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VOL. 11. NO. 41
COURT CONVENED
MONDAY MORNING
JUDGE REAGAN IS PRESIDING FOR
JUDGE ROAN—HOWARD IN
STATE PROSECUTING BOX.
The fall term of Newton Superior
court convened here Monday morning
with Judge Reagan on the bench in
place of Judge L. S. Roan, who, we
understand, is holding court for Judgo
Reagan in one of his counties. Hon.
KVm. S. Howard is. acting solicitor
and his pleasant face and hearty
handshake is just as free as it was
during the campaign in which he was
recently nominated as congressman
from this distric.t
Judge Reagan’s charge- to the
grand jury took up the greater part
of the morning session, and he gave
the jurors in detail what they were
expected to do, making the law re¬
stricting that body clear and easily
understood. The grand jury this year
is, composed of a number of the coun¬
ty’s most prominent citizens and their
deliberations and work will be all that
could he expected of a body called
for the purpose they were assembled.
The docket for this term is not
Aireui }ou oxe ojaqj pun Aaibq q A.ioa
cases, either civil or criminal which
it is thought will require much time
ifor adjustment.
There is one negro charged with
murder and who was tried at the last
term of court, which resulted in a
mistrial, who will come up this time.
(His case will probably be one of the
first of the session.
There was a large, crowd in atten¬
dance here Monday and Tuesday and
it is probable that the attendance will
be large all the week.
it is expected that the term of the
court will be finished sometime dur¬
ing the latter part of the present
week.
Change In Business.
Mr. W. T. iMflnre has purchased
from Mr. Evans Lunsford his entire
Interest in. the lumber firm of Luns¬
ford & Milner and will continue the
•business along the same lines as that
covered by it for the past several
years.
Mr. Lunsford, the retiring partner,
“MaKe Hay While the Sun Shines”
and don’t wait much longer
about buying that—
McCormick Mower and Rake.
There is nothing better than McCormick,
and we are almost sold out; so make sure
you have the best machine that ever went
Jnto a field of Pea Vines, Clover or any
other kind of hay. You can’t afford to buy
a nything but a McCormick, Our stock
•
18 g°hig fast, and if you do not care to take
chances on having to take the “just as good”
m &kes, buy now—this week—if you want
t° he sure.
Stephenson’s Hardware Store
Telephone 16.
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'' MAN SUCCEEDING.
PROF. D. F. NICHOLSON HAS A
SPLENDID OPENING OF SAN
DERSVILLE SCHOOL.
Many Covington friends of Prof. D.
F. Nicholson will be pleased to learn
that he is making a success of the
school at Sandersville, to which place
he recently went to take charge of the
high school at that place. In speak¬
ing of the opening of the school the
Sandersville Georgian has the follow¬
ing to say:
“Prof. D. F. Nicholson and his corps
of assistant teachers, have been hard
at work since the school opened for
the fall term on the first Monday in
this month, and they have the co¬
operation of all of our people who are
iu'favor of educating the children.
The discipline is excellent and the
school is being operated in a most
satisfactory manner, the prospects
for a successful and satisfactory term
never having been better at this sea¬
son of the year. The teachers are
thorough in their instruction and their
methods are an inspiration to the
children to do their best.”
Cotton Coming In.
A number of new bales of cotton
have been coming into, town during
the past week and business is begin¬
ning to take on the fall appearance.
'■The fleecy staple is opening rapidy
in some sections and will soon be on
the market. The price is; good and
the indications are that it will be sol
as fast as it is ginned.
severs his connection with the firm
in order that he may devote his time
to his private interests, which he
owns largely of farming lands in dif¬
ferent sections of the county.
The new firm will be glad to have
the friends of both these gentlemen
call when they are in the market for
their goods, and they will rceeivethe
same prompt and courteous treat¬
ment they have been accorded here¬
tofore.
The dissolution of this firm took
place on the fifteenth of the present
month, the property holdings of the
firm remaining the same, and the
business being purchased, as above
stated, by Mr. Milner.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, SEP. 21, 1910.
PASTOR TO PREACH
FAREWELL SERMON.
ON SUNDAY REV. E. R. PENDLE¬
TON WILL PREACH FARE*
WLL SERMON HERE.
Next Sunday will be the last ap¬
pearance of Rev. E. R. Pendleton as
pastor in Covington. At the eeven
o’clock hour there will be the sermon
followed by the ordinance of Lord’s
Supper, as announced last Sunday.
At this service any members not
yet received into fellowship of the
church will be received if ready.
Sunday night the pastor will deliver
his farewell discourse to the congre¬
gation and the invitation was. given to
the public in general to attend this
service. On last Sunday night Mr.
