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MADONNA AND CHRIST-CHILD.
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Entered as second-class matter De¬
cember 3, 1908, at the post office at
Covington, Ga., under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
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Cash with copy.
COVINGTON, GA., DEC. 21, 1910.
No, Geraldine, hobble skirts will
never be worn successfully by the
ballet girls. j
There seem® to be nothing but
Smiths on the eligible list for mayor
of Covington.—Milledgevtlle Sun.
That proposition to have the city’s
books audited by an expert and start
the new year off right will meet with
general appro vail.
Look at the label on your paper,
and if it reads 1-1-10 you had better
hand us a dollar if you want to read
the News next year.
The Monticello Journal is authori¬
ty for the statement that in- all prob¬
ability a railroad wall soon be built
connecting Jackson,, Monticello and
Covington. We hope their prognosti¬
cations are authentic.
Slang users will now have to adopt
another name for preachers. Former¬
ly they were known to the “slangy”
world as “sky-pilots,” but now there
are other kind®, consequently a new
word will have to be coined.
The flying machine race® failed to
materialize on the first day of At¬
lanta’s meet last week, by reason, it
is said, of adverse air currents. It
is -taken for granted that the adverse
currents were pure “hot air.”
Do your Christmas shopping now—
Exchange. We can’t— and we are
afraid we can’t later either. Subscribe
now.—Milledgeville Sun. Or pay the
year’s subscription you already owe.
(Other “weeklies” please copy.)
Unless quite a lorg. number of the
seven hundred pesky dilinquents on
our list pay up their subscription with
in the next three cay®, that old sug¬
gestion of “only three more shopping
days” won’t interest the editors of
the Covington News to any great ex¬
tent.
Some men stand aghast when an¬
other uses an oath, but when tax pay¬
ing time comes they are generally
the ones who estimate the value of
their property at about one fortieth
of its REAL value. Which is worse,
a profane man, or one w r bo, on oath,
misrepresents?
it is amusing to see the little towns
all over the state making bid® for the
state capital, stating that they, res¬
pectively. had numbers of thousands
of dollars subscribed. Everybody
knows that in most cases they could
not even raise the wind necessary to
operate a mast and flag successfully,
much less the needed cash. Resides,
Georgia’s capital is not for sale any¬
how. |
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21, 1910 .
OUR FRIEND, BALLARD.
Two weeks ago The News made
some editorial mention o' the fact
that one of the commissioners elect
was decidedly not in favor of the new
road which is -being built south of
town, and while the article, though
short, was a bit sarcastic, we did not
dream that it would bring forth an
“explanation” as to the gentleman’s
position. But it did. In another place
in today’s issue of the -paper there ap
pears an article giving so-called rea¬
sons for opposition -to this much need
ed road, but which in our humble
opinion, is so thin and vapory that
a two weeks old baby could punch
holes in it, and the majority of peo¬
ple -can see through it and that it is
another instance in which Mr. Bal¬
lard buts- in where there is no sound
reason for so doing.
In analyzing his position, we will
take it up a® he sets it forth, first,
he says that he is opposed to oondem
nation proceedings in any instance,
unless -absolutely necessary. Now if
condemnation proceedings were not
absolutely necessary in -the instance
cf this road, we have never seen a
place where it was. When, one or two
men oppose an enterprise, or more
especially, a road, which would -be
of inestimable benefit to a large mass
of people, then that man should be
eliminated from the position he holds
and condemnation of hi® property,
giving him a fair price for it, is the
only practical solution to the matter.
Next he says that he THINKS the
oid Petty road could he FIXED so
that travel could be afforded at much
less expense. Now in reply to that
argument there is only one thing
which can be said. Brother Ballard
has not posted -himself on the cost f
road building. Mr. Stanley, the civil
engineer who has laid out and fur¬
nished the figures for this road and
the others which have been changed,
says, “the new rood can be made
fo-r approximately $2,000. For the
sake of comparison I made a survey
of the road between the starting and
ending points of the new' road, an
estimate of the cost shows the start¬
ling figures of $38,500 to bring the
old road up to a three per cent,
grade.” Now Mr. Stanley on -estima¬
tion of cost in road construction is
authority. He -has spent years of
hard -study and work and a large
amount of money learning just that
one thing, and we venture the asser¬
tion that he is better posited than any
man in the county. His work here
has proven that to -a certainty
Mr. Ballard next says that another
of his reasons is to save money for
the tax payers. The above argument
is proof *hat he could not take the
old road and make it less expensive
than the new one, nor could he make
it one-fifth as cheap.
His next “explanation” is to the
effect that he has not a penny in
the Petty place and would not in an
official capacity act for a friend or
relative. Now that part of the ar¬
gument is irrelevant to the question
at issue. The News did not say or
intimate that Mr. Ballard would op¬
pose the new road because he had a
brother living on the old one. We
have a higher regard for Mr. Ballard’
integrity. ill
The “explanation” of his actions
in the legislature is also irrelevant to
this controversy, and to which we
have nothing to say. The point we
are talking about is the new -road,
and we are going to stick to that
provided we can hold Mr. Ballard to
The point at issue. We are interest¬
ed in this rood because we KNOW
that it will mean a great deal to the
people living south of town, who can
not ride over the olid road with any
degree of pleasure and who can not
pull a third of a toad up the steep
grade®. This new route eliminates
these -hill® and will make traffic
pleasant and profitable to those who
have to use it. Saiving the tax pay¬
ers of the entire county at the ex¬
pense of a few like this new road
proposition loom® up, As unfair, and
when viewed from the standpoint of
fair play to everyone, it wil at ounce
le seen- that the people -south of the
city axe justly entitled to a good
road; also that tihe old one could not
be repaired at anything like a rea¬
sonable price.
