The Covington News
Is read by more Newton
County People than any
other paper pabhshed......
VOL. 11. NO. 25
I D. KING WHITES
VERY SPICY CARD.
SAYS one OF TOWN DISTRICT'
COMMISSIONERS SHOULD
PROMPTLY RESIGN.
Editors The News:
If we are to continue to have five
County Commissioners, it seems to
me that it would be well enough to
a mass meeting of the citizens
of the county and divide the county
into five districts, and ask our rep¬
resentative in the legislature to so
amend the present law that two
Commissioners could not be nomi¬
nated from the same district.
This was the purpose and aim of
the grand jury who recommended the
change from three to five, and if the
instructions of the grand jury had
been carried out we would not be
confronted with the present situa¬
tion, namely, that of practically half
of our county without representation
on this board.
And if I had been the author of the
bill under the instructions above
given, and was a nominee for Com¬
missioner in the district where there
was already one Commissioner, I
would resign and ask the western
part of the county who is without
representation and have no commis¬
sioner nearer than Covington, to se¬
lect a man to take my place.
Yours truly,
L. D. KING.
Red Men Give Supper.
Ou last Wednesday night the Im¬
proved Order of Red Men of -this
city celebrated the fifth anniversary
of the order by giving its members
a supper, elegantly prepared and in¬
terspersed with dainties and refresh¬
ments.
Several very interesting addresses
along the line of the benefits .offered
by becoming a member of this order,
were delivered, among one of the
most notable was that of Col. E. R.
Gunn, of Oxford. Colonel Gunns’
talk was instructive as well as inter¬
esting from the start and he held
the attention of his hearers at all
times. During the evening the adop¬
tion degree was conferred on several
of The “palefaces.”
Mr. W. R. Stilwell, Sachem of the
“Money Hath Wings”
t ,
No truer words were ever uttered than “Money Hath
^ mgs”. They do not apply to the money that must be
spent for 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 bom every dollar earned
m a bank account is the wisdom that opens the door to op¬
portunity when she knocks, that brings the wished for home,
and provides the stay and comforts when earning days are
passed.
Our bank will welcome your account and aid you all it
can, no matter how small that account is at the start or how
slow it accumulates.
Begin Now
First National Bank
Covington, Georgia.
Cotrinnton
NEWTON COUNTY IN
THE PUBLIC EYE.
HON. L. L. MIDDLEBROOK WILL
MAKE GOOD RACE ALL OVER
THE STATE.
The announcement carried in the
News last week that Hon. L. L. Mid
dlebrook was a candidaet for gover¬
nor has been freely commented on by
papers all over the state and there
is no doubt hut that he will make a
splendid race in every corner of Geor¬
gia. His friends are most sanguine
over his outlook, and are freely pre¬
dicting that defeat will not be his lo*.
Mr. Middlebrook has been in public
life in Georgia for the past thirty
years and has always been identified
with the conservative element so
necessary to good government. While
conservative, he is progressive and
is a firm believer in constructive
rather than destructive legislation,
and his views on many important
Questions are considered by all think¬
ing men as sound and very democratic.
While there are other avowed can¬
didates in the field, with possibly sev
eral more to get in the running, Mr.
Middlebrook, in his interview' when
he first made public his intention of
entering the campaign, has been the
source of favorable coment, the thing!
he favors being what is thought to be
for the best interests of the state and
her people. He will begin an active
campaign as soon as the State Exec
tive committee meets and fixes the
rules governing the primary and the
date for the nomination of the state
house officers.
The people of the state may ex¬
pect to be represented in his candi¬
dacy and campaign by a man whose
interests are those of the masses and
whose convictions are sound and firm
He will possibly make an active cam¬
paign in every county in the state.
order was selected as a delegate to
the lodge at the Great Council, the
loth of June, which convenes this
year at Savannah.
The Warrior’s degree will be con¬
ferred on Wednesday sleep, the first
of June. All the elected officers and
degree team will kindly take notice
of same. A MEMBER.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, JUNE 1, 1910.
IMPROVEMENTS IN
WATER SYSTEM.
ENTIRE WORKS GIVEN THOR¬
OUGH CLEANING AND WATER
IS NOW LIKE CRYSTAL.
Mayor Chas. G. Smith, Chairman
Jas. R. Stephenson of the Light and
Water Board, and Superintendent
Harrison have been busy the past sev.
eral days giving the water system of
the city, the reservoirs and stand¬
pipe a thorough washing out ami gen¬
eral cleaning up.
A sample of the water taken from
the standpipe was sent to the state
chemist recently for examination and
analysis, which has been reported on.
and found to be all right, except that
not enough alum was being used in
the filtreing vats and the necessary
amount is now being used, and the
water goes to the consumers in a
perfectly pure and clear form.
At the reservoir at the power-house
a fence is being built and we under¬
stand that it will be covered within
the next few' weeks, making it
impossible for anything to either fall
into it or be blown in. This is quite
an improvement and with the work
Mr.Harrison expects to do during the
balance of the summer, the citizens
of the city need have no qualms about
drinking the city water, as it will
be pure with nothing in it to produce
sickness. Each of the big reservoirs
and stand-pipe will be w'ashed out once
a month from now on, and all the
details of the system so arranged as
to make impurity practically impos¬
sible.
