HAS PASSED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND
PROMINENT CITIZEN
OF ROCKDALE DEAD.
Mr. A, Whiteker, Sr., Passed Away
at His Home in Conyers Thursday.
Was Well Known and Had many
Relatives in this County.
One of Conyers’ most useful citi¬
zens, a man who in a quiet, modest,
but eminently practical way did his
full share and more in upbuilding the
community in which he lived, passed
away to his reward Thursday after¬
noon.
Mr. Whitaker's death, which oc
curred at one o’clock, was the result
ot old age. He had been confined to
his room for only one day. His
friends knew that his condition had
been quite feeble for some months,
and that he was gradually approach¬
ing the end of his earthly journey,
but at the same time the news of
his death was most, saddening to
hundreds of friends, who held in true
appreciation his noble character.
The deceased gentleman was 83
years of age, a faithful membeer of
the Primitive Baptist church, and wa
one of the most upright and exem¬
plary citizens of the county; his char¬
acter was above reproach; his word
at all times was as good as a boud;
his acts were never questioned by
those who knew him, and as a citi¬
zen he discharged all the duties of
life faithfully and efficiently.
Besides Ills wife lie is surviv¬
ed by one son, Mr. A. Whitaker, .Jr.,
and one daughter, Mrs. S. L. Alinand,
of this city.
The funeral took place from his
residence on Milstead evenue at 11
o’clock Friday, the services being con¬
ducted by Elder Jno. >F. Alinand, and
interment was in the family cemetery
three miles below town.
To those who are grieved by the
death of this noble gentleman, we ex¬
tend our deepest sympathy.—Conyers
Times.
The Leather of the Egyptians.
The ancient Egyptians were skilled
In the art of tanning leather and man¬
ufactured it In various ways and for
various purposes besides that of fur¬
nishing covering for the feet. Indeed,
it is to those builders of tiie pyramids
that we are Indebted for the first artis¬
tic forms of footwear, and, so fnr as
can be ascertained from history and
the researches of archaeologists, the
Egyptians were the first shoemakers
who were worthy of that name. It is
a fact, too, that tanners of today em¬
ploy very much the same methods
ns did the ancients. About the same
materials are used, and the processes
are almost precisely similar to those in
vogue hundreds of years ngo. It Is
true that tanners of the present day
have found a means of greatly shorten¬
ing the time required to convert a hide
into leather ami that steam power and
modern machinery have done much to
expedite anil improve the processes of
finishing the leather; but, after all, the
principals of tanning remain the sntne
as they have been from the first.—
London Globe.
Posthaste.
He kicked off his wet boots, slid his
tired feet into n pair of carpet slippers,
lit ills pipe, sat down in the easy chair
with a sigh of relief and declared that
twenty thousand wild horses couldn’t
make him stir from the house til!
morning.
"Henry,” remarked the lady with the
knitting needles, "you posted that let¬
ter I gave you this morning, I sup¬
pose?”
“I did, my love,” he answered un
blushlngly.
"I asked ran to postpone her visit for
awhile,” his wife went on. You see”—
Henry did see. His wife saw too.
What she saw was the tired man jump
from his chair, kick off his slippers,
put on his boots and skip out into the
street as if rain was the very thing he
liked wading through.
And when, five minutes later, Henry
came back with a tale that he'd just
been to see how the^hermometer out¬
side the postoffioe stood she smiled.—
London Scraps.
Just Like Eve’s Apple.
A fruit supposed to bear the mark of
Eve’s teeth is one of the many botan¬
ical curiosities of Ceylon. The tree on
which it grows is known by tiie sig
ultieant name of "the forbidden fruit,"
or "Eve’s apple tree.” The blossom
has a very pleasant scent, but the real¬
ly remarkable feature of the tree, the
one to which it owes its name, is the
fruit. It is beautiful and hangs from
the tree in a peculiar manner. Orange
on the outside and deep crimson with¬
in, each fruit has the appearance of
having had a piece bitten out of it.
This fact, together with its poisonous
quality, led the Mohammedans to rep¬
resent it as the forbidden fruit of the
garden of Eden and to warn men
against its noxious properties. The
mark upon the fruit is attributed to
Eve. Why the bite of Adam did not
also leave its mark is not known, but
as only one piece seems to be missing
its loss is ascribed to the womau.
