugar loaf bag. It is the em¬
bryo hat.
In this first state it is a soft. wet.
felt cone, measuring 24 by 30 inches.
Rolled up, it enters upon a series of
processes and is shrunk together so
that it measures lO^j by 14 inches.
The hat, now a browny gray felt
cone, like a clown’s cap. is smoothed
by being placed against rapidly revolv¬
ing sandpaper. It is stiffened by be¬
ing dipped in shellac, dyed black by
Immersion in a vat and then passes
on to be shaped. Warm water gives
the felt pliability again. aDd the man
pulling out or "earsing” the apex ot
the cone draws and smooths it down
to a wooden block of the exact shape
and size the hat is required to be. As
it dries it takes its destined shape aud
firmness as regards the crown, while
the brim is still flat and untrirnmed.
The body of the hat is now practi¬
cally finished. Then comes the shap¬
ing of the brim, which is worked down
and bent over a wooden frame of the
exact curl and line of the ordained de
aign. ~
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Concise Short Story.
Angelina loved Edwin Jones.
Edwin Jones was poor.
Angelina is M rs. Robinson.—Exchange. 1
THIS $350.00 PIANO
One of the Best Instruments on the Market===we will
Give It to a Newton County lady on Dec. 22, lQ()o.
Any person in Newton County can enter the Contest, it makes no difference what section
you are from or how old you are, Rare opportunity to own this handsome Shulz Piano
The managers of the COVINGTON NEWS will present this expuisite Shulz Piano to one of its
friends on the twenty-second of December. To be a contestant you do not have to spend one
and the person who receives it will do absolutely without cost to her. We cent
circulation of so now have the largest
any paper ever before published in this county, yet we are not satisfied. It is dn
ambition to send THE NEWS into Five Thousand homes before Christmas Day. r
adding the subscribers Our plan for
extra to our list is very simple. We are putting on a
POPULARITY CONTEST
In which every lady in the county may enter. This handsome Piano will be given to some New¬
ton county person as a reward for a few hours work among friends. There is only one condition
ask your friends and neighbors to vote for you when they subscribe or renew their subscriptions
to The News. The lady receiving the largest number of votes will get the Piano.
The Greatest
offer ever
made by a
Newspaper in
this County—
A $350.00
Shulz Piano
Absolutely
FREE!
THIS HANDSOME SHULZ PIANO
Is sold by Mr. R. E. Everitt, of this city, and the instrument purchased from him by the News is
now on display at his store. He will take pleasure in showing this Piano to anyone desinng to
look at it before entering the contest. It is one of the higest grade Plains in the world aud has a
most wonderful tone. Go to his store and look at it, then help soma lady friend get it.
RULES OF THE CONTEST:
To be a contestant for this Piano, get some
one of your friends to nominate you by either
renewing their subscription or subscribing to
THE COVINGTON NEWS for one year. This
may be done by the person desiring to enter
the contest. 100 votes will be given for every
dollar paid on subscription, and 50 votes for
every fifty cents. If it is the desire of the
subscriber or contestant, coupons for votes
will be given and may be voted at any time
during the contest. In each issue of THE
COVINGTON NEWS will be found a coupon
good for 10 votes, but these must be voted
within the date the coupon bears. No coupon
will be counted unle is signed by a subscriber
of THE COVINGTON NEWS. Get in the
contest now and get a good lead. This is not
an every-day opportunity.
This great Popularity Contest is now open and will
continue until 5 o’clock, p.m., December 20,19o9.=~
Award will be made Dec. 22—A Christmas Present
YOUR FRIENDS WILL VOTE IF YOU ASK THEM
For Information call on or address,
Contest Department,Covington News
HOW VOTES WILL BE HANDLED:
In THE COVINGTON NEWS office will
be kept a book in which will be enrolled the
name of the contestant, person voting, date
voted and number of votes. When this record
is made each coupon will be placed in a sealed
box and kept until the closing day of the con¬
test, at which time the books and sealed box
will be turned over to a committee of three
prominent citizens of the county, who will
make the award. No vote will be counted un¬
less in bears the name of the party for whom
voted, the name of the subscriber voting it,
and received at THE COVINGTON NEWS
office withirf the date each coupon bears. We
do this in order that the contest will be per¬
fectly fair to all in every detail. “Contest All commu¬
nications must be addressed to De¬
partment,” Covington News, Covington, Ga.