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Wednesday, March 30, 1910.
ENERAL presentments of the grand jury
EWTON SUPERIOR COURT, FOR
MARCH TERM, 1910.
We the Grand Jury, chosen and
ora for the March Term, 1910 of
pWton Superior Court, beg leave to
bnht the following general pre
ntments: committees, we nave
Through our of the various
-amined the books
unty officers, and find them all
atly kept and in good condition.
The Commissioneers have recently
opted the Eakes Convict and Road
ecord system of bookkeeping. We
ar tily commend this change from
former system, as the Eakes Rec
e one-book system, show ing all
,1 is a disbursements under
penditures and
•oper heading, for instance, under
e pare and maintenance of convicts,
e find expenditures recorded under
ch heading as “Paid Warden and
iard,“ “Paid for Clothing,” for “Pro¬
ton's,” for “Medical “Cost Atention,” of Stock -etc.
Iso such heading as
eed.” “Tools and Machinery,” “Ma
rial, etc.” From the first month’s
ord appearing in the new system,
niely, January, we find that each
nviet cost the county $23.38 for the
onth. In making this estimate, the
llowing expenses were counted:
arden and guards $2ot>.30, clothing
0.61. provisions $195.72, medical at
ntion $8.50, free laborer (Dock
ann) $25.00, supplies not listed in
ove $8.50. A satisfactory report as
the cost of each convict would nec
S arily require the average to be
ken for several months, but the
iw record book with separate head
gs has been in the offices only a
onth,hence fuller details are not ac
^ssible. We find the record book
tisfactorily kept. We commend our
unty Commissioners on the excel
nt trade made with the City of Oov
gton in furnishing water and sew¬
age for the court house and jail;
so water for the convict camp, for
period of99 years, by digging a res
voir for the city at a cost of about
>00 to the county.
We find a very satisfactory system
bookkeeping in use by the Coun
School Commissioner, showing re
dpts and expenditures entered in
lplicate. School funds received for
e year 1909 $16,820.17, school funds
sbursed for the year 1909 $16,708,
balance carried to 1910, $111.87.
umber of white pupils enrolled in
109, 1763; number of colored pupils
irolled in 1909, 1896. The school
msus returns of last year, exclusive
Covington, show that there are
rer 400 more negro children of
•hool age in the county than white
tildren of school age. Number of
•hools in operation last year,white
colored 28. The school buildings
e generally in good condition, ex
?pt that four need repairs, and most
them need repainting. In view of
e growth of our schools, we recom¬
end that the Board of Education
nend the present regulation, which
akes four teachers the maximum
umber allowed any one school, so
lat a fifth teacher may be allowed
the attendance warrants it. The
joks of the County School Commis
Soner are correctly and carefully kept
lowing vouchers for all expenditures
The treasurer's report show's cash
n hand January 1st, 1910, $948.57,
ken in since then $27525.20, total
28473.77. Paid out since January 1st
910, $251 14.26; balance on hand on
larch 21st, 1910, $3359.51. The coun-
1 55.95. owes Deducting on outstanding notes $12,
balance on hand
larch 21 st from amount of outstand
ng notes leaves a net indebtedness
f $8996.44.
1 he tax collector’s book show's $25,
*1-'3 collected on general tax fund,
nd $9,007.42 collected on road fund.
After a limited examination, we
ind that the county bridges are in
’■tie condition, especiaally the new
!(lf, l bridge at Dabneys. The roads
re not in good condition, owing large
to the heavy rains during the win
i NV e recommend that the county
mimissioners require the Central
eorgia Power Co. to build a rock
’all on either side of the fill that
ads to Allen bridge, and the bridge
J < onnally’s branch now beirtg built,
also recommend that sign boards
placed at cross roads, and forks,
lowing distances to points reached
said roads.
e l ind the stockade in good eon
f Uon ’ sleeping quarters clean and
? ^rs at ,lH neatly bed ticks kept. be We filled recommend
taw; There with new
are 32 mules, valued
' eac * i: 1 milch cow, valued at
- .pu
here are 15 felony and 8 mis
‘ineanor convicts.
