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VOL. 1L NO. 34
BAPTIST services
STILL IN PROGRESS.
one of THE best revivals ew
er held here continues
THROUGHOUT week.
The series of meetings, begun at
t!ie F irst Baptist church in this city
,
last Monday evening are still in (prog¬
ress 4 and it was would announced continue Sunday ail
, iigl that they
0 f the present week.
Rev Eugene R. Pendleton, pastor
cf the church, has with him for the
services Dr. H. C. Buchholz, one of
the most earnest and loved ministers
of the faith in Georgia; his daugh¬
ter, Miss Ruth Buchholz, who with
iter remarkable italent as a musician,
is in charge of the piano, and Mr. J.
T Williams, of Rome, is singer.
When we «say that the meetings
are the best ever held in Covington
we believe the fact that (the largest
congregations ever in a church in
this section at a revival service will
bear us out in our surmise. Dr. Buch¬
holz, as we (said before, is a most
earnest and consecrated man, and
his practical and logical method of
applying the gospel is easily under¬
stood and very much enjoyed by all
who hear him. He is a powerful
minister and is drawing people from
all over the county to his services.
The subjects: as outlined by Dr.
Buchholz are the kind that should
appeal to all, even those who are
not Christians and make no preten¬
sions are touched by them. They
are handled in a masterful and t-ienn
cut manner and his work here v.'li
live long after the meeting closes.
In Covington there is room for a
revival. Many people here are not
alligned with any of the churches
and their influence is for bad. They
are given a special invitation to go
to these meetings where they will be
given a cordial welcome by the mem¬
bers of this denomination. Members
of all the churches are also invited.
Salem Campmeeting Begins The 12th
Arrangements are being made for
the beginning of the annual Camp
meeting to he held mtSalem Camp¬
ground. and everything is being /put
in readiness for a large attendance
this year..
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Cane Mills, Evaporaters,
McCormick Mowers, Rakes
Aiv now in season and we want you to
see ns if at all interested in the pur
ehase of either.
Our General Hardware Stock has
never been so complete as right now,
and we want your business.
If we happen to be out of an arti¬
cle called for, we get it for you.
Phone us your orders.
j Stephenson Hdwe. Store.
• Phone 16
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imx PRESIDENT
ST. MARK’S.
DR. JAMES E. DICKEY PREACHES*
ABLE SERMON ON FALSE
PRIDE.
Dr. James E. Dickey, president of
'Emory college, preached to a large
congregation at St. Mark Methodist
church Sunday morning. His theme
was the spirit of false pride that has
been the curse of the church for ages
and he spoke in hiis usual style of mas¬
terful energy. The text, “For 1 am
not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ,” was the dominating thought
of the sermon.
Dr. Dickey spoke of how Paul stood
forth and acknowledged his lord, Je¬
sus Christ in the flays when it was
almost amatter of losing one’s llife to
embrace the faith of Christianity. He
sketched the lives of the early Chris¬
tians who labored under: such great
difficulties and paid a glowing tribute
to their faithfulness.
Speaking of the church of later
days, he said that false pride had
been i.ts curse for ages. He paiid a
tribute to womanly modesty, saying
that a pure woman was the crowning
work of God and that man should be
proud to worship at such a shrine.
Then, turning to man, he spoke of
the better spirit of manliness that per
vades our view of a man today than
formerly.
“Thank God,” he said, “that the
time is no longer when a man has to
apologize for his personal purity.”
Dr.Diickey continued to speak of the
fact that a man does nat now believe
that to show that he is a man he
must stain his lips with foul oaths
and scorn a purity that is now consid
ered a badge of honor. He spoke of
the false pride that now envelopes
the church and said that “because we
can not run the mysteries of the in¬
carnation through our own little cru¬
cibles we don’t want to believe in
it.”
Dr. Dickey is one of the ablest di¬
vines in the Methodist aburch and
has many friends in the city. Hei
was formerly the pastor at Grace
church, Atlanta, and has a host of ad¬
mirers who remember him there.