Pendleton spoke from the theme, “re¬
ligion alone satisfies the human
heart.” He spoke of the satiety of
riches and power in Solomon’s life
and in modern millionaires, and poli¬
ticians. The time never comes when
ithey can say they are satisfied. Van¬
derbilt is still enlarging his $3,000,
000 home. Roosevelt is still craving
.more honors. No matter what the
attainments, there is something be¬
yond. Religion with its forward look
alone satisfies this longing. It prom¬
ises complete satisfaction. The life
without God lacks directness, lacks
everything. It is like the man who
refuses a guide in Mammoth Cave
and wanders around only to go mad
or leave his skeleton in some of the
dark corridors. The man who trusts
God and follows, his guidance i» the
one who makes the best investment
All else will be dissolved. “I shall
be satisfied when I awake with thy
likeness,” says the Psalmist. These
were some of the strong points disr
cussed by him at this service.
Rev. M. P. Jackson, of St. Augus¬
tine, Fla., preached at the First Bap¬
tist church last Thursday night and
again Sunday morning.
It is expected that a call for a new
ipastor will be made after the mid¬
week meeting tonight, and a confer¬
ence has been called for that pur¬
pose. The subject tonight will be,
“The Christian’s Difficulties,” led by
the pastor.
ASK BONO ISSUE
FOR COOD ROADS.
DE KALB COUNTY GRAND JURY
CALLS FOR $300,000 TO BUILD
PERMANENT ROADS.
The floating of a $300,000 bond issue
for better roads in DeKalb county is
the chief recommendation made by
the grand jury of that county in its
presentment of the superior court,
submitted last Tuesday.
In this connection the presentment
says: “We are convinced that the
greatest material need of the county
at present is a system of modern mac¬
adamized roads connecting all parts
of the county with the city of Atlanta
the principal market for the products
of the county. After a careful inves¬
tigation of the matter we have come
to the conclusion that there is no
equitable way of building such a sys¬
tem of roads except by a bond issue
of $300,000 for that purpose, as au¬
thorized by the legislature in 1908, and
we urge upon Commissioner R. J.
Freeman the importance of calling an
election for this purpose at the earliest
date possible.”
Pistol-toting is severely condemned
and DeKalb’s representatives are
called upon to support such legislation
aB will tend to put a stop to this prac¬
tice.”
The administration of Solicitor Gen¬
eral William Schley Howard was
warmly commended and the people
congratulated for having chosen such
an able citizen to represent them in
the national congress.
Building Going Up
Work on the new building of
Messrs. E. O. Lee and N. Z. Atoder
son is progressing rapidly, and the
walls all around axe considerably
above the ground. The building will
contain three elegant store rooms,
with plate glass and pressed brick
fronts and when finished will be one
of the handsomest business houses
in the city. It is thought the work
will be completed by the first of
December.
WANTED. — AN EXPERIENCED
salesman to begin work on the firs
of October. For information apply
at tfcfe office.—tt
LIVE STOCK SHOW
WILL BE SPLENDID.
PRIZES AGGREGATING ONE HUN¬
DRED DOLLARS ALREADY AR¬
RANGED FOR WINNERS.
The Executive committee of the
Newton County Live Stock Associa¬
tion held an important meeting at the
court house in this city Saturday
morning and arranged the details of
the show which is to be held in this
city on October 20th.
The prizes to be given will exceed
one hundred dollars and will be award¬
ed for the best specimen of the differ
ent grades of thoroughbred cattle and
hogs. Prizes will also be given for
the best showing of twelve ears of
seed corn. In thi® latter showing all
farmers in the county will be eligible
to entry, the only restriction being
that the corn was grown by him.
From all indications the showing of
live stock this year will fax exceed
anything ever before held here, and
especially will this be .true in the
showing of Jersey cattle and Berk¬
shire hogs. In these two classes there
are more being bred at this time than
ever before in the history of the
county. Interest in cattle is gradual¬
ly, but surely, increasing and almost
every farm in the county you can fii.fl
some kind of thoroughbred stock.
The show this fall will attract a lot
of enthusiasm among the local breed¬
ers and will also draw the attention
of the entire state to the progress we
are making along this important in¬
dustrial line. Breeders from all the
nearby counties will be here that day
and it is up to our people to back up
the show strongly and do all we can
to help those behind the movement
with every possible detail.
The business men of the city so far
have showed the committee that they
were with the breeders and would
help them in pulling off the show, by
subscribing liberally to the prize fum}
which is growing larger every day.
The committee of the association is
well pleased with the hearty co-oper¬
ation of the people of the city and
county and before the date set for
holding the show it is believed that
every bu&inss man in the city will
have subscribed to its success, both
financially and with their influence
and boosting.
LETTER FROM J. G. MOR¬
GAN TO THE FARMERS.
To the Farmers of Newton County
and Georgia, the greatest state on
the American continent:
The opportunity is ours if we will
only accept it. Let each farmer sow
two or three bushels of wheat to the
plow; or whatever amount he can
prepare well. Fall oats are success¬
fully raised by drilling them, and to
follow the grain crop with peas pays
well. And the land is greatly im¬
proved. If there ever was a time in
the history of the South for diversifi¬
cation of agriculture it is present with
us now. Let’s take the advantage of
this great opportunity. We are liv¬
ing in a day of monopoly and trust,
and if we, as farmers, ever expect to
attain to that place in the nation, we
must live independent of these great
monopolies. The only way to whip a
trust is not to patronize it. Progress
should be our motto. The diversifica¬
tion of the agriculture and the diver¬
sification of industries—jthis is an
ambition' to which our people can
well aspire. We must understand
the possibilities of our state better
and we must use them with greater
•energy and skill.
