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Cotton Market:
Following was ruling
prices here yesterday:
Middling, 14 7-8 cts.
Good mid. 15 cts.
VOL. 11. NO. 3
HON. CHAS. G. SMITH RE-ELECTED MAYOR
FOR ANOTHER TERM WITHOUT OPPOSITION
NEW COUNCIL IS COMPOSED OF
ALL YOUNG MEN.
Has Six Good Men to Serve With
Him. Two Members of School
Board Also Elected. Election a
Very Quiet One.
The election held Monday for May¬
or, six councilmen and two members
of the school board, passed off very
quietly with a small vote being polled
compared with the number who had
registered.
Hon. Chas. G. Smith was reelected
as the mayor for another year with¬
out opposition, which is a very strong
endorsement of his services rendered
the city during the year just closing.
In the election of men for the coun¬
cil there was also but one ticket out
and it was satisfactory to the people
of the city. The council next year
will be composed of all young men,
known to all our people for their bus¬
iness ability and energy, and that
their administration will be a very
progressive one is the prediction of
almost everyone. In the election of
two members for the school board
there were three candidates, Drs. W.
1). Travis, N. Z. Anderson and Mr.
R. R. Fowler. The result showed
that Dr. Anderson and Mr. Fowler
were reelected to their former places.
Following is the ticket and votes
received by each of the gentlemen:
For Mayor.
Chas. G. Smith................. 177
For Councilmen.
Jas. R. Stephenson............. 181
J. E. Phillips................... 181
R. P. Lester................... 173
Dr. Luke Robinson,............ 180
R. E. Everitt................... 176
John Callaway, ................ 176
For School Board.
Dr. N. Z. Anderson, .......... 132
R. R. Fowler................... 121
Dr. W. D. Travi............... 77
One of the most unique features of
the election was the fact that Mr.
James R. Stephenson, who has serv¬
ed the city several terms as a coun¬
Regular Annual Meeting
Of the stockholders of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
is called for the Second Tuesday, the
14th day of January 1910.
The meeting will be called to order
promptly at 10 o’clock at the offices of
First National Bank
Covington, Georgia.
Cooitmton News I
cilman and who has been a member
of that body during some of its most
heated problems, led the ticket in
the voting. This is considered very
unusual as it is hard for a man to
hold a public office for any length of
time without making political enemies
His friends are congratulating him
on his splendid race. Mr. J. E. Phil¬
lips also received the same number
of votes as led the ticket.
With this bunch of progressive men
at its head Covington will have an¬
other year of hustle in the city affairs
and we have no doubt but that the
next year will mark another record
breaking epoch in the city’s rapid
growth.
The members of the council are all
new men except Mr. Stephenson and
are among the city's most prominent
business and professional men. They
are hustlers,all of them,and a better
set could not well have been found
in the city..
The News extends congratulations
to Covington on her selection of mu¬
nicipal officers for another year and
offers its services to them in any
movement of public interest.
Masons Elect Officers.
At the regular meeting of the F. &
A. M., lodge held last week officers
for the ensuing year were elected.
The lodge here now has a good live
workihg force and during the past
few months a number of Covington's
prominent citizens have been carried
through this ancient order.
The new officers elected last week
are:
J. S. Peek, W. M.
C. A. Clark, S. W.
C. A. Sockwell, J. W.
J. W. Peek, Secretary.
R. R. Fowler, Treasurer.
C. C. King, S. D.
J. H. Echols, J. D.
W. B. R, Pennington, S. S.
V. A. Harper, J. S.
W. M. Hays, Tyler.
4 If have not renewed your sub¬
you
scription to the NEWS there never
was a better time than now.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 22, 1909.
WATER IN DECATUR CON¬
DEMNED FOR DRINKING.
CHEMICAL TEST SHOWS LARGE
AMOUNT OF BACTERIA
Prof. Arbuckle Shows From Examina
tion that Water Caused Recent
Typhoid Fever Epidemic at Agnes
Scott College.
We take the following letter, ad¬
dressed to the city clerk of Decatur,
from the last issue of DeKalb New
Era, with the comment that what is
true in Decatur is true in Covington.
We now have as complete water sys¬
tem as any town in the state, with
pure filtered water, and the fact that
well water contains so many germs
should be an inducement for our peo¬
ple to connect up with the city sys¬
tem as early as practicable.
“I am taking the liberty of calling
your attention to certain facts con¬
cerning he drinking waters of Deca¬
tur, which have a most important
bearing upon the health of our peo¬
ple here. These facts have quite re¬
cently come to my knowledge in
connection with a search for the
cause of the recent typhoid fever ep¬
idemic in our college. I am handing
you herewith a summary of several
analysis of Decatur waters, which
speak in no uncertain language about
the sub-soil waters of our town.