While in Atlanta he was the guest
of H. Y. McCord at his home on Ju¬
niper street.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, ALIGUEITB; i910.
UNION MEN GALL
HOWARD DOWN.
FACTS SHOW THAT WOULD-BE
CONGRESSMAN MISREPRE¬
SENTED THINGS.
As William Schley Howard was ad¬
dressing a gathering here last might,
in which the stonecutters of this sec¬
tion figured largely, he asserted that
Congressman Livingston about the
time the contract for the new federal
building was let, had sent a telegram
to the secretary of the 'Stonecutters’
Union that they would have to submit
to a cut in the scale of wages. To
substantiate his declaration Mr. How¬
ard drew from his pocket a telegram,
saying:
“I hold in my hand that telegram.
It was addressed to Jack McGahee,
then secretary of the Stonecutters’
Union here. That telegram reads:
“ ‘Have secured granite for use in
the new postoffice building. You
boys will have to submit to a cut in
wages.’ ”
In the audience was Mr. MaGahee,
who declared that the telegram read
by Mr. Howard was not a copy of the
one sent him by Congressman Liv¬
ingston, adding- that the telegram he
received read:
“I have secured granite for the new
postoffice building. Don’t be caugiht
in a trap.”
Mr. McGahee then stated that the
original telegram was still in exist¬
ence and was in the keeping of Sec¬
retary Wilson, of the Stonecutters’
Union. Secetary Wilson would have
been present at the meeting with ttye
telegram, but was detained at home
by a death in ihis family.
Mr. McGahee’s correction of the
telegram as read by Mr. Howard was
received with loud cheering by the
Livingston friends who were present.
—Atlanta Constitution.
The following denial of the above
was taken from the Atlanta Journal
of last Saturday, and is signed by
several of the leaders of the union
forces at Lithonia’
LITHONIA, GA„ July 30
Editor The Journal: In Tuesday’s
edition of your paper there appeared
an interview from William Schley
Howard replying to an article from
Lithonia, of which we know nothing
ot the author. We wish to brand this
interview of Mr. Howard as false. He
states 700 people heard his address.
This is not true, aind he knows it.
Mr. Howard did read the fake tele¬
gram he referred to in his article
and, immediately after making the
statement, A. J. McGhee said that it
was false, that no such telegram ever
came to him.
Mr. Howard declares that some foul
or five men arose and said when the
telegram was read, that one like that
had been read in the halls of the
Branch. This is false. Two men
arose and said a telegram something
like that had been read in the hall,
and not four or five men. A. J.
McGbee, at the time this fake tele¬
gram was purported to have been re¬
ceived, was secretary of the Lithonia
branch of the Granite Cutters’ union,
and received the telegrams, and they
are now on file, and no such tele¬
gram was ever received by him, no
such telegram appears in the file of
our union and never was.
Mr. Howard, you have wilfully mis¬
stated facts in thJ? matter, and you
have sought to gratify your own sel¬
fish and unworthy ambition, and, in
doing so, you have attempted to sow
discard in our union, and impute
wrong to one of our best and truest
men, wilfully stating a thing as a fact
when you knew it was false, and it
is untrue. Colonel Livingston has
never sent such a telegram, and you
know it. He has never attempted to
dictate to our union in any manner,
or even suggested that a change
should be made in our bill of prices,
or anything akin to it.but has fought
our figlhts and battles and won, and
we will not allow such a bald-faced
falsehood as this to go unchallenged.
We have searched the records here
of the Western Union Telegraph com¬
pany and find that no telegram was
received here from Colonel Livingston
either on the 7th, 8tih, or 9th of
January, 1908, addressed to A. J. Mc¬
Gahee or any other person of our
union. Now, understand, we say no
telegram.