Our people have inherited a sec¬
tion which the Almighty has, with
lavish hand, bestowed His own ma¬
terial gifts. They must be trained
to master these gifts and to gather ,the
fruits which an infinite Providence
has placed within their reach.
J. C. MORGAN.
May Get a Day Current.
There is an effort on foot by the
members of the city council and sev¬
eral citizens to formulate plans lead¬
ing to the installation by the city of
a day current frolm the electric light
plant, to be consumed by small man¬
ufacturers, motors, fans and other
things for which electricity makes
an ideal poweT. A large number of
the people of the city are looking
forward with much interest to the
outcome of the proposition and hope
the city officials can see their way
clear to put It in.
It would certainly be a great con
Teoiwice to the public generally.
OAK HILL S. S.
INSTITUTE OCT. 1st
INTERESTING SESSION ANTICI¬
PATED—SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
THE THEME.
The Oak Hill Sunday School Insti¬
tute will meet at Mt. Zion church on
the first Saturday in October, which,
this year comes on the first day of
the month, and a most interesting and
instructive session is expected.
The committee in charge of the
program has decided on the following
question for discussion and study:
“Developing the Sunday School
Spirit.”
The question will be handled by th
following schools:
Bethany: In study and preparation
of the lesson.
Hopewell: In the offering.
Prospect: In the attendance.
The schools will lead the different
phases of the question as assigned
■them above, and thdn they will be
open for discussion by the entire in¬
stitute.
Chicken Breeders Meet.
A meeting of the Newton County
Poultry Association was held in the
court house last Tuesday night and
a constitution was. adopted for the
government of the association. Dr.
A. S. Hopkins, the president, ap¬
pointed the executive committee to
serve this year and it is composed of
Messrs. Edwin Taylor, chairman; J.
!W. King, Henry Odum, W. L. Gib¬
son and F. W. Simmons. The offi¬
cers of the association will also act
as members of this committee. The
duties of the executive committee
will be to arrange the details for
the annual show which in all proba¬
bility will be held this year during
the early part of December. An¬
other meeting of the committee will
be held this week to fix the date of
the show and other details.
i Wihen you sell that next bale of
cotton don’t forget that you have
been reading the News during the
past twelve months and the printer
has to have money to pay the other
fellow.
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As well as the present. You don’t al¬
ways expect to have a small business.
Then prepare yourself for a big one.
Open an account at The Bank of Cov¬
ington and get used to doing business
as big business is done. Besides an
account here is a money saver in many
ways. A check costs you only two
cents to mail. What does it cost you
to send the cash?
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - - $100,000.00
=We Invite Your Patronage . 1
Flowers & Taylor
Do more Commercial Job
Printing than all other
county print-shops. Why?
$1. A Year In Advance.
PROMINENT CITIZEN
CROSSES TO BEYOND.
MR. N. C. JOHNSON, INFLUENTIAL
RESIDENT, ANSWERS THE
LAST MUSTER CALL.
Mr. Nathan C. Johnson, father of
Mr. Joe Z. Johnson, of Oxford, died
at the latter’s home on last Wednes¬
day night after a ingering ilness
of a 1 short duration.
Mr. Johnson had been a citizen
of Newton county practically all his
life and. had lived an exemplary and
honorable allotment of years. He
was at the time of his death eighty
years of age and was one of the lead¬
ing Masons of the county. Mr. John¬
son served valiantly as a member of
the Confederate army, and his gallant¬
ry during that unsettled period was
a source of pride to him during his
after life. As a veteran he had the
respect and confidence of all who
knew him, and his circle of friends
was large.
The funeral services took pLiee at
Oxford Thursday afternoon with Ma¬
sonic honor. The sermon was preach¬
ed by Presiding Elder C. E. Dowman,
and was attended by a large con¬
course of friends and relatives.
Time To Pray.
A preacher at the close of one of his
sermons said: “Let all in the house
who are paying their debts, stand up.
Presently every man, woman and
child with one exception rose to their
feet.
The preacher seated them and said
“Now, every- man not paying his
debts, stand up.” The exception a
careworn, hungry-looking individual,
clothed in his last summer’s suit,
slowly assumed a perpendicular posi¬
tion.
“How is it, my friend,” asked the
minister, “you are the ouly man not
to meet his obligations?”
“I run a newspaper,” he answered
meekly, “and the brethren here, who
stood up, are my subscribers, and”—
“Let us pray,” exclaimed the minis¬
ter.
IFOR SALE. — ONE SHAIRE NEW
ton County Oil Mill stock, $100.00.
H. D. Bush, Covington, Ga., tf.
Look
To
The
Future
