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COVINGTON, GA., Nov. 15 1911.
JUDGE RUSSELL AND
THE PROHIBITION LAW.
“The state-wide prohibition law is
a farce and an hypocrisy. I advocate
its repeal. Therefore vote for me
for governor.”
This, in effect, is the claim on
which Judge Richard B. Russell basis
his candidacy. That is what he is
telling the people of Georgia, with a
ancerity and eye-single patriotism.
But is the claim just?
Isn’t it itself a farce and an hy¬
pocrisy?
The right to advocate the repeal
of any law or to run for any office
may be conceded to evrey man, be
he judge of the court of appeals or
no.
But the good sense and good mora s
of his claims need not be so con¬
ceded—in this case must be empha¬
tically gainsaid.
Judge Russell indignantly denies
that he is “a whinskey man,” and
insists that he is battling for the
great principle of local self-govern¬
ment—for home rule.
And yet what do whisky manufac¬
turers, whisky wholesalers and whisky
retailers want? Why, the repeal of
Georgia’s state-wide law—the oppor¬
tunity to carry on the whisky traffic
in this state unmolested. And that
is precisely what Judge Russell is
working for with all his might.
Yet he is for home rule and not
for whisky.
When local option means a cur¬
tailment of their traffic, the liquor
intersets are against local option;
when it means a promotion of their
traffic, they favor it.
Home rule is nothing to them—
they want to sell whisky.
But home rule is everything to
Judge Russell—whisky nothing. He
wants to be governor.
How much of this is farce and hy¬
pocrisy?
Judge Russell declares that the
state-wide law was forced on (the peo¬
ple by a clique of politicians.
And yet when the law was before
the legislature for passage, more
than 100,000 Georgians were repre¬
sented in advocacy of it, either by
petition, letter or telegram. Since
it was passed, the people have sent
to the capitol two legislatures, each
more ardent advocates of the law
than the previous one. Nothing could
be more impossible than to pass a
repealing bill through the present
legislature, with which Judge Russell
pleads to be allowed to serve as
governor during the rest of its term.
And yet a monstrous injustice has
been piled upon the voters of this
state.
How much of this is farce and hy¬
pocrisy?
Judge Russell ran for governor in
1906. He was defeated. He has
been a candidate-in-waiting ever since
ready to bob out at the first seem¬
ingly favorable sign. He now thinks
he sees his opportunity in the op¬
position to the law that the great
power of public sentiment sent
through the legislature in 1907 and has
sustained by two legislatures since.
He hopes—futile though his hope
may be—to ride this opposition into
an office he has been unable other¬
wise to attain.
In this there is no farce nor hypo
crisy. It is the plain truth. It is
the why and the wherefore of Judge
Russell’s candidacy.—Atlanta Geor¬
gian.
Pay your subscription now.
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,
in the City of Covington, Newton
county, 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
or less, in Newton county, Georgia,
and bounded as follows: On the
north by lands of Henry Fincher,
on 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 Ahe west by
lands of H. H. Mabry. Terms of
sale cash.
This November 1, 1911.
S. P. THOMPSON,
J. L. STEPHENSON.
W. S. RAMSEY,
Commissioners.
THE GUBERNATORIAL MARA¬
THON.
The gubernatorial campaign in
Georgia is getting a little ginger in
it.
Juggling Joe has grabbed a whole
bunch of prohi and anti-prohi speak¬
ers who are now shelling the woods
for him. He is evidently somewhat
in doubt as to the results, else he
would not be in need of so many
political barnstormers of the prohi
and anti-prohi type. Juggling Joe
says that the prohibition question is
not an issue, yet he has secured speak¬
ers both for and against it.
Juggling Joe no doubt considers
himself a fine equestrain, and we shall
see how well he can ride two horses
at the same time going in opposite
directions.
Daring Dick Russell is doing his
own speaking, and plenty of it. Dar¬
ing Dick can talk as well as ohew
tobacco. He stands a splendid chance
to be governor, provided he gets
votes enough. And his supporters
he is going to get them.
Pious Pope has added Seab Wright
to his two-ring circus, thus making
it three. The tout ensemble is su¬
perb to behold. Seab in one ring,
Barry in one and Pious Pope in one
—all three engaged in trying to make
a composite monkey of the public.
However, let it go. Tf Pious Pope
is as insincere and demagogic as the
two Wrights' the whole circus will go
to the bad on December 7th, and
ought to; albeit we are going to have
our fun watching the performance.—
Dalton Citizen.
PROVISIONS OF GAME LAW.
We have been asked to publish
the provisions of the new game law
as enacted by the last Legislature.
Below we give the fundamental pro¬
visions of the law in as brief form as
it is possible to state them in order
that they may be more readily born
in mind by the general public:
“1. License to hunt anywhere in
the county costs $1; but a person
may hunt and fish in the open sea
son in bis own militia district or up¬
on his own land wthout a license.
Tenants may, by permission of the
owner of the land, hunt and fish on
the lands rented by them without a
license.
