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Cotton Market:
Following was ruling
prices here yesterday:
Middling, 14 1-4 cts.
Good raid. 14 3-8 cts.
VOL. 11. NO. 1
8AZAAB being held
FOR NEW LIBRARY
Woman’s Club Working to Erect
Handsome Home for Library
of This City.
A bazaar is now being held by the
ladies composing the Woman’s Club
of this city, the profits derived there¬
from to bo applied to the erection of
a modern building for the home of
the library on the lot recently pur¬
chased by them on College Avenue.
Some time during the early part of
the year the ladies, who have had
charge of the library since its organi¬
zation, decided to make plans for the
purchase of a suitable lot to be used
for building a nice home for the li¬
brary and the lot above referred to
was purchased from Mr. C. A. Har¬
well. They then began to . work for
the amount necessary to pay , for it
and the last installment was paid sev¬
eral months ago. The building now
on the lot is the one formerly occu¬
pied by the Georgia Enterprise during
the late S. W. Hawkins’ 'life time,
and is getting old.
The ladies now propose to erect on
the lot a modern library building with
all the conveniences and finished
both inside and outside in the most
approved manner. The front will be
of marble and plate glass and alto¬
gether the building will be one of the
most handsome in the city. It will
be an ornament to the city, and the
reading public will have access to
a much more thorough librarj^ than
it is now possible to give them.
In the bazaar now being held you
will find many useful articles, besides
any number of holiday gifts and bric
a brae. The ladies have donated
these articles and they will be offered
the public at very reasonable prices .
Jt is a duty every citizen owes to him¬
self and especially the ladies that he
go out to their sale and make pur¬
chases from them.
The ladies are working hard to make
the sale a success, and we all should
help them to accomplish their desir¬
ed end.
BLACKSMITH WANTED.—An all
around blacksmith or a good helper.
Will pay good price. Apply at once
to W. H. Ckenshaw, Mansfield,
Ga. 12-1-lm
Keep What You Reap!
Good Crops, High Prices
For your produce are of no lasting
benefit if you spend every year all
that they bring you. Make your
successful harvest do more than car¬
ry you until the next one. Deposit
the proceeds of this crop with us and
check it out as your needs require it
and see to it that there is a surplus
at the end of a years time
A Clear Profit on Your Business
We will keep your money safe,
give you every consistent accommoda¬ ;
tion and eo-operate with you in e\ci >
way possible to make your farm pa\ |
you greater dividends than it has c\ci
done before. Call to see us.
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First National Bank
Covington, Georgia.
Cowmgtam
OFFICERS ELECTED
FOR RED MEN.
W. R. Stillwell is Elected Sachem
and Other Good Men 1 o
Fill All Offices.
On the regular meeting night for the
local Camp of the Independent Order
of Red Men held last Wednesday night
officers for the ensuing year were
elected and without an exception they
are all good men, thoroughly capable
of taking care of their respective
offices. They are:
W. R. Stillwell, Sachem.
H. D. Bush, Senior Sagamore.
Louis Zeitlin, Junior Sagamore.
A. I). Meador, Prophet.
Joe Willingham, Chief of Recoixls.
T. F. Maddox, C. & K. of W.
The officers will all be installed as per
the schedule of this popular order and
will make the ensuing year one of the
most progressive in the history of the
lodge.
Although this order is practically a
young one in this city, great interest
has been taken in it and it now has a
large membership of the best people
in the city and county.
The meeting night for the Red Men
is Wednesday night at the secret order
hall.
Extensive Bowling.
It is being whispered around town
that three of the champion bowlers of
the city did some extensive work
along this line last week. The rumor
states that Messrs. Parks Hays, Big
ham Norton and Frank Horton were
bowling at the alleys one night last
week when a gentleman drove up in a
machine. He stoped at the alley and
asked the distance and direction to
Rutledge, and just in fun the above
mentioned young men got in the ma¬
chine and told him that they would
show him. Of course they expected
to get out, but the gentleman opened
the throttle and left the city at the
rate of thirty miles an hour. When
he stopped the car he was in his back
yard in Rutledge, and he told the
boys that it was only a block or so
around to the depot, where they could
catch a train back to this city. hard The
boys have been joked week, pretty and they
about during the past
all say that the next time they go
anywhere they are going to make up
their minds to go before they start.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, DECEMBER 8, 1909.
