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minent citizen
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Ri STEPHENSON, MEM
0F COUNCIL AND ONE
best citizens in the
CITY IS DEAD.
James R. Stephenson, oho of
known and most progressive
■l £ of the city, just died at before his home noon
Railroad street
day after am illlness covering a
ic j of several months, with His a death com
of diseases.
^ a shock to the entire neigh
lood, although he had been in a
*al condition for several days.
Stephenson was a native of
n county and had been identi
»itli the businessl intorests of
city for more than fifteen, years,
tie proprietor of the Stephen
Hard war e Co., and a stock holder
W st of the enterprises of the sec
Although a young man, in fact
28 years old at the time of his
lie had made a success of his
i and hiad amassed quite a lot
is world’s goods. All through
sin-ess career he had the repu
of square, honest dealings and
i heart of pure gold. The place
aid in the hearts of the people
ike reputation lie leaves will
as a fitting monument to one
most popular young men of the
Stephenson was, at the time
lis death, a member of the city
i and was chairman of the war
ad light commission,, a position
lad filled for two years. He has
! as a member of council for si
and during all that time he
found in his opinion to be sound
safe, holding ithe trust of his
•as sacred, but his was not the
«to shirk his duties as he saw
, Stephenson leaves a wife and
. children, the oldest of whom
it years; besides a wide circle
Relatives and a host of friends to
inhis untimely death.
Mneral was conducted from the
slyterian church Friday afternoon
N o’clock, Rev. John B. Gordon
fming the last sad rites. After
funeral the remains were initer
n Westviaw cemetery.
rertise in the News.
BE MCVD
WA>TD
nONE \V
ABRAHAM LINCOLN wast¬
ed neither time nor money,
ne applied his time well, and
he saved his money. Why
don t you do the same?
FIRST national bank
^ 3'e Steadily Growing-Coma and Grow With us.
Cooiugton
GIVE HOMEFOLKS
THEJREFERENCE
PATRONIZE YOUR HOME MER
CHAi\To_ THe backbone
OF THE CITY AND KEEP
THE MONEY AT HOME.
It is alleged that quite a number
of people, including lawyers, doctors,
city and county officials, and others
who are dependent upon the people
for a living, are constantly going or
sending to larger cities for things
that they can, buy right here in their
own town, and sometimes at much
lower prices. Of course they think
they save money' by pursuing this
this policy or they would not do it,
but in the long run they lose more
than they gain, fori every dollar sent
away makes the town and counity
that much poorer, and all of us.
whether we think so or not, share
more or less in, the loss.
Let’s quit this way of doing, fel¬
low-citizens. It is not right. Let’s
be loyal to our home people and help
them prosper, and they in turn will
help us. Let’s give our merchants
the preference when we want to buy
anything. We should do this, even
though we might sometimes have to
pay a few cents more. It is to our
interest to do so for the reasons al¬
ready pointed out. But we can al¬
most always buy goods at home to
better advantages than elsewhere.
Just take a look at some of our
stores and see how many people they
employ, all of whom have to Jive here
and who contribute to the city’s pros¬
perity with their earnings.
Let’s stand by our merchants. They
are the backbone of the city, and
we can’t have a city without them.
They need our he'p and we need
theirs. Therefore, let ns urge you
once more not to go away to do your
shopping r send rders to catalogue
houses, but keep your money at home
and help to build up your own, town
by patronizing its mrechants and its
various other enterprises.—Hartwell
Sun.
There may be better counties in
Georgia in which to live than (New¬
ton, but far as we have heard, their
citizens are keeping it a profound
secret.
Pay your subscription now.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Oct. 25, 191J.
I FAVORS OPENING
NEW PUBLIC ROAD
PROFESSOR H. H. STONE WRITES
OF THE ADVISABILITY OF
THE PROPOSED UNDER¬
PASS AND NEW ROAD.
Editors Covington News:
An important undertaking was out¬
lined in a recent issue of The News
and one that should be hastened by
all means possible. I refer to the
efforts being made to secure an
“underpass crossing” on the .Georgia
railroad near the Covington Mills.
Life and limb are too precious to
be constantly jeopardized by danger¬
ous railroad crossings. To dispense
with all “surface crossings” is some¬
thing to be devoutly prayed for and,
in my opinion, nothing more impor¬
tant could command the attention of
our Board of Roads and Revenues.
Bad road-surface and bad grades
can be endured since they affect
chiefly the amount of load that can
be hauled and the speed that can
be made, but “suface railroad cross¬
ings” are a constant menace to the
very lives of our men, our women
and children, not to speak of our
stock, every day they are allowed to
■exist. To change them, whenever
possible, into either “underpass” or
“overpass crossings” is, to my mind,
more needful both to the safety and
convenience of the public than the
bridges that are being built over our
small streams; not that these latter
are unnecessary, but that safe rail¬
road crossings are more necessary.
We are much concerned for the
safety of our school children when
the creek overflows but that .is a
danger that con be seen by them and
there is opportunity and time for the
children to care for themselves. The
flying railroad trains may be upon
them unawares when there is neither
time nor opportunity to escape. In¬
creasing business means that there
will be a greater number of trains
each day and with every added train
the chances for serious accidents at
“surface crossings” are multiplied.
