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VOL.il. NO. 21
NEXT reunion at
little rock,
TENDERED A ROYAL TIME
fcRE
MOBILE-GENERAL GOR¬
aT
DON SUCCEEDS EVANS.
great United Confederate Vet
Th e closed last Thursday,
trans - reunion in
a three days’ assemblage
ifer great prepa¬
Mobile There were
made in advance for this oc¬
rations left undone
casion and nothing was
which would add to the pleasure of
men who led in the bloody bat
the Quite numbera of
tle f0 r right. a
members of Jefferson-Lamar Camp,
this city attended, and all report a
most enjoyable time.
At their session on Wednesday af¬
ternoon tlm army surgeons elected
Dr Edwin D. Newton, of Atlanta,
president. Dr. A. A. Lyons was re¬
elected secretary and treasurer.
General George W. Gordon, of
phis, the newly elected commander
in-chief of the United Confederate
Veterans, met Thursday, all the mem¬
bers of General Evans’ 'staff. In a
.atement sent out from Memphis, it
practically announced, that their
.appointment is assured.
The business session of the re¬
gion closed on Wednesday night.
Little Rock, Ark., was chosen as
ie reunion city for 1911, and New
rleans was indorsed for 1915.
The vote stood : Little Rock, 1,470;
hattanooga, 640; Oklahoma City, 17;
ouston, 0. When Texas was reach-
1, the veterans saw how things were
ling and threw their strength to
hkansas.
The endorsement of New Orleans
, the meeting place for 1915 was
intained in a resolution which states
it New Orleans proposes to hold
Panama canal exposition in 1915;
this city attended, and all report a
5 to indorse the exposition and
end it in April, 1915.
1 resolution was adopted indorsing
; monument to the women of the
nfederacy designed by Miss Belle
tmey, of Nashville, and another res
ition making changes in the
Vlobile was thanked for the hospita
! entertainment given the veterans.
R’hen the election] of officers was
Lched, it was announced that Gen¬
ii Clmeent A. Evans would not
"Money Hath Wings”
No truer words were ever uttered than “Money Hath
^ mgs . They do not apply to the money that must be
spent (or the necessities of life but rather to the money that
gets away from us in small amounts f°r needless expenditures
that so quickly run into dollars.
*
"Saving is Prudence"
Accumulating a certain amount from every dollar e
ln a hank account is the wisdom that opens the door tc
portunity when she knocks, that brings the wished for 1
and provides the stay and comforts when earning days
Passed.
L)ur bank will welcome your account and aid you
Ca n, no matter how small that account is at the start
or
slow it accumulates.
Begin Now
First National
Covington, Georgia.
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REVIVAL SERVICES
AT M. E. CHURCH.
MEETING BEGUN SUNDAY AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH¬
OUT THE PRESENT WEEK.
As announced last week the revi¬
val services at the Methodistt church
In this, city were begun at the morn¬
ing service Sunday and will continue
thoughout the week and possibly the
next.
Rev. W. H. Cooper preached Sun¬
day morning using as his subject,
“Hell.” Mr. Cooper stated that it
was not his custom to preach the
kind of sermon that was calculated
co scare people, but that he had ra¬
ther scare the people than to have
them lost. Ilis sermon all the way
through was very clear and impress¬
ed his hearers as being the good
old sound religion of their forefath¬
ers. Mr. Cooper is a very earnest
minister and his utterances always
carry conviction to his listeners.
During the week he will be as¬
sisted in the meetings by Rev. J. R.
Mackay, pastor of the church at Win
terville, and one of the best minis¬
ters in the state. Both he had Mr.
Cooper will give those who go out
some good, solid sermons and the
song service will also be unusually
good.
The people of the city are invited
out to the meetings, both morning
and evening, where they will be wel¬
come and their presence appreciated.
stand for reelection. General Gabell
of Texas, who had been spoken of as
a probable successor to General Ev
ana, retired in favor of General Gor¬
don, who was chosen commander-in¬
chief of the veterans.
General Gordon has the distinction
of being one of the four living confed¬
erate major generals during the war.
Three times he was taken a prison¬
er by the Federal forces during the
war.
.General William E. Mickle, it is
said will remain adjutant general and
chief of staff to General Gordon when
his appointments are made.
General Gordon will be suceeded in
command of the department of Tenn¬
essee by General Bennett Young, of
Louisville, Ky.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, MAY 4 , 1910.
NEWTON COUNTY TEACHERS
DEMAND TIMELY LEGISLATION.
Suggest that the Teachers Get the Worst End
of Appropriations. Other Public Serv¬
ants of State Paid While Georgia
Rural Teachers Wait.
