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Statement of the Condition of
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
at the close of business, October 18, 1909.
Resources un <N Liabilities
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Loans and Discounts, $94 188 83 O Capital Stock, $ 40 000 00
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Demand Loans, 15 500 00 Deposits, - 84 043 12
Overdrafts, - 1 623 54 $111 312 37 Bills Payable, 15 000 00
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Furniture and Fixtures, - 4 922 24 Surplus and Profits, 1 719 60
Cash Hand and in Banks 21 744 10 GO ON
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O' On Circulation, 40 000 00
U. S. Bonds, 40 000 00 OO OO
5 per cent Redemption Fund, 2 000 00 Cashiers Checks, outstanding, 337 24
Premium on Bonds, 1 121 25
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TOTAL, $ 181 099 96 a. Oh TOTAL $ 181 099 96
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We wish to call your attention to the remarkable increase in our business for the past twelve months.
“MONEY TALKS”—and when it is our banks it keeps saying, “DON’T WORRY, I’M HERE.”
The more money you have in this bank the louder it talks. Your bank account solicited, appreciated and protected,
First National Bank 5
Royal Arch Masons.
Covington Chapter No. 71 R. A. M.
will meet in regular convocation Fri¬
day evening Oct. 22nd at 7:30. Work
in Past and Most Excellent Masters
degrees.
Take notice companions and meet
with us.
A. S. Hopkins, H. P.
R. R. Fowlen, Secty.
—LOST. A gold chain necklace with
heart pendant with A. L. T. on pen¬
dant. Return to W. D. Travis and
get reward.
The large number of local adver¬
tisements in this issue of The News
is a source of much pride to the man¬
agement. We entered the newspaper
field less than a lear ago but have
built up one of the largest subscrip¬
tion lists ever held by a local news¬
paper. We appreciate the patronage
of our advertisers and believe that all
our readers will do well to trade with
them as they are all making a bid for
your business and are appealing to
your common sense and judgement
through this medium.
For Sale
One hundred acres good land, two
horse farm open, seven acres branch
bottoms, timber for two hundred
thousand feet of lumber and plenty
young timber. A good family and
farm horse, new Norman buggy and
harness and some seed wheat. Call
on me at my residence or write me at
Covington, Ga., R. F. D.l Box 52.
W. C. SALTER, SR.
The Word Gazette.
The word gazette is from the name
of an old Venetian coin worth about
one-half cent of our money. The name
is applied to newspapers because it
was the sum charged for reading the
first written journals that made their
appearance in 1550. After the paper
was read it was handed back to the
owner, who charged the next comer a
gazette for taking a peep at it.
Startled Him.
__ hosK "u bear had that the weather
t0 be Uken t0 the
Tnplett-That is true The shock
*as too much for him
” “What shock?*’
« Of his forecasta came true.’*
HIS HARDEST TASK.
The Bull the Matadore Found It Most
Difficult to KiH.
There is no description of a bullfight
in Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott’s book,
“Sun and Shadow In Spain,” but there
is a record of a meeting with a mata¬
dore in the studio of the court painter,
Don Jose Villegas, and the ensuing
conversation, a part of which revealed
the bullfighter In an unexpectedly gen
tie light. It also makes plain the fun
damental reason why Americans ob¬
ject to bullfights.
“How’ many bulls have you killed?”
some one asked of the matadore.
“In twenty-five years I have killed
8,500 bulls.”
“Were you ever afraid?”
“I have been afraid many, many
times. On those occasions 1 put my
trust in my legs and ran as fast as I
could.
“The bull, however, Is the noblest of
animals and the bravest. He never
makes a cowardly attack from behind
He is so frank. He is terrible, though
A man needs nerve to face him when
he comes into the ring pawing the
earth and bellowing.”
“Will you tell us about the bull that
was the hardest of all to kill?”
The matadore’s face changed.
“He was a white bull,” he said slow
ly, “and he didn’t want to fight. When
he first came in he put his muzzle In
my hand. He followed me about like
a little dog. I led him with the cloak
wherever I wanted to go. Yes, that
was the hardest bull of all to kill.”
Josephine’s Many Names.
Josephine, empress of the French,
was Yeyette to her Intimate friends.
