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(EIjp (Emtingtun iX'nua Published Every Wednesday. OFFICIAL ORGAN NEWTON CO. Lon. L. Flowers & Edwin Taylor, Editors and Publishers. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year...............................................$1.00 Six Months................................................50c Three Months 25c Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. Entered as seeond-.class matter De¬ cember 3, 1908, at tlie post office at Covington, 1879. Ga., under the Act of March 3, COVINGTON, GA. October 20, 1909 Hard work is the panacea for many ills of the disgruntled loafer. Cotton continues to rise and the grin on the farmers face continues to broaden. Atlanta had a man whose face a horse sat upon. What will Atlanta spring next? Anyway, those “Mary Jane” dresses the ladies are now wearing look mighty comfortable. Those hail stoues last Thursday af¬ ternoon were almost as large as some of the knocks you hear about Cov¬ ington. The automobile is possibly the com¬ ing mode of riding on country roads, but there is no such thing as “The Passing of the Horse.” Those planters who came to the city one day last week to buy them¬ selves some cotton, put some pepper in the market all right. Deacon John D. Rockefeller says that “the greatest happiness is in serving others.” He hasn’t yet stip¬ ulated the price, however. Those sign boards to be placed at the mile posts for the automobile run from Savannah to Atlanta would be a good thing to leave up all the time. The Dawson News is really an up to-the-minute we ekly newspaper. The editorial and mechanical make up of that bright paper is a credit to the fourth estate. It is said that Mr. Taft is an ardent advocate of southern made cotton products. He also said before the election that he favored a revision downward in the tariff. That miniature airship flying out of the show window in Atlanta last week during the storm looks like that city isn’t as dry as the prohibition law would lead you to believe. If several more of the planters of the county should decide to buy themselves some cotton and come to this city to get it, wouldn’t there be some ginger in the market, though? Even Wilbur Wright with his high flying cannot keep up with the rise in prices on the necessaries of life. It is to be earnestly hoped that Mr. Taft will never breathe the word tar¬ iff again. That this section is in a prosperous condition is evidenced by the rapid increase in real estate values all over the county. In fact you never hear of a man selling land cheaper than he bought it. The polar climate has different ef¬ fects upon different people. In Cook it had the effect of mellowing his dis¬ position, while in Peary it made a bad-tempered, aggressive and over¬ bearing man. We have heard several men state that some of the hail stones which fell last week were as large as a hen egg. We would like to see a hen that lays as large eggs as one of those stones which struck us! It is generally conceded that this is the time for the election of a dem¬ ocratic president, and here is one paper that would like mighty well to see some good southern man a resi¬ dent of the White House. Don’t let any newspaper or indivi¬ dual give you the impression that your registration is “automatic” when you pay your takes under the new registration law, for you are obliged to register and take the vo¬ ter’s oath in person. And under this law the proper time to register for 1910 is when you pay your taxes this fall, though the registration books will be kept open until six months before the election. Under the ruling of the Attorney General, no registra¬ tion prior to the opening of the tax books is valid for next year.—Cedar town Standard. THAT REGISTRATION LAW. It seems that the question as to the proper manner in which a citizen must register himself if he desires to vote, just won’t down. It has been the cause of quite a good deal of dis¬ cussion and hedging by different pa¬ pers all over the state, some of them claiming that the payment of taxes caused an “automatic registration” of his name in the voter’s book, there¬ by giving him his franchise in the election. This is, according to the law itself, not true. No man who has not taken the oath in person and signed his name to the oath after he has taken it will be al¬ lowed to vote, and if any of our peo¬ ple fail to do this they will surely not be allowed to vote in the next general election, it makes no difference if he has paid all his taxes to state, county and city. The new law is