Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

p a ce Locals. Clen>">ieBoy dl8 7i Sittag Ml “ J^orfnUt.tPo'torWe. uw „d Mrs. B. H. Rogers and chil >lr ' roviugton spent Sunday with f 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, n u Woodruff Exa of porterdale, visited Mr. jliss ; Boyd’s family. wm ofCov Mr and Mrs. W. S. Ramsey iiigton. spent the week-end here. M Sam McKinney and daughter, Atlanta, visited Mr. J. C. Nixon’s 0 [ 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.