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The ONE STORE that everybody in Newton county is proud of. Stationery Novelty Company (NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE) The acknowledged leaders in HOLIDAY GOODS, carrying a larger and finer stock than any firm between Atlanta and Augusta. COME and SEE QUALITY HIGEST PRICES LOWEST Toys, dolls, pictures, frames, books, toilet and manicure sets, fancy boxes, games, decorations fine china, cut glass, vases, leather goods, jewelry and sterling silver ' X=mas stationery, X=mas cards, booklets, one million post cards. Huyler's Candy-the finest in the world ®l|f i’tatimirru anil Nmirlty (ttontpamj COVINGTON, GA. Shop Early Shop Early Shop Early Shop Early Shop Early PRESENT YEAR IS BEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION ANNUAL REPORT OF PRESIDENT DICKEY. Emory College Shows Flattering In¬ crease Both In Number of Stu¬ dents and General Ton*. The South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held its regular session at Waynesboro last week and many important mat¬ ters came before that body. One that will be of interest to the people of this section was the report of Presi¬ dent James E. Dickey, of Emory Col¬ lege. We publish it below, and it shows that both the average number of students and the general tone of moral conditions at the college: “I herewith present to you my eighth annual report. It affords me pleasure to inform you that the ses¬ sion of 1908-9 proved to be the most satisfactory of any year of my admin¬ istration, while the term of 1909-10 promises to be even more successful than that of the preceding year. The enrollment for the term ending June 9, 1909, was'271, which number indi¬ cates a small increase over that of the term of 1907-8. At this time we have already enrolled 296, which, you will observe, is twenty-five more than the total enrollment of last year. The health of the faculty and student body has been good. The work of the fac¬ ulty and students continues to be of a high grade of excellence. The relig¬ ious influences which have always been a distinguishing work of the col¬ lege life continue to abound at Em¬ ory. During the spring term a gra¬ cious revival was conducted by the pastor, assisted by Rev. W. G. Craw¬ ley, in which the spiritual life of the college and the village was greatly quickened. One of the most inspiring features of the college life during the term just closed.was the organization of the Greater Emory Club by the un¬ dergraduates. The Allen Memorial Church is now in process of construc¬ tion. It is a beautiful structure of classic design which comports well with the other buildings on the cam¬ pus. When completed it will seat 1, 000 people. It will be heated by steam and lighted by electricity. The church will meet a long want at Ox¬ ford. You may remember that at a call meeting of the trustees of Em¬ ory College in the month of July, 1908, a campaign was projected for the purpose of raising $300,000 the endowment of the college, amount, together with the $ 300,000 ready in hand, would provide a million dollars for the institution. At that July meeting the trustees pres¬ ent subscribed $66,000. To this amount was added the pledge of $96, 000. The campaign, as you know, was placed in the hands of a committee under the leadership of the president of the college. He began a canvass of the state last October and at your last session reported $115,000 in sub¬ scriptions. During the conference year just closing he has devoted all of his available time to the prosecution of this campaign, and witli the help of the brethren, is now able to report in pledges $250,000. The president of the college wishes to acknowledge with gratitude the uniform and inval uable help of the pastors wherever he has gone in the interest of the col¬ lege. Without their cordial co-opera¬ tion the work that has been done could not have been accomplished. With their continued help the cam¬ paign will be completed on June 1, 1910. Church Congratulated. “The church in Georgia is to be congratulated upon its response to the call of the campaign, the success of which means $500,000 for one of the nobles foundations within the bor¬ ders of the state. To reach the half¬ million mark for Emory’s endowment has been the dream of the friends of the college for a generation. We have to be faithful to our trust in this mat¬ ter for only a few short months, and this dream will have been realized. “The endowment comes none too soon, as the capacity of the teaching force is crowded to its utmost, the lower classes having been divided and subdivided until some of the profes¬ sors are devoting three hours to a class, when they should he required to devote only one. The success of the campaign means more teachers (and notwithstanding the fact that within the last eight years $190,000 has been invested in permanent im¬ provements), better equipment and, we trust, more pupils brought under the wholesome influence which per¬ vades the college life at Oxford. Let the friends of Christian education thank God and take courage." —A FINE WHITE STEAMER FOR SALE.