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IN EVERY
HOUSEHOLD
It is necessary to have on hand
some physic ready for immediate
use, and for this purpose we con¬
fidently recommend
9
Robinson's
Black Bitters
They are no sure cure remedy,
but they do act on the stomach,
liver, kidneys, bowels and other
vital organs pleasantly, promptly
and as a rule do not gripe or pain.
Are Guaranteed
To be of benefit in cases of slug¬
gish feeling, can’t sleep, dark
rings under the eyes, sallow skin,
sour belches, heartburn, full feel¬
ing after meals, backache from in¬
active kidneys, constipation, loss
of appetite, headache from billious
ness, constipation or over-eating,
indigestion, pain in stomach after
a hearty meal, etc., etc.
It’s a liquid medicine prepared
only
By One Person
Dr. Duke Robinson, and cannot be
prepared by anyone else. For he
alone knows from 20 years practi¬
cal experience how to so combine
the following 17 roots, barks, herbs
gums, etc., to make a palatable
sure relief
Household Remedy
Stillingia, Berberis-Aquifol, Bur¬
dock Root, Prickly Ash, Sarsapa¬
rilla Root, Polk Root, Rhubard
Root, Columbo, Gentian, Aloin,
Tr. Nux Vom., Iron, with styptic
taste removed, F. E. Ginger, F.
E. Guiac, F. E. Cascara Segranda,
Tincture Peppermint, 8 year old
pure corn whiskey to preserve the
ingredients.
Ask your family doctor about
the above ingredients and he will
tell you that they compose largely
his main drugs in the above cases.
I feel quite sure that one in any of
the above conditions can find
No better
Medicine than Robinson's Black
Bitteis for their troubles. Remem¬
ber every bottle sold on its merits.
I f not benefitted call on the
you bought of, carry your
back, write vour name on the label
and tell the agent what you were
taking it for and say your case was
not benefitted and get your
back. Isn’t that fair? I
never as yet had a bottle returned.
How does that speak for
medicine?
THE FARMERS UNION’S
NEW NATIONAL COLLEGE.
National Farmers Union Proposes to
Establish High Class Institution
For Convenience and Better Fa¬
cilities for the Farmers.
The proposed agricultural 'college
to be established by the National Far¬
mers Union has created widespread
comment throughout the country. The
newspapers have given it considera¬
ble attention and different cities in
the soqth have been bidding for the
location of the central college.
It is proposed to establish agricul¬
tural schools in every community of
such a nature that every boy in the
community, no matter how destitute
of friends he may be, can work his
way through the courses offered.
President Barrett, of the National
Farmers Union, outlines the scope
and mission of the college as follows:
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“To discuss these subjects in de¬
tail would be to elaborate the agri¬
cultural problem of the south and the
nation, for the scope and mission of
our school aims at no less preten¬
tious an object than the half way
revolutionizing of rural life every¬
where.
“What is the matter with the coun¬
try today? Boys and young men, in
many instances the cream of the pop¬
ulation, are leaving in a steady army
for the cities. And this in spite of
the fact that the country life on the
farm offers at this moment greater
material rewards and a more pleasant
environment than at any period in
their history.
“Science and education have revo¬
lutionized agriculture. They have ei¬
ther eliminated or materially modi¬
fied the round about and spend¬
thrift methods of yesterday. If their
lessons were universally applied we
would be raising products in the sun
[ity south and elsewhere at a cost
infinitely less than that now obtain¬
ing, and we would be doing it at the
expense of much less labor and tra¬
vail.
“The march of invention and civ¬
ilization have also pushed back the
isolation and the loneliness that once
meant life on the farm. Everywhere
good roads is a paramount issue. The
rural free delivery service is drawing
the farmer and his family yet closer
to the centers of activity. The rural
telephones and the newspapers are re*
inforcing those influences that are
operating to make easier and more
profitable the surroundings of the far¬
mer.