FOR SALE.
—Flooring, Weatherboarding and
Shingles. W. H. PICKETT.
CORPORATIONS MUST
REGISTER WITH ORDINARY
GRAND JURY MAY RETURN
BILLS OF INDICTMENT SOON
Law Specifically States That Corpo¬
rations and Dealers In a Number
of Articles Must Register on Jan¬
uary 1st.
Although there is a law on the
statute book requiring alJ dealers in
cigarettse, cigarette papers, pistols,
and various other articles, to regis¬
ter with the Ordinary of the county
on January first of each year, there
is as yet very few in this county who
have done so. This law also requires
corporations to register and pay the
fee to the Ordinary.
It is the duty of each grand jury to
thoroughly investigate the register
book of the Ordinary and where a
person or corporation has failed to
comply with the law find a bill of
indictment for same. At the March
term of the Superior court the grand
jury will look into this book of the
Ordinary and if your name is not
written there, in all probability you
will be indicted by that body.
This law is a very strict one, and
if you haven’t paid the Ordinary a
call and had your name placed in his
little book, you had better attend to
it at once, avoiding any future in¬
convenience.
The Pip and the Slip.
Too much mince pie had done the
trick.
Little Maimie got n pain in her snsh
and lmd to go to bed.
The fnmily physician and his top
hat called and prescribed a pill. Mui
mie’s mother Bn id very well, but the
family physician did not know Maimie.
and she was quite sure Maimie would
not take the pill. The family physi¬
cian said he would make It a sweet
pill, but Maimie’s mother replied that
so long as it was a pill it would be
no use.
Then the family physician was
struck with a brilliant idea. The pill
should be craftily concealed in the
center of a preserved pear and sent
up to little Maimie to eat.
An hour later Maimie’s mother went
to see how her sweetest dear was
going on. She appeared to be going
on excellently.
“And did my pet eat all ber pear?”
Inquired the fond mother.
“Yes, mumsie,” replied the little dar¬
ling, “all but the nasty seed.”
There’s many a slip ’twixt the pear
and the pip.—London Answers.
Bituminous Coal.
The first bituminous coal mined in
the United -States, states the United
States geological survey, was taken
from what is usually termed the Rich¬
mond basin, a small area in the south¬
eastern portion of Virginia, near the
city of Richmond. This basin is situ¬
ated on the eastern margin of the
Fledmont plateau, thirteen miles above
tidewater, on the James river. It lies
in Goochland, Henrico, Powhatan and
Chesterfield eounties. The coal beds
are much distorted, nnd the coal is of
rather low grade when compared with
that from other districts with which
it has to come into competition. The
occurrence of coal was known in the
Richmond basin ns early ns 1700, nud
in 17S9 shipments were made to some
of the northern states. At present
what little coal is produced in this
field is for local consumption only.—
Scientific American.
Movement of Icebergs.
In the Investigation of the currents
round the coast of Newfoundland it
has been observed that there is nt
times a wide difference in the direction
of the drift of icebergs and that of the
flat or pan ice. which, having no great
depth, is governed in its motions by
the surface currents and the winds,
whereas the icebergs, the larger parts
of which are submerged to a great
depth, follow' only the movement of
the ocean water as a whole and are
uninfluenced by the winds. In conse¬
quence a huge berg may often be
seen majestically maintaining its slow
advance in opposition to the wind and
across the general motion of the fields
of flat ice surrounding it. The sealers
often take advantage of tilts fact by
mooring their vessels to an iceberg
iu order to prevent a drift to leeward.
—Philadelphia Record.
Hunting the Kangaroo.
When brought to bay the kangaroo
jumps like a flash for the hunter's
chest and tries to crush it in with his
fore feet. To prevent this each man
wears across his breast a two or three
inch thick matting. Armed with a
spear, with a club attachment at the
other end, they ride upon swift horses
into a herd. With the agility and equi¬
poise of circus riders they stand erect
upon their horses and use their spears
and clubs.
The kangaroo is able to jump clear
over a horse. As the game is bagged
it is skinned, and the skin is stretched
on the ground and pegged down to pre¬
vent shrinkage. The flesh furnishes
meat for the camp. Each man places
his private mark upon his booty, and
when they have 100 apiece they return
back to civilization.