, You have falsely stated these things
as facts, and knowing the telegram
was a fake you have wilfully and
deliberately tried to perpetrate a
fraud upon our people, and especially
our brother, A. J. McGahee. Another
thing, you wilfully den4ed that you
( »6fed uo papnpuno)
COUNTY UNIT PUN
PREVAILS IN FIFTH.
CANDIDATE CARRYING A COUN¬
TY NAMES DELEGATE—CON¬
VENTION AUGUST 25TH.
Adopting the county unit plan and
fixing August 23 as the primary date,
was the action of the executive com¬
mittee of the Fifth congressional dis¬
trict which met in the breakfast room
of the (New Kimball shortly after 10
o’clock Monday morning for the pur¬
pose of adopting rules and setting the
date for the congressional primary.
Chairman A. M. Brand called the
meeting to order and the roll was
called. It was found that there were
several counties not represented, and
other counties with only half repre¬
sentation, and it was suggested by
CoL L. F. Livingston, who was pres¬
ent only at the beginning of the
meeting, that substitutes if possible
be appointed, so that there might be
no complaint made that the meeting
was not fully represented by all the
counties.
This was done, and after substitutes
had been appointed a resolution, with
rules drafted therein, was offered by
J. W. Arnold, of Walton county. With
no discussion and on the motion of
George M. Hope, the rule® and date
set for the primary were unanimous¬
ly adopted.
There was nothing of further inter¬
est brought up at the meeting, and
no discussions.
All the counties, with the excep¬
tion fo two were represented.
Under the county unit plan,the can¬
didate carrying a county is allowed
to name two delegates for each repre¬
sentative in the legislature from that
county, to attend the convention
which is set for August 25.
The plan adopted by the committee
folldws:;
“At a meeting of the Democratic ex.
ecutive committee of the Fifth districl
of Georgia held in the city of Atlanta
Ga., this the first day of August, 1910
called for the purpose of taking ac-,
tion whereby the white Democratic
voters or the white voters who desire
to ally themselves with the Democrat¬
ic party in this congressional district
may give expression of their choice
for the nomination of a candidate for
representative from the (Fifth com
gressional district of Georgia in the
sixty-third congress of the United
States, to be filled by the votes of
the people at the ensuing general
election. Be it therefore ordered:
MFirst. At the white Democratic pri¬
mary election for the nomination of
the candidate for representative from
the Fifth congressional district of
Georgia in the sixty-third congress of
the United States jointly with and
under the rules and regulations of the
county Democratic executive commit¬
tees at the time and place specified
and required by the county Democrat¬
ic executive committees so far as
applicable.
“Second. The Democratic executive
committee of each county is hereby
directed to place upon the ticket any
and all candidates that pay the fee
required by said Democratic county
executive committee in the race for
representative as above set out, and
who fully complies with all the rules
and requirements of the county exe¬
cutive committees of each, county in
this, the Fifth district.
“Third. That the candidate receiv¬
ing the highest vote in the primary
in each county for nomination shall
have the right to name delegates in
each of the counties of the Fifth
district of Georgia to the congression¬
al convention to be held to ratify
the result of said primary on the
25th day of August next at the Kim¬
ball house in Atlanta, Ga.
“Fourth. The number of delegates
to said convention shall be twice the
number of representatives each coun¬
ty may have in the general assembly
of Georgia.
“Fifth. The chairman of this com¬
mittee is hereby directed to furnish
to the chairman of each county ex¬
ecutive committee of this district a
copy of these resolutions as soon as
practical. “A. M. BRAND, Chm.
“J. R. STEPHENSON, Sec.
“Adapted this August 1, 1910."
POLITICAL NOTICE.
Ool. J. C. Knox will address the
voters of Brewers district, at the
school house at Stewart on next Sat¬
urday night, August 6th, in the inter¬
est of his candidacy for the Legisla¬
ture.
Messrs. A. H. Foster, W. S. Mar
but and J. C. (Morgan are invited to
be present and participate in this
meeting. ***
$1. A Year In Advance.