THE POULTRY SHOW
NOW IN PROGRESS
Largest and Best Collection of
Birds Ever Brought 1 ogether
in This County.
The Poultry Show for which pre¬
parations have been under way for
several weeks is now in progress and
will continue, throughout today and
tomorrow, Thursday. Today will be
the biggest day of the show besides
possibly tomorrow, when the breed¬
ers from all parts of the state will
come in to look the bunch over.
This morning Judge Loriug Brown,
of the Belmont Farm, will come in
and act as the judge for the occasion.
He has a wide reputation as a poultry
fancier, and his knowledge of chick¬
ens is considered as good as any in
the country. He will be accompan¬
ied by Mr. C. O. Harwell, president
of the State Poultry Association,
who is also a man well versed in
breeding thoroughbred fowls.
The ribbon awards will be made to¬
day and those attending the show can
see the best collection of chickens
ever brought to this city. A great
deal of iuterest has been aroused over
this line of industry and the birds
shown here this week attests in
vfcry marked degree the success with
which the breeders have been reward¬
ed.
The entries include most of the
popular varieties, but the Rhode Is
land Reds are in the majority, both
in number and attractiveness. It was
said by a visitor yesterday that it
looked as if this would be a red show
The other breeds are well represent¬
ed, however, and in all of them there
are a number of excellent birds.
It is the desire of the show to make
nothing more than expenses and the
admittance fee has been placed at
live and ten cents. Every citizen in
the city and county should make it a
point to come and see those excel
lent chickens, in doing which you will
help build up a custom of holding
these shows every year.
Womans’ Club Bazaar.
Santa Claus has taken up his abode
in Covington and for the present is
making his headquarters at the bazaar
which was opened this morning at 10
o’clock under the auspices of the Wo¬
man’s Club and will be continued
throughout the week.
For this affair the store formerly
occupied by the Cash, Mobley Co.,
has been converted into a vertible
Christmas land. Artistically decora¬
ted and with Christmas novelties and
other wares for sale, the very atmos¬
phere on entering smacks of the Yule
tide season. A graceful decorative
effect of Southern smilax almost ob¬
scures the walls of the building com¬
pleting a most attractive mural dec¬
oration and together with an attrac¬
tive arrangement of the booths which
are gaily decorated, will never fail to
elicit exclamations of delight.
The booths are seven in number
and are designated by the wares dis¬
played. Tne country store with pea¬
nuts, popcorn, sugarcane, persimmon
beer, stick candy and gingerbread
will not fail to attract and please
each visitor, making a customer of
almost everyone. The Christmas
booth which is stocked withChrismas
novelties of every description looks
certainly the home of Santa Claus.
The country store and the Christmas
booths are directed by the Fourth
Circle, with Miss Sallie Mae Cook as
chairman.
Surely the fancy work booth has
everything to please the taste of the
most artistic customer. Its decora¬
tions are in crimson and yellow and
the artistic display of its wares will
make it a most attractive center
throughout the bazaar. This booth is
directed by the First Circle with Mrs,
W. C. Clark as chairman. In con
aection with this, the First Circle is
conducting a candy booth and here
candies that delight the customer
with the “sweet tooth” that has to
be sugared real often, can be had.
Of the popularity of the candy booth
there can be no question.
The restaurant and entertainment
booths are auder the direction of the
Second Circle with Mrs. James F.
Rogers and Mrs. E. O. Lee in charge.
Headed by Mesdames Rogers and Lee
the success of these two booths is as -
sured. An attractive menus consist¬
ing of Brunswick stew, oyster stew,
chicken salad, beaten biscuit, cheese
straws, pickles and cakes will be
served each day from the restaurant
booth. The entertainment booth has
among other attraction a fish pond
and here there will always be some-
MRS, L. D. KING
WINS THE BONUS
In the Five Thousand Extra Votes
Mrs. King Is Winner By
Narrow Margin.