Her name in reality was Marie Josephe
Rose. Napoleon after the marriage
exacted that she should be known as
Josephine. He had a mania for re¬
baptizing the women of his entourage
He made his sister Marianne an Elise.
of Annonciade a Caroline, of Faulette
a Pauline.
Among her numerous frlenda Joseph¬
ine remained Yeyette. Barras never
called her otherwise.
The pope was so unfamiliar with
her name that when he sent his bene
diction the letter borne by his legate
was addressed to “Our Sister In Jesus
Christ, Victoria Bonaparte.”
In 1814, on the departure for Elba,
the Debats designated Josephine under
the paraphrase “the mother of Prince
Eugene.”
At Ruell her tomb bears this simple
inscription, “A Josephine, Eugene et
Hortense, 1825.” The restoration did
not permit her recognitloa as empress
-Cri de Paris.
No Reason.
She—I think you might stop smoking
when you heard me say I don’t like it
He—That’s no reason. 1 beard you
say you didn’t like to be kissed.—Boa
too Transcript
THE COVINGTON NEWS
The Change of Color From Green to
Red or Yellow or Brown.
Despite the commonness of autumn
colorings, we do not yet know the full
meaning of autumn colors of leaves.
We do know that late in the summer
the tree is preparing for the leaf fall
by drawing the valuable substances of
the leaf Into the stem. It also ceases
to make cblorophyl (the green sub¬
stance of the leaf which aids In the
making of the plant’s food), and this
gradually fades away in the bright
light. By fading it exposes to view
any other colors in the leaf, and all
leaves contain yellow coloring matters
called xanthophyl. whose function is
not known, and it is these which give
the yellow color to autumn leaves.
The red Is formed differently. In
bright light and cool temperature a
new substance, called erythrophyl, is
made from sugar and tannin in the leaf
cells, and that has a red color. A
brown substance is also sometimes
formed, and, besides, the skeleton of
the leaf Itself turns brown as the leaf
dies. It Is the various combinations of
these substances that give the many
shades of autumn colors. Some stu
dents think these colors are a useful
protection to the living protoplasm (life
material) of the leaf after the green
disappears, protecting It against the
full blaze of light, which Is injurious,
but others think the colors have no use
at all, but are simply the Incidental
chemical result of the processes In the
ripening and dying leaf.
As yet the weight of evidence seems
to favor the latter view, but the mat¬
ter Is still unsettled. It is generally
thought that frost has something to do
with It, but It has not except to hasten
It. Anything which affects the vitality
of the leaf tends to hasten it, for which
reason an Injured branch of a maple
will often show red autumn color even
in summer.
The colors are brightest where the
leaves receive the most brilliant sun¬
shine.—Professor W. F. Ganong In St
Nicholas.
A Slow Horse.
One time when he was quite a
young man Lincoln hired a livery
stable horse to attend a convention
where he expected to be nominated
for gome office. The horse went so
slow that when he reaehed there the
convention was over and the other fel¬
low nominated. On his return he
irately asked the stable keeper If the
horse was good for anything at all.
“Yes, for drawing the hearse to fu¬
nerals,” was the reply. Lincoln ad¬
vised him earnestly never to send that
horse to a funeral, for If he did judg¬
ment day would arrive before the
corpse reached the grave.
The Chinese Cow.
The Chinese cow has been bred as a
work animal rather than for milking
purposes, and, beyond feeding her calf,
it appears that she has almost lost her
claim to being a dairy animal. A cow
in China is seldom milked without the
assistance of the calf.
A Ticklish Moment.
If to act cleverly on the spot is the
measure of tact, then the man who
figures In the subjoined New York
Tribune story deserves both respect
and admiration: A woman, driving
through New England last summer,
noticed suddenly that her horse limped
a hit, so when she reached the next
village she stopped at the door of the
blacksmith shop. A man was holding
up the doorpost, and to him she said:
“Will you please tell the blacksmith
to come out? I want to see him.”
After the manner of the village
idler, the man did not stir, but smiled
sweetly at the woman and. lifting up
his voice, called:
“Bill, come out! There’s a lady
wants to see you.”
From the depths of the blacksmith
shop a deeper voice roared:
“Is she young, John, or old?”