I lie houses on the pauper farm
good are
repair, and neatly kept. Tlier
, ' S1X bimates, two females and one
1 * white, and tw r o males and one
male colored. We recommend that
cock wall about one foQt high b(?
111 ITont of the house to keep
>_ yard from washing.
f ourt house is in good condi¬
gn, soon except be two repaired. leaks, which we learn
back One window
of the court house needs
pairs; The water works and sew
* ! n 'be court house is a great
an sentence to the public, and is kept
,J[ 00<1 c ? nd ition. The jail needs
^e .... “ been ew bunks,which we understand
orders. There are two
* n the jail, which
ouid be remedied With these
options, the ex¬
’on. jail is in good condi
i''lLli lnd shape, v. the J and ’ P and neatly N - kept. p - books
rauih^ en<1 the We
ehn a bP°* nt ment of H. L.
as x N. p. an( j Ex 0f j p
’ ,i4 d Qf
*<T; n W. Balt C rV BreWerS> moved from ^ ^ dis
and T. G. Berry for Wyatts
istric-t.
'Vanri Counter/"’ , ‘u rt o H 1>a I H ' is . S,one as members ’ A - J - Bel of i
1 \ p ' oar ‘l of Education, their
rm, rms v having
expired.
v‘ at a,! the dr uggists in
■ ccuntv 7 k (, ep an itemized record
a ii K'law
uiN 0118 drUSS S ° W ’ aS re !
of the Court and Sher
" Couuly report that no pub
I lhe State and County
^ounteT« '-oanted lhro Ugil their hands, un
for, since . the last term of
this court.
We recommend that the
law creating the Board of County
Commissioners of this bounty be re¬
pealed at the next session of the leg¬
islature, and that our representative
introduce a bill creating the office
Commissioner of roads and
for this county, and we further re¬
commend that the salary of said
missioner be fixed at not
$1500 per annum; and that a Clerk
be provided for said
at a salary not exceeding Six Hun¬
dred Dollars per annum.
We further recommend that our
representative introduce a bill at the
next session of the legislature to
abolish the City Court of Covington.
We recommend that these present¬
ments be published in the Covington
News and that tliSy be paid the sum
of Ten Dollars, and in the Mansfield
Leader, they to be paid the sum of
Five Dollars for publishing the same.
We further recommend that the
bailiffs be paid the sum of Two Dol¬
lars per day, and that riding bailiffs
be paid the sum of Three dollars per
day. That the Grand and Traverse
Jurors be paid the sum of Two Dol¬
lars per day.
In taking leave of His Honor, Judge
L. S. Roan, we desire to express our
sincere thanks for his able charge
to this body. We believe we voice
the sentiment of the entire county,
when we say that his administration
in our midst has been marked with
signal ability as a Judge and as a
presiding officer, which cannot be ex¬
celled by any Judge in the State of
Georgia.
We desire to express our thanks
to our Solicitor General, William
Schley Howard, for his courtesies to
this body during their deliberations.
W. S. MARBUT, Foreman.
J. W. Peek, Clerk.
Whereupon, it is ordered by the
Court that these General Present¬
ments be spread upon Minutes of this
Court and be published as herein re¬
commended.
By the Court
Wm. S. HOWARD, Sol. Gen. St.
Mtn. Ct.
L. S. ROAN,
Judge S. C. Stn. Mt. Ct.
This, March 24th, 1910.
THE WAY FOX WAS TRICKED.
A Scheme That Allowed Him to Be
Cheated by Lord Barrymore—Wa
tier’s, Commended by Lord Byron
and Patronized by Beau Brummel.
In America such a thing as a propri¬
etary club owned and managed by one
man Is almost unknown. In London It
Is the usual thing, and almost all the
medium sized clubs which are devoted
to some special purpose, such as card
playing, are proprietary.
In the old days this was a money
making enterprise, and some Immense
fortunes were piled up by the proprie¬
tors of London card clubs. But now
whenever a club shows signs of un¬
usual prosperity the members get to
gether and insist on forming some sort
of governing body which shall have
power to pass upon the proposals for
membership. They also see to it that
the proprietor spends a proper proper
tlon of his profits on the comfort of
the members Instead of putting every¬
thing in bis pocket.