The report became circulated here
the latter part of lastweek that a dog
had been removed from the cistern
and many of the people stopped using
the hydrant water for several days.
The report was untrue, however, and
besides that, as we said before, the
entire plant has been thoroughly
cleaned and renovated and the water
is pure or purer than that in all the
towns in the state.
Mr. Harrison, the new superinten¬
dent, is well informed about water
and lights and is making numerous
changes and improvements around
the plant, and is using good judgment
and forethought in the water system.
His methods are modern and are ap¬
plied in a manner thoroughly dem¬
onstrating his capability as an ex¬
pert in his line.
BRYSON’S WIFE DEAD
WHILE HE RECOVERS.
WIFE OF CONDUCTOR IN DRUID
HILL TRAGEDY IS DEAD IN
ATLANTA FROM FRIGHT.
Mrs. Margie Bryson, wife of Con¬
ductor Waller H. Bryson, the conva
lesciiig survivor of the Druid Hill
street car tragedy in Atlanta recent¬
ly, died at 11 o’clock Sunday morning
at the Atlanta Hospital, as the result
of an unsuccessful operation which
failed.to relieve a condition brought
on indirectly by excitement over her
husband’s dangerous and nearly fatal
wound.
Thus Mrs. Bryson is literally the
second victim of the tragedy in which
Motorman Brown was murdered, and
the bullet wound from which her hus¬
band has recovered after a game fight
against death, has claimed her life
instead of his.
A heart-rendering feature of the
case was the fact that just as Mrs.
Bryson’s body was being removed
from the hospital to the Bryson home
in one ambulance, Conductor Bryson,
who had recovered sufficiently to
leave the hospital, was driven in
another. The four little dhildren,
waiting to receive the sad burdens
of the two vehicles were heart-broken
with grief. Bryson himself bore up
splendidly, and it is believed the eer-‘
tainty of his ultimate, complete re¬
covery has not been lessened by this
new blow.
Mrs. Bryson was in ill health at
the time her husband was shot by
negro highwaymen, and devotion to
her wounded husband made her still
weaker. Last week she was removed
to the same hospital in which her hus
band was lying, and Saturday the op¬
eration was performed. Mrs. Bryson
was 30 years of age.
Infant Dead.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Milner died at their residence Thurs¬
day afternoon and was buried Friday.
They have the sympathy of the en¬
tire community in their md less.
TEACHERS ELECTED
FOR ANOTHER TERM.
NEARLY ALL OF OLD TEACHERS
WILL RETURN.—FOSTER IS
ELECTED PRINCIPAL.
The teachers to serve the Coving¬
ton Public School for another year
were elected by the Board of Educa¬
tion last week, and while they have
not all accepted yet, it is thought
that they will all do so, with one or
two exceptions.
Prof. A. H. Foster was tendered
the superintendency of the school by
the Board for the next term, which
came as a surprise to many in the
city, as it was thought by nearly
everyone that he had given up school
room work entirely. He has not ac¬
cepted the place yet, and said to a
News reporter yesterday that by rea¬
son of the school work already con¬
nected with, and the further fact that
he will not be likely to continue In
class-room work, had decided not to
accept. Prof. Foster was principal of
the school here several years ago,
and made many friends while in that
position.
Prof. McLeod, who has been the
principal of the school since the first
of the year, was elected as assistant
principal, but. he has not accepted
yet. He conducted the school this
year in a most satisfactory manner
and the close was one of the most
successful in the history of the in¬
stitution. He has made a host of
friends here wdio are anxious for
him to remain and sincerely hope
that he will accept the position. He
is a young educator of marked abili¬
ty and his work in the school room
is unusually good.
The other teachers elected were:
7th grade, Miss Ethel Belcher.
6th grade, Miss Roberta Fox.
5th grade. Miss Katherine Butler.
4th grade, Miss Leila Flewellyn, of
Alabama.
3rd grade, Miss Annie Duffy.
2nd grade, Miss Anna Keith.
1st grade, Mrs. J. E. Phillips.
LOTS OF FINE PEACHES,
BUT POOR COTTON CROP
HUDSON BACK FROM SOUTH
GEORGIA INSPECTION TRIP.
TELLS OF CROP OUTLOOK.
Commissioner of Agriculture Hud¬
son returned to Atlanta Monday
ing from an inspection and business
trip in the southern part of t he state.
The peach crop, he says, will be fine
and abundant, but the cotton and
corn crops, declares, are backward.
Mr. Hudson went to Waycross on
the 18th and spent that day there
with the board from Experiment. On
the 19th he delivered a speech at a
barbecue given by Senator Deen, and
later spent two or three days with a
party fishing on the Satillah river.
Afterward he traveled all through
the southern part of the state, look¬
ing over the crop conditions.