In the words of the old poem, “she
looked at John and John looked at
her.” Then, still without moving, he
answered:
“You’ll be satisfied. Bill, when you
get out.”
Survival of the Fittest.
Only one oyster embryo out of every
5.000. 000 produced grows up through
all the successive stages of youth to
the adult state. Even in animals
which produce a small number of
young there Is great destruction, and,
taking all the individuals Into consid¬
eration, only a single pair of young
arrive at maturity to replace their par¬
ents. There Is no exception to the rule
that every organic being naturally
multiplies at so high a rate that if
not destroyed the progeny of a single
pair would soon cover the earth. The
elephant is reckoned the slowest breed¬
er of known animals. It commences
to breed at thirty years of age, dies
at ICO and has six young in the Inter¬
val. After 750 years, supposing all
the offspring of a single pair fulfilled
the rule and were not destroyed in an
untimely way, there would be nearly
19.000. 000 elephants alive descended
from the first pair.—Sir Ray I^nkeBter
In London Telegraph.
The Way Out.
Mr. Halle In his book “Notes From a
Painter’s Life” tells an amusing story
of the celebrated caricaturist Carle
Pellegrini.
He borrowed £5 from the author.
“When he had got it and put it in
his pocket be said these memorable
words in his broken English: ’Halle,
my fellow, if I take this £5 as a loan
every time 1 see you 1 say: “Dere dat
tiresome Halle. 1 owe him £5.” And
you say: “Dere dat tiresome Pelican.
He owe me £5.” It make unpleasant
between us. So I take dis as gift.’ ”
Naturally.
Who w-as Noah's wife, pa?”
“Joan of Arc, my boy. Now run
away.—Llppincott’a.
Smith’s Lunch Counter
Fresh Fish and O/tesrs every day.
Opan Sundays From 10 to 2, and 5 to 7.
Everything clean, food well cooked and
Your patronage appreciated.
Will be pleased to serve you with any¬
thing at a first class Lunch Room at
any time. Come to see me.
John L. Smith
Covington, Ga. Phone 22l
Positive Proof.
A lawyer going Into the parlor of his
home noticed pencil marks on the wall,
put there, as he rightly supposed, by
one of his children. He called his little
five and six year old son and daughter
in to see which one had done the mis¬
chief. Of course each one blamed it on
the other, so the father said, “Well,
my son, a little bird told me he was
sitting on the fence and saw you
through the window marking the
wall.” The little fellow answered,
“Get that bird and make him prove
it”—Delineator.
The New Education.
A member of a school board was vis¬
iting a public school not long ago
when he encountered a small boy In
the hall.
“What are you studying, my boy?”
the visitor asked.
“Arithmetic and geography,” an¬
swered the boy.
“And what are you learning In arith¬
metic?”
The boy thought for a minute. Then
he replied, “Guzinta.”
“Guzinta?” said the surprised offi¬
cial. “What’s that?”
“Why, don’t you know,” said the
boy, “two guzinta four, three guzinta
six, four guzinta eight, five guzinta
ten?”—Lipplncott’s Magazine.
Alphabetical Writing.
Undoubtedly the most important in¬
vention In human history was tba o
the of alphabetical writing. 1
art the ^noe
first alphabet was devised by
nicians, who gave the idea to
Greeks. They passed it to the « -
mans, whose alphabet is the k’ ,sl f ■* .
nearly all of our modern ones.
tals were used altogether ti * 1 1 e
small lettars __
entb century, when unkno
gan to come In. Punctuation,
at first, was Introduced about - • ,
and finally reduced to a sys e
was Veneti.
1500 by Aldus, the famous
printer.—London Answers.
Our Extravagance.
Discussing England and the -
point of ' ieW ^
from an American ’
cent American writer in England
serves: , ei .
“Nobody, from the king down,
tber ashamed or afraid to he
ical. In England man or a "' ul ‘
a vulj>
thought to be a fool or a
who is not America careful our of waiters 'pave
while In
been clever enough to make 1 atioU
that economy is mean, and as t0
we suffer accordingly. ^ « art
this manner ”
be fooled in
Hindoo Playing Card*.
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all circular, and each card i
■ome historical or religions
