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Ceuncilmen Reply.
(Con inued from front page)
of Newton County. It does seem
strange that you should make this
unqualified statement, when you
could so easily have gone to any of
the officials of the bank and ascer
tained the truth. You further state
that “during the investigation it was
asked the city attorney if the fact
that a member of the council was a
stock holder in the company now
owning the property did not disqual¬
ify him from voting for the purchase
of the property by the city.” You
here fail to state whether one or more
of those voting for the purchase own¬
ed any interest in this building. You
should have informed yourself and
not insinuate or leave one to infer
that one or more of these gentlemen
were trying to practice graft on the
city. Now tor your information and
the information of those who may be
misled by your article we wish to
say that not one of the four who vot¬
ed for this purchase has one cents
interest in this building. So far as
these gentlemen you have SELECT¬
ED to interview is concerned they
have a right to their opinion; yet we
doubt if they have given this matter
as thorough an investigation as the
members of the council whose duty
it was to act on this matter.
We still believe the purchase of
this building is for the best interest
of the city and we came to this con¬
clusion after a thorough investigation
and will be glad to give the public
our reasons in the next issue of your
paper.
Respectfully submitted,
C. C. Brooks,
Edward Heard,
J. H. Echols,
F. E. Heard.
Mr. Farmer
Mr. Farmer, $3.00 worth of cement
will make 1000 Sand cement brick
if you have sand and water. Come
to my house in Midway and see one
of my sand cement brick. Machines
in operation. Price $12.50. Brick to
order. No cover or burning of brick
required.
It. . J. W. Carroll.
—FOR SALE—A good farm for sale.
80 acres, more or less, near town.—
Dr. J. A- Wright, Covington, Ga. tf
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FARMERS RAISING SUPPLIES.
From Every Part of County Comes Re¬
port That Crop this Year is Fine.
Almost every day we are told by
some one of our farmer friends from
different sections of the county that
the corn and small grain crops of their
respective sections is a geo I deal
heavier than for many years, due to
the fact that more acreage has been
used and the seasons of the year just
closing has been unusual.
This a mighty good sign for Newton
county. When all our farmers realize
fully the advantage of raising their
own cattle, grain, hogs and other
supplies on their own farms, then
this county will get in the most pros¬
perous condition in her history. It is
well known that the farmer who is
self-sustaining and who plants each
year enough of the grain and food¬
stuffs to carry him over another year
without the necessity of calling on his
western friends for his meat and meal
is the most prosperous in his section,
and the price of cotton does not affect
him as much as it does the man who
plants his entire crop of the fleecy
staple and who is reliant on other
states and other men for his food and
cattle.
The time is here for sowing winter
grain and we believe from all appear¬
ances that more will be plauted this
fall than for years. Plant the grain
boys, and make cotton your surplus.
Don’t take our word for it, look at the
neighbor in your section who does it.
That will convince you if you are open
to conviction.
Notice of Election.
GEORGIA—Newton County:
A petition from one fourth the
qualified voters of Newton county el¬
igible to participate in a county elec¬
tion for local tax for public schools
having been presented to the Court,
it is ordered,
That a county election for local tax
for public schools for said county in
accordance with the provisions of the
McMichael Act—Section 3—page 68—
Acts 1006, as approved August 1906,
be held on Nov. 30, 1009.
Nov. 2nd, 1009.
A. D. Meador, Ordinary.
—Don’t fail to visit Harry Death’s
studio this week and see some of the
new photographs on display. They
are semething unusual.
THE COVINGTON N E W S
News’ Reply to Criticism
(Continued from ftrat page.)
The price asked for the building un¬
der consideration is $3,000, which
added to the above would make an
aggregate of $107,082. At the time
the ballot was taken the city had re¬
ceived taxes to put against this
amounting to $1,000. We can also
take away the $6,000 the city now
owes the Water Board, which will
leave an indebtedness of approxi¬
mately $100,000, or EIGHT THOUS¬
AND DOLLARS MORE THAN THE
LAW ALLOWS. Besides the above
there is a matter of the sinking fund
for the electric light bonds which
have been standing for six years and
which would amount to $4,500. Now
with these facts to work from does
anyone see where the consistency is
in the contention that the city’s honor
is at stake if she refuses to take the
property ? It would seem that the
time to shield the city’s honor should
have been when the vote was cast,
and not after the feeling is so strong¬
ly opposed to it that that method is
the only possible way of consummat¬
ing the deal.
The reference to the statement by
The News that the Clark Banking
Co., belonging to the Bank of Newton
County, not being true, we reply that
it was an error, correction of which
will be found on the editorial page of
today’s issue. We also state that the
reason of this error was due to the
fact that it has been generally under¬
stood that it did belong to the Bank
of Newton County. That no denial
had been previously made that we
had heard of. That the proposal to
the city to sell the building to them
was made to the city by Major J. F.
Henderson, who is now president of
the Bank of Newton County. That
all these facts would lead most people
to make the same error we did.
The reference to the statement that
we made about the question which
came up at the investigation as to the
legality of the procedue, in which
they claim we infer or insinuate that
they had stock in the institution and
was looking for personal graft, we will
say that we had no intention then,
nor do we now, believe either one of
the gentlemen could be censured from
that viewpoint. We were simply
stating what happened at the investi¬
gation, and knew no more than they
themselves who was being hit at. We
had to give the facts as they present-
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ed themselves to us without favor,
and when this question came up we
recorded it. We regret the fact that
the gentlemen construed it as an in¬
sinuation against them and assure
them that such was not the case.
Their statement that they are not in¬
terested in the property should be all
the people want to rectify the infer¬
ence, if it could be so construed.
As to the gentlemen who had state¬
ments in tins paper last week having
been “selected” w T e want to say that
we did try to interview the heaviest
tax payers of the city, men who
would bear the brunt of this deal and
who in the long run would have to
pay for it. The inference that they
were selected for any other purpose
or motive is ridiculous, as we have
yet failed to find a half dozen men in
the city who favor the purchase of it
under any consideration.
We regret that this discussion has
come up and believe it will end where
it now 7 is—by the city not buying it,
and looking up another plan.
With the above facts to back up our
opinion, and the assurance that the
columns of The News are open to the
discussion of both sides of any pub¬
lic question, we let the matter rest,
not on our opinion, but ON ITS MER¬
ITS.
—FOR SALE—Reversable disc plow |
cheap. Apply to C. A. SOCKWELL. |
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Woman’s Work Is Made Easy.
It has always fell to the part of the women folks the task
of keeping the socks and stockings of the family in repair and
this has since time began been an irksome task. But in this day
of labor-saving devices it need no longer tire them out and make
that part of their life a burden. I have the simplest, cheapest
and at the same time most complete Darner ever placed on the
market. It comes as an attachment for any sewing machine and
can be placed and put into operation in a minute. Next Satur¬
day I will place these Darners on sale and demonstration at
Heard & Whites Show Window
and I will give ten per cent of the sales that day to the Metho¬
dist, Baptist and Presbyterian Churches and to the Library. The
amount to be equally divided between them.
Come to this place on that day and see this wonderful
instrument demonstrated. That’s all we atk. This is a special
invitation to the ladies of Covington. Come out and help your
Churches and Library.
Remember the date, Saturday Nov. 20th.
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