confusing anyway and the fact that some of the papers are claiming automatic regis¬ tration gag and other equally as fool¬ ish interpretations of the law, are either doing it for some peanut poli¬ tician or they nave some rotten polit¬ ical scheme that they want to pull off next year. It is up to the citizens to figure out just what is at the bottom of it. We would dislike very much to see aqy of the white citizens of this county disfranchised on account of this new law, and we are warning you again to register now—do it your¬ self. No tax collector has the right to place your name on the registra¬ tion list. The law specifically states that you must do this in person, and it also stipulates that the tax collec¬ tor will violate the law if he places the name of any man on the book. That is one part of the law that can¬ not be evaded, no matter how much they try to twist around to meet their own ^personal interpretation. We urge the citizens of this county to not allow any individual or newspaper to pull the wool over their eyes about this automatic registration game. It is a fake, pure and simple, and if you do not attend to your registration yourself, you cannot vote next year no matter how good a man you are or how badly you want to see your fav¬ orite candidate win. TAKE THE OATH YOURSELF AND SIGH YOUR NAME TO THE REGISTRATION LIST. BE OPTIMISTIC. There is more room for the people of this county and city to be optimis¬ tic than for a number of years. The panic and short cotton crops of the past few years dealt Covington a very hard blow, but now with a fairly good crop of cotton selling at upwards of thirteen cents per pound, more corn and grain in the barns than for years, and with hogs and other products of the farms plentiful, there is indeed good reason for the feeling prevalent among the business meu and the citi¬ zens generally that good times are ahead of us for another year. Notwithstanding the fact that this has been an unusually hard pe¬ riod in Covington’s history she has done more in real progress than ever before. More homes have been within the year than for the five pre¬ ceding ones; more money has been turned loose in public service than has ever before been spent; manufacturing enterprises are regarded as an important factor in the progress and growth of the city and there is generally a spirit of tle and push among our people. latter is something heretofore a very rare thing in this section, the being content to let things take course and abide by the results, now almost every business man in the city is exerting himself and using capital in an endeavor to bring business here and to create more among the already numerous popula¬ tion. All things being considered, ington and Newton county is decid¬ edly in better condition than she been for years, and the feeling is truly getting into the bones of those who have been discouraged for the past several years. Not only is this feeling among the business men of the city, but it extends to all parts of the county. The farmers are using much more judgment in the production and marketing of their products, and growing more of those things brought from other states. The sequence is that the land values increasing at a rapid rate and in the rural sections of the county fn demand and are bringing prices than even the most booster ever dreamed of a few ago. Taken as a w hole, every one of should feel jubilant over the for this county and city, and we should all get the boosting habit and keep it. A dream at once so pleasant and enjoyable came to the writer of this paragraph the other night. In somniloquent condition we came the office and found that the city had placed a large sewer in front of the News office and "smoothed over the deep gully there. Some things are indeed strange, but in this instance we ate too much meat for supper. THE COVINGTON NEWS NEED ORGANIZING. The Covington fire department needs organization. This is the opin¬ ion of nearly every citizen in the city. The three companies need instruction and the placing of the men compos ing them into the places they are best fitted for. The question came up a few days as to where the headquarters of the department should be located, and various places have been suggested. The council voted to .purchase the Clark Banking Company building but the people of the city generally don’t think it will be wise to spend $3,000 for a place to put two thousand dol¬ lars worth of equipment. The county commissioners offered the city a lot in the rear of the court house free to place a