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GAMBLER'S NEST.
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night.-seven were
pay CAUGHT.
Jpolicemen R. W. Clarke and Wick
Ed»» made the *1, - raid eastern ou a suburbs. Giihnrhs v r;
house in .s
I Jjigjit and flushed somthing
fi f tv negroes, supposedly gam
m exact game they were
The definitely ascertain
, n „ wa8 not
rj 1 t he policemen were confident were in
tiie typical game, craps,
bro ught seven of them in and
, ey the calaboose and
Led them in
Lcame up before Mayor Smith
!L morning. The negroes ar
u were Chip King, Rufus Lind
Xing Collins, Jim Henderson,
It Henderson, Put Shaw, and before Wil
Ljov, Layer, When they came
each one of them pro '
led loudly that they were not
Mjng, but were all drunk and
L when the raid was made. The
licemen heard the ‘bones’ striking
.floor but before they could get
■o position to see the fun, the alarm
. given inside and the negroes pil
foutthe l windows. In the scrambl
Above seven were caught, but the
ilence was not sufficient in council
[convict Ij them fined on that charge, dollars and and
were all ten
lenty Ich cents each for drunkness, to
they pleaded guilty.
■Solicitor Milner, of the City Court,
kht that he could produce enough
Jence to convict them in the
lie courts, and had warrants issued
Mch of them and will bring them
|the state courts. The mayor did
hind them over.
Black Bitters In Augusta
Ir. Ernest E. Parker is in Augusta
p he went last week to do some
fertising for Robinson’s Black Bit
Dr. Robinson is gaining quite
imputation on his medicine, and
prywhere he introduces it the sales
i high. Mr. Parker has been do-
1 some extensive advertising work
f him recently and the remedy is
1 being introduced and advertised
bnsively around Augusta and over
Karolina.
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ATER till
1 THE WELL
UNS DRY
START A
UNT TODAY
WHILE your income is steady
md everything is running
smoothly you don’t miss a
Da nk account, but under ad¬
verse circumstances you miss
^°n money that you’ve spent.
t wait for the well to run
aI y but start a bank account
°day.
first national bank
Covington, Ga.
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NATIONAL HIGHWAY
SCOUT CAR HERE.
•T IS very PROBABLE THAT
THIS ROUTE WILL BE SE¬
LECTED AS THE NEW HIGH¬
WAY TO JACKSONVILLE.
The National Highway Scout Car
passed through this city Monday at
noon on its return trip from Jackson¬
ville, Fla., to Atlanta. The car was
in charge of Messrs, Jack Cohen,
managing editor of the Atlanta Jour¬
nal; Mr. W. T. Waters, Jr., repre¬
senting the Journal; Hamilton Peltz,
of the New York Herald, and George
T. Coggins, of the Primo Car Co., of
Atlanta, in whose car the trip is be¬
ing made.
The scout car was on a tour of
inspection of six different routes from
Atlanta to Jacksonville, the new ex¬
tension of the National Highway
from New York to Atlanta, and from
the general trend of the conversa¬
tion of the gentlemen composing the
party, the route now being traversed
t.v them is considered good. Of
course, it is impossible to tell exactly
whether the route will pass through
this section or not, but if the peo¬
ple all along the line, and the offi¬
cials of the different counties to be
traversed will co-operate with the of
f cials of the Highway Association an
Luild a good stretch of roads, there
will be no question as to the route
to be taken.
While here the gentlemen compos¬
ing the party met and laid their plan
before the county commissioners here
and they were assured by Mr. Almard
t lie chairman, that everything in
their power would be done to facil¬
itate the work would be done, and
lha* they stood ready to put the
road through this county up to re
quiremnets of the Association.
Should this road come through
this county it would mean much to
our people. Useless to argue good
roads. You all know what they are
and what they mean. The idea is to
get this route for the [National High¬
way and then we will have one good
road to use as a clinching argument
to get the others put up to the stand¬
ard. Encourage the officers to as¬
sist them all they can. You and not
they will reap the benefit of the
v ork.
COUNTY TEACHERS
HEREJATURDAY,
STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER M.
L. BRITTAIN MADE ADDRESS
TO TEACHERS ON SCHOOL
WORK.
Tlxe monthly meeting of the teach¬
ers of Newton county was held at the
school auditorium Saturday and not¬
withstanding the fact that the weath¬
er was extremely bad a large number
of the teachers were present.
A very interesting session was ex¬
perienced and talks were made by
the intructors on different phases of
school work, and especially the work
in the rural schools. The following
program was carried out:
Problem of Developing the Small
High School.—V. S. Williams and
Miss E. Stanford.
The Home Run, or Ways of Keep¬
ing up Inters! During the Closing
Wbe-ks.—P. C. Carry; and J. O. Mar¬
tin.
Suggestions for Nature Study Work
for April and May.—Miss Nellie
Howard.
Reports followed from various
sc bools as to the work being done in
inis line.
The Teachers Function as a School
Bunder..—A. A. Norsworthy.
