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OFFICIAL ORGAN NEWTON CO.
Lon. L. Flowers & Edwin Taylor,
Editors and Publishers.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One
Six
Three Months
Advertising Rates Furnished on Application.
Entered as second-class matter
cember 3, 1908, at the post office
Covington, Ga., under the Act
March 3, 1879.
COVINGTON, GA. October 27,
Thompson Avenue, the new street,
has been mistaken for Fiftli Avenue,
New York!
Thirteen-cent cotton is having the
effect of a vigorous trade in all lines
in this city.
Did you register when you paid
your taxes? If you didn’t you had
better attend to it now.
The knockers club of this city has
been put out of commission by with¬
drawal cards by its members.
The prosperity wagon has stopped
over here in Newton county, and the
people are giving it a generous wel¬
come.
If your business is dull you should
advertise in the News. It has put
life into more than one business in
this city.
Stiff-necked aristocracy is one of
the few things in this world that is
distasteful to everybody. Tis a pity
to be so afflicted.
Atlanta has shown a good deal of
horse sense in pulling off a horse
show in that city. It gave her a lot
of free advertising.
Capt. H. D. Terrell struck the key¬
note to the situation at the meeting
of citizens last week when he said:
“It pays to advertise.”
The fine showing of live stock at
the show last week will do much to¬
ward promoting this industry in New T -
ton county another year.
Our subscription list is growing ev¬
ery day, and by the end of the year
we hope to have the name of every
citizen in the county on our books.
It is not long until the election W'ill
be held in this county to determine
whether the rural districts will have
local taxation for school purposes.
Human nature is a peculiar thing.
Nine people out of ten are looking
for the faults in others and never even
have time to take a peep at their
own!
Covington’s defunct Board of Trade
did one good thing, It left a legacy
of something like sixty dollars to be
spent in advertising the many advan¬
tages of the city.
If that railroad was extended from
Logansville to this city it would give
us direct connection with the
and east, and the freight rate w'ould
be lowered considerably.
The opportunities of a real
Board of Trade for this city are
limited. There was never a time
our history w'hen so much good
could be done than now'.
Walter Vaughn is making a live
sue out of the Eatonton News. He
one of the brightest men in the
estate of this section, and what he
doing at Eatonton now he will
tinue to do until the end of the
ter.
The race for representative
this county next year is expected
open up pretty soon. There are
eral possible candidates, but so
none of them have come out with
announcement that they will be in
race. The “bee” is beginning to
Don’t harbor hard feelings
your fellow citizen and neighbor.
he does something you believe is
injustice to yourself go to him like
man and tell him about it, demand
apology or tender him one,
hands and go on pulling for
ton and Newion county.
A western senator had the
raised on lemons, thereby giving
people of the Pacific coast a
opportunity for selling their product,
but the Southern Pacific railroad
mediately raised the freight rate
lemons and turned the extra
into their own coffers. Another
stance of the railroads gobbling
what really belongs to the people.
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
The people of Covington some time
ago voted to issue bonds in the sum
of sixty thousand dollars to be used
in the erection and equipment of a
water and sewerage system. This
work has been completed and there
is no city in the state which can
boast of a better or more modern sys¬
tem than Oovington now has. The
work has been thorough and those
gentlemen having it in charge are to
be congratulated on their efforts and
accomplishment of this long-needed
public service.
The people of the city would like,
however, to know what the complet¬
ed work has cost, and if the money
raised by the bond issue was sufficient
to finish the systems, or whether
there was any left on the right side
of the ledger. It is rumored around
town that the commission had some¬
thing like six thousand dollars left to
the good after the work was com¬
pleted and paid for, and the citizens
of the city would appreciate a report
from the gentlemen having the work
in charge, telling them how they
came out with the work. They know
more about this than anyone else and
a statement from them would en¬
lighten the citizens who have not had
time to keep up with it.
THE AUTOMOBILE RUN.
The people of this county and city
are very highly elated over the fact
that the course for the run from Sa¬
vannah to Atlanta has been selected
and that it will pass through this, the
best county on the entire route. It
will, obviously, have a very benefi¬
cial effect in that it will show a great
many people who would never know
otherwise that this is the best section
in the state to live in.
