p a ce Locals.
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„d Mrs. B. H. Rogers and chil
>lr ' roviugton spent Sunday with
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D. B. Crowe.,.
i «r Qowan has been on the
for several days. We wish
Jer a speedy recovery. and Dewey,
r w Burns son,
c - Nixon suwlly -
Rav Pruett, of Rockdale spent
JJdaywith a Miss Vera and McCord, daughter,
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Exa of porterdale, visited Mr.
jliss ; Boyd’s family.
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Mr and Mrs. W. S. Ramsey
iiigton. spent the week-end here.
M Sam McKinney and daughter,
Atlanta, visited Mr. J. C. Nixon’s
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family Sunday.
MiHS Vara Cowan visited Miss Ad
die Belle Elliott Sunday.
Dr c e. Bowman of Oxford, spent
Saturday night with Rev. W. O. But¬
ler.
jfjaa Stella Pruett spent Saturday
night with Mrs. J. W. Cowan.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stowers and
children, of Fairview, visited Mr. J.
C, Nixon’s family Sunday.
Mi99 Angie Boyd, of Oxford, spent
t ) ie week-end with her parents here.
Misses Nellie Lowe and Winnie
Rowan visited Miss Orace Butler last
Sunday.
Mrs. T. J. Ramsey and Miss Addie
Belle Elliott spent Monday in Cov¬
ington.
Dr. C. E. Dowman and Rev. W. O.
Butler visited Mr. C. D. Ramsey’s
family Sunday.
Mrs. Claude Kinnett. of Magnet,
spent Friday with Mrs. J. H. Wil¬
lingham.
Misses Vera McCord and Clara
Rowan were the guests of Mis Sellus
Hill Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. J. C. Nixon and Mrs. T. J.
Ramsey spent Friday in Covington.
Mr. L. R. Almand, of Covington,
was a visitor here Saturday.
Rev. W. O. Butler and two sons
ipentMonday in Covington.
Mr. Budd Vaughn died at his home
in Atlanta last Saturday and the re¬
mains were brought down and laid to
rest in the cemetery here Sunday at
eleven o’clock. He had been afflicted
P E C I A
veritt’s
October
Friday, Oct. 22nd, we put on sale Fifty Elegant Rockers worth from $2.oo to $2.5o for
ONE DAY ONLY. $1.35 Cash
Special Sale is for the purpose of ad¬ Our best efforts are being put forth to make
This
ding this popular stoic. this store headquarters for all thats good in fur¬
new customers to
for to see oui c lc gant niture. If you are not a customer now, we want
make it worth while you
line Furnishings. you to become one.
of House
rnviiT Covington, Georgia
Dealer in Furniture and Undertaking
for several month. He was fifty-two
years old and is survived by a wife
and five children and an aged mother
besides a number of other relatives
We extend sympathy to the bereaved
family.
High Point Locals.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Middlebrook
and children spent Sunday with rela¬
tives in Covington.
Mr. J. W. Strawn spent a few days
last week in Griffin the guest of his
daughter Mrs. Milton Ramey.
Mrs. Pearl Poison and children vis¬
ited relatives at Porterdale recently.
Mr. J. S. Briges continues quite
feeble. We hope she will soon be up.
Miss Lena Parker and brother Clar¬
ence have been visiting relatives in
Atlanta for several days.
Mr. Bill Dick, of near Rocky Plains
was a visitor hear last week.
Miss Tempie Lewis and little Olenda
Taylor spent Wednesday afternoon
with Miss Lena Parker.
Mrs. J. M. Lassiter and Mrs. Ina
Pickett visited Mrs. J. A. Grant Sun
afternoon.
Mr. Phonso Rogers, of Stone Moun¬
tain was mingling with friends Sun¬
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCart, Jr.
spent a few days last week with rela¬
tives in Jasper.
Rev. J. B. Salter filled his regular
lar appointment at Alcova Saturday
and Sunday.
On last Thursday evening at six
o’clock the two year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bud Dick died after a short
illness. His remains were laid to
rest Friday afternoon at High Point
cemetery. Rev. J. S. Briges con¬
ducted the service. The family have
the sympathy of many friends in their
bereavement.
The Naked Truth.
