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Cotton Market:
Following was ruling
prices here yesterday:
Middling, 14 3-4 cts.
Good mid. 14 7-8 cts.
VOL. 11. NO. 10
PROF, J. 0. MARTIN
MAY BE CANDIDATE.
WILL ASK FOR SCHOOL
COMMISSIONERS PLACE
H « IS One of the Most Prominent
Educators in the County.—Princi¬
pal of Livingston High School Last
Year.—Was Here Saturday.
Prof. J. O. Martin, principal of the
school at Rocky Plains, was in the
city Saturday mingling wit\i his many
{••lends. While talking to a represen¬
tative of The News Prof. Martin in¬
timated that in all probability he
would be a candidate for the office
of County School Commissioner of
ibis county this year, as the present
Commissioner, Col. A. H. Foster, was
a candidate for representative.
While not giving it as a fact, that
Prof. Martin will be in the race for
this office, we believe that he will en¬
ter and submit his candidacy to the
voters of the county.
Prof. Martin has been in this coun¬
ty for the past nine years, practically
all of the time being spent in teach¬
ing in the various schools through¬
out the county, notable among which
was the model school at Livingston,
which is generally acceded to be one
ol the best in the state. At present
he is teaching at Rocky Plains. Al¬
though a young man, Prof. Martin is
an unusually conservative educator
and his methods are considered good.
Should he care to make the race and
the voters elect him, he will undoubt¬
edly fill the position to the satisfac¬
tion of all concerned. There may be
others in the race but we have heard
of none up to this itme.
Grading Around Square.
The county chaingang force has
been busy during the past week chirt
ing and grading the street leading to
the Georgia railroad depot, and are
now working on the public square,
where they are grading it up smooth
and putting chirt around the park.
From here they will go out Floyd-st.,
with the chirt and grading. When
they get through with their work here
the streets will be in very fine shape
for the summer.
SATISFYING THE
US. GOVERNMENT
“There is practically not a National
Bank in all the United States at the
present time whose condition is regarded
as unsatisfactory.”
The above is an important declaration made by the
Comptroller of the Currency in recent informal address to a
group of treasury officials and bankers and should be very in¬
teresting news to depositors in every section of the United
States, since it comes from the man who knows the inside
workings of every National Bank in the United States; he is
constantly having new laws enacted to more SAFELY
GUARD THE PEOPLE’S MONEY placed in the care
of the National Banks under his control—and you can bet he
sees to it that these laws are enforced.
Avail yourself ^f the insurance offered
you for the protection of your funds and
savings by the only National Baink in
Newton county. We earnestly solicit
your account, large or small.
First National Bank
Covington, Georgia. Mil I
Coning ton jXcui I
NEGRO STEALS A
BUSHEL OF CORN
GETS A FINE OF FIFTY
DOLLARS OR SIX MONTHS.
He Had Been Working for Mr. Filyaw
During Year and When He Got the
Opportunity Took the Corn.—Will
Serve Time.
George Wyatt, a negro who has
been working for Mr. J. S. Fdlyaw
out on Route three, stole a bushel of
corn from him the other day which
has cost him a pretty dear price.
George was arrested Monday morn¬
ing and brought into town to stand
commitment trial before Justice of
the Peace J. S. Peek, and at the
hearing entered a plea of guilty. He
was bound over to the City Court
and went immediately before Judge
Whaley where he entered the same
plea. The judge asked him if he had
any thing to say and he replied,
“nothing, only I took the corn.” The
judge made inquiry into his charac¬
ter and finding that this was his first
time to come before the court, gave
him a fine of fifty dollars and costs,
or six months on the gang. It is a
rare thing for Judge Whaley to place
a fine on thiefs, he generally gives
them a chaingang sentence.
The negro failed to pay the fine
and will be sent to the county gang,
where he will be allowed the privi¬
lege of building modern roads in
Newton county. ,
A New Feature.
The News has added a new feature
to its columns for the benefit of its
readers in the weekly use of a spec¬
ial ad column. In this column each
week will be found the wants of the
community and different articles for
sale, It will be time profitably spent
to carefully read this column, as
there is no doubt but that it will be
well filled with bargains and wants
by people who are willing to pay.
Read it.
The farmers of this county are buy¬
ing a lot of good mules this season.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 16. 1910.
FARMERS' SCHOOL
BEGINS THURSDAY
PROMINENT SPEAKERS TO
a
BE HERE THIS WEEK.
Itinerant College Will Last Three
Days Beginning Thursday.—Prof. A
M. Soule Among the Speakers.— Im
portant Matters Will Be Featured
The Itinerant Agricultural Schoo
will be held here this wet|k and it
gives us pleasure to announce to the
farmers and business men of tins and
adjoining counties that the State Col¬
lege of Agriculture is sending for this
meeting a large number of its best
speakers.
Prof. W. A. Worsham, Jr., will ap¬
pear first discussing the relative cost
and sources of the essential elements
of plant food. The preservation and
uses of manures is a live topic since
any system of permanent agricultur¬
al progress must have live stock as
ils basis. There is a great loss in
thi‘ improper handling of manure.
