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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. ~ - _____ 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.