There is an ancient fable which tells
us that on a summer afternoon Truth
and Falsehood set out to bathe togeth¬
er. They found a crystal spring. They
bathed in the cool, fresh water, and
Falsehood, emerging first, clothed her¬
self in the garments of Truth and
went her way. But Truth, unwilling
to put on the garb of Falsehood, de¬
parted naked. And to this day False¬
hood wears Truth’s fair white robes,
so that many persons mistake her for
Truth's very self, but poor Truth still
goes naked.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Liberty News.
There will be preaching here Sun¬
day. Let everybody come.
Mr. O. T. Speer and family spent
Sunday with Mr. Howard Piper and
family.
Mr. Chester Vining, of Hayston,
was the guest of Messrs. John and
Carl Day Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Piper and daugh¬
ter, Miss Ethel, spent last Friday in
Covington, as the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Piper.
We are sorry to note the illness of
Mrs. Mattie Kinnett. Her many
friends wish for her a speedy recovery.
Mr. B. H. Woodruff and attractive
daughter, Miss Exa, spent Sunday
with friends and relatives at Salem.
Miss Ethel Piper spent several days
last week with friends and relatives
at Almon.
Mrs. J. T. Kfnnett and little son,
Claude, spent Saturday with her
mother, Mrs. B. T. McCart.
Mrs. Charlie Myres and charming
little daughter, Bertie, of Atlanta, are
spending several days with relatives
and friends here.
Mrs. J. C. G. Brooks and children,
of South Georgia, are the expected
guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
B. H. Woodruff, this week.
Miss Lizzie Myres spent Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Will Vaughn.
We are sorry to say that the chil¬
dren of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Piper are
sick with whooping cough.
Several from here went to Snapping
Shoals Sunday afternoon to see the
effects of the storm of Thursday night
and it was an awful sight to look at.
Let everybody come out to hear
Rev. Mr. Henderson next Sunday for
last time before Conference.
Memory of Bees.
Sir John Lubbock in his remarkable
book on bees proves that the bonej
makers have plenty of memory. He
has showm that the bees of a colony
recognized each other after a separa¬
tion of fifteen months. The members
of tlie same colony always recognize
each other after a prolonged absence,
and, although it has not yet been es¬
tablished, there seems to be good rea¬
son to believe that they do so princi¬
pally by the sense of smell and not by
some signal or password, as has been
supposed.
Leguin Locals.
Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Meadors and
children and Mrs. Ann Smith spent
Sunday at Starrsville the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Mabry.
Miss Alice Thompson visited Miss
Phena Meadors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Grant were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Grant
of Mixon Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pelsar Austin and
little daughter visited their parents
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Austin Friday
and Saturday.
Miss Ora Mae Cimnard had as her
guests Sunday, Misses Maggie Pen¬
nington, Irene Meadors and Bessie
Thompson.
Mrs. Hermon Grant and little
daughter Mary and Miss Ruth Rey¬
nolds were guests of Mrs. J. S. Wright
Tuesday.
Mrs. Charlie Forrester and children
visited Mrs. W. T. Austin Friday.
Mr. Leon Dick, of Gaithers was the
guest of Mr. Bloso Ellington Sunday.
A number of our young people at¬
tended preaching at Red Oak Sunday
morning.
Franklin as a Swimmer.
In 1726 Benjamin Franklin was
working as a printer at Watts’, near
Lincoln Inn Fields, and taught two
shopmates to swim “at twice going
Into the river.” With them and some
of their friends from the country he
paid a visit by water to Chelsea, and
“in our return.” he recorded, “at the
request of the company, whose curi¬
osity Wygate had excited, I stripped
and leaped into the river and swam
from near Chelsea to Blackfriars, per¬
forming on the way many feats of
activity, both upon and under the
water, that surprised and pleased
those to whom they were novelties."—
London Tatler.
Her Housekeeping.
Growells—Smith's wife must be a
poor housekeeper. Mrs. Growells—
Why do you think so? Growells—He
declares lie’s perfectly comfortable at
home every day in the year.—Chicago
News.
Tree and Sea.
“By the way. what is the tree most
nearly related to the sea?”
“The beech, of course."
