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If COURT NOW
I0LDING LAST
gE WHALEY IS
u last time as judge of
tHE present court,
business light.
City Court of 'ovingtou is
holding its Last session,
lte new law passed at the last
n of the legislature which
this court on the first
i.ry.
e session of the court now be
jjeld will be a light one,
of the docket was cleaned up
last session, and the last
jury did not return very
0 f indictments, some of them
already disposed of by pleas
'j„g been entered of guilty, and
s ate defective.
-ibly one of the most interest
■ujges to come up is set far trial
Wednesday, being the indict
returned by the last grand jury
ing the Central Georgia Power
jny with maintaining a,
big pond south of towm. There
veral interesting points connec
with this indictment, and it
: a novel one for a life charge,
is possible that an effort will
to quash the indictment, or to
an error in its. drafting. Wheth
*e effort will be successful is of
not known, but there
lot of interest in the outcome,
er quashed or tried.
unfinished business of
, will be transferred to the su
court after the present term
ished, where it will be tried,
is also some speculation as
tact meaning of the new law in
w two return days, making
return days trial days and
ing “next March” as the
ad mentioning “next March”
trial term. In the latter
is the meaning case®
Ills term of the court will
in March 1913.
HUNTERS NOTICE.
till be in tihe clerk’s office every
lay, for the purpose of issuing
to those who
this season. The bird sea
opens December the 1st.
F. €. SNELL,
Newton County Warden.—tf.
‘ BEFORE YOUR
CANDLE
LIFE BURNS
_ LOW”
jt Some Money In Our Bank
THE older you get, the hard¬
er it is to form the habit, and
Passed a certain age, thehard
er it is for you to earn an in¬
come which will permit of lay
i
ln g aside, so the sooner you
s tert that bank account the
:er.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
^ are Steadily Growing-Coma and Grow With us.
Coi'inntoii
,
SOME CAMPAIGN IS
NOW VERY
POSSIBLE that SEVERAL WILL
BE IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR
AND A BUNCH FOR PLACES
ON THE COUNCIL.
From the present outlook Coving¬
ton is to have a real live cam¬
paign on tbis year for the places
g-f mayor and members of the city
council. So far there have been sev¬
eral names prominently mentioned
as possible candidates for mayor,
among whom are Messrs. C. C.
Brooks, John F. Henderson, -C. A.
Harwell, Dr. Luke Robinson, Dr. A.
S. Hopkins, E. O. Lee and others.
Whether any of or all of these men
will be candidates for the office or
not it not known, but pressure is
being brought to bear on each of
them by their friends to get in the
running.
For members of council there will
probably be two tickets out and pos¬
sibly three. More interest is being
taken in the city politics than usual
and there are many who want a
change made in different departments
of the city government. The special
fight seems to be on the tax rate
and the special license ordinance. It
has been suggested that the city
chanter be so changed that a board
of tax assessors can be appointed by
the city council to fix the valuation
of property for next year, and also
to see that none of the property in
the city gets “lost.” Many are in
favor of such a board, and it is very
probable that this will be an issue
in, the coming election.
The special tax required for men in
different occupations is conctrued by
the majority of people to be in the
form of protection for the interrests
which come under the different head¬
ing, and there seems to be a clamor
for its repeal. It is also claimed that
to place special license taxes on oc¬
cupations is to close the gates
to outsiders and to keep out com¬
petition in the lines on which it is
placed. There is no question about
•the fact that there has gone out from
Covington the report that no outside
business men are wanted here and
that the farmers cannot sell their pro¬
duce in ..the city. However false the
report may be the hurt is in it,
and the hurt is going to stay there
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Nov. I, 1911.
THE PEOPLE WANT IT—
WILL THEY BE SHOWN ?
There seems to be quite a good deal of agitation among the people
of thee if y right at this time about the tax rate of the city. There al¬
ways is some comment to be made on the tax rate in any city at about
this season of the year. The News wants to place all the facts obtain¬
able before the people regarding this important factor in our scheme
of local government, and as there seems to he varied and sundry rea¬
sons set forth by different people as to the cause of the rate now in force,
we make tho proposition to the city officials and to the people of the city
that if the city authorities will furnish us with a complete list of the
tax payers of thee ity together with amounts each of them pay, we will
devote enough space to publish it in, its entireyt free of all charge to
the city or citizens.
More than that, we will publish free the exact amount required for
the present year in each department of the city; the exact amount of
fines collected, the amount of special license collected, and the amount
of revenue for the city water and light plant. This information is in the
hands of the city, and The New® wants to fill its place in those things
which go to make up a solid, growing city,—hence the offer to publish it
free.'
Gentlemen of the city administration, the people of Covington want
this information. The News will pu blisfh it free. It’si up to YOU.
GRAND LODGE IN
SESSION IN MACON
big CROWD AND GREAT PREPA¬
RATIONS BE ING MADE TO
ENTERTAIN VISITORS IN
CENTRAL CITY
More than 1,000 Georgia Masons
are making preparations to attend the
annual session of the Grand Lodge
of the state at Macon next Tuesday,
October 31st to November 2nd, in¬
clusive.