“ And yet, in the face of these
widespread transformations, and they
have barely begun their eventual di¬
mensions, it becomes increasingly dif¬
ficult to keep men of the right sort
on the farm. The lot of the men who
remain there is not half so pleasant
and profitable as it should be, con
idering that the farmer is the foun¬
dation of prosperity and moral wel¬
fare in the United States.
“The Farmers Union has long real¬
ized these conditions. Its work has
already done much to help each to¬
ward solution.
“But now we are going to attack
them where they grow, where they
are fed.
“We propose educating country boy
and young men so that each shall be¬
come a leader, each a missionary for
business agriculture, for advance in
thinking, in commercial and working
methods in education and intelligence,
and in living in their respective com¬
munities.
“We expect to show them how to
convince their neighbors that both
duty and self interest lie, not in a
banding, but in remaining on the farm
and hitching to its myraid activities
the skill and the cunning and effi¬
ciency of twentieth century standards
and conceptions.
“The farmer is not educated for his
profession as is the doctor, the law¬
yer and the business man are for
theirs.
“We are working not so much for
today as for tomorrow; the innnediat
tomorrow and the far tomorrow. We
are working for the welfare of every
member of the Farmers Union. It is
a warfare in which the interest of ev¬
ery man is equal.”
Eating the Pie.
“I remember one man from my home
town,” a western senator said recent¬
ly. “in the good old days before civil
service examinations, whose dream of
j earthly attainment was a government
place. When his party was finally
successful he immediately set out for
Washington and was ‘on the job’ long
before the 4th of March, but there
seemed to be a hitch somewhere. All
through the spring he was about town.
By June he was seedy, but still ap¬
peared to be ‘game.’ Finally I found
him In th,e gallery of the wenate cham¬
ber apparently endeavoring to kill
time.
“‘Well, have you given It up?’ I
asked, trying to be sympathetic.
“ ‘Oh, I got the Job, all right’ he re¬
plied, with a satisfied smile. Tin
working now.’ ’’—Success Magazine.
Only on the Edge.
Often the trouble with gilt edge se¬
curities is that's where aU the gilt is
1 located.—New York Life.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
ROAD BONDS DEFEATED
IN BUTTS COUNTY.
Election Held for Issuing $20,000 in
Road Bonds Was Defeated Last
Week.—Convicts Will Be Loaned
To Some Other County.
The following article in reference
to the road bond election held in that
county last week, was taken from the
last issue of the Jackson Progress.
“Good roads through means of a
bond issue and convicts was given a
knockout blow' here Saturday when
the election to allow the people to
vote on an issue of $15,000 for roads
and $5,000 for bridges was overwhel¬
mingly defeated.
“Out of a total registration of about
550 only 121 votes were cast for road
improvement bonds and 113 for the
bridge bonds. Against road improve¬
ment bonds 61 votes were registered
while 45 were chalked up against the
bridge bonds. The measure required
260 votes to carry.
“The election is a bitter disappoint¬
ment to those who want to see good
roads by means of a bond issue and
convicts in Butts county. While it
was thought the result would be close
yet it was not dreamed that such a
small vote would be polled. Evidentl
the people did not go to the various
polling places. In the Worthville dis¬
trict the polls were not opened.
“The defeat of the measure means
that the county's convicts will prob¬
ably be loaned to another county next
year.
Washington's Spring
The first thing that greets the eyes
of a stranger alighting from the train
at Cold Spring, a village resting snug¬
ly in the highlands of the Hudson, is
Washington’s spring, inclosed by three
bowlders In the rough, which, as one
approaches, are seen to contain a tiny
pool of spouting water. An Inscrip¬
tion In relief upon the bronze plate
announces that “General George Wash¬
ington, In frequent visits to the Ameri¬
can troops encamped uenr by during
the war of the Revolution, drank of
this spring and gave It Its name, Cold
spring.”
The encampments referred to wer«
principally upon the famous Constitu¬
tion Island, Just below, to which was
attached one end of the great chain
which was stretched across the river
to West Point and checked navigation
by the British warships during the
Revolution.
Nietzsche and the Invalid.