Mr, Ballard wind® up his “card” by
saying that by bridging Petty’® branch
sufficient to meet the grade on both
-sides, and pnll down the hills on
BOTH SIDES with a slight change
in one place, would make a good
road. Wonder if friend Ballard has
ever figured on. what it would cost to
“bridge sufficiently to meet the
grades and pull down the hills.” If
he hasn’t figured on, that, it would
certainly be a pleasant occupation
for these long evenings. He close®
with the assertion that while he op¬
poses the road and has made some
criticism® he did -not do -it through
disrespect to anyone who favored the
n-ew route A.-nd this is one place
in the controversy where we w r ill
agree with -him. We do not fall out
with people for not seeing -things as
v- e see them. That is their privilege,
and Mr, Ballard’s reply to what -we
had to say about it, is appreciated
by us. We -like to present our views.
That’® what we are here for; but we
like to get a peep at the other side,
too.
While we did not expect to get into
an argument when we wrote the par¬
agraph bringing forth this controver¬
sy, we do not mind it. We did not
call any names, and as Brother Bal¬
lard felt called on to “explain” we
have no hestitamey in punching holes
in his explanation. The fact is we
like to do it, because we feell that we
are on th rightside, and we are ever
ready to stand up for it. Naturally
Mr. Ballard feels -that he is right too,
and this 4s simply a matter of differ¬
ent opinions^ .
WHY NOT PAY?
Quite frequently have we called the
attention of the subscribers on our
list to the fact that they were due
us ONE DOLLAR for subscription, to
The News for the current year. Now
it becomes- our duty from a stand¬
point of a “chaingang” -sentence to
insist -that all who owe us for as
much as ONE YEAR’S subscription
to The News to ask that you pay,
and to insist that you pay at once.
Every name on our list which is due
since January 1, 1910, must be paid
on or before -the next issue of this
paper, or we -will be compelled to
discontinue your paper. We have
endeavored in numerous way® to get
you to pay this small amount you are
due us and in -many instance® our ef¬
forts have been in vain, but -now we
are in -sure enough earnest in this
matter, and roust insist that you at¬
tend to this at once if you want The
News any longer. We have allowed
this to -run for the full twelve homths
and it might appear to you that we
have done our -part. Now pay, and
pay at once, if you wish to receive
the -paper any -longer.
Let’s Improve The Opportunity.
We publish elsewhere in this issue
of the Journal the intoligence -that
has come to us that there is a move¬
ment on foot to build a railroad con¬
necting Jackson, Monticello and -Cov¬
ington. We consider this one of the
very best one of of the most promis¬
ing enterprises of Georgia. Already
all three of thes towns receive and
ship away large amounts of freight,
and the probability at present is
that within a few years the amount
will be increeased many times. Our
whole section of the state is stand¬
ing on the threshold of an industrial
development -the like of which it has
never known before; the -three town®
named are growing fast; and Montioel
lo especially bids fair to double her
wealth and population -within a very
few years. t
Whether or not this proposed road
will materialize must depend, of
course, on the assurance of business
to be done, and this seem® not only
the passengers to be carried, but
mainly the freight to be hauled. With
the rapid development of the towns
and counties that would be linked to¬
gether by this road, we think it would
be hard to find a location for a road
that promises better return® for in¬
vestment or better possibilities for
business than this planned to tap
the Southern, the Georgia, and the
Central in three hustling middle Geor
gia towns.
What about it, Jackson and Coving¬
ton?—Monticello Journal.
NOTICE.
Georgia, newton county.
John Harris lias applied to me for
exemption of personalty and setting
apart and valuation of homestead, and
I will pass upon the same at ten
o’clock a. m. on the 7th day of Jan¬
uary, .’911, at my office.
This December 17. 1910.
3L A.D. MEADOR, Ordinary.
Bankrupt
By virtue of an order of Hon. Wm. T. Newman, Judge of
the U. S. Court, the undersigned, as receiver of the estate
of C. E. Cook, bankrupt, will at 11:00 o’clock A. M. on
Wednesday, December 21, 1910, sell at public outcry to
the highest bidder the following property: Stock of mer
chandige consisting of dry goods, notions, shoes, clothing,
store fixtures, the total invoice values of same being $7294.-
46; also open accounts and choses in action due said Cook,
face value of which amount to approximately $400.00.
The accounts and choses in action will be sold separate
from the stock and fixtures. The place of sale will be at
the store building where C. E. Cook formerly conducted
business, at Covington, Georgia.
The terms of the sale will be cash.
The receiver will be at the place of business of said
Cook in Covington, Georgia, on December20th in order
that prospective didders may examine the stock together
with the inventory. The stock however may be seen at
any time together with the inventory. For further infor¬
mation apply to
James J. Reagan, Receiver, 7 1 3 Empire Bldg.
Atlanta, or his attorneys Mayson & Johnson
Atlanta National Bank Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
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