Consolidation and Transportation.—
J. M. Royal.
The discussions were opened as
above, but others joined in discussing
the various topics and a great deal
of intreest was manifested in the meet
ing.
Prof. M. L. Brittain, State School
Commissioner and foi a long time a
raiive of Newton county, was pres¬
ent and gave an interesting and in¬
spiring talk on the lines of education¬
al work. He referred to the twelve
years of his life spent here and
stated that he very naturally felt a
pccular interest in the schools and
educational work of the county. He
stressed the importance of the teach¬
ers opportunity to awaken pupils by
means of the many lessons found
outside of the hooks in use, such as
rature study, etc.
Taken altogether the institute held
Saturday was one of the most inter¬
esting of any yet held here.
WANTED.—LOCAL BANK STOCK.
Apply to J. L. Callaway.
CROPS ARE DAMAGED
BY HICH WATER.
OCMULGEE RIVER AT THE BIG
DAM OF THE CENTRAL GEOR¬
GIA POWER COMPANY IS
FILLING UP FAST.
Crops which have been planted
bordering the Ocmulgee river are re¬
ported seriously damaged as the re
su’t of the heavy rainfall during the
past several days, and many acres
of valuable lands on which crops
have been recently planted, or which
were just laid off preparatory to
planting are completely inundated.
Reports reached us Saturday that the
river had already risen several feet
and that is was still rising.
The extent of the damage to crops
is hard to estimate, the greatest loss
being in the corn crop. Many plan¬
ters had laid off their fields prepara¬
tory to planting, and we are told
will now be compelled to do the work
over. The tributary streams are all
fun and in some places are backing
water over land that was never cov¬
ered before.
FEBRUARY FIRST IS SET
FOR RETURN DAY.
ALL PROPERTY OWNED ON THAT
DATE MUST BE RETURNED
TO THE STATE FOR TAXA¬
TION.
On next Monday Mr. J. F. Luns¬
ford, tax receiver of Newton county,
will begin the work of receiving the
taxes of the people of this county.
This year those who owned proper¬
ty on the first day of February must
return that property for taxation.
The amount of property owned on
that date must be the values returned
to the state for taxation.
A date between January 1st and
March 31st must be selected and ev¬
ery year a new date is named. This
year the date is February 1st.
Mr. Lunsford will diligently search
for all of the property owned in New¬
ton county and will see that it is
returned for taxation.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, APRIL 12, 1911.
OUTRANKS THE TARIFF
IN IMPORTANCE.
EDITOR EDMONDS OF THE MANU¬
FACTURERS RECORD TALKS
ON NEED OF GOOD ROADS
OF THE SOUTH.
Richard H. Edmonds, editor of
Manufacturers Record, speaking in
Savannah recently on the road ques¬
tion, said in part:
“The question of good roads is
not simply one of almost supreme,
economic value, but is at the same
tune of vital importance from the re¬
ligious educational standpoint. Some
years ago I heard the president of
a great religious convention in the
south in his annual address say to
three or four thousand delegates and
visitors, to whom he was speaking,
that it was their duty to work with
untiring energy to secure the build
teg, of good roads. ‘It is,’ he said,
‘vain to, hope to build up the churches
of the country districts to their high¬
est point of efficiency so long as im¬
passable roads make church attend¬
ance practically impossible for a
large part of the year.’ The more
1 have thought over the emphasis
which he laid upon the building of
good roads as a prat of the religious
duty of every man to whom he was
speaking, the more deeply 1 have
been impressed with the significance
of his statements.
“It may be said that bad roads
mean the non-development to the
fullest extent of religious and ed
icational activities; they mean lone¬
liness on the farm, and loneliness is
one of the impelling forces driving
people from country to city life. It
is not possible to retain upon the
farm either the young people or the
more active laborers so much need¬
ed in farmwork, so long as bad roads
make easy transportation back and
forth an impossibility. While I can¬
not vouch for its accuracy, it has of¬
ten been claimed that the loneliness
of the country life results in more
insanity among farmers' wives in pro¬
portion to the total number than is
to be found in any other class of
people. Whether this oft-repeated
statement be correct or not, I can
readily imagine that there may he
some truth in it. The men on the
farm are able to move around, to
meet each other at the country store,
or to engage in outside pursuits
which furnish some diversion.
“The farmer’s, wife in a country
of bad roads has little or no diver¬
sion; it is impossible during a larger
pm of the year for her to visit
friends or to attend church, and no
wonder the monotony only of a life
where bad roads produce these re¬
sults hangs like a pal! over her. Out¬
side of the influence of bad roads
against educational and religious de
c'.evelopment and outside the ad¬
verse influence of bad roads through
intensifying the loneliness of country
life, the loss to farmers as to all
others using roads is in the aggregate
staggering.
“We complain bitterly against the
railroads for freight charges and yet
put up with a cost of hauling over
Dad roads so many times greater than
the cost of railroad freights per mile
that we can but be amazed at our
own failure ‘o utilize our opportuni¬
ties. Every wheel that turns over a
bad road adds to .he cost of living
and doing business; every farmer : s
daily paying a toll through the heavy
burden of bad roads, which in the ag¬
gregate cost is far more than his
taxation, both state and national. In
fact, as an economic problem, pure
and simple, the question of good road
m of more vital concern to the Amer¬
ican people than J he question of pro¬
tection or free trade. There is no
other economic problem before the
country of more importance for the
people of all classes and sections
toan that of good roads.’’