“The city council is the custodian
of our health under our present laws
and I beg that you will submit these
facts terthat body together with he
following comments:
“1. It may concern many people of
our town to know the result of the
findings in the situation at the Col¬
lege. Briefly, it is this, 1 found upon
analysis of the drinking water taken
from the well in the front yard that
the water showed unmistakable signs
of a recent sewerage contamination.
The well is well located and protect¬
ed and it is hard to see the source
of such pollution. At the rear of the
building is a large well, construct¬
ed under the directions of Col. Geo.
W. Scott, the best constructed well
I ever saw. This was used as a
storage well for fire protection and
was always well covered and well
protected with a cement brick wall.
Some one suggested that I examine
the water of this well. I found it
badly contaminated, much worse than
the drinking water. I also found by
placing chemicals in this well that
there was an underground connection
with the well used for drinking wa¬
ter. The wells are 150 feet apart.
I then had the sewer uncovered that
ran by this storage well and found
that the sewer was badly broken at
a point within eight feet of the wall
of the well. The sewer was broken
by a workman who had run a water
line across the sewer and It is likely
that no one knew of the break. The
sewage from ten closets passed into
this sewer and a student who had
recently recovered from typhoid fe¬
ver roomed in this wing of the build¬
ing. No one has doubted the cause
of our trouble, since these facts were
brought to light. Samples of water
from the two wells were subjected
to searching bacteriological tests in
the laboratory of the Johns Hopkins
University. No pathogenic germs
were found in the drinking water, at
least, in the sample examined, but
very strong presumptive evidence of
these bacteria was obtained in the
water from the storage well and the
the water was strongly condemned.
The connection between the two
wells makes the findings in one evi¬
dence concerning the other.
2. It rarely happens that the bacil¬
li of typhoid fever are isolated in a
drinking water by bacteriological
tests. They were not found in the
sewage of the city of London during
an epidemic of typhoid fever. We
cannot rely upon negative bacteriolog¬
ical tests. I desire to warn our peo¬
ple about this. Bacteria may be dis¬
posed in patches in water and the
particular sample taken may not con¬
tain them. Chemical tests must
depended upon to fix suspicion on
many waters in which the bacteria
have not been found. The chemical*
tested are found not in every drop
and are, therefore, more generally re
liable. I am willing to confess that
chemistry declares to be bad may be
free from pateogenic germs.but when
the health of our people is concerned
It is better to err on the safe side,
so we should heed the warning of the
chemist
If you will refer to the report of
our State Geologist on Undergrowu
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIANS
ELECT OFFICERS FOR ‘10.
J. O. BRADSHAW SUCCEEDS JOHN
CALLAWAY AS C. C.
Local Lodge is One of the Strongest
in the State.—All Good Men Se
lected to Fill Offices for the Next
Year.
At the regular meeting of the K.
of P. ‘Lodge held at the Secret Order
Hall Monday night.officers were elect¬
ed to serve that popular order during
the next year, and in all of the places
men of excellent worth were elected.
The Knights of Pythians Lodge is
one of the strongest orders in the
city and has in Its membership the
best people In the city.
The following gentlemen were se¬
lected to fill the different offices:
J. O. Bradshaw, C. C.
F. E. Heard, V. C.
W. M. Hays, Prelate.
J. T. Swann, M. of W.
F. S. Elliott, K. of R. S.
J. W. Harwell, M. of Finance.
W. Cohen, Master Exchequer.
W. R. Stillwell, Master at Arms.
W. S. Cook, Inside Guard.
J. C. Knox, Outside Guard.
J. C. Weaver, Trustee.
With these gentlemen to guide her
destiny during the next term, the
local lodge of the K. P’s will have an
unusually good year during 1910.
Covington Boy Honored.
Mr. Walton Conyers Clark of this
ci|ty has been elected to fill the su¬
perintendent^ of the Textile Depart¬
ment of the Columbus public school.
His friends congratulate him.
Waters of Georgia, you will find that
the chemist condemned the waters
of two towns In North Georgia, ty¬
phoid fever having raged there for
many years and repeated bacteriolog¬
ical examination had failed to locate
the trouble in the water.
3. 1 have given in the table not the
complete analysis of the waters, but
only the quantity of those substances
that help us to determine the nature
contamination. Not any one of these
substances alone would be sufficient
to condemn a water, but when free
ammonia, chlorides, and nitrate are
combined In considerable quantity
above the quantity that should be ex¬
pected in a normal water, you may
be reasonably sure of sewage contam¬
ination. Nitrites In measurable quan¬
tities point very strongly to the pro¬
ducts of quite recent animal decay.
A dead rat may account for them lu
one well,but It is not likely that dead
rats are to be found In a number of
wells at the same time. When ni¬
trites are found together with consid¬
erable quantities of chlorides and free
ammonia it would be difficult to ex¬
plain It other than by sewerage con¬
tamination.
4 . Note the outstanding quality of
the Decatur own water on the basis
of this analysis. I congratulate you|
on having water of such purity, but
would advise that the council proceed
to provide an inspector who shall, at
least twice a week examine the creek
for a mile above the point where the
water Is taken and inspect the water¬
shed in this region and report to the I
City Clerk.