There is one thing we all want to
do, however, and that is to make the
run through this county so pleasant
and treat the contestants in such a
manner that they will tell their friends
of the country and the hospitality of
our people. We all know that the
people of this county are the most
hospitable of anywhere under the
sun, but we want to impress this fact
upon the strangers as they pass
through our community.
At a meeting of citizens held here
last week it was decided to place big
sign boards at each of the mile posts
and cross-roads throughout the coun¬
ty traversed by the contestants, to
provide a supply station here and to
have pamphlets printed setting forth
the superior advantages of the city
and county. These things will all be
in readiness when the race takes
place on the ninth of November, and
it is now up to the people generally
to give them royal treatment if the
opportunity presents itself. Give the
runners as much of the road as you
can and in every way possible show
them that they are welcome. It will
do you no harm and in the end will
do the county a vast amount of good.
If we will all look at it in the right
light, our hospitality will require us
to do these things. They are strang¬
ers to us all and the same motive
should govern our conduct as would
be the case should these same men
come into our homes. If any of them
came under our roof we would, as the
saying goes, turn over the keys to
them and make them feel as much at
home as possible. In reality they
will be our guests while passing
through the county and should re¬
ceive the same consideration and
courtesy as if they were in our home.
Make the automobile run a success
and you will feel the results of it in
prominence for home advantages be¬
fore the end of another year.
Remember that money is not the
only thing in this life worth while. A
pleasant word, a hearty handshake,
and a word of encouragement to
less fortunate brother is after all,
worth more.
A leading professional man of the
city said to a News reporter one day
last week: “You boys are getting
the best, livest, cleanest and
paper ever issued in this city. I have
lived here all my life and have
read a newspaper published in this
city with as much local and general
news matter as each issue of the
News carries.”
A number of people have told us
that our issue of last week, contain¬
ing sixteen pages of all home
paper, was the best issue ever put out
by a local newspaper - Now we ap¬
preciate these expressions of encour¬
agement, for without a little co-oper¬
ation, we will fall short of our ambi¬
tion to give this county the very best
newspaper she has ever had.
Oysters—we sell oysters, receiving
them daily from one of the largest
oyster dealers in the south, whose
house has for fifty years been build¬
ing a reputation by giving the best
there are to the trade. We will sell
these extra standard oysters at same
price as last season, 35c per quart.—
Parkers Place.
—FOR SALE— A good farm for sale.
80 acres, more or less, near town.—
Dr. J. A. Wright, Covington, Ga. tf
THE COVINGTON NEWS
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA— Newton County:
To the Superior Court of Said
County: Smith, N.
The petition of Chas. G.
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 aud made a body politic THE
under the name and style of
REALTY & ABSTRACT COMPANY
for the period of twenty years. said Com¬
2. The principal office of
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 its
is pecuniary gain to itself and
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 funds belonging to
others for whom it 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 charge to collect commission rent for for same mak¬
and to a
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 them has been ac¬
tually paid in. Petitioners desire the
right to have the subscriptions to
said capital stock paid in money val¬ or
property to be taken at a fair
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 said for busi¬ the
successful carrying on of
ness, including the right and to buy, hold
and sell real estate 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.
tion 7. They desire for said incorpora¬
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
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
forth and as are now or may
be, allowed a corporation of
character under the laws of Georgia.
Middlebrook, Rogers & Knox,
Filed in Attorneys for Petitioners.
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.
Libel For Divorce.
Georgia, Newton County:
Horace Dobbs | Suit for divorce,
vs - in Newton Supe
Florida Dobbs ) Court, Septem¬
ber term, 1909.
To Florida Dobbs :
You are hereby notified to be and
appear at the next March term
Newton Superior Court, to be held on
the Third Monday in March, 1910, to
divorce. answer 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.
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.
THE LIVE STOCK SHOW.
One of the best showings of Jersey
cows, Berkshire hogs, Newton county
raised horses and mules it has been
the pleasure of the citizens of this
city to see exhibited in this section
was seen at the ball park last Wed¬
nesday when the Newton County Live
Stock Association held their first
annual show.
Although the day promised to be a
disagreeable one there was a large
number of the prominent farmers of
this and adjoining counties present
and they were all very loud in their
praise of the exhibits of the different
breeders of thoroughbred stock. Some
of the finest Jersey cows in the south
were entered and taken as a whole
was the prettiest bunch of cattle ever
corralled in this city. The Berkshire
hog was there, too, aud with the
farmers of this county all interested
in this branch of agricultural industry
it begins to look to the writer that the
day of the western smoke house will
soon be a thing of the past.