The meeting will be notable be¬
cause the Macon Masons are prepar¬
ing to submit to the lodge a propo¬
sition for the erection of a grand
temple, for the state, at Macon, with
the idea of making Macon the perma¬
nent convnetion headquarters.
Macon Masons were among those
honored a few days ago by the con¬
ferring of the 33rd degree, one of
the highest that any Mason in the
world cam attain. Among those who
took the degree was Marshall A.
Wier, of Macon, chaplain of the Ma¬
sons’ Annuity.
Members of the Masons’ Annuity,
and many of its leading officials will
be in attendance on the Macon meet¬
ing. Masons throughout Georgia will
be pleased to learn that this organi¬
zation is maintaining a steady growth
and that its funds have increased
splendidly during the past two or
three years. The Masons’ Annuity
is a beneficiary order which has ac¬
complished a great work in helping
members of the Masonic Fraternity
for this widows and orphans.
Mr. Joe S. Peek of the lodge in
this city is in attendance, having
left over the Central railroad yester¬
day morning.
MONEY LOANED ON FARM LANDS
large loans for long terms prefer
ed. J. C. KNOX, Atty—Oct. 1, tf.
EXTRA LOW PRICES FOR HAIR
Goods. Special sale next Friday
Millinery Parlor—Levin’s Store.—It
until we take the lid off in this par¬
ticular and tell the poeple living
outside of the city that we have torn
down the fence, and give them an
invitation, and an urgent one at that
to come back with us again.
Another place where the campaign
is likely to hinge up is in the school.
There is a growing sentiment that
the school board should he so ar¬
ranged that it come under the super¬
vision of the city council the same as
the water and light board and oth¬
er committees. It is argued that if
flhis is done the council can always
tell exactly where they are at, and
they*can then retrench by reducing
current expenses, making up the ne¬
cessary amount for the school with¬
out being compelled to resort to the
scheme of “raising” the values and
putting the rate up to the top notch
like it is at the present time. The
information comes from the city au¬
thorities that the tax rate would be
considerably lower this year had it
not been for the fact that the de¬
mands of the school board were grea*
ly in excess of what they have here¬
tofore been. This increase was
caused, we understand, byt the raise
i the teachers’ salaries and the
equipping of the rooms now occupied
by Superintendent Upshaw.
As above stated, there is every
possiblity of there being real cam
paighing on here for the office, as
many of our citizens seemed to be
more interested than they usually are
URGED TO ENTER FOR
THE BIG SHOW,
PRESIDENT HOPKINS GIVES THE
BOYS BENEFIT OF HIS EX¬
PERT KNOWLEDGE IN
THE FANCY POINTS.
We urge upon every one who is
raising thorough bred fowls of what¬
soever kind, to have an eye to our
show Nov. 30th Dec. 1-2, and to he
sure to select and enter your best
birds. If you have none fit to enter
it is the best evidence that you
should discard your present flock
and get some good fowls which you
would be glad to enter.
There is no better way for us to
learn the poultry business, either for
ipleasure of profit, than to enter our
products in the shows.
We invite and urge every one to
enter as liberally as ipossibly, and
lets have a hand in the biggest show
that this section has ever known.
\For the benefit of those who may
not know, I give below the standard
weights of several different fowls:
Plymouth Rocks all varieties: Cock
9lbs; Cockrel 8 lbs; Hen 7% lbs;
Pullet 6 lbs. - \
Wyandottes all varieties: Cock 8Vi
lb^; Hen 6Vi lbs; Cockerel 7Vilbs;
Pullet 5Vi lbs.
Rhode Island Reds: Cock 8Vi lbs;
Cockerel 7Vilbs; Hen6Vi lbs; Pullet
5 lbs.
Light Brahmas: Cock 12 lbs Cock¬
erel 10 lbs; Hen 9Vi lbs; Pullet 81bs,
Dark Brahmas: Cock 11 lbs; Cock¬
erel 9 lbs; Hen 8Vi lbs; Pullet 71bs.
Cochins: Cock 11 lbs; Cockerel 9
lbs; Hen 9Vi lbs; Pullet 7 lbs.
Langshangs: Cock 9% lbs; Cocker¬
el 8 lbs; Hen 7 Vi lbs; Pullet & Vi lbs.
Leghorns have no standard weight.
Minarcas, single comb, black: Cock
9 lbs; Cockerel 7Vi lbs; Hen7Vi lbs;
Pullet 6 Vi lbs. White are lighter.
Orpingtons: Cock 10 lbs; Cockerel
8Vi lbs; Hen 8 lbs; Pullet 7 lbs.
Bronze Turkeys: Adult Cock 36 lbs
Yearling Cock 33 lbs; Cockerel 25
lbs; Hen 20 lbs; Pullet 16 lbs.
Pekin Ducks: Adult Drake 9 lbs;
Young Drake 8 lbs; Adult Duck 8
lbs; Young Duck 7 lbs.
Indian Runner Ducks: Drake 4Vi
lbs; Duck 4 lbs.
