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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 liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiSSiiiM MiMM UK ukuk ukukuk *qc UK UK 9KK It xx UK uk •y.&i § % r% Fashion Features Of Fall Clothing UK & m r '-J'hpdM f EP • W. m For Men and Young Men M p \ j ii XX • \1> 11 I i uk uk {■ m The most any man wants of his clothes is to have them stylish, to look well to himself ^ X\ k \t*l k‘ ; i; M and to his friends, to fit well, an 1 to give good wear. That’s satisfaction, and that’s all a man J® K m i 7\'i|Jy wants, isn’t it ? M M IPili / I U| fly** ' Well, that’s exactly what you’ll get when ou wear they clothes we sell—EBERHE1M- UK 7iX UK UK V 1 ir ER, STEIN & CO. CLOTHES. And they’ re not only satisfactory, but they’re also low j||j UK priced—lower priced than yoa’il pay else Wiiere for inferior garments. That’s why you can XX UK dress well and economically by purchasing clothes here. M s your a < t PRICES RANGE 88 Suits, $8.50 $25.00. M K Ederheimcr, Young Men's Stein “Kenwood” & Co. to Overcoats, $5.00 to $20.00 $ II makers Clothes for The Boy ii UK ii il XX That Combine m m STYLE With Wearability. r 1 rv i We have the BEST and BIGGEST line ol Boys Clothing be had where in this v». • ! E S UK to any section. See our line of “CAST IRON” Suits, u the pants have double seat and double knee, prices right, bring the boy in and we will fit him i m a good suit. F a m ii alt xx T. C GO., *K UK J 1 Covington, Georgi la. V Q % XX XK 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- V <1 uw 1 flb u < m ID I \n THERE MUST BE SOME REASGN FOR TIE UNIVERSAL Ifil • / VT OLIVER III FACT, CHILLED THERE PLOWS* ARE NAMY OF THEM. 'S3 1 * 4 \ .it.... j v 'liji'.,' v y f LIGHTEST DRAFT PLOWS EYER MADE V ;« Size* and »tyle« in gnat variety and every kind of work is successfully, Repair parts fit exactly and are easily obtainable. ? lu#41 * j i - -— 110 Sits; re WE J. CANT R. TELL STEPHENSON, IT AU HERE. COME 01 AMD Covington, LET US EXPLAIN MORE a DETAIL & lYr'i- ;ivd- Ga. ■4r v 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. | i 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. -+