Shall we wait for some horrible ac¬
cident, such as occurred near Monti
cello a few years ago to spur us in¬
to activity. Will it be necessary that
some members of our own household,
or some of our neighbors be sudden¬
ly maimed or sent to an untimely
death before we are aroused to action
or will we as prudent people avoid
the accidents by abating the cause?
I am not; familiar with the “surface
railroad crossings” in Newton coun¬
ty yet there is one which presents
itself to me as being particularly dan¬
gerous and as it could be easily
changed into a safe “overpass cross¬
ing” it should be changed at once.
It is the Cnetral railroad between
Hayston and Starrsville. The rail¬
road here as I recall it is in a deep
cut and the wagon road is carried
down a steep incline of each side to
the railroad track. There does not
seem to be any chance for! the driver
of a team or automobile to see an
approaching train and for the engin¬
eer to see the vehicle, nor is there
space for the team to retreat should
the horses become frightened. Even
a “hand-car” is dangerous in such a
crossing.
It would be an ea.sy matter to
bridge over the railroad track at this
place and make a safe crossing with
a better grade than now.
Will the citizens of this community
and of other communities where there
are dangerous surface crossings, wait
until some of tneir loved ones are
mangled beyond recognition before
they take any steps to abate this
death trap, or will some one or more
of them take active steps to have
this matter put in proper shape at
once?
This is not your business, neither
is it mine, but it concerns us all that
life and property should be safe on
the public highway in every part of
our county.
Sincerely,
HARRY H. STONE.
Oxford, Ga., Oot. 23, 1911.
Col. R. J. Travis Here.
Col. Robert J. Travis, of Savannah,
is the guest this week ofl bis mother,
Mrs. A. M. Travis and his brother,
Dr. W. D. Travis. “Rob,” as he is
known by a wide circle of Covington
friends, is recuperating from a very
severe attack of malarial fever, and
will be the guest of his brother for
several days. Col. Travis is one of
the most prominent young attorneys
of Savannah, and has a large number
of friends here who are always glad
to see him. They are also glad he is
rapidly recovering from his spell of
at fever.
OLD FIDDLERS TO \
HOLD BIG JUBILEE
EVERY ONE OF THE ADJACENT
COUNTIES WILL SEND REPRE¬
SENTATIVES TO THE BIG
FIDDLERS CONVENTION.
The old fiddlers convention, which
has drawn crowds in all the nearby
counties every year for the past de¬
cade, will hold forth in this city at
the school auditorium on Friday ev¬
ening, November 10th, under the au¬
spices 1 of the Library Association.
An interesting program lias been
prepared by Mr. A. V. Poole, who
has that part of the entertainment in
hand, and he informs The News that
the contest to he held here will be
one of the most interesting ever held
in Middle Georgia. Everyone knows
what the Old Fiddlers convention
is;—a meeting of the fiddlers of this
section of the state, who play the old
time selections like “Drive Old Bali
to Water,” “Johnny in the Low
ground,” and many other of the
pieces which made people shake their
feet and keep time with their hands
ip the old days, when the fiddle was
practically the only instrument go
ing. It is understood that there will
be no violinists in this contest, but
straight old time fiddlers.
It is expected that a large crowd
will greet these old-timers on their
arrival here, and that the proceeds
which will be given to the library
will amount to a neat sum.
A cash prize of ten dollars in gold
will he given that gentleman who
excels in manipulating the strings of
the fiddle, and that ten dollars will
be warmly contested for by a large
number.
PURCHASE APPLE
ORCHARD IN GEORGIA
WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD AND
OTHER CONGRESSMEN GO
INTO APLE BUSINESS.
CHARTER APPLIED FOR.^
From the list of incorporators one
would think that leaders of the na¬
tional house of representatives would
shortly be transferred to the moun¬
tains of Northeast Georgia to go into
the apple business.
A charter is being applied for in
the superior court of White county,
says a Gainesville' special, by a num¬
ber of the most prominent men in
congress under the name and title of
“Mount Yonah Orchard Company,”
the business to bei carried on to be
that of planting, cultivating and grow
ing- and the production of apples,
fruits, vegetables, and other farm pro¬
ducts; the planting, owning and cul¬
tivating of apple and peach orchards
and the general marketing and sale,
and offering for sale of the products
of the same in said state and other
states, and and the doing of a gen¬
eral orchard and fruit and produce
business.
The location of the apple orchard
is near Cleveland, and already hun¬
dreds of trees have been set out. It
has theretofore been the rendezvous
for statesmen during vacation of con¬
gress where they go for rest and
quiet.
The incorporators of the company
are: Champ Clark, of Missouri; Wm
Schley Howard, W. M Howard, Thos
M. Bell, S. A. Roddenberry, and Dud¬
ley M. Hughes, of Georgia; Jas. M.
Cox, of Ohio; Swager Shirley, of Kei*
tucky; Wyatt Aiken, of South Caro¬
lina; D. A. Driskoll, of New York;
E. F. Kinkkead, of New Jersey;
Frank Clark, of Floida; and J. E.