“Most of the crops are backward,”
he declared, “the corn and cotton
are small, and the stand in some
sections is bad. In fact in the south¬
ern part of the state the cotton Is
the smallest for the time of the year
that I have ever seen; also It is
lousy in many places.
“The oat crop is fairly good, and
the stand of wheat is good. The
crop is in fine condition, and the
crop will be abundant, probably far
above the average.”
To The City Council.
Now that Covington is rapidly ad¬
vancing in automobile circles, The
News would suggest that an ordi¬
nance be made public as to the speed
limit and also rules governing the
passage of machines while in motion,
and how they should be left standing
on the public square. We believe this
to be necessary and urge that this
body not wait until some child or
person is killed before taking these
precautions. Signs should be placed
along the roads traveled by automo¬
biles putting forth the speed limit
and this ordinance should be rigidly
enforced.
IN THE RACE TO THE FINISH
It has been rumored
the county that I am likely to “drop
out” of the race for
Not for a moment have I considered
withdrawing. I AM NOT
THAT WAY. I am in the race
the finish. Moreover my candidacy
is not in the mere Incabator
“Ask the Voters.” Respty,
A, H. FOSTER.
$1. A Year In Advance.
DATE FIXED FOR
BIG CELEBRATION.
MR. HICKS MAKES ANNOUNCE¬
MENT THAT IT WILL BE ON
JULY SECOND.
Mr. Thomas W. Hicks requests us
to make the announcement that the
usual fourth of July celebration at
Oak Hill will be held this year ou
Saturday, July 2nd, instead of the
fourth which comes on Monday, and
which is an inconvenient day to hold
public gatherings of tills kind, there
being no time in which to make the
necessary preparations.
The annual celebration at Oak Hill
has come to be looked upon as some¬
thing not to be missed by our people
and the day is always an enjoyable
cue to all who go. An interesting
program is always arranged for the
ok aslon, and usually there is some of
the most prominent men in the state
on the list of speakers. This year
will not be short of previous years,
and an Interesting program Is now
being prepared and will be announced
later.
Church Built in Ten Hours.
Peoria, 111., May 30.—Initial ser¬
vices were held tonight in the chapel
built by 190 members of the Central
Christian church during ten hours of
today. The church is perfect in Its
completion, electrically lighted and
with an electric sign above the en¬
trance.
The tabernacle is 64 feet long, 24
feet wide and 12 feet high inside.
Under the supervision of I). C. Chaf¬
fee, who planned the structure, 190
men started work at 8 o’clock this
morning and at 6 o’clock this even¬
ing chimes on the various other
churches throughout the city were
rung to announce the completion.
Material for the church was donated
by various concerns in this and other
cities.
Telegrams of congratulations from
a score of Christian churches thru
out the country were received this
evening. Rev. Turner, the pastor,
conducted open air memorial exercis¬
es this iioox) and services In the
church tonight.
Words
To
The
Wise
Our bank makes no investments
without ample security; we can't af¬
ford to take risks; moderate, sure pro¬
fits are far better than large dividends
with possible loss of principal. Ke
liability, honest methods, fair rates of
interest and conservative protection
make this bank rank high. Glad to
tell you more if you will as anyone
at this bank.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - * $100,000.00
=We Invite Your Patronage. 1
Flo wers 8t Taylor
Do more Commercial Job
Printing than all other
county print-shops. Why?
HONESTY CREDITED
TO HALLY’S COMET.
CAPT. J. M. PACE RECEIVES LET¬
TER WITH TWENTY DOL¬
LARS—NO NAME SIGNED.
Capt. James M. Pace, of this city,
was very much surprised the other
day on opening his mail to find in
one of the letters u twenty dollar bill
pinned to a letter ou which said,
‘‘this Is for a debt due your father.”
Captain Pace’s father has been dead
something like twenty-five years,and
who ever the party was that sent it
was most certainly an honest old mai^
to pay a debt to the son after the
father had been dead that length of
of time. There was no signature to
the letter, and the Captain has been
puzzled ns to the writer and remitter.
When asked about It by a News
reporter the other day. Captain Pace
said, “I don’t know whether to at¬
tribute it to a smitten conscience or
to Halley’s comet, but whatever the
cause, it was appreciated.”
Almost everything that has hap¬
pened In this country during the past
several weeks has been credited to
the comet, and It is just o» well to
give it the credit for this rare dis¬
play of honesty^
1 1 ft
Candidates toi Address Voters.
All the candidates for the Legisla¬
ture will address the voters at the
school house at Almon on Wednesday
night, June 8th. Everybody Invited.
Card of Thanks.
We extend our sincere thanks and
grateful love to our many friends and
good people of Newton county for
their help and aid they have render¬
ed us since our dwolllng house was
destroyed by fire. We thank you all
and pray that the blessings of the
good Lord rest with you all.
Very gratefully,
L. S. Smith, Miss Mary Smith and
M. A. Smith.
Col. J. C. Knox will address the
voters of Stansell district, at thi^
Lodge Hall, at Pace, on Thursday
night, June 9th. All other candidates
for the Legislature are respectfully
Invited to participate in this meeting.
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