“Are you sure? Isn’t the bay tree
nearer?”—London Scraps.
The Charles River.
The Indian name of the Charles riv¬
er at Boston was Mis-sha-um, which
meant great highway.
Covington Mill.
Our little folks enjoyed a pound sup¬
per at the home of Mrs. Allison Satur¬
day night.
Mr. Pink Aaron of Madison is the
guest of Mr. Hop Hopkins.
Mr. Tom Womack and family visit¬
ed friends at Salem Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Lott is much improved
after a weeks illness.
We understand that all the contes¬
tants are exerting their best efforts
to win the Piano.
Mrs. R. L. Melton has returned from
a visit to Milstead.
THE ELEPHANT IN BATTLE.
Most Docile Yet Courageous and Faith¬
ful of Animals.
Of the docility of the elephant there
Is no need to multiply examples. It Is
said that In India native women some¬
times when called away Intrust their
babies to the care of “the handed one,”
confident that they will be safe and
tenderly handled.
But of all elephant stories surely the
finest is that which tells how the
standard bearing elephant of the Peish
wa won a great victory for its Mah
ratta lord. At the moment when the
elephant had been told to halt its ma¬
hout was killed. The shock of battle
closed around It, and the Mahratta
forces were borne back, but still the
elephant stood, and the standard which
It carried still flew, so that the Peish
wa’s soldiers could not believe that
they were Indeed being overcome and,
rallying, in their turn drove the enemy
backward till the tide swept past the
rooted elephant and left It towering
colossal among the slain. The fight
was over and won, and then they
would have had the elephaDt move
from the battlefield, but It waited still
for the dead man’s voice.
For three days and nights it remain
ed where It bad been told to remain,
aud neither bribe nor threat would
move it till they sent to the village on
the Xerbnddn, a hundred miles away,
and fetched the mahout's little son. a
round eyed, lisping child, and then at
last the hero of that victorious day,
rememberiug how Its master had often
in brief absence delegated authority to
the child, confessed Its allegiance aud
with the shattered battle harness
clanging at each stately stride swung
slowly along the road behind the boy.
—London Times.
“He worries me,” admitted Farmer
Haw. “He won't do enough work to
reminisce about iu case he ever gets
into politics in future years.”—Lo»is
vllle Courier-Journal.
Almon News.
The storm on last Thursday night
was very bad in this section.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hunt spent last
Suuday * with Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Rice spent last
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Rice.
Mesdames 0. W. Berry and H. C.
Hyatt spent Sunday afternoon with
Mrs. T. L. Dobbs.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Dobbs spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
G. H. Rice.
Mr. D. F. Rice made a business
trip to Conyers Thursday.
Mrs. Larue Barker and son Ezeal
spent last Sunday with Mrs. W. S.
Ramey.
Miss Myrtle Sockwell spent last
Sunday afternoon with Miss Barry
Dobbs.
A Story Illustrating the “Setness” of
the Cornishman.
Your Cornishman can be very “set”
and stubborn. His determination of
spirit is more remarkable than admira¬
ble at times, though it may be amus¬
ing.
Mr. Hook, the late royal academician,
was once, says Mr. W. H. Hudson in
his book on the “Land's End,” on the
sands at Whitesand bay, working at a
marine picture, when two natives came
up and planted themselves just behiud
him. There was nothing the artist
hated more than to be watched by
strangers over his shoulders in this
way. and pretty soon he wheeled
around on them and angrily asked
them how long they were going to
stand there.
His manner served to arouse their
spirit, and they replied brusquely that
they were going to stay as long as they
thought proper.
He insisted ou knowing just how
long they were going to stay there to
his annoyance, and by aud by. after
some more loud aud angry discussion,
one of them Incautiously declared they
would stand at that very spot for an
hour.
“Do you mean that?" shouted Hook,
pulling out his watch.
Yes, they returned, they would not
stir one inch from that spot for an
hour.
“Very well,” he said and pulled up
his easel; then, marching off to a dis¬
tance of thirty yards, he set it up
again and resumed his painting.
And there, within thirty yards of
his back, the two men stood for one
hour and a quarter, for, as they did
not have a watch, they were afraid of
going away before the hour had ex¬
pired. Then they marched off.