The fashions in the card clubs con¬
tinually change with the years and
with the games that are the rage A
fcentury ago it wus against the rules
in many of the best clubs to play
cards before dinner, whereas nowa¬
days the principal play is between
the hours of 4 and 7. The income of
the proprietor today is from tiie an¬
nual subscriptions and from the fixed
fees for card money. In the old days
the largest source of revenue was
from the counters picked up from the
floor after the game was over.
George Raggett, the owner of
White’s, one of the most famous gam¬
bling clubs In the world, situated on
St. James’ street, made It his rule to
attend to his guests in person when¬
ever exceptionally high play was in
progress, knowing that he would be
well repaid for his time. Hpon one
occasion, after picking up counters to
the value of nearly $1,000 from the
floor, he received a gift of nlaiost ns
much from Harvey Combe, who had
been playing from Monday evening
until 11 o’clock on Wednesday morn¬
ing, Sir John Malcolm. Tippoo Smith
and Ward, the member of parliament
for London, being the other players at
the table.
Some of the proprietary clubs adopt¬
ed curious rules to attract and keep
their customers. One of the chief dif¬
ficulties then, as now, was to insure a
game from any one that might happen
to drop in at odd hours One of these,
nicknamed the Nerve Ending club, had
a bylaw that no player should quit a
table until a fresh arrival was ready
to take bis place.
One very popular feature was to pro¬
vide light silken curtains which could
be drawn between the faces of the
players so as to conceal from an ad¬
versary any unguarded expression of
disappointment or of triumph upon
picking up a hand or following the
course of play.
It was at this club that Fox lost a
large sum of money to Lord Barry¬
more, who took advantage of the con
eealment of his own face to study the
reflection of Fox’s cards in the large
polished steel buttons which he wore
uj*on his coat.
At the corner of Bolton street and
Piccadilly was Watier’s club, which
Byron records was a “superb club" in
1815. Beau Brummel played here reg
ularl.v for teu or twelve years, but the
club eventually fell Into disrepute
through the want of proper supervl
bJoij of the admissions to membership
Swinburne says in bis “Courts of
Europe” that It was In this club that a
the COVINGTON NEWS.
A LESSON TO SPECULATORS.
Decision of the New York Court .of
Appeals in Case of D. W. James.
The Court of Appeals of the state
of New York has just handed down
a decision which carries a pretty
strong lesson to market speculators,
in which it decides in favor of a cot¬
ton exchange in a suit against David
W. James, a wealthy cotton grower
and banker, who is said to have large
interests in this state and Alabama,
says the Augusta Chronicle.
The suit is bast'd on a claim of $48
000, said to be due to brokers on ac¬
count of speculative transactions.
James alleged that the New York
Cotton Exchange, through which the
transactions were carried on,is noth¬
ing but a “bucket shop;” that his
dealings were gambling transactions,
pure and simple, and that he had
never intended to deliver or accept
delivery of the actual cotton. It de¬
velops, however, through a review of
the hearing, that James had been do¬
ing business through brokers on the
New York Cotton Exchange for fif¬
teen or twenty years, and that on no
occasion has he he.sitated to take his
profits on any transaction during that
time. The Court of Appeals holds
that even if he could show he never
intended to accept or make delivery
of cotton supposed to have been
“bought” or “sold,” that would not
be ground for declaring the transac¬
tion illegal.
Aside from settling the much moot¬
ed question of what speculation in
futures really is the decision of this
court serves as a lesson to show that
speculators are not so safe in play¬
ing the market on a large scale for
a sure thing with the Intention, in
the event of loss to themselves, of
taking shelter behind the plea that
their ttransactions were against pub¬
lic policy, that they should not pay
their debt because it is a gambling
debt, but never hesitating to pocket
the other man’s money when they
win.