—I have a 1909 Model 0 White Steamer practically new and in abso¬ lutely perfect condition, which I offer for sale at $1200, and if desired will make liberal terms with part cash payment, Reason for selling, I have two Steamers. Address L. H. Hilton, [Sylvania, Ga. THE COVINGTON NEWS SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS CONVENED MONDAY. Nearly All the Representatives Have Already Reached Washington. Washington, December 4.—With the opening of the first regular session of the sixty-first congress but two days away, senators and representatives from near and far are arriving in Washington today by almost every train. Following a time-honored custom, both houses will adjourn soon after their convening at. noon on Monday. The adjournment is out of respect to the memory of those members who have died during the recess of con¬ gress. Senator Johnson, of North Dakota, republican, died several weeks ago and his successor, Fountain L. Thomp¬ son, of Cando, N. I)., a democrat ap¬ pointed by North Dakota’s new demo¬ cratic governor, will take the oath of office Tuesday. The deceased representatives are: David A De Armond, of the Sixth Mis¬ souri district, who met at tragic death in a fire which destroyed his home at Butler, Mo., only a few days ago, and Francis R. Lassiter, of the Fourth Virginia district. Tuesday is likely to be devoted in both houses to the reading of Presi¬ dent Taft’s first annual message to the congress. Election Contests. A half dozen election districts in five states figured in the contests which will be threshed out early in the next session of the house of rep¬ resentatives. These contests, notices of which have been received by the clerk of the house, will be laid before the committees, of which there are three, in charge of such matters, prob¬ ably Wednesday. Among those in the South is in the First district of Lou¬ isiana, where H. C. Warmouth is con¬ testing the seat of Albert Estopinal. Two South Carolina members are hav¬ ing their elections contested, George S. Legare in the First district, and Asbury F. Lever, in the Seventh. Le gare’s contestant is A. P. Prioleau, and Lever is being fought by R. H. Richardson. All three of these con tests are based largely on legal tech¬ nicalities. Claiming that the shifting of a county fsom the Firth district of Vir¬ ginia into another district was illegal and deprived him of sufficient ballots to change the result, J. M. Parsons Is fighting for the seat of Edward W. Saunders. —8 packages of Celluloid starch for 25 cents at C. G. Robinson's. NOT BURIED AT SEA. Th* Humane French Boatman and the Dead Englishman. A long expected French lugger was seen making for the roadstead, and the Lowestoft free traders were on the alert, anxiously seeking an oppor¬ tunity for communicating with her crew. While they waited for a lapse of vigilance on the part of the excise men a boat was lowered from the lug¬ ger and rowed toward the shore. A curious crowd of beach men and ex¬ cise men assembled to meet her. and as sbe came in on the crest of a roller It was observed that she contained a coffin. The French boatmen had a mourn¬ ful tale to tell. On board tbe lugger had been an Englishman suffering from an Illness which soon proved fa¬ tal. In his last moments of conscious ness he had begged tbe captain not to bury him at sea, but to keep his body until a resting place could be found for It under the green turf of a church yard in his native land. Sympathy with his sad fate and the knowledge that the lugger was not far from the English coast had Induced tbe captain to consent, and now he had sent the body ashore for burial. In spite of his broken English the Frenchmen’s spokesman told his tale well. Both excise men and beach men— especially the latter—loudly expressed their admiration of the captain's con¬ duct A parson was summoned, and in a little while a mournful procession made Its way from the beach to the churchyard. Even the chief officer of tbe excise men was>present and Is said to have shed tears. That night the local “resurrection¬ ists’’ were busy, and at dawn the churchyard contained a desecrated grave. A tittle way inland, however. In the midst of the marshes, a smug¬ glers’ store received the addition of a coffin filled with silks and lace.— “Highways and Byways In East Ad glia.*' by W. A. Dutt. Joe Millar Waa Not a Joker. Joe Miller, who is generally believed to have been the soul of wit. never made a sing'e joke in bis life. He was an actor and bo grave in manner as to become the butt of other people’s hilarity. When any witticism went tbe round Miller was accused of its authorship, and be would never deny It He lived an exemplary life aDd died universally respected. But no sooner was he dead than appeared "Joe Miller’s Jests; or. The Wits' Vade Mecum," compiled by “Elijah Jenkins, Esq.’’