The news office is better equipped
both with printers and material than
any other shop in Middle Georgia to
give you absolutely the best printing
to be had. The price? That’s a small
matter, considering the quality.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
CENSOS ENOMEOATORS
TO BE HERE FEB. 5TH
POSTMASTER BUSH WILL
^ONDUCT THE EXAMINATION.
This is The First Time That The Cen
sus Enumerator’s Jobs Have Come
Under Head of Civil Service Reg¬
ulations.
Examinations for Census Enumera¬
tors will be held at the Public school
building in this city on Saturday,Feb¬
ruary 5Ch, at ten o’clock. This ex¬
amination will he held for the apli
cants for the different places in New¬
ton county and will be under the di¬
rection of Postmaster H. D. Bush.
This is the first time in the his¬
tory of the census department that
the applicants for the places will have
to stand the examination the same
as most of the other government em¬
ployees. In a measure it takes the
compiling of this work out of the po¬
litical hands and places it more on a
business basis, instead of appointment
as formerly.
We understand from the literature
sent out by the department that the
examination will be simple and will
have to do principally with alertness
in figures and penmanship.
All the applicants for enumerators
from this county are requested to be
at the school house in this city
promptly on February 5th, as it will
be impossible to receive the appoint¬
ment unless the examination is taken.
She Wasn't Afraid.
A crowd gathered on tiie street to
watch a handsome fox terrier that was
running about, nose in air. White
froth was running from the dog’s
mouth.
"He’s mad!” yelled a fat man.
The fox terrier stood in the center
of the group with wide open eyes,
either too mad or too frightened to
move.
At this juncture tiie policeman ar¬
rived. A dozen voices began to tell
him that the dog was mad; that it
must be killed; that It had been snap¬
ping at the childrenj that It began to
froth when it passed a pool of water,
and how best to shoot
A tall, quiet looking woman pushed
through the crowd and started toward
the dog. A dozen men yelled at her
Two or three men grabbed at ber.
She picked the dog up nud started
out of the crowd. The policeman
stopped tier with:
"Madam, that dog Is mad. lie must
be shot. Lo*fk nt the foam coming out
of his mouth.”
“Foam!” she said contemptuously.
“That’s a cream pufif he was eating.”
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Printing a Coin on Linen.
The print of a silver coin or medal
may be made on silk or linen by dip¬
ping the fabric In a solution of nitrate
of silver and stretching It over the
face of the coin until the image is im¬
printed. The linen is sensitized by dip¬
ping it into a solution of nitrate of
silver, made by dissolving sixty or
eighty grains of nitrate of silver iu
one ounce of water. Wet the portion
of the cloth which is to receive the
Impression in the solutiou and when
nearly dry draw it over the face of the
coin and tie it at the back. Expose to
a weak light, and In a few minutes the
raised design of the coin will appeur
on the linen. As soon as the print is
dark enough remove and wash in clear
water. When nearly dry iron It
smooth with a warm iron, placing a
piece of tissue paper over the print.
In printing from tiie coin or medal it
is advisable to paste a piece of paper
on the reverse side, so that the silver
will not come in contact with the sen¬
sitized fabric.
Why He Searched.
The old man had evidently dropped
something in the muddy road, and he
began searching for it. In three min¬
utes about thirty strangers had joined
iu the search, ami every additional
miuute brought additional searchers,
till at last one. bolder than the rest,
plucked up heart and spoke;
“What are you looking for?” he In¬
quired.
"My friend.” mumbled the old man.
“I have dropped a piece of taffy can¬
dy.”
"But, great Scott.” cried another of
the crowd angrily, “why do you go
looking for it when it will be covered
with dirt?”
“Because, my inquisitive friend,” re¬
plied the old man, "my false teeth are
sticking to that taffy.”
Strange Hiding Place.
False teeth are occasionally used for
secretive purposes. An eccentric old
lady boasts of a roof plate which con¬
sists of two thin sheets of gold be¬
tween which a miniature copy of her
will is inserted. In a similar manner
a dyer preserves a prescription which
he declares he would not disclose for
a large sum.—London Mail.
