/40,634 IS NUMBER
GINNED OCT. 18.
mE date last year fig
WERE 5,423,628 OR 54.9
E8 CROP FOR
p£R cent OF
THIS YEAR.
mcHINGTON, D. C.—Cotton gin
" throughout the south since the
of the crop of 1911 began has
^carried on than with in greater year activi- in
thig season any
history of the industry and has
led in the unprecedented quanity
^ 40,634 th. bales of cotton ginned
October 18
cmS fas bureau report issued
in o’clock Wednesday showed that
er quantities were ginned during
^son in every cotton state ex
Oklahoma. 2,316,000 Bales More.
ere were 2 , 316,000 bales more
were ginned last year to the
date; 1,322,740 bales more than
g the record crop year of 1904,
477 per cent of this year’s total
of 13,697,310 running bales were
aed to Oct. 18, and 1,444,468 more
the big crop year of 1908, when
per cent of the year’s crop of
32,131 running bales were ginned
m date. Throughout the grow
season various conditions caused
crop to mature much earlier than
most previous years and harvest
itions have been excellent in
districts of the cotton belt.
Georgia Record Broken.
Texas the ginning surpassed pre¬
record by more than 600,000
g; in Georgia by 428,000 bale;s
Alabama by 138,000 bales; in
th Carolina by 129,000 bales and
South Carolina by 132000 bales.
COUNTIES COUNT IN
GOVERNOR’S RACE.
will require at least 124 unit
to win in the gubernatorial
ry on December 7 if the
candidates run neck and neck,
that is not probable. The win
will, no doubt, have to go above
Under the apportionment of
emtatives in the lower house
tie legislature, there are 184 mem¬
's, and each county will be enti
to two votes for each represen
tve it will have in the next gen
assembly, not the present one,
1911 re-apportionment governing
the gubernatorial primary. That
368 unit votes. Six counties*
have six votes each, 26 will have
votes each, and the remainding
two votes each. Fulton, Chat
Richmond, Bibb, Floyd and Mu¬
se are the six-vote counties.
ORGIA TECH SCHOOL
STRETCHING OUT SOME.
ATLANTA, GA. Nov.4.—That the
of the Georgia "Tech” is
mg far outside the confines of
Ida is strikingly evidenced this
by the fact that the enrollment
students includes, representatives
eighteen states and one foreign
ntry.
total present enrollment is
with the prospect that it will
'b 700 "f accomodations can be
dded.
Tie attendance by states is as fol
»:
Georgia 501, South Carolina 25,
ida 25, Tennessee 24, Mississippi
’Texas 13, Louisiana 13, North Car
-,9, Alabama 7, New York,5, Ar
sas 5, Masseohussetts 2, Kentucky
Mexico 2, and Indiana, Colorado,
n< hs, Maryland and Ohio one each.
•The students are now planning the
an ization of the largest college
d ever brought together in a
ihern college. Already 26 men
reported with instruments and
3re coming in.
12 Y* IV
2 V
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Ver 3 T attractive line
°f Jewelry, Watches
Clocks. All
w &teh repairing
ex
ecu M promptlyand
guaranteed.
JOSEPH SIEGEL
^ rights Drug Store
Covington, Ga.
TINEA TO HANG
IN BUTTS COUNTY.
QUICK JUSTICE GIVEN ASSASSIN
OF JESSE SINGLEY NEAR IN¬
DIAN SPRING ON AUGUST
25TH OF THIS YEA R.
Bill Turner, colored, found guilty
of the murder of Jesse Sing ley at
a special term of the Butts c ounty
Superior court last week was sen¬
tenced to hang in Jackson on Dec mem¬
ber 14th, which falls on Thurs* lay
theis year. The Butts county super lor
court met in special session in that
county on Monday of last week foi*
the purpose of .trying Bill Turner and
hi® boys for the alleged murder of
"3esse Singley on August 25th, Judge
Daniel, presiding.
The murder for which Turner was
convicted was a brutal and shocking
one. The details of which are fresh
in the minds of .the people* of this
county. It will be recalled that Jesse
Singley was shot and fatally wounded
and J. R, Conner was seriously
wounded from ambush as they were
returning from Indian Spring one
night this summer. The shooting fol¬
lowed some trouble at the Elder ho¬
tel between the bell hoys.