An Invalid lady who often met
Nietzsche found him the gentlest, kind
est and most sypmathetlc of men. He
“Implored her wltfi tears in his eyes
not to read his books.” Such was his
knowledge of women that he was
thunderstruck to find shortly after¬
ward that the lady at once proceeded
to read them all. He was further
stupefied by the discovery that, hav¬
ing read them, she was utterly un
moved by the philosopher’s unanswer¬
able demonstrations that feeble per
sons like herself had no right to live
nnd that women were distinguished bj
this, that and the other objectionable
attribute. It must have been a blow
to him.—London News.
Her Awful Sin.
A little girl of six once went In great
distress to her mother, saying that she
had committed a sin which could nev¬
er be forgiven and which was too bad
to be repeated. By dint of a little
coaxing she was Induced to make a
full confession, which was In this
wise:
“I felt so sorry for poor Satan and
wanted to give him a little comfort
So I got a glass of cold water and
poured It down a little hole In the
kitchen floor.”
QUENTIN METYS.
How Love Changed a Great Black¬
smith Into a Great Painter.
Love made Quentin Metys a painter.
This great Fleming, whom both Ant¬
werp and Louvain claim to have given
birth, though the palm now rests with
Louvain, was the son of an able black¬
smith. Trained in his father’s craft,
the younger Quentin soon distinguish¬
ed himself by his work in this base
metal and among other matters turned
out the wonderfully delicate ironwork
that surmounts the well outside the
Cathedral of Antwerp. Already an ac¬
knowledged master of his guild, it
came about, writes Helen Zimmern in
the Metropolitan Magazine, that the
young artisan fell In love with the
daughter of a rich Antwerp burgher.
When asked to consent to a marriage,
however, the father would not hear of
It, saying he could not let his daughter
wed a blacksmith. Quentin next In¬
quired If he would feel the same objec¬
tion to a painter? The good burgher,
; who anticipated no change of craft on
the questioner's part, replied that there,
indeed, was a more refined profession.
What was his surprise and perhaps se
i cret dismay when some months later
Quentin Metys reappeared and asked
for the fulfillment of the old burgher’s
promise. He had. Indeed, become a
painter and one already held In high
esteem. To commemorate his love and
his serving on her account Metys
limned an “auto-portrait” that now
hangs in the Uffizi, at Florence. Those
acquainted with the secret know that
if they touch a little spring in this
frame the panel opens like a door, and
behind the shelter of Metys’ own por¬
trait is concealed that of his love and
wife, a sweet Dutch face for whom
doubtless he deemed it well worth his
while to have played the part of the
patriarch Jacob.
Watches and Clocks
Repaired.
I am prepared Clocks to and repair your fix
Watches and can
them so they will run, for less mon¬
ey than my competitors and guar¬
antee all my work. When you are
eady for your work give me a
trial.
J. SIEGEL
At Dr. J. A. Wrights Drug Store.
A PRETTY UNE OF JEWELRY
AND STANDARD WATCHES.
—FOUND—Four full grown turkey
hens, found something like a month
ago. Owner can get same by paying
for feed and this advertisement. Call
at this office. They were found north
of the Georgia Railroad depot.
FOR SALE—22 Winchester rifle, 16
shot, price $7.50. Is almost new. Can
be seen at News office.
RENT.
Two 5-Room cottages for rent.
One 4-Room cottage for rent.
With electric lights, water, sewerage,
or without.
Buggies, Wagons and Harness Easy Terms.
D. A. Thompson, Covington, Ga.
PROFITS CUT ALL
TO PIECES ON
PIANOS
T n or Fifte n Different Makes.
$10 Profit on Factory Prices.
See This Line Before You Make
Your Purchase.
It Means Money To you.
C. A. HARWELL,
Leader In
Furniture and Undertaking
Covington, Ga.
New Racket Store
Spot Cash! One Price! Big Values!
Christmas Goods are here and will
be on exhibition after December 1 st.
Come early and avoid big rush. 1
have added many new lines and more will
follow. New goods of season arriving
every few days. Yours truly,
J. I. QUINN, Covington, Ga.