Envious.
“Just think of it!” said the student
of immigration. “Many men who
come to this country canuot write their
own names."
“Yes.” answered Mr. Pinchpenny.
“and when 1 get down my check book
ou the first of the month lam inclined
to envy them.”—Washington Star.
Fixing the Break.
“They were both broken up by their
separation."
“But I understand they’ve effected a
reconciliation and are now re-paired."
—Si Louis Star.
Carriers Inconvenienced.
Th® rural mail carriers of this
county are greatly inconvenienced in
their work by the patrons of their
individual routes placing pennies in
the mail boxes for stamps in winter
time. The carriers, to protect them¬
selves from the extreme unpleasant¬
ness of driving in the wind have to
wear gloves and when they come to
a box with pennies it necessitates re¬
moving them, and even at that, a
great many times drop the pennies
to the ground and lose them. This
works a hardship on them and if the
patrons would stop to think a mo¬
ment they would purchase their
stamps in such quantities as to alle-l
viate the necessity of having to place'
the coins in the box. In winter the
carriers have a hard enough time at
best giving the people in the country
their mail each day, and those served
by them should do all they can to
make the work more comfortable for
the mail man. Buy your stamps and
put them on the letters the same as
you would if you were going to mail
your letter in the post office.
LEGUIN NEWS.
Messrs. A. S. and E. B. Ellington
spent a few days in Jersey last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Roberts and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
Roberts Sunday.
Miss Carrie Beck Edwards is spend¬
ing this week with Miss Bessie
Thompson.
Several people from here attended
the Corley-Wright wedding Wednes¬
day evening.
Mrs. Ina Pickett, who is teaching
school at Mixon, is spending the
week-end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Lassiter.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wright spent
Sunday in Covington the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Trippe.
Mr. J. W. Patterson visited friends
in Covington and Oxford last week.
Mr. A. S. Ellington was in Atlan¬
ta 'Friday and Saturday.
Miss Nellie Wright visited Mrs. O.
D. Grant one evening last week.
Several people from here attended
preaching at Austin’s Chapel Sunday
evening.
•f* LOST LAP ROBE—Black on one
side and red on the other. Lost in
town. Reward for return to J. M.
HEARING.—It.
Covington Bargain House
G. E. COOK, Proprietor
Mens Dress Shirts
Fine quality of madras in white and
colors at 50c and $1.00
Hats
Mens and boys hats in all the latest
shapes, all new stock.
Boys from 48c to 98c
Mens from 98c to $2.98
Shoes
Fine line of mens, boys, ladies and mis¬
ses shoes on the road and expecting them
daily and when they arrive we promise
you some real bargains.
Hawkes Spectacles
Eyes tested free and a fit guaranteed
at reasonable prices.
Cotton Checks
And ginghams, cambrics, sheetings, per¬
cales and linens.
These are a few of the many things we are offering but
new lines will be added from time to time. Watch our ad¬
vertisements each week.
Covington Bargain House
C. E. COOK, Proprieton
Lawyers’ Wills.
A remaitable specimen of a lawyer’s
Invalid will was that of Sir Joseph
Jeekyll, master of the rolls, who died
In 1738 and bequeathed his fortune
after his wife’s death to pay off the
national debt. “Sir Joseph was a good
man and a good lawyer,” was Lord
M&nsfleld’s comment, “but bis bequest
was a very foolish one. He might as
well huve attempted to stop the middle
arch of London bridge with his full
bottomed wig." The testator's patriotic
Intentions were therefore treated as
proof of mental weakness, and his will
was promptly set aside. Among the
many blundering wills that lawyers
have made for their clients, if not for
themselves, the strangest on record
was that of a Dublin gentleman who
left all his money to the elder son of
his brother and, if he had no elder
son, to the second.—London Chrouiele.
Raindrops.
Drops of rain vary in their size per¬
haps from a tw T enty-fifth to a quarter i
of an inch in diameter. In parting
from the clouds they precipitate their
descent till the increasing resistance
opposed by the air becomes equal to
their weight, when they continue to
fall with uniform velocity. This ve¬
locity is therefore in a certain ratio
to the diameter of the drops; hence
thunder and other showers in which
the drops are large pour down faster
than a drizzling rain. A drop of the
twenty-fifth part of an inch iu falling
through the air would, when it had
arrived at its uniform velocity, ac¬
quire a celerity of only eleven and a
half feet per second, while one of a
quarter of an inch would have a ve¬
locity of thirty-three and a half feet.