—that is to say, forged by John Mottley. tbe Jacobite, just as years be¬ fore Hobson’s “Polly Peacbrum” and Ben Johnson’s “Jests” had been forged. Dragon Flies. Dragon flies can eatcb insects when flying at tbe rate of forty or fifty, miles an boot. , ON THE FLAT SHELL Oysters Opened That Way With a Pur¬ pose, the Waiter Said. The waiter had taken a long time In getting the oysters, but as be was well known to his guests and his guests to him that occasioned no comment When the oysters were brought the waiter set them down before his cus¬ tomer and asked: "Do you like them better that way?” The diner looked, but he didn’t no¬ tice any difference, so he asked, “What way?" “Why, on the flat shell,” replied the waiter. “Don’t you see they aren’t on the curved part of the shell, us usual?” “I see It now that you tell me about it,” said the diner, “but I don't exact¬ ly get the significance." "Well, you see," said the waiter, “they always keep them upstairs on the round shell, and when any one calls for oysters if they do come on the round shell It isn’t a certainty that they have been opened fresh. Some¬ times they aren’t good, just because they have been standing. When 1 call for them on the flat shell, as I do for some of my customers, then they have to open them specially for that order Id that way you get them fresh." "Ah. I see!" remarked tbe diner. But when he told the professional cynic about It the cynic said some¬ thing about betting that they kept them standing opened in both ways. “Besides, any one knows they look fatter on the flat shell, which Is all the more reason they’d be likely to serve them to some folks that way. If they asked for extra large oysters they’d get them on the flat shell. The same oysters on tbe curved shell would go as ordinary sized oysters,” remark¬ ed the cynic gloomily.—New York Sun. The Name “Pepy*.” How should “Pepys” be pronounced? Percy Lubbock, who wrote a biogra¬ phy of Samuel Pepys. declares “Peeps.” But there are many people living and talking who call themselves "Peppts.” In 1679 was published a volume called “Luclda Jntervalla,” by James Car casse. who was a clerk in tbe office ot Pepys. He did not like Pepys and would have beeu glad to spell It “Peeps.” But be didn’t. He wrote: Gat thee behind me, then; dumb devil begone! The Lora hath Epbthatha said to my tongue. Him i must praise who opened hath my Ups, Sent roe from navy to the ark by Pepys. From this tbe London Chronicle con¬ cludes that to bis contemporary Pepys was •’Pips.” Mr. Struckoil—That there sculptor feller says he’s goln’ to make a bust of me- Mrs. Struckoil—Henry, It’s dreadful the way you talk. Say “burst,” mot “bust”—Philadelphia Rec¬ ord. DOUBLE SUNSET. Curious Spectacle Seen at Timea In One Spot In England. A vary curious astronomical phe¬ nomenon occurs in lhe heavens at a certaiu time of tbe year which cau be witnessed only by standing in tbe par¬ ish churchyard of Leek, In Stafford¬ shire, Euglund. From that position the top of a mountain known us the Cloud breaks the Hue of sight and fully Intercepts your view of the setting of the sun. This mountain Is six miles distant, as the crow flies, from the town of l^iek and owing to Its peculiar formation causes the sun when it has entered that sign of the zodiac known as Can¬ cer, which happens when we are about halfway through the year, to prpduee the strange effect of setting twice daily. The first time that It sets the town sinks into darkness, and the Inbab 1 Hints light up their houses and shops In the usual way. Presently dawn suf¬ fuses over the town, clear daylight follows, and artificial lights are put out. At the second setting of the sun darkness sets In for good. This phe¬ nomenon continues for some days. Tbe head and shoulders of the dis¬ tant mountain intervene Just at tbe Juncture when the sun at the first set¬ ting drops behind the top or head of the mountain. There be hides for some time and emerges again from behind Just below the head aud throws day¬ light out upon the locality once more, when be again sinks behind the moun¬ tain’s shoulders and finally sets behind the horizon.—Stray Stories. Color* In Poetry. As to color. Grant Allen maintained in an “Essay on the Color Sense” that only eight colors are recognized by the popular mind—black, white, red. blue, green, yellow, gray aud browD. Edu¬ cated people speak of scarlet, crimson, lilac and purple oDly under exception¬ al circumstances. In a prosaic hour Grant Alien weDt through “Poems and Ballads” on the quest for color and found that Swinburne used the word red 151 times, rosy and crimson once each and sanguiDe, ruddy and scarlet twice each. Gold Is mentioned thir¬ teen times. Blue reaches twenty-five And Ihe prosaic conclusion Is “to adopt the statistical form, we might say. If we chose to reckon the uureck onable. that red is 500 per cent more poetical than blue.” Har Strong Faith. “Oh. Tom.” exclaimed tbe fair young maid as tbeir auto Hew along, “there's a church just ahead there!” “But,” replied the eloptng lover, “we can’t be married there." "Well, but we might stop there and pray that we may not be overtaken.”— Unci* Remus* Magazine.