The jury was* out only a short time
before returning a verdict of guilty
of murder and Turner was sentenced
to hang on the 14th oaf next month.
Bill Turner’s boys, charged with ac¬
cessory to the murder, will not be
tried until another term of the court.
GOVERNMENT PREPARING TO
MAKE SOME CHANGES.
ATLANTA, GA., Nov. 4.—The fact
that the government is preparing to
employ 500 men in Georgia and other
southern states to weigh the mails
hauled by the railroads, has centered
public attention on the fight the
roads have been making for better
pay for carrying Uncle Saar's post.
The contention has been a lively
one. The railroads declare that al¬
though the volume! of mail has dou¬
bled during the past twenty-five year
the railroads axe not getting any
more money, and that the amount
now paid them for hauling the mails
is not nearly just or adequate.
The process of weighing the mails
takes place every four years. The
government spends $100,000 in the
work. For the next three months
the mails will be weighed regularly
on trains in Georgia, and from the
statistics thus obtained the govern¬
ment will decide how much to pay
the railroad® for the next four years..
The railroads have been kicking
strenuously over this method, con¬
tending that they get nothing at all
for the increase which comes in the
four years interim, and that the mails
ought to be weighed at least every
two years. i
NAPIER AGAIN HEADS
MASONS OF GEORGIA.
At the session of the Grand lodge
of Masons of Georgia held in reunion
last week the following officers were
elected:
George M. Napier, grand master;
Robert L. Colding, deputy master;
W. H. Bullard, senior grant; w r arden;
F. O. Miller, junior grand, warden;
James M. Rushin, grand treasurer,
and W. A. Wolhin, grand secretary.
The other offices of the grand lodge
are filled by the appointment of the
grand master. The grand lodjte head¬
quarters will remain ini Macon..
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Freight Office Isues Circulars,
ATLANTA, Nov. 4.—With the lau¬
dable object in view of trying to
teach the great American public some
thing about freight claims and how¬
to collect them, the Freight Claim
Association has issued three million
circulars dealing with the subject.
Each freight claim agent in the
United States will send a copy to
every consignee and shipper along
his line. Thousands of them are now
being sent out through the railroad
offices in Georgia.
With the circulars go "Railway Bus
Association circulars No. 8 ,r on
iness
the revolution in freight claims, tell¬
ing how the co-opemtion between the
shippers, the rilways and the govern¬
ment as transformed a national
grouch into a spirit of fast-spreading
satisfaction.
Bob Jones, Jr., Makes Debut.
ATLANTA, GA. Nov. 4 .—“Bob”
Jones, Jr., has made his debut on
the great platform of the world, and
though only a week old already pos¬
sesses a lusty vote that may some
day make him as great an eveange
iist as his father.
The item will ha of interest to all
Georgians who have heard the fa¬
mous southern revival leader, Rev.
"Bob” Jones. The child was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Jones at their home in
Montgomery, Ala., lasE week. Mr.
Jones is well known ia Georgia, hav¬
ing conducted some of, the most;
ible revivals ever beUL ta this state.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1911.
High Tax.
It may be right for men to pay
In the way of taxes
Enough to pay the officers way
To anything he axes.
Of course its right to tax the farm,
The horse the mule the sheep,
By this they think they’ve done no
i harm,
They’ll in the kitchen creep.
They 11 tax your stove and and pan
and pat
And spoon and dishrag too.
No matter whether cold or hot
They say the tax is due.
They’ll tax your calf they’ll tax your
cow,
They’ll tax your hog and goat,
They’ll tax your hoe they tax your
plow,
And then they’ll tax your coat.
They’ll tax your cups and saucers too
They’ll tax your coffee pot,
tax your hat, they tax your
shoe,
everything you’ve got.
tax your cotton and your corn,
They’ll tax your oats and wheat,
almost tax the day you're born,
And every thing you eat.
glory be to God on high,
Equilization will come
Which proved we all had sworn a lie,
And hell must be our doom.