COMMISSIONERS
MET YESTERDAY,
ROUTINE MATTERS TAKE UP*
PRINCIPAL PART OF THE
REGULAR MEETING.
The Board of County Commission¬
ers held their regular monthly meet¬
ing at the court house yesterday,
and checked over the business of
the county for the past month. Rou¬
tine matters (were up and kept the
body busy during the larger part of
the day.
Under the present system of keep¬
ing the county records it is much
easier than was formerly the case
to keep track of each department,
both financially and from the stand¬
point of road work being done. The
clerk, Col. A. H. Foster, is always
ready for them with the books ipost
ed up and the accounts straight.
The board of commissioners is do¬
ing a lot of good road work in the
county and from reports made to
them yesterday it was also seen
that the bridge work is progressing
nicely.
POLITICAL NOTICE.
ICol. J. C. Knox will address the
voters of Leguin District at school
house at High Point on next Friday
evening, August 5th, in the interest
of his candidacy for the Legislature.
(Messrs. A. H. Foster, W. S. Mar
but and J. C. Morgan are invited to
be present and participate in this
meeting.
All the voters are urged to come
out and hear the candidates. ***
Candidate Hawes Here.
Hon. Peyton M. Hawes, of Elberton
candidate for Treasurer of Georgia,
was in the city Monday, where he
was given a cordial welcome by bis
many friends here. He was intro¬
duced to the people of the city by
several of our (most prominent men,
and it is believed that he wall get
a splendid vote in this county.
Mr. Hawes is one of the most sub¬
stantial citizens of the state and ev¬
erywhere he is known he has ardent
friends and supporters. He is un¬
doubtedly qualified for the place be
seek®.
The
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T emptation
To
Buy
Needlessly will be greatly reduced if
i
you have to draw a check every time
you make a purchase. Don’t keep
your cash in your pocket where it is
likely to burn a hole. Open an ac¬
count with the Bank of Covington.
Experience proves that a man thinks
twice before he spends once when he
has an account at the bank.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - - $100,000.00
We Invite Your Patronage:
Fl owers & Ta ylor
Do more Commercial Job
Printing than all other
county print-shops. Why?
PIPEbeinglaF
AT NEWS OFFICE.
RAVINE WILL NO LON/GER MEN¬
ACE TRAVELING PUBLIC
ON THIS SIDE.
The News takes its hat off to each
member of the city council, street
committee, the mayor, the policemen,
Chief Bohanan and any one else who
had any hand in having the work
started on the deep ravine in front
of the News office.
We appreciate the work and (want
the people to know that we do. We
have had our hair stand on end on
more than one occasion when we
made a grand stand leap to get out
to a buggy to wait on a customer.
People who pass this way uncon¬
sciously walk close to the inside of
the' walk tor fear of slipping in and
doing themselves bodily injury. But
we can now shut our eyes and take
a running start in case some politi¬
cally inclined son of Newton cornea
in to administer a regular licking.
The pipe is already on the ground
and work has been commenced on
placing it in position and filling up
the ditch, leveling the sidewalk and
otherwise making this end of town
more habitable from a business view¬
point.
Gentlemen, the treats are on us.
Mr. Cohen Going to New York.
■Mr. W. Cohen, one of the leading
merchants and shrewdest buyers in
the mercantile business in this sec¬
tion, leaves next Monday for East¬
ern markets, where he goes to buy
his fall and winter stock of merchant
dise. Mr. Cohen is a hunter of bar¬
gains on his regular trip® to market
and in turn each year places on sale
some of the greatest money-saving
bargains offered here.
Mr. Cohen will be away some two
weeks or more, during which time
he will devote to the selection of one
of the largest fall and winter stocks
of merchandise seen in this city in
the past.
FOR S ALE—GOOD, COMBINATION
buggy and saddle horse. Apply to
O. W. PORTER.—tf.