Tiie Board of Education of New¬
ton county, by borrowing funds, have
been able for the past two years, to
make regular monthly payments to
teachers to cover the spring term,
but the Court of Appeals of Georgia
has lately held that the Boards oT
Educations have no such rights and
wjhere it is done it is a personal
risk. Realizing the injustice of de¬
ferred payments from the State, the
members of the Newton, county
Teachers’ Association unanimously
adopted the following resolutions at
the last regular meeting:
“In 1870, 40 years ago, we are told,
the legislature of Georgia, after a ses¬
sion of 150 days’ duration at the mod¬
est pay of $9 per day per member,
after practically exhausting the traes
ury, voted that members be paid for
their services (?) to the state by
drawing largely from the school fund.
During the long period following that
memorable session, no succeeding leg¬
islature has been able to recoup the
fortune® of the common school fund,
so that for years it has been neces¬
sary for the teacher in the rural
schools to wait until January for pay
for work done the previous May, or
else to discount her account against
the state of Georgia for services hon¬
estly rendered with some money-len¬
der at exhorbltant rates.
Is the commonwealth of Georgia so
poor that women who labor for their
daily bread, receive cuch treatment
at her hands?
The educational fund, or some other
fund, seems to. be sufficient to
promptly supply,^When due, salaries
promised the teachers in high insti¬
tutions of learning. We have never
heai-d of one of these having to wait
six months for the salary promised.
We have never heard of any of these
institutions having to wait for the
money for building purposes when
an appropriation for the same had
been made by the legislature. We
have never heard of the governor, or
any of the officials in the state Cap¬
itol having to wait six months for
their honest dues.
We have never heard of any su¬
preme or circuit court judge having
to wait six months for the amount of
the salary which was due to be paid
him. We have never heard of any
of the colored porters or floor scrub¬
bers about the capital having to wait
six months or six weeks, or even six
days after their work had been per¬
formed before they could draw the
amount due them. We have never
heard of any member of the legisla¬
ture being denied his per diem six
months or even six minutes after it
was due..
We believe that the rural school
teacher is just as truly an employee
the state as any of the above-men¬
tioned officials or employees, and is
as deserving of fair and honest
treatment. The fact that so large a
proportion of rural teachers are wom¬
en, calls all the more insistently for
“Women and children first.”
We have seen the legislature pro¬
vide means of paying promptly and
in advance the beneficiaries of anoth¬
class of appropriations made.
If the suspicion should once enter
mind of the army of rural school j
teachers that their righteous caiuse
was receiving scant and indifferent
attention because they had no politi¬
cal influence, a throng of aroused
husbands, brothers and sweethearts
would relegate the indifferent states¬
men to private life.
We call upon the friends of rural
schools all over the state of Georgia
to vote only for such men in the ap¬
proaching primary for the legislature
who will give definite pledges that
this wrong, so long perpetrated upon
the rural school teachers, shall be
made for the future monthly payment
of their salaries.
We call upon each rural school
teacher and her friends to lay aside a
false modesty and by personal inter¬
view to ascertain where the legisla¬
tive candidate of your county stands
on this question—whether he favors
definite, prompt action, or whether
his promises are general and vague,
and having this information, take
such further action as will insure the
speedy corrections of the great in¬
justice which has been done you.
This is our grievance. Don’t wait
longer for volunteer champions to es¬
pouse your cause. Go out after them
yourselves.
H. H. STONE,
President Board Education.
A. H. FOSTER,
County School Commissioner.
J. O. MARTIN,
Pres. Newton Co. Teachers' Ass’n.
MRS. INA PICKETT,
MIS PEARL PRICE,
MISS MILIFORD STANDFORD
(Teachers in Newton County Schools.)
Committee from Newton County
Teachers’ Association.
CARD M PROF.
HARRY H. STONE.
A trip made last week over the
roads of West Newton in the pleasant
company of Messrs. L. L. Flowers,
Edwin Taylor, L. W. Jarman, Wood
Aiken and Dr. Gibson, brought to our
attention the fact that great progress
has been made towards good roads in
that section of the county. We were
informed that the citizens of that sec¬
tion of the county had contributed
over two thousand dollars in money
and “rights of way” towards relocat¬
ing and properly grading the public
roads.
Every year large sums of money are
practically wasted in the effort to
worti roadways which should be aban¬
doned for better locations which will
avoid the hills or climb them grad¬
ually instead of trying to go directly
over tfiem. This is largely in evidence
in the new roadways gone over by us.
We do not now recall any grade
greater than five per cent on any of
them. All honor to the public spirit
which caused these citizens to go
down into their pockets for the good
not only of their own community but
for the benefit of every wheel and an¬
imal that passes through that section
of our county.
Another item of interest to us was
that these same men do not intend
to wait until the County Commission¬
ers of Roads and Revenues can do
everything for everything for them
but are wide awake to the necessity
of keeping up in good shape what
has already been done. We saw
where the split ldg drag, made by
Mr. Grier Livingston, had passed over
the road and had left it in shape that
would compare favorably with work
done by the road scrapes operated by
the county. We were informed by
Mr. Wilson Jarman that where a fur¬
row is run in the ditches that the
split log drag gives equally as good
results as the road machine. Our ride
was brought to an end at the resi¬
dence of Mr. Jarman, who is doing
much to bring to the attention of the
young men the possibilities of the
farm.