“2. No person shall hunt or fish
upon the lands of others, with or
without a license, unless permission
is first obtained from the landowner.
“3. The following are deemed
game birds: Partridges, doves,
snipe, woodcock, turkeys, pheasant,
summer ducks. Deer and squirrels
also included. -
“4. You can’t take a friend to
hunt with you, unless he has a li¬
to hunt outside of his own
or militia district.
“5. No person is permitted to
kill more than twenty-five partridges
or other game birds (except snipe or
doves) in one day. Forty of the
last named birds may be killed in
day. Each person hunting must
carry with him his license, and ex¬
hibit same upon demand of the
game warden or any of his deputies.
“6. Rabbits may be hunted the
year round, if the*hunter has a li;
cense; but squirrels may be hunted
only from October to January; ’pos¬
sums from October to March; part¬
ridges, doves, and other game birds
named above, only from December
to March. You deliberately violate
the law when you hunt anything out
of sea on, the penalty for which is a
fine of from $10 to $100, for each
offense, or work on the public roads
from fi • e io thirty days. Failure to
procure a license subjects the delin¬
quent to the same penalty.”
There is apparently a widespread
disposal on to discredit and disre
gara t lM game law on the assump
tion tha it was passed sclely in the
m 11rest of those who b unt. Such is
not the case. It w as conceived
and ena ltd. mainly in the interest
>d fact that what
Eis gctiiiie birds, and
yers of insects tha ,t are
to most of the pr< o duets
farm. The rapi dity with
so birds and an imal< were
,
extinct owing iudis
hunting ami killii ig of
heir propagating peris Mis as
well as at other seasons, was proving
a serious menace to farming. Al¬
ready has the increasing prevalence
of damaging insects become a seri¬
ous matter on the farms. With the
extinction of game birds the devas
tion of ins, els would be a quite se¬
rious hindrance to successful farm¬
ing. From these facts law." and proba
biliti s came the game Hence
it should be the purpose of every
farnm Id* i-Ufc* * nrit ilUt n v> i 11 -Iv V ID V c fTiev Iq lcLW m
1 he law means far mere for the
far min t interests of the state than
naan:, realize and it should be rigid¬
ly enlorced.—Ex.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1911.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
To the Superior Court of said County
THE PETITION of Mrs. James R.
Stephenson, R. E. Stephenson, E. W.
Fowler, N. Z. Anderson and E. M.
Piper, all of said county and their as¬
sociates, successors and assigns re¬
spectfully show to the court that they
desire to be incorporated into a body
corporate and politic under the laws
of said State under the name of
STEPHENSON HARDWARE CO.
with the right under said name to
sue and be sued, to have and use a
common seal, to buy, hold, lease and
convey real and personal property of
every kind and in general to do any
and all thing® necessary fox the pur¬
pose of carrying on and conducting a
general hardware business in the
City of Covington and Newton county
and elsewhere as the officers of said
corporation may desire.
(1) The object of said corporation
is pecuniary gain to the stockholders
of said corporation.
(2) The particular business to be
engaged in is the buying and selling
of all kinds of hardware, farming im¬
plements, vehicles, household goods,
plumbing goods, builders’ materials,
paints, oils and general merchandise.
(3) The principal place of business
of said corporation shall be at Coving¬
ton in said county of Newton, but
petitioners desire the right to es¬
tablish branch offices or places of
business at, such other places as may
be deemed profitable by the board of
directors of said corporation.
(4) Petitioners desire to be incor¬
porated for a term of twenty years,
with the privilege of renewal at the
expiration of said term of years.
(5) The capital stock of said cor¬
poration shall be the sum of
TWELVE THOUSAND AND FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS, divided into
125 share® of the par value
of one hundred dollars each, all of
which has already actually been paid
in, but petitioners desire the right
to increase said capital stock at any
time, by a vote of the stockholders of
said corporation, to any amount not
exceeding the sum of FIFTY THOU¬
SAND DOLLARS, which said capital
stock may be paid in either money or
property on such terms as the board
of directors may prescribe.
(6) The stockholders of said cor¬
poration desire the right to prescribe
by bylaws the number of officers of
said corporation, prescribe duties,
rights and privileges, elect a board
of directors not less than three in
number not more than seven, fix the
compensation of all of said officers
and their terms of office.
(7) Said corporation shall have
the right to issue bonds, create mort¬
gages or mortgage deeds upon their
property, and in general to do all of
those things common to such corpora¬
tions under the laws of said State,
and' to be given all of the rights, pow
ers and privileges of like corporations
under the laws of said State of Geor¬
gia.
Whereas, Petitioners pray the pars¬
ing of an order of this Honorable
Court declaring this petition granted,
with all of the powers and privileges
herein prayed.
C. C. KING,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
I, John B. Davis, Clerk Superior
Court of said county of Newton, do
certify that the above and foregoing
is a true copy of the petition of
E. W. Fowler, et al., to be
incorporated as the STEPHENSON
HARDWARE COMPANY, filed in my
office this