building for the department, but it has not been decided yet what will be done. It has also been sug¬ gested that the companies be scattered, and that the citizens of the different sections of the city would give houses for the keeping of the aparatus. This plan does not seem practical to us, as we believe for the conven¬ ience of the firemen and for the bet¬ ter protection of the property of the city that it should all be kept togeth¬ er, so that the hose can all be well dreaned after they are used and where there is always enough men either at hand or near by to man all the equip¬ ment the city now has, which is enough. It isn’t so'much a matter of a place for the department or new equipment the department needs now, but a through organization of the compa¬ nies and men, with every single man in the entire department so instructed that he will know just where to take hold when there is a fire. This is the important thing, for without system in most cases there is more loss caus¬ ed by confusion and a flood of water than by the fire itself. It is right square up to those in au¬ thority to give the fire department of the city thorough organization with enough system to insure protection to the property of the city. Anyhow, the hail failed to hammer down the prices of real estate values in this city and county. A leading New York paper recent¬ ly drew a contrast with the southern statesmen of a half century ago and those of the present. Among other things it said that the present con¬ gressmen were merely in it for the pay now. The north’s attitude to the south some forty-odd years ago, during what was called the recon¬ struction period, had much to do with sentiment of southern men, we admit, but taken all in all, they are a great deal better bunch than the ag¬ gregation from that section, notwith¬ standing the north’s dragging down proclivity. The Compass. The Chinese seem to have used the compass or its equivalent at a very early date to guide them in their jour¬ neys across the vast plains of Tartary. They made little images, whose arms, moved by a freely suspended magnet, pointed continually toward the pole. An apparatus of this kind was pre¬ sented to ambassadors from Cochin China to guide them in their home¬ ward journey some 1,100 years before our era. The knowledge thus pos¬ sessed seems to have gradually trav¬ eled westward by means of the Arabs, though it was fully 2,000 years after¬ ward before it was fairly applied among the peoples of westeru Europe. —New York American. The Truth at Last. “Oh, doctor, is it very dangerous to swallow cement?” “Very dangerous indeed.” “And gutta percha, doctor?” “Very serious.” “And porcelain—oh, doctor, is it very poisonous?” “Excuse me, madam; have you at¬ tempted suicide?” “No; I’ve swallowed one of my false teeth.”—Rearson's Weekly. Tax Assessment For 1909. Office Board Com., Aug. 18, ’09. The state authorities having levied a tax of five (5) mills on the taxable property of the State for state pur¬ poses, the County Commissioners have this day levied 4.80 mills for county purposes to be divided as follows : For General county fund, 90 per cent. For Jury fund, 6 percent. For Pauper fund, 4 per cent. For Bridge Fund, 1 mill, For Road fund, 2 mills on all taxa¬ ble property. That the same be collected by Tax Collector and paid over to County Treasurer as the law directs. J. Z. Johnson, Chairman Board Commissioners. NEW COTTON BUYERS. One day last week two of the pro¬ gressive farmers of the county came into town with the express purpose of buying cotton. One of thegentlemen was Mr. R. L. Middlebrook of Starrs ville, the other was Mr. Robert Bal¬ lard of the southern section of the county. Mr. Middlebrook arrived in the city Thursday morning and when the first wagons of cotton came into town he went out to sample them and make an offer for the staple. In talking to a News man that af¬ ternoon Mr. Middlebrook stated that one of the local buyers told him that if he did not go into the market he thought it was possible for him to buy a hundred bales cheaper from one of the local buyers. Mr. Middlebrook did not make a bid on the first cotton to come in, but was told later that the local buyers could not sell him the cotton. He then went into the mar¬ ket to get the cotton and the price paid by him was right square up to the market. Mr. Middlebrook said that he was the only man who bought cotton in Covington that day as his bids were always the highest. Mr. Ballard was also in the market and between them all the market was pushed up to the top notch. The