His wife and children gave us a
hearty welcome to their hospitable
home and his good mother refreshed
us with some of the finest strawber¬
ries it has ever been the pleasure of
this writer to eat.
West Newton, always in the van of
progress sets an example of enter¬
prise which every other section of the
county could follow with great profit
to themselves and untold benefit to
the general public.
H. H. STONE.
Birthday Dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Adams spent
Monday in Social Circle wjhere they
went to attend the birthday dinner of
Mr. S. H. Adams. A most elegant
dinner was served and delightful
day spent There were sveral mem¬
bers of the Adams family present,
including Mr. Claud Adams, of Mon¬
roe; Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Adams,
of Social Circle, Mr. and Mrs. Dil¬
lard Adams, of Dixie, and Mrs. Ma¬
ry Newton.
FOR SALE—A SMALL TRACT OF
land on Deepstep creek. For par¬
ticulars apply to Miss Susan A.
Harris, 60 Augusta Ave., Atlanta,
Ga.
EMORY ENDOWMENT
NOW COMPLETED.
PRES. JAS. E. DICKEY FINISHES
RAISING THE AMOUNT AS
HAD BEEN PLANNED.
Emory’s half-million dollar endow¬
ment is clinched at last after a stren¬
uous week on the part of the commit¬
tee in charge that threw itself into
a whirlwind finish.
One week ago last Saturday tAe
final campaign was planned. One
week ago Monday it began. And on
Saturday of the following week it
was concluded.
The $25,000 which the Emory Alum
association were still short on
pledge of $30,000 has been raised,
and the whole amount of $300,000
endowment is now bound togeth¬
er. This, with the $200,000 that the
already has, makes the $500,
000 that has been its goal. »
The committee met in the Candler
building in Atlanta on Saturday after¬
noon and compared notes. They
that their work was done.
Within the week that they had set,
in good time before the first
day of May when other pledges were
expire, they had raised all that wa
to rivet the remainder of the
.
Not all the amount raised during
last week was contributed by the
Emory alumni. Recognizing that, and
fully meet their pledge of $30,000
of months ago, the Alumni as¬
will keep at work till they
gathered every cent of their
among themselves. The sur¬
wiill put Emory’s whole endow¬
a little over the half million dol
mark.
One of the committee made the
at the meeting Saturday
the whole of the $300,000 addi¬
endowment had been contrib
by Georgians. Over $100,000 of
was given by AUanlians, Asa G.
contributing $50,o0o, J. p.
Williams $25,000 and G orge Winsbip
10 , 000 .
In October, 1908,Dr. Janies E.Dick
who has been constantly at the
in this great work, and started
on his campaign. A previou
of 'the trustees, in June of
year, had authorized it. For a
In the Bank of Covington and you
will point out a man who dosnthave
to lie awake at nights wondering if
his money is safe. Neither does he
keep worrying if that last remittance
has gone astray. He knows the Bank
of Covington is the safest place for
his money and that the loss or de¬
destruction of a cheek does not mean
a loss of money. Do you pay by cheek?
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - - $100,000.00
We Invite Your Patronage.
Flowers & Taylor
Do more Commercial Job
Printing than all other
county print-shops. Why?
$1. A Year In
VETERANS GIVEN AN
AUTOMOBILE RIDE.
ABOUT TWENTY CARS PLACED
AT SERVICE OF VETERANS
AND LADIES LAST TUESDAY.
One of the features of the Memorial
exercises held here last week was
the automobile ride given the Con¬
federate Veterans who had come in
to be present on this occasion. There
were something like twenty machines
from this city and from Mansfield,
Social Circle, Newborn and other
cities nearby and without an excep¬
tion they all tendered their cars to
the committee in charge for the pur¬
pose of giving the old heroes a ride
around the city. The cars were all
filled and were driven over the new
road east of the city and back and
and then taken out all the princi¬
pal streets of the city.
The old soldiers enjoyed the oca
sion very much, but one was heard
-to say that riding in an automobile
was altogether different from the
time in whose honor the exercises
were held, when tjhe "boys” all had
to march for miles and miles with
their guns and belongings strapped *
to their backs.
Everything possible was done to
make the warriors of the sixties en¬
joy the day, and while the decoration*
of the graves was pathetic and
touching, the address called to the
minds of the veterans the strenuous
times of the war, and they nearly all
became reminiscent and talked of
the principal hardship and long
strife of the Confederate army.
DO YOUR CHICKENS LAY? MAKE
them lay by feeding ground bone.
It’s fresh at Cook Bros.—tf.
year and a half, therefore, the work
has endured. Dr. Dickey has pleaded
his cause from unnumbered pulpits
in Georgia and thousands have re¬
sponded. The larger portion of the
big amount was contributed in small
sums. The labor of gettting it to¬
gether has been great, and Dr. Dick¬
ey is receiving full credit for its suc¬
cess, from not only old Emory men
biP from all Methodists who are am¬
bitious for the future of their college
in Georgia.