Yes, five good men in judgment set,
According to the law,
And say you must come higher yet,
You’ve given in too low.
Of course you swore to your returns,
It matters not for that,
You must get up the needed funds
To keep the officers fat.
But how can five men equalize
All the peoples taxes
Unless they know the weight and size
of their old plows an axes.
How can they tell the value true,
Of land they’ve never seen,
Disputing the oath of me and you.
It looks a little green.
A. C. H.
Covington, Ga., 11-5-11.
COMMISSIONER'S SALE.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Under and by virtue of an order
of the judge of the Supreme Court
of the Stone Mountain circuit, will
be sold before the court house door,
the City of Covington, Newton
between ’the legal hours of
sale, on the First Tuesday in Decem¬
ber, next, the following described
land to-wit: 40 acres of land more
less, in Newton county, Georgia,
and bounded as follows: On the
by lands of Henry Fincher,
the east by lands formerly own¬
ed by Mrs. Leona Mabry, now Mrs.
Avery, on the south by lands of W.
A. Standard, and on ithe west by
lands of H. H. Mabry, Terms of
cash.
This November 1, 1911.
S. P. THOMPSON,
J. L. STEPHENSON,
W. S. RAMSEY,
Commissioners.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Newton County,
Georgia, will be sold before the court
house door, in Covington, Georgia,
within the legal hours of sale on the
first Tuesday in December, 1911. One
hundred acres of land more or less,
in Gum Greek District of said county
and state and bounded as follows:
On the north by lands of Mrs. B. A.
Lunsford, oai the east by lands of R.
E. Everitt, on the suoth by lands of
G. W. St-John and on the west by
lands of Henry Hyattt. Sold as the
property of the estate of Jim Sims,
deceased for the purpose of paying
dehst and distribution. Terms of
sale cash.
This Oct. 30, 1911.
T. G. CALLAWAY,
Admr. of estate of Jim Sims, de¬
ceased.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
By virtue of an. order from the Court
of Ordinary of Newton county, grant¬
ed at the October term, 1911, of
said Court, will bo sold at public out¬
cry, and to the highest bidder for
cash before the Court House door in
the city of Covington, said county,
between the legal hours of sale, on
the First Tuesday in November next,
1911, the following property, to-wit:
One-sixth undivided interest in 101%
acres of land, more or less, and de¬
scribed as follows: Bounded on the
North by C. C. Lunsford; on the East
and South by W. J. Hays; on the
West by Mrs. Laura Cook and J. C.
Morgan.
Also one-sixth undivided interest in
Thirty-three (33) acres, more or less,
and bounded as follows: On the
(North by lands of A. J. Belcher; on
the East by Sylvester Adams; on
the South by B. M. & P. D. Leach;
on the West by Mrs. S. J. Echols.
All of said land lying and being in
Hays district, Now-ton county Geor¬
gia. Said property sold as the prop¬
erty of Nancy A. Phillips, late of
said county, deceased, for 'ne pur¬
pose of distribution and paying debts
of deceased. This October 2, 1911.
B. M. LEACH.
Adm’rs. Nancy A. Phillips, deceased.
Page three
Wagons - - Buggies
Mitchell one and two horse wagons, Stude
baker two horse wagons, Old Hickory two
horse wagons, Chattanooga one and two
horse’wagons.
Norman, Barnesville, Newnan Em¬
pire and other makes of buggies. Tyson
& Jones buggies, the best made, lightest
running buggy on the market.
Home-made harness, harness made
to order, harness repaired.
2 5 op Buggies for sale cheap $45.00 to $65.00. Real
Bargains, too many buggies and want to reduce my stock.
These prices for cash. First come, first served.
D. A. THOMPSON, Covington, 6a.
Now is the Time To Sow
Fall Oats and Wheat
We Have Plenty of Fertilizers for You
We have all kinds of seed oats. These seed are
clean and the very best. We have all varieties
and the prices are right.
If you want to make more oats and wheat
on the same ground, the one sure way to do this
is to use high-grade fertilizers and there is no
better made than FOWLER’S HIGH GRADE.
Come to see us. We carry the largest stock
of general merchandise in town. We are always
glad to see you at any time.
Fowler Bros. Co.