fact that these gentlemen came here to buy cotton put a good deal of ginger into the market and kept things lively all the time they were here. Mr. Ballard stated to a News man that he would be in the market all the season and would pay the top notch for the staple. The local buyers, Messrs. N. S. Tur¬ ner and L. D. Adams, are also keep¬ ing the price up to the top and it looks like now that Covington will pay the highest price for cotton this fall of any town within a radius of fifty miles. Let the good work go on. The far¬ mers deserve a good price for their labor this year, and with so many buyers in the field all wanting to buy cotton, the people of this county may rest assured that they will get all it is worth if they bring it here for market. Libei For Divorce. Georgia, Newton County: Horace Dobbs | Suit for divorce, vs ) in NewtonSupe Florida Dobbs Court, Septem¬ ber term, 1909. To Florida Dobbs: You are hereby notified to be and appear at the next March term of Newton Superior Court, to be held on the Third Monday in March, 1910, to answer plaintiff’s action for a total divorce. Witness the Honorable L. S. Roan, Judge of said Court. This 15th day of October, 1909. Jno B. Davis, Clerk. Libel For Divorce. Georgia, Newton County: Dora Hannah 1 Suit for divorce, vs ) in Newton Supe John Hannah Court, Septem¬ ber term, 1909. To John Hannah: You are hereby notified to be and appear at the next March term of Newton Superior Court, to be held on the Third Monday in March, 1910, to answer divorce. plaintiff’s action for a total Witness the Honorable L. S. Roan, Judge of said Court. This 15th day of October, 1909. Jno. B. Davis, Clerk, Administrator’s Sale. GEORGIA, Newton County: By virtue of an order granted to us by the Honorable Court of Ordinary of Newton County, on the First Mon¬ day in September, 1909, there will be sold before the Court House door in the city of Covington, on the First Tuesday the in November next, within legal hours of sale, the following real estate, to-wit: An undivided one-ninth interest in Two Hundred and ' Seventeen (217) Acres of land, more or less, lying in Beersheba District, Henry County, Georgia, and bounded as follows: West by lands of J A. Presson and J. A. McDonald; South by lands of S. T. McDonald; East by South Riv¬ er; North by lands of W. T. Stroud and T. J. Stewart. Also an undivided one-half interest in two town lots in the city of Cov¬ ington, towit: Being lots Nos. 5 and 6 in Block D., of Covington Heights, as shown per plat in the Clerk’s office. Said lands being sold as the prop¬ erty of the estate of William McDon¬ ald, late of said county, deceased. Sold for the purpose of paying debts and distribution among the heirs. Terms of sale cash. This the 4th day of October, 1909. S. P. Thompson, E. W. Fowler, Administrators of the Estate of Wil¬ liam McDonald, Deceased. Notice. Office Board Covington, Ga., Oct. 5, 1909. A petition County for' Commissioners: Public Roads in Downs district, beginning at Livings¬ ton School House and running by res ! idence of W. B. Livingston and L. F. Livingston and intersect Oak Hill road near residence of Charley Ogle tree. A committee appointed to ex¬ amine and report as to public utility, have reported that said road is of pub¬ lic utility, and recommend that same be made public road. If there is no reason shown to the contrary, same I will be made public road Nov. 2nd, j 1909. J. Z. Johnson, Chairman. G. D. Heard, Clerk. PETITION FOR CHARTER. GEORGIA— Newton County: To the Superior Court of Said County: The petition of Chas. G. Smith, N. Z. Anderson and J. C. Knox, all of said State and County, respectfully shows: 1. That they desire for themselves, their associates and successors to be incorporated and made a body politic under the name and style of THE REALTY & ABSTRACT COMPANY for the period principal of twenty office years. of said Com¬ 2. The pany shall be in the City of Coving¬ ton, State and County aforesaid, but petitioners desire the right to estab¬ lish branch offices within this state or elsewhere, whenever the holders of a majority of the stock may so deter¬ mine. 3. The object of said corporation is pecuniary gain to itself and its shareholders. 