President A. M. Soule will handle
the fertilizer problem in a way which
should enable any farmer to know ex¬
actly how to cope intelligently with
(he fertilizer dealer and the latter
should not lose this chance to learn
the needs of the farmer and the nec¬
essary changes that are almost inev¬
itable if he does not get in touch
with the educational wave which is
sweeping the country. Everyone con¬
nected in anyway with the handling
oi commercial fertilizers should come
and hear President Soule. He will
lecture Thursday afternoon, February
seventeenth.
Cotton improvement is ably handled
by Prof. Nixon. The general interest
in the cotton plant should bring out
a number of questions from our farm¬
ers. A spirited discussion often re¬
veals many important facts which a
lecturer does not bring out in the
short time allowed on the program.
Much good information will be dis¬
seminated in the hour lecture devoted
to cotton.
Dr. A. G. G. Richardson, the col¬
lege veternarian will be here to diag
and sheep. Ills services will be en
and diseases of the horse, cow, hog
and sheep. His seervices will be en¬
tirely free to anyone attending the
meeting. If you have animals troub¬
led with any of the following ail¬
ments, digestive troubles, skin troub¬
les, external parasites, lameness, lung
vorins, teeth disorders, stomach dis¬
orders, hog cholera, shipping fever,
or milk fever, bring them to town on
Thursday, February 17th, or come to
tin' meeting where Dr. Richardson
will tell you how to treat them.
The present high prices of living
should cause every family in Georgia
to grow' their own vegetables. Prof.
S. A. Minear has made a specialty of
trucking crops and will show you ho\
and when to plant, you should know
why w'ithout being told. He will con
duct a demonstration in pruning and
tell about spraying for the many in¬
jurious insects which are troubling
the gardner and grower.
There will be few times that a
vetinarian is needed if our farm ani¬
mals are judiciously fed. Malnutri
1 ion is the chief cause of digestive
troubles and can be avoided by know¬
ing how to combine the feeds availa¬
ble to the souhtern farmers. It is
said that a horse, cow, pig and sheep
together will excrete $GO.OO worth of
manure every year. This value may
be doubled or cut in half, depending
largely upon the kind of feed used.
Successful corn and cotton growing
seems to depend upon manure for
maximum results. Prof. Hite will give
three lectures on feeding farm ani
mals, and discuss seed corn improve¬
ment and a suitable rotation for the
live stock farmer.
Farm buildings will be given some
attention by these lecturers.
I-adies are cordially invited to at¬
tend these meetings, especially on
i he second afternoon when garden
crops and sanitary milk production
will be discussed.
The morning session will begin at
9.30, afternoon session 1:15, and the
night session at 8:00, something of
great importance will take place at
every session. The program is so
arranged that you will find something
to suit you every day. Do, not miss
any of these lectures.
Mr. Thomas G. Callaway, we un¬
derstand, will begin the erection of
his residence on College Ave., within
the next few weeks.
"WETS” WORKING
FOR LEGISLATURE
MADE BY GEO.
STEWART AT THE GRAND
Political Parson"Makes Power
ful Speech to Large Audience—Sayt
Whiskey Interests Will Pour Out
Money Like Water to Control.
George Stewart, sometimes called
Political Parson,” one of the
known prohibition lecturers of
country today, made a masterful
to an audience which packed
Grand Opera House yesterday af¬
says the Atlanta Constitu¬
He said that the whiskey inter¬
are raising heaven and earth in
their efforts to secure control of the
Georgia legislature, are prepared
pour out money like water, and
firm in their belief that they can
the state from the "dry” col¬
umn. He called upoi.'-Mie voters of
Atlanta to use their every energy to
hold tii" ground already gained and
cautioned them agaist. believing that
the fight v.as over. The address was
pronounced by all one of the most
able ever delivered in this city.
Mr. Stewart made little or no spe¬
cific reference to conditions in At¬
lanta or in Georgia. He dealt with
the question as it affects the coun¬
try as a whole. He argued that pro¬
hibition will prohibit, if the officers
of the law will do their whole duty
will live up to the oaths which they
take when sworn in.
“Prohibition will not prohibit,they
say,” went on the speaker. “This
is true until we can thrust out the
dirty little devils which alcohol has
thrust upon us as officers—until we
can put in office men with sufficient
moral courage, sufficient regard for
tjheir oath of office, to enforce the
laws as they should be.”
The speaker then went on to show
that laws for the protection of the
weak and ignorant are in force in
every state in the union. He show¬
ed how the federal government will
not allow the sale of injurious medi¬
cines—this in striking contrast to (the
licensed sale of wihat he termed the
most deadly of all poisons.
“The glory of the nation,” lie said,
“is measured by the price she puts
upon her weak and helpless citizens.
What price are we putting upon the
souls and bodies of those unfortun¬
ates who are too weak to resist the
temptation the saloon puts in their
way?” Later he said: “The saloon
keeper or ‘near Wfeer ahover’ is a far
worse enemy to mankind than is the
house breaker, the counterfeiter or
tl.e Mack mailer. One of these latter
take from their victims their money
alone, leaving them as sound in the
body and mind as they were before,
while with the grog seller not only
takes his victims money hut gives
him in its stead a poison which will
wreck hi in physically, mentally and
morally, en.l will make his children
the inmates of the orphanage and his
wife of the almshouse. The only
place of employment left open to the
confirmed drinker today is political
jffice in Georgia.”