A. S. HOPKINS Pres. N. C. P. A.
Outshines Them All.
The biggest day of amusement in
the history of Covington will take
place on Nov. 21st. This will be the
occasion of the visit of the famous
Sun Brothers’ World’s Progressive
Shows. This popular tented exhibi¬
tion is now on its twentieth annual
tour and the assertion is made by
the Sun management that the show
is richer and newer in all department®
Each succeeding season a new com¬
pany of artists are engaged for the
Big Top performance. This season
all previous efforts are eclipsed. In
fact they outshine them all. The
Zoologic and Wild Beast display is
a mammoth one and most select col¬
lection seen here in a decade.
No fakirs, gamblers or purple at¬
tractions are ever countenanced abou
this show. It is essentially the pur¬
est and cleanest conducted show ever
organized. Two performances take
place daily, in rainy or fair weather.
Positively no curtailment * * *
FOR RENT: TWO OR THREE
horse farm. Apply to Dr. W. D.
Travis. tf.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
HELD ON
BAD WEATHER KEPT A FEW OF
THEM AWAY BUT THERE WAS
MUCH ENTHUSIASM AND
GOOD ACCOMPLISHED.
The teachers of the county held
their first institute of the term at
the school auditorium Saturday morn¬
ing and a very enthusiastic meeting
was had. The extreme weather con¬
ditions was the cause of the absence
of some of the teachers, and also
the patrons and trustees, but there
was a good crowd in attednance and
an, excellent program rendered.
The exercises were opened by Rev.
John B. Gordon, who conducted the
devotional services.
Prof H. B. Robertson was the first
to address the gathering. He is now
a J Social Circle, but is ex-president
of the association. He dealt inter¬
estingly with his work here and the
good of the association.
iHe was followed by Prof. Harry H.
Stone, of Emory College, who gave
a review of the work of the board
of education, and of the different com¬
missioners of this county. Prof.
Wright inaugurated the traveling li¬
brary and the consolidated schools.
Prof. Adams continued the consoli¬
dated schools, started the first boys
corn club in the south, started the
first boys and girls oratorical contest,
and other work. Prof. Foster contin¬
ued the work as started by these gen¬
and succeeded in carrying
local tax.
Prof. P. C. Garris was the next
speaker, devoting his talk to gener¬
al educational lines.
He was followed by Prof. M. T.
who said many things about
things. Prof. P. C. Upshaw of
City School gave a general talk.
•State School Superintendent Brit¬
addressed the association urging
buildings and more co-opera¬
between teacher, pupil and pa¬
Mr. J. W. King gave an interesting
from a patrons view point.
The following officers were elected
serve the institute during the
Prof. Narseworthy, of Flint
Hill, president; P. c. Garris, of Sa¬
vice president, and Miss Angie
of Palmer Institute, secretary.
After the exercises at the school
You Can
Tele¬
phone
us at any
Time and find out instantly how your ac¬
count stands. We do our work thor¬
oughly, always and our depositors* accounts are
posted up-to-date. This kind of
service is appreciated greatly by private
depositors who do not find it convenient
to hunt up their check-book and dig out
the balance for themselves. Try our
service for a while and we guarantee
satisfaction will be the result.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - - $100,000.00
=Wc Invite Your Patronages
COTTON MARKET
As we go to press
afetrnoon, cotton is
in Covington at
9 CENTS.
$1. A Year In Advance.
1P0PE BROWN TO BE
HERE NEXT TUESDAY
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR WILL
ADDRESS THE VOTERS OF
COUNTY AT COVINGTON
AND MANSFIELD.
The Hon. Pope Brown, candidate
for governor of Georgia to fill the
unexpired term of Governor Hoke
Smith, will address the voters of
Newton county at the court house on
the first Tuesday in November, which
is the seventh, at ten thirty o’clock.
He will also speak at Mansfield at
2:30 p. m., of the same day.
Mr. Brown is not personally known
to many of the voters of this sec¬
tion and this is his first trip to this
county in the interest of his cam¬
paign. He will deal in his address
with the issue® of the present race
and present his ideas as to how the
state should be run. He has many
supporters here who will be glad to
learn that he is to make a campaign
speech here, and it is expected that
he will be greeted by a large crowd.
It is also very probable that a Pope
Brown club will be formed on that
day and his supporters will endeavor
to rally around his standard believ¬
ing that they can place this county
in his column.
The people of the county and sec¬
tion are invited to hear him both in
his> Covington speech and the one he
will deliver at Mansfield. |
Registration Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the
registration books for the City of
•Covington will be open at the office
of the City Clerk October 1st, and
close November 20th 1911, remaining
open for 50 days.
GEO. T. SMITH, Mayor.
T. J. SHIELDS, Clerk.
auditorium the teachres were enter¬
tained by the Womans Club at the
library, and it was a most enjoyable
feature of the occasion. The library
was made unusually attractive and
the teachers were made to feel at
home and to enjoy themselves.
The next institute promises to be
one of the most interesting in the
history of the work. County Superin¬
tendent Martin has charge of the in¬
stitutes and is putting forth every
effort to make them beneficial.