To Raise Poultry at Indian Springs.
The latest corporation to apply for
charter in Butts county is the Indian
Fprings Poultry Farm Company.
The incorporators are George Col¬
lier, of Macon, Bibb county, W. T.
Burke and Miss Lula E. Collier, of
Indian Springs, Butts county. The
smount of the capital stock is $1>-
500, divided into shares of the par
value of $100 each. The privilege
is asked of increasing the capital
stock to ten thousand dollars. t
This is but anothei proof that the
people are paying more attention
than ever to the raising of poultry.
The corporation starts out under
favorable conditions, has capable
management and should prove a big
success from tho beginning.—Butts
County Progress.
FIRST TUESDAY WAS
VERY QUIET HERE
LEGAL SALE DAY HERE WAS ONE
OF THE QUIETEST IN THE
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY
IN MANY MONTHS.
Last Tuesday, April 4th, was pro¬
bably one of the quietest and less at¬
tended legal sale days ever held in
Ibis county. No property of any con¬
sequence was offered for sale by
Sheriff Hay.
Seldom in the usual happenings of
the legal proceedings of the county
does it happen that there is not some
small article to offer at public outcry
before the court house on regular
sale day, and last Tuesday was one
of those unprecedented times.
Very few people were here during
(he day and was noticed by every
l usiness man in the city. But this
is only one of the many indications
that Newton county is one of tho
most progressive in the state, and
we are glad to make mention of the
existing good conditions which the
small attendance upon these legal sale
days represent.
The usual number of first Tuesday
horse-swappers were on hand with
tneir trading stock to offer and a
number of exchanges were made by
tne traders, but we haven’t heard of
any great amount of cash changing
hands in these transactions.
General Meeting to be Held.
The general meeting of the First
District of the South River Associa¬
tion will be held with Mt. Zion Bap¬
tist church, April 28-30.
^ R. H. BEAN.
wife was 68.
For a number of years Mr. and
Mrs. Foster were residents of this
county, and moved from Leguin dis¬
trict to Walnutgrove only about four
years ago. They had many fr’ends in
this section who will learn of their
death with a sad-heart, and who ex¬
tend deepest sympathies to their two
surviving children, Messrs. W. M.
and E. J. Foster.
The funerals were conducted from
the Walnutgrove church by their pas¬
tor and the remains laid to rest in
the same grave in the church burying
ground, witnessed by a large con¬
course of friends and relatives.
CITY DISTRIBUTING
TAX RETURN BLANKS
CLERK T. J. SHIELDS PLACES
BLANKS FOR THE RETURN
OF TAXABLE PROPERTY
IN HANDS OF CITIZENS.
Last Monday morning City Clerk,
T. J. Shields began his round with
the blanks for the rteurn of all tax¬
able property within the city of Cov¬
ington, and lias placed these blanks
in the hands of nearly every tax
payer in the city.
The city has recently had new
Hanks made and they are easier to
compile than the old ones used.
Each item is to be listed separately,
and its valuation carries a column
to itself. The authorities are hoping
by this new blank that they may get
nearer to the real valuation of quite
a lot of city property heretofore giv¬
en in a lump witjh other.
Mayor Smith stated to a News re¬
porter Monday that he intended to
double tax all those who failed to re¬
turn their property for taxation by
the first of June. This is an un,pre¬
cedent as to the rule of heretofore,
as the city clerk has gathered much
i f his returns from the county tax
hooks and placed them on the city’s
returns. But this year it will he dif¬
ferent. Jf you own property within
ihe city of Covington you must go
to the clerk and make out your re¬
turns.
It you haven’t received one of the
new blanks they will be furnished
you by the city clerk.
MR. AND MRS. FOSTER
ARE CLAIMED BY DEATH
HUSBAND AND WIFE DIE WITHIN
A FEW HOURS OF EACH.
BURIED IN SAME GRAVE
AT WALNUTGROVE.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Foster, died at
their home in Walnutgrove on March
the 24tli, after an illness of only sev¬
en days. On March 15th they were
both confined to their rooms with
measles, and after three days suffer¬
ing from this th.y were taken with
pneumonia, from which they both died
v itliin six hours of each other. Mr.
Foster was 76 yeras of age and his
PAYING-’ ACCQUNT5|
Ask
The
\\Tflf Book-keeper
At
The Bank of Covington if he handles
many accounts of a size your affairs would
yield. He will tell you that the propor¬
tion of small accounts is much larger than
the number of big ones. So do not
hesitate to start one because your business
is not large. It will grow and so will
the account.
The Bank of Covington,
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL $ 100 , 000.00
=We Invite Your Patronages
YOUR BUSINESS
Is known by the Stationery
you send out. Is Yours the
kind which will Inspire confi¬
dence In the receiver?
$1. A Year In Advance.