4. The business to be carried on by said corporation is to act as a real estate broker, in making sales of real estate and to charge therefor com¬ missions to be agreed upon; to make loans on real estate, either with its own funds or with it funds belonging to others for whom may be acting as agent; to make abstracts of title to real estate, and to charge therefor such fee as may be agreed on; to rent property either for itself or other parties, and to collect rent for same and to charge a commission for mak¬ ing such collection; to build and con¬ struct houses for rent or for sale, and to otherwise improve real estate either for itself or as agent for other parties; and to engage in, do and perform all other work, as may be incidental in doing a real estate business, and to charge adequate compensation there¬ for. 5. The capital stock of said corpor¬ ation shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) with the privilege of in¬ creasing the same to the sum of Ten Thonsand Dollars ($10,000) by a ma¬ jority vote of the stockholders, said stock to be divided into shares of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) each. Ten per cent of the amount of capital to be employed by Petitioners them has been ac¬ tually paid in. desire the right to have the subscriptions to said capital stock paid in money or property to be taken at a fair val¬ uation. 6. Petitioners desire the right to sue and be sued, to plead and be im¬ pleaded, to have and use a common seal; to make all necessary by-laws and regulations, and to do all other things that may be necessary for the successful carrying on of said busi¬ ness, including the right to buy, hold and sell real estate and personal property suitable to the purposes of the corporation, and to execute notes and bonds as evidence of indebted¬ ness incurred or which may be incur¬ red in the conduct of the* affairs of the corporation, and to secure the same by mortgage, security deed or other form of lien under existing laws. 7. They desire for said incorpora¬ tion the power and authority to apply for, and accept amendments to either charter of either form and substance by a vote of the majority of its stock outstanding at the time. They also ask authority for said incorporation to wind up its affairs, liquidate and discontinue its business at any time it may determine to do so by a vote of two-thirds of its stock outstanding at the time. tion 8. They desire for said incorpora¬ the right of renewal when and as provided by the laws of Georgia, and that it have all such other rights, powers, incident privileges and immunities as are to like corporations or permissible under the laws of Georgia. Wherefore petitioners pray to be incorporated under the name and style as aforesaid with the powers, privileges and immunities herein set forth and as are now or may hereafter be, allowed a corporation of similar character under the laws of Georgia. Middlebrook, Rogers & Knox, Attorneys for Petitioners. Filed in office, this 5th day of Octo¬ ber, 1909. JNO. B. DAVIS, Clerk. GEORGIA— Newton County I, John B. Davis, Clerk of the Sup¬ erior Court of said County, do here¬ by certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the application for charter of THE REALTY & AB¬ STRACT COMPANY, as the same appears on file in this office. Witness my official signature and the seal sf said Court, this 5th day of October, 1909. JNO. B. DAVIS, Clerk Superior Court, Newton County, Ga. Commissioner’s Sale. rior Agreeable to an order of the Supe¬ Court of Newton county, granted at the September term, 1909, of said court, there will be sold before the Court House door in the city of Cov¬ ington to the highest bidder, between the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday lowing in November, 1909, the fol¬ described property: “All that tract or parcpl of land, lying and be¬ ing in the county of Newton, in the Ninth district, originally Henry coun¬ ty, the being in the incorporate limits of city of Covington, and bounded as follows: On the North by public road leading from River’s hill to Geor¬ gia Railroad in direction of Almon; on the East by West street; on the South by lands now owned by Mrs. N. F. Palmer, formerly by Carroll; and on the West by lands now owned by Newton county, used as a convict camp, formerly the Dunlap land, hav¬ ing a front on West street of 300 feet and extending back 200 feet, more or less. Said property sold for cost, or deferred payments to suit buyer and to the best interest of the estate, and for the purpose of partition between Mrs. Laura F. Slocum and W. C. Slo¬ cum, widow and son of H. V Slocum, deceased, they being the owners of the entire undivided interest in said property. Said property to be given possession to the buyer Jan. 1st, 19It), L. C. Smith being the tenant now in possession. This 2nd day of October, 1009. R. R. Fowler, Jno. L. Stephenson, S. P. Thompson, Commissioners. Miss