A Peacemaker.
It is a commonly accepted belief that
nothing short of being pried loose will
Induce a bulldog to give up his grip
on another dog or on an intruder, but
this is a mistake. A little household
ammonia poured on him as near his
nose as circumstances will allow will
make him let go immediately. The
fumes of ammonia are so overpower¬
ing that a dog cannot possibly main¬
tain his grip and his breath at the
same time.—Country Life In America.
A WorcT^o Parents.
Never amuse your children at the ex¬
pense of other people; never allow
your children to ridicule other people.
Neglect this advice and the time will
assuredly come when these children
will amuse themselves with your foi¬
bles and ridicule your authority.—Ex¬
change.
Which Was the Worse?
“When I returned from our poker
party last night my wife just looked
at me; not a word wan spoken.”
“My wife looked at Bie, too, and I
don’t believe that a word was unspo¬
ken.”—Houston Post.
Plant an add in the NEWS.
Table Linen
Flere is where we can interest you, fine
all linen, 68 inch damask at only 65c per
yard. Cotton damask at 30c per yard.
Dress Linen
We are strong on this popular fabric and
you will do well to see us before buying.
White Quilts
At real attractive prices.
Battenberg Materials
Pretty patterns, a very nice selection.
Laces and Embroideries
For all. Will make some low figures
on these. Call and see them.
Dress Goods
Stock is broken but have some real bar¬
gains in black rough weaves and mohair.
This department is being added to daily.
Do You Really Love Dogs?
Perhaps the final test of anybody’s
love of dogs is willingness to permit
them to make a camping ground of the
bed. There is do other place in the
world that suits the dog quite so well.
On the lied he is safe from being step
ped upon, he is out of the way of
drafts, he has a commanding position
from which to survey what goes on la
the world, and, above all. the surface
is soft and yielding to his outstretched
limbs. No mere man can ever be so
comfortable as a dog looks. Some per¬
sons object to having a dog on the
bed at night, and it must be admitted
that he lies a little heavily upon one's
limbs, but why be so base as to prefer
comfort to companionship? To wake
up in the dark night and put your hand
on that warm, soft body, to feel the
beating of that faithful heart-is not
this better than undisturbed sloth? The
best night’s rest I ever had was once
w hen a cocker spaniel puppy, w ho had
just recovered from stomach ache (dose
one to two soda mints) and was a little
frightened by the strange experience,
curled up on my shoulder like a fur
tippet, gently pushed his cold, soft nose
into my neck and there slept sweetly
and soundly until morning.—H. C. Mer
w r in in Atlantic.
Absentminded Dyer.
Charles Lamb had a friend named
George Dyer who was perhaps the
most absentminded man on record.
It was Dyer who, leaving Lamb’s Is¬
lington home at broad noonday,
walked straight Into the New river.
He was known to take up a coal scut¬
tle instead of his hat, to walk home
with a footman's cockaded hat ou and
even to leave one of his shoes under
the table and get well on his home¬
ward way before discovering his loss.
He called at a friend’s one morning,
heard that the family was away in
the country, left his name in the
visitors’ book, and a few r hours later
called again, asked for the book again
and was astonished to see his own
freshly written name. Once, when
Proctor breakfasted with him, Dyer
forgot the tea. The omission being
noted, he filled the teapot with ginger.
Proctor left as soon as he could to get
a better breakfast at a coffee tavern,
and there Dyer strolled in and asked
him hew he did, quite unconscious of
having seen him earlier.
Reaching Conclusion.
“I imagine from your speech that
you are a taxidermist.”
“What makes you think so?”
“Principally because you tell me I
am as wise as an owl and then try to
stuff me.”—Exchange.
Peaceful.
Mrs. Frost—Who was it that said
“Peace, perfect peace?” Frost—Some
one whose telephone was out of or¬
der.—Life.
Cheerfulness is one of the surest in>
dlcatlons of good sense.