The fact that it was not generally
known that Newton county horses
and mules would be entered caused
the number of these to be perceptibly
small, but it was only decided the day
before the show that it would be a
good idea to have these entries. The
ones entered however, were very fine
and shows that as good horses and
mules can be bred in this section as
anywhere.
We are very glad to see the farmers,
and city folk too, take so much inter¬
est in live stock. It is a mighty good
sign to see them beginning to realize
that all the money is not to be made
in cotton, and the show, while not as
large as some held in other sections,
is the forerunner of the biggest an¬
nual county fairs in the state. It
shows in a small degree what this sec¬
tion could do, if all the branches of
the farm were taken up and handled
iu a methodical way.
It is known to many farmers in this
county that there is nothing better for
the land they cultivate than to let
cattle run on it and the manure is the
best ever used in the soil here. Every
planter in the county should keep a
few head of cattle and hogs, making
the feed for them from the washed
places and fence corners, and the
profits would be enormous. A good
cow, and we believe there is not a
better one than the Jersey, will al¬
ways pay her own way through life,
and with the proper handling she will
net you a fair profit, possibly more
than the same amount invested in la¬
bor and fertilizer for cotton. This is
a safe basis to figure from, and be¬
sides this you have the increase,
which, if it is a thoroughbred speci¬
men, will always bring you a good
price. We gather these facts not
from experience but from the pros¬
perous condition of those who are do¬
ing just this and are alw r ays in better
financial condition than the man who
has not learned that cotton is not
necessarily his king.
With these aiulual shows by the
Live Stock Association we believe a
vast amount of interest will be stirred
among the farmers of this county and
that it will influence them to give
stock breeding a trial, for unless those
gentlemen who have taken up this
line lied, there is a good profit in it.
Here’s the glad hand to the Live
Stock Association, with the wish that
their annual shows will continue and
increase in interest and the number
of entries.
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 in November next, within
the 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 Covington, Ga., Oct. 5, 1909.
Board County Commissioners:
A petition for 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. amine A and committee appointed" to ex¬
have report as to public utility,
report ed 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
will be made public road Nov. 2nd
1909.
J. Z. Johnson, Chairman.
G. D. Heard, Clerk.
Oliver Chilled Plows
are the original, the genuine, and the best CHILLED
PLOWS in the world. They are made better, they wear
longer, do better work and more of it— WITH LIGHTER
DRAFT, than any other plows made.
Users of OLIVER CHILLED PLOWS do ool
hesitate to recommend them in the highest terms.
They speak from faith bom of experience.
a FULL LIMB OF PLOWS AMO MEPAIKS IN STOCK AND FOB SALS SV)
J. R. STEPHENSON, Covington, Ga.
Commissioner’s Sale.
Agreeable to an order of the Supe¬
rior 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 in November, 1909, the fol¬
lowing described property: “All that
tract or parcel of land, lying and be¬
ing in the county of Newton, in the
Ninth district, originally Henry coun¬
ty, being in the incorporate limits of
the 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. P. 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 Said back 200 feet, more or
less. 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, 1910,
L. C. Smith being the tenant now in
possession.
This 2nd day of October, 1009.
R. R. Fow r LER,
Jno. L. Stephenson,
S. P. Thompson,
Commissioners.
For Letters of Dismission.
Georgia— Newton County:
Whereas Jonathan Poison, Admin¬
istrator, de bonis non, with the will
annexed, of Mark Poison, represents
to the Court in his petition duly filed
and entered on record that he has
fully administered Mark Poison’s es¬
tate. This is therefore to cite all per¬
sons concerned, kindred and creditors,
to show cause, if any they can, why
said Administrator should not be dis¬
charged from his administration and
receive Letters of Dismission on the
1st Monday in November, 1909.
A. D. Meador, Ordinary.
For Letters of Dismission.
Georgia— Newton County:
Whereas G. W. R. Knight and R.
L. Cowan, administrators of Miss Lou
Lummus, represents to the Court in
their petition duly filed and entered
on ministered record, that they have fully ad¬
Miss Lou Lummus’ estate.
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned, kindred and creditors, to
show cause, if any they can, why said
administrators should not be discharg¬
ed from their administrations and re¬
ceive letters of dismission on the first
Monday in November, 1909.