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
BANKS VERY PROSPEROU
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial
Index, published at Columbus, Ga.,
says in its regular weekly issue:
“Scarcely a week passes that tes¬
timonial is not given, in some strik¬
ing way, of the remarkably prosper¬
ous condition of the banking institu¬
tions of Georgia and Alabama. At
Waynesboro, Ga., a bank earned 52
per cent, during the past fiscal year,
the best record in its entire history,
and one of the leading savings banks
of Atlanta, Ga., announced that its de
posits increased 40 per cent, during
the past six months. New banks are
reported for New Hope, Ala., Eton,
Ga,, Clayton, Ga., and Atlanta, Ga.,
while a bank at Birmingham, Ala., re¬
organized and doubled its capital.
Several other increases in the capital
stock of banking institutions in the
two states are reported.
“At Savannah, Ga., a $250,00 fertil¬
izer company is being formed. Vida
lia, Ga., is to . have a fertilizer fac¬
tory, Atlanta, Ga., a glass and mir¬
ror plant, and Mobile county, Ala¬
bama, a large oyster plant. The site
has been selected for a handsome li¬
brary at Birmingham, Ala., and in
the same city an architect was en¬
gaged to draw plans for a Y. M. C.
A. building that will cost $200,000.
Five lumber companies, with aggre¬
gate capital stock of $280,000, were
chartered in different sections of Ala
buma and Georgia. Among the farm
sales was ihai of a Coffee county,
Georgia, plantation for $50,000.”
PINE—O—LINE.
“The Wood Preserving Oil That Pen¬
etrates Without Heat or Force.”
Pine-o line will preserve and double
the life of Shingles, Fence Posts, Ve
randa Steps and make them last long.
It is eas ily applied with brush or by
dipping. It is used by all the leading
railroads for th e preservation of tire
and bridge timbers. It enables you
to use sap or cheap lumber and make
it last as long as the best heart ma¬
terial to be found, and at a much less
cost. For sale by J. R. Stephen son.
player upon seeing the witty Lota.
Alvunley enter the room and. dreading
his satirical tongue, laid down Ids
cards and pulled out it pair of pistols,
which lie laid on the table beside him.
The only comment of Alvaniey was:
“1 hope you don’t expect your ad
versary to follow suit?”
Every visitor to London who lias
passed down Piccadilly has probably
remarked the imposing home of the
Devonshire club at the southwest cor
ner of St. James’ street. Withiu this
building the highest gambling In the
world lias probably taken place, the
sums won and lost Jit Monte Carlo be
lug nothing to those that changed
bands here. The entrance was origi
naily from the Piccadilly side, and
many changes have been made In the
interior arrangements, but some of the
gilt chairs that were used by the high
rollers of seventy years ago are still
preserved In the clubrooms.
The proprietor of this club was orig¬
inally a small fishmonger named Wil¬
liam Crockford, who had a shop near
Temple Bar. His first venture In club
proprietorship was to take Watier’s
old house, where hazard, the Ameri¬
can game of craps, was the chief at¬
traction. In this he had a partner
named Taylor, and they both made
money, but at the end of a year they
separated, and Crockford went to St.
James’ street where he prospered so
well that be Instructed the Wyatts to
prepare plans for a new building.
This was opened in 1827, and, al¬
though it was a proprietary club.
Crockford was shrewd enough to In¬
vest a committee with the right of
election to membership, a move to
which many persons attribute his Ira
tnense success. Among the first of the
names presented was that of the DuUp
of Wellington, and almost every mar
of note In England was either a mem
Per or a guest at some time or other.—
Chicago Rscorfl-HeraM
PAGE FIVE
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$10 to $25.
You possibly need a new matting, art
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closet, sideboard, dining table, or some other
odd pieces. Our line is complete in every de=
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come in an look anyway. Cash or credit.
Harwell
Furniture and Undertaking.
Arteus, No. 3267, German Coach Stallion, Imported.
Bred by Boggs, Sulland, Germany, and his long line of thorough¬
bred ancestors makes him one of the very best horses brought to Cov¬
ington. His majestic style, erect carriage, and thorough qualities all
speak from the stuff he has been bred from. He and his pedigree can
be seen at my stables. He was foaled in 1903, imported in 1905,
and is just in his prime.
Owned and At Stud By
A. S. McGarity, Covington, Ga.