Ellenrbee, of South, Carolina.
Attempted Burglary.
A burglary was attempted early
Friday morning at the home of Mr.
L. C. Nix, who lives just outside of
the city boundary on the road to Jer¬
sey. At about three o’clock that
morning Mr. Nix was awakened by
someone trying to force an entrance
into the front door. He got up and
with his gun slipped to the door.
Just as the negro was about to force
the door open Mr. Nix opened it
and the negro ran, Mr. Nix shooting
four times at the retreating form. Tt<
negro was in such a hurry that he
dropped his coat and by that the
officers have located the owner but
no arrests have been made. The
Sheriff say® that he will have no trou
ble in landing his man.
EXTRA LOW PRICES FOR HAIR
Goods. Special sale next Friday
Millinery Parlor—Levin’s Store.—It
H, J. BOGGUS HITS
GROWLERS A LICK
COMMISSIONERS SAYS SHUT UP
GROWLING UNLESS YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
Editors Covington News: —
I have been informed that some of
those old chronic growlers have been
growling about the county commis¬
sioners hiring automobiles to ride over
the county in. Will say that there
has been one automobile hired this
year and for what purpose: Mr.
Pickett, Dr. Holmes and myself were
appointed a committe to go with Mr.
Adams, the county surveyor, to 1 Con¬
leys and Island Shoals bridges to
measure some rip-rap work. If w r e
had gone in buggies it would have
taken us two days which) would have
amounted to fourteen dollars, by go¬
ing in an automobile we made it in
one day at a cost of thirteen dollars;
besides saving each a day’s work.
Now shut up, you everlasting old
growler®, and don’t be always growl¬
ing about something you don’t know
anything about. We county commis¬
sioners are human and we know we
are not pleasing everybody. In fact
it doesn” look like we are pleasing
anybody. But that don’t keep us
from going on and doing what we
think is right, irrespective of any¬
body’s opinion or criticism.
H. J. BOGGUS,
County* Commissioner.
P. S.—I will say for benefit of
growler, we saved the county $175,
00 by taking that automob le trip.
Straw Ballot Taken.
A straw ballot of the voters around
the square was taken Thursday by
Col. J. W. Anderson and the result
consolidated at the court house after
.he had been around. The result
showed that Joseph M. Brown re¬
ceived 65; Pope Brown received 54,
and Dick Russell managed to get in
with 7. This, of course did not elect
the governor for the state, and while
the Joe Brown men think it shows
the direction the wind is blowing m
this county, the Pope Brown men say
•that it does not signify anything at
all, and that the latter will carry
Newton county by a snug majority.
Nothing is being said of “Plain
Dick.”
After
Making
A De¬
posit
Here a man feels that he needn’t worry
any longer about his money. He knows
it is absolutely safe, far safer than if he
kept it in his own possession. There is
much more than mere safety in having an
account here. There is convenience,
economy and accommodation. Call and
have us explain how.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - - $100,000.00
=We Invite Your Patronages
1
COTTON MARKET
As we go to press Tuesday
afetrnoon, cotton is selling
in Covington at
8 7-8 GENTS.
$1. A Year In Advance.
LECTURER SEARS
HERE THURSDAY
LECTURED IN SCHOOL AUDITO¬
RIUM UNDER AUSPICES OF
SCHOOL LYCEUM COURSE.
SECOND ATTRACTION.
Mr. H. W. Sears, lecturer and min¬
ister, appeared here Thursday night
under the auspice® of the City School
Lyceum Cour.se, and was heard by a
very large and attentive) audience.
Mr. Sears is one of the best lec¬
turers to appear on the platform here
in some time and his lecture was well
received by the citizens of the city.
All during his talk he had his au- '
dience laughing, and cheering his
funny jokes and wit.
So well did the people appreciate
Mr. Sears visit here he wasi called
back to preach to them at the First
Baptist church on Sunday night. The
church on this occasion was crowded
to its fulliest capacity and the au¬
dience was attentive/ at all times.
His reference to the doctrine of the
Christian Science and the belief of
the Seven Day Adventists was as
good as we ever heard and- was sanc¬
tioned by the large audience.
Sunday School Insiuttt.e
The Oak Hill Sunday School Insti¬
tute will meet at Bethany church
Saturday Nov. 4th. Subject for dis¬
cussion:—“What Obligation is there
on the Sunday School Teacher to
his or her class. And What Obliga¬
tion is there on the Class to the
Teacher.” Prospect and Zion S. S.
discuss the first part of the subject—
Bethany and Hopewell the latter. Lets
make this meeting one of profit and
mental gain, as well as an enjoyable
one. Everybody invited to attend.
Meeting hour 10 o’clock.
G. O. LIVINGSTON, Presj
C. O. KIM BELL, Sec.
Mayor Holds Matinee.
Mayor George T. Smith held his
regular weekly meeting and matinee
at the council rooms Monday morning
and had four mourners, besides a
large number of witnesses and sight¬
seers. The cases were all for drunks
and disorderly conduct, and a con¬
tribution o r something like thirty dol¬
lars was “lifted” for the city treas¬
ury.