The talk was interspersed with wit
ticisms, many of which convulsed the
crowd with laughter in spite of tin
seriousness of the subject under dis¬
cussion. On one occasion,the speak¬
er referred to the “dudes and dud
enes” to be seen parading the fash
tollable thoroughfares of any city and
the house roared with laughter.
January Honor Roll of Miss Ezell's
Music Class.
1st Grade : Helen Smith, I slab Mae
Hopkins, Ina Rogers, Caroline Coop¬
er, Martha Anderson, Josephine Frank
lin, Norene Tant, Louise Whitehead,
Rena Mae Wright, Laura Gaither
Annie G. Hill.
2nd Grade : Fletcher Lou Lunsfor
Ena Bell Peek, Dorathy Lee.
3rd Grade : Walter Stephenson,
Natalie Turner, Mary B. Anderson,
Rosalie Marbut.
4th Grade : Blondine Cooper.
5th Grade : Annie P. Anderson.
7th Grade : Bernice Cook.
On acount of sickness some of the
pupils failed to make the required av¬
erage.
Postmaster Bush has been making
some changes in the postoffice here
this week. New boxes are being plac
and preparations made for the con
venlence of the patrons.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHURCH ORGANIZED
PUBLIC MEETINGS WILL BE
HELD EVERY SUNDAY.
Mrs. P. W. Godfrey, a Prominent
Scientist, is First Reader and Mrs.
C. A. Franklin Will Be Second.—
Several Members Here.
The local Christian Scientists have
organized a church in this city and
will in future hold their weekly ser¬
vices on the second floor of the Hen¬
derson Building, north side of the
public square.
For the past year the members of
this church in this city, so we are
informed by Mrs. 1’. W. Godfrey,
have been holding weekly meetings
at the homes of the different work¬
ers, but it. was recently decided to
organize a church, the first meeting
having been held Sunday morning.
In future the Sunday morning ser¬
vices will lie public and the people
are invited to attend.
At the meeting Sunday Mrs. P. \V.
Godfrey,wiio lias for sometime been a
prominent worker of this faith, was
made first reader, and Mrs. C. A.
Franklin second. We cofesB we do
not know very much about this chunt
and suppose that the reader takes
the place of the preacher, they hav¬
ing none in he church.
There are a number of members of
this church in the city, which fact is
attested by heir having secured a
place for public worship.
Gave Good Shows.
Tile Modern Remedy Company, an
aggregation of vaudeville artists, have
been giving performances at the Op¬
era House during the past week, and
while the price of admission was low
it was generally conceded (to be unu¬
sually good. One of the features of
the entertainments was the giving a
way of a diamond ring on Monday ev¬
ening. It was a beauty and was pro
sentod to Miss Lucy Bush, daughter
of Postmaster II. D. Hush, she hav¬
ing received the largest number of
votes.
They go from here to Eaton ton.
Take A
Check
Book
When shopping and pay for your
purchases that way and you will he
treated with increased respect besides
knowing where your money has gone
to. The Hank of Covington opens
accounts with ladies and issues a
special check book for their use. Stop
in and learn about a bank account’s Si
many advantages. jj
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia |[
CAPITAL - - $100,000.00
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MAY BE IN RACE
FOR LEGISLATURE.
MR. E. L. ALMAND MENTIONED
AS POSSIBLE CANDIDATE.
Mr. Almand is One of The Hustling
Business Men of Mansfield, and His
Friends Are Urging Him To Get
In the Race.
It is currently reported here that
in all probability the race for Rep¬
resentative from this county at the
coming primary is not yet full and
that before many weeks another one
of tlie prominent citizens will be a
candidate.
Rumor has it that Mr. Ed. L. Al
mand, one of the most prominent
business men of Mansfield will ion
sent to make the race and tit at bis
many friends, both in that section,
and all over the county are bringing
strong pressure to hear in their ef¬
fort to get him to enter. Mr. Al¬
mand, should lie decide to become a
candidate, will have a strong follow¬
ing. as he is at present a member of
the Board of County Commissioners,
a hustling merchant and banker, and
one of tlie most progressive citizens
of tlie county.
When the report, reached this of¬
fice Mr. Almand was called up and
asked if he intended to make the
race and in reply he stated that while
many had requested him to run, he
had not given tlie matter due consid¬
eration and at this time could not
say what would be his action in the
matter. He stued, however, that he
would let the people know In due
time should he decide to enter the
contest.
There are at present three in the
race and should Mr. Almand decide
to enter it will be one of the most
exciting of any during the coming
campaign. It is also rumored that one
or i wo others may enter.
Just as we go to press we under¬
stand that Mr. 1 annuel D. King, one
of the most prominent cltiezns of the
city, will in all probability be in the
race for representative from Newton
county. Mr. King is prominent in all
progress for public good.