In the proposition of The News in
the Piano Contest last week when we
offered a bonus of live thousand extra
votes to the contestant bringing in
the largest number of annual sub¬
scriptions to this paper, both renew¬
als and new ones, a great deal of ex¬
tra enthusiasm was manifested by all
those working for the handsome
present—the Shulz Piano.
From the time the paper left the
press the different ladies got busy and
began to pile up their lists, until Sat¬
urday, the final day ou that offer they
came in and came near working the
News force overtime checking them
up. In the windup Mrs. King, Miss
Piper and Miss Smith were right
along together, Mrs. King bringing in
96 subscriptions and winning the
bonus by a VERY narrow margin.
Miss Piper was second for the week
with barely a half dozen behind the
leader. Miss Smith was well up at
the top and made a creditable show¬
ing.
The votes have been placed to the
credit of the winner and the contest¬
ants are working hard to the finish,
which is at five o’clock December
twentieth. There are yet quite a
number of our subscribers who have
not yet renewed their subscriptions
for another year, and they should all
do so through oue of the ladies before
the close of the contest.
Under the government laws we can
not send The News to a person after
the expiration of his subscription, and
unless our subscribers renew before
the first January, we shall be com¬
pelled to take their names ^froin the
subscription list.
We dislike to do this and urge them
to give their renewals to one of the
ladies pryor to the expiration date of
the contest.
Mother’* Circle Questions.
(Questions relating to the rights and
wrongs of childhood:
I. What are the inherent rights of
a child?
2 Why afe the child’s rights less
carefully guarded and less clearly de¬
fined than those of the adult? ' ,
3 Should the child in his home be
treated as a free being, or as the
property of his parents?
4 Why should every child be given
the utmost opportunity to develop
along the lines that will give it the
work it most enjoys?
5 Why should the parents make a
study of each individual child?
6 What is the injury to the child
from applying a theory, or set rules
in its training?
7 How doos the discipline of regu -
lar and systematic work iu the horn e
develop the will of the child?
8 Why should parents not make
promises to their children unless the
promise can be faithfully kept?
9 Why has the child a moral right
to a home suited to his needs?
10 Why should the parents keep in
touch with the child’s school life?
II. Why should work or play, and
not mere idle hours, fill the child’s
life?
12 Has the parent a right child’s to insist
upon the nature of a future
occupation? Why should the standard of
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training be what is really beneficial
to the child, and not what the mother,
or what the child, wishes?
The next meeting of the Circle will
be held at the home of Mrs. Dr. Luke
Robinson on Friday afternoon at 2:30.
thing to delight the pleasure seekers.
The Jananese booth is under the di¬
rection of Mrs. Thomas Wells as
chairman. The attractive oriental
decorations make this booth a verita¬
ble Japanese den and from here tea,
coffee and hot chocolate will be serv¬
ed. The bazaar will remain open dur -
ing each evening.
A delightful attraction scheduled
for this evening is the presentation of
the “Reveries of a bachelor” with Mr .
Ed Stephenson taking the role of the
bachelor and a number of the city’s
society belles completing the cast of
characters. An admission fee of 10c
will be charged.
The purpose of the bazaar is most
worthy and should receive the liberal
patronuage of the entire city. The
proceeds will be donated to the build -
ing fund. It is anticipated by the
Clnb’s president, its Mrs. membership C. A. Bock- that
well, and entire
tbe proceeds from the bazaar will be
sufficient to guarantee letting the
contract for the Library buiiding.
Let each citizen of Covington be a
patron of the bazaar.
Mkh. Jas, F. RoaEaa, Reporter.
$1. A Year In Advance.
CITY ELECTION
DECEMBER 20TH,
Mayor Smith Candidate For Re
Election With No Other Can¬
didate Yet Announced.
The annual election for the mayor
and six members of the city council
will he held on Monday, Dec. 20th,
and up until the time we go to press
the present mayor, Mr. Chas. G.
Smith, is the only candidate in the
race for the office of chief executive
of the City of Covingt on for 1910.