5. You will find the waters placed j
in order of pollution, as far as the!
figures would indicate. I call your|
attention that of the ten wells anal- j
yzed only two show water of a purity
that would make it suitable for the
purpose of drinking, viz: The Infirm-!
ary well and the Lovejoy well. You|
■have case of typhoid fever In town
now, probably dup to drinking water
from the Blanchar and the Maclean
wells and It fB well known that there
were several cases of typhoid fever
at the place where the Hathaways
live.
6. 1 present what seems to me from
a large number of analysts to be
about the composition of an unpollute
well in Decatur, but in my experience
such a well seems hard to find. Such
a water could not make the showing
of your town water.
7. You have a good water for your
town. With simple precautions you
j can keep it good. You should have
It examined, at least, four times a
year. You should take steps which
will Insure every citizen of our town
drinking this water. You will thus
render a service to the people of your
town that will redound to their health
and happiness. Sincerely,
A. B. ARBUCKLE,
Chemist, Agnes Scott College.
MRS, L. D, KING WINS HANDSOME PIANO
IN THE NEWS' SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST.
LEAD THE NEXT NEAREST CONTES
TANT BY 50,000 VOTES.
First Big Contest of The News Is
Over and the PIANO Will Be
Delivered Today. Many Subscrib
ers Added to Our List.
The Piano Contest which the News
has been conducting for the past two
and u half months, came to an end
at five o’clock Monday afternoon and
then came the counting of the im¬
mense pile of votes and coupons the
contestants had turned in during the
time the contest was on, which was
by no means an easy task. When
the contest was first inaugurated we
expected to add a number of new sub
scribers to our list, but the result by
far exceeded our most sanguine ex¬
pectations, both in new names for our
subscription list and renewals from
those already taking the News.
Almost from the sart. there were
tjiree of the contesnnts who left the
others far behind and for something
like a month and a half the stand¬
ing of these three was very exciting.
They were Mrs. L. I). King, the win¬
ner of the piano and Misses Ethel
Piper and Una Smith. About two
weeks tgo, towevei, Miss Piper be¬
came discouraged and withdrew front
the race. A week later Miss Smith
also withdrew, leaving the field prac¬
tically clear to Mrs. King. The fact
that these young ladies came out was
regrettable by us, as both had excel¬
lent showings for ultimately winning
out and securing the piano.
After the other leading contestants
got out of the race Mrs. King did not
stop her work, but seemed to hus¬
tle all the more. During the last
two or three days of the contest she
turned In over two hundred subscrib¬
ers, the majority being new ones.
The News appreciates the splendid
work done by each of the contest¬
ants and regrets the fact that we are
not in position to give them all one
of the excellent Shuts instruments as
a token of our appreciation of the
good work they have done for us.
Mrs. King certainly deserves the
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
Furniture and Fixtures ......................... 3 5833.6
Cash on Hand and in Banks ... .................. 56 218.98
Total ___________________ $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 1..................ZT—— ________$324 026.14
We solicit your banking business.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington, Georgia.
CAPITAL $ 100 , 000.00
if It Is Printing
We do it. The kind that
pleases the customers.
Estimates furnished and
work quickly executed.
$1. A Year In Advance.
reward to which she is entitled. She
has worked hard during the time al¬
lotted for the contest, and every day
you could see her adding new names
to our list. It Is with pleasure that
we will send the insrument down to
her home today, and in sending it
we also send our hearty thanks for
the service she has rendered us.
Mrs. King, at the finish, led In the
contest by 50,000 votes.
This ends the first big contest of
The Covington News, and at the fin¬
ish our subscription list, already a
large one, is by far the largest ever
held by a local newspaper. This be¬
gins us with the new year wiht an
unusually attractive advertising prop¬
ositlon for the live business man.
Sunday School Institute.
We are requested by Mr. T. C.
Cowan, secretary, to announce that
the Oak Hill Sunday School Insti¬
tute will be held at Hopewell on Jan¬
uary 1-10. The subject up for dis¬
cussion at that time will he "What
should be the object of every teach¬
er In going before his class?" It Is
expected that the teachers will all
speak on the subject and that the
Institute, will be a very Interesting
one.
Card of Thanks.
Covington, (la., Dee., 20, 1909.
Editors Tins News:
I beg space to thank those who
have helped me in Tue News Piano
Contest.
The contest is over and I am confi¬
dent that I have won, but whether I
win or lose iu the final count, I want
everyone who has helped me to know
that I appreciate their support.
I have tried to keep my books in
good shape, but if any mistakes oc¬
cur, let me know, and 1 will do all I
can to rectify them.
I am sincerely yours,
Mrs. Lemuel D. Kino.
We still have a few subscribers who
have neglected to renew their sub¬
scriptions. Better attend to it now.