Myrtle Piper spent Friday as the guest of Miss Ethel Piper. Executor’s Sale By virtue Newt on County- I of Ordinary of an order -t,. ^ Coun term, 1909, granted at ihc vMll1^1 before of said court be 4l the court house to°the s best, ot,v of bidder Covington between UfuXJft the SJ? 8 8t Km' a «* »d| Mto i , ber on a.e Lw longing next, the following real ^ Vei » to the estate of P b e deeeased, to-wit- u ' c °ffee oil by the Mrs. North P. by J H V,n u,1(! East! ed D «',? Crowley; man. Known as the FaulknerI Also fifty-five and 9-100 acres, | mill more place. or less, Also known ninety-five as the aiS si 8nd ^I quarter acres of land, more l J adjoining S: lands of G B shnol or e88 less. Known K" as a part of the p f Sigman Sigman land, and being that y } mg nearest Brick Store nart y aeeiira.tfilv ’ anci a, i mor , deeded to P. D. and S. F. Coff Laura A. Hollis. Also h l and fifty-one one les^L? at acres, more or ginning from a corner in Covington Dublin ’ f Brick Store to front of the Coffee home North 32 1-2 West 52 chains and ? 7 road near the'old academybt,tfij along said road 26 chains and 62 link, to starting corner. Said land beim part A. Perry of that by recently H. L. bought Graves, from ? the same land deeded to being S. F. Coffee P n amt property by L. D. Adams Said desiring is very valuable and person, to purchase same can go on the premises and inspect the property This landis sold for the purpose pay. HILT dobts and Iftoranmu _ ■ S. F. C0PPE1 Executrix of P. D. Coffee. SHERIFF SALES. Will be sold before the Court House door, in the city of Covington, during the legal hours of sale, on the First lowing Tuesday in November, 1909, the fol¬ described property, to-wit: One house and lot in the city of Covington, Newton county, Georgia, and being the lot deeded to Amanda Choat from R. I. Weaver and R. R. Fowler, administrators of Ike Brown estate, and bounded as follows: On the North Stone Mountain street ; on the Westby West street; on the South by lot bought by Amanda Choat from Jones and Taylor; and on the East by lot bought from L. L. Middlebrook, said lob containing one acre, more or ] less. Said property levied on as the property of Amanda Choat to satisfy an execution issued from the Superior Court of Newton county in favor said of j the Bank of Covington against Amanda Choat, upon a rule absolute for the foreclosure of mortgage on the above described property. Said prop¬ erty being in the possession of Aman¬ da Choat. All proper papers properly Superior I recorded in Clerk’s office of Court of Newton county. Written notice given said Amanda Ciioat as required by law. This Oat. 2, 1909. S. M. Hay, Sheriff, Also at the same time and described place will be sold, the following and lot property, to-wit: One house in the town of Mansfield. Said house being a four room house facing Sec- ! ond avenue and surrounded by lands of Hugh White, J. A. St arr and E. H. Adams and known as the M. H. Cook house and lot. Said property levied on with a 11 fa issued from the City Court of Covington in favor of Mans¬ field Lumber and Construction com¬ pany against M. H. Cook. Written notice given as required by law to J. M. Edens, he being tenant in posses¬ sion. This Oct. 2, 1909. Sheriff. S. M. Hay, For Letters of Dismission. Georgia— Newton County: Whereas Jonathan Poison, Admin¬ istrator, de bonis non, with t he w annexed, of Mark Poison, represents to the Court in his petition duly men and entered on record that he fully administered Mark Poisons es¬ tate. This is therefore to cite a per¬ sons concerned, kindred and cm ■; to show cause, if any they can, . said Administrator should not he o» charged from his administration a receive Letters of Dismission o 1st Monday in November, 1999 A. D. Meador, Ordinary. For Letters of Dismission. Georgia— Newton County: j on record, that they have ■ tate Luinmu- , ministered Miss Lou nj This is therefore to cite all pw ^ concerned, kindred and cm „.v,v 'said show cause, if any they not can, beMmcnas ( i i8 charg administrators should ed from their administrate ^ ceive letters of dismission <> Monday in November, 1999 A. D. Meador, Ordma For Leave to Sell Georgia — Newton County: given t , ‘ Quinary ^ Notice is hereby applied to l ^ dersigned has < „ of said county For Leave to » ( land belonging to the esta > ece ased. Osborn, late of said county, jj^ri for the payment of debts * ■][ be bution. Said application term oJ ^ heard at the regular the 1st , v in of Ordinary on November, 1909. 1909. This Get. 5th, ^ Administrator Estate Bn »» Deceased.