Mr. Smith stated to a News reporter
that up to a short while ago he had
not intended to offer for re-election
but that several things had arisen in
the administration of the office that
he wanted to see carried through,
and for this reason he had decided to
again go before the people for that
honor.
We gathered from our conversation
with him that among other things he
wanted to sea that the purchase of
supplies and other things for the city
put on a business basis, and that es¬
pecially ill the purchase of coal, oil
and other material for the electric
light plant be made on a competitive
hid basis, believing that money could
be saved by such methods. There are
many other things Mr. Smith stated
that should be done by the next may¬
or, some of them already having been
started. Just who will compose the
ticket for aldermen'to serve with him
if he is elected has not yet been plan¬
ned but a prominent citizen of the
city has suggested the following
ticket:
For Mayor, Chas. G. Smith.
For Councilmen, J. It. Stephenson,
E. W. Fowler, J. E. Phillips, A. S.
McGarity, II. T. Huson and F. E.
Heard.
This would make a good ticket if
the gentlemen mentioned would agree
to serve. We do not know whether
they would consent to the use of their
names or not, as they were suggested
to us and we have not asked any of
them about the matter.
Next year, like tbe one just draw¬
ing to a close, will be a busy one for
the city officials and the people should
think well before they cast their bal¬
lots on the day of the election. There
is too much business at stake for the
city to elect men who will not give
Statement of the Condition of
The Bank of Covington
Located at Covington, Ga., at Close of Business
November 16th, 1909.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts $215 880.41
Demand Loans___ _ ...... 12 731.43
Overdrafts, Secured by Cotton 32 699.35
Overdrafts, Unsecured............... _ 2 662.32
f urniture and Fixtures 3 833.65
Cash on Hand and in Banks ________ 56 218.98
T otal ______________________ $324 026.14
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock Paid in_________________ _____ $100 000.00
Undivided Profits (Net) __________________________ 6 684.72
Due Unpaid Dividends___________________________ 4.00
Ind’v. Deposits sub. to check $179 360.56
Time Certificaies ... 37 976.86 217 337.42
Total ______________ ZZI $324 026.14
We solicit your banking business.
The Bank of Covington
Covington, Georgia.
CAPITAL $ 100 , 000.00
PIANO FREE
The News is going to
give some lady in this
county a handsome
$350 Schulz piano oti
Dec. 22, 1909.
FORESTERS ELECT
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Youngest of the Secret Orders of
City Elects Men F or the
Ensuing Year.
At the Secret Order Hall last Thurs¬
day night, the Foresters, youngest of
the secret orders of this city, held
their regular election of officers to
serve during the coming year and the
men selected for the different offices
will make good men, and will do
much for promoting the interest in
that popular insurance and fraternal
organization. The gentlemen elected
are as follows:
R. F. Taylor, Chief Ranger.
W. E. Stark, Vice-Chief Ranger.
W. R. Stilwell, Past Chief Ranger.
W. K. Nickelson, Orator.
Louis Zeitlin, Recording Secretary.
E. E. Parker, Financial Secretary.
Dr. Luke Robinson, Court Physic¬
ian.
Newton Folker, Court Deputy.
W. W. Rhoden, Treas.
Robert Parker, Senior Woodward.
Frank Horton, Junior Woodward.
Grady Parker, Senior Beadle.
J. F. Harwell, Junior Beadle.
The local lodge was installed here
during the first, part of the year and
since that, time it has grown rapidly
and has as its members some of the
most prominent citizens of the city.
The degree work is staid to be very
good and the other features are all
that could be desired.
With these gentleman as officers we
predict a very prosperous year for
them during 1910.
their respective offices full attention
and use their best interests in behalf
of the city.
The officials who are finishing their
terms of office have done much good
work for the city during the year and
for this they have the thanks of the
people. The fact (hat, the council
and the mayor, however, have disa¬
greed on several important matters
leads us to the belief that care should
be exercised in selecting the men who
make up the administration, as it is
Impossible for the fullest amount of
good to be done unless harmony reigns
in all matters of public importance.
—New Htyles in American Lady
Corsets at C. C. Robinson’s.