A. D. Meador, Ordinary.
For Leave to Sell.
Georgia— New - ton County:
Notice is hereby given that the un¬
dersigned has applied to the Ordinary
of said county For Leave to Sell the
land belonging to the estate of Bryant
Osborn, late of said county, deceased,
for the payment of debts and distri¬
bution. Said application will be
heard at the regular term of the Court
of Ordinary on the 1st Monday in
November, 1909.
This Oct. 5th, 1909.
S. P. Thompson,
Administrator Estate Bryant Osborn,
Deceased.
Libel For Divorce.
Georgia, Newton County:
Dora Hannah } 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,
Executor’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Newton County:
By virtue of an order from the Court
of Ordinary granted at the January
term, 1909, of said court, will be sold
before the court house door in the
city of Covington to the highest and
best bidder between the legal hours
of sale on the first Tuesday in Novem¬
ber next, the following real estate be¬
longing deceased, to the estate of P. D. Coffee,
to-wit:
All that one-half undivided interest
in the following tracts of land, all
lying in said county and state. One
hundred acres, more or less, bounded
on the North by J. H. Adams; East
by Mrs. P. D. Coffee; South by W. T.
Crowley; West by Mrs. Nannie Sig
man. Known as the Faulkner place.
Also fifty-five and 9-100 acres of land,
more or less, known as the Strong
mill place. Also ninety-five and one
quarter acres of land, more or less,
adjoining lands of G. B. Stanton, Mrs.
N. A. Sigman, and other lands of P.
I). and S. F. Coffee and known as a
part of the S. F. Sigman place. Also
89 and 75-100 acres of land, more or
less. Known as a part of the P. M.
Sigman land, aud being that part ly¬
ing nearest Brick Store, and more
accurately described by a plat and
deeded to" P. D. and S. F. Coffee by
Laura A. Hollis. Also one hundred
and fifty-one acres, more or less, be¬
ginning at a corner in public road
from Brick Store to Covington iu
front o£ the Coffee home, running
North 32 1-2, West 52 chains and 78
links, to rock corner, thence in a
Westerly direction to a rock corner
at edge of grove on Perry Hill, thence
South 32 1-2, East fifty eight chains
and fifty-fiive links to public
road near the old academy lot, thence
along said road 26 chains and 62 links
to starting corner. Said land being
part of that recently bought from T.
A. Perry by H. L. Graves, being
the same land deeded to P. D. a™
S. F. Coffee by L. D. Adams. Saul
property is very valuable and persons
desiring to purchase same can go on
the premises and inspect the property.
This landis sold for the purpose (lay¬
ing debts and legacies. Some of this
property - has been leased and will he
sold subject to lease. Possession to
be given in other cases on Jan. 1,1916
Terms of sale CASH. COFFEE,
S. F.
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 r ■
Tuesday in November, 1909, the
lowing described property, to-vi .
One house and lot in the ci y
Covington, Newton county, Georgia,
and being the lot deeded to Amanda
Choat from R. I. Weaver and B. n
Fowler, administrators of Ike »
estate, and bounded as follow •
the North Stone Mountain street, on
the West by West street ; on the bout
by lot bought by Amanda Ghoa fr
Jones and Taylor; and on the East n>
lot bought from L. L. Middle
said lot containing one acre, m
less. Said property levied on as tn
property of Amanda Choat to •
an execution issued from the Superior
Court of Newton county in tavor
the Bank of Covington against aa
Amanda Choat, upon a rule
for the foreclosure of mortgag
above described property. Sa P
erty being in the possession of Am»
Court of Newton county. as
notice required given said Amanda |. 3;
by law. T b..« ;
g M
will Also be at sold, the the same following tim^ j t
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property, in the town to-wit: of Mansfield. °' ie ,^ 0U ' Sa ‘ i t i house g
house fa* . l ec -
being a four and room surround' - | an( j s
ond avenue Star . jj
of Hugh White, J. A. ^ 0( ,k
Adams and known as t he m- • ie j
house with and fi lot. fa issued Said property from * ‘
on a f *\ { Man „.
Court of Covington in f v0 coro -
fleld Lumber and Construe n
M. H, Cook. J , jtteU
pany against required j.
notice given as being tenant m I 89e s
M. Edens, he
sion. This Oct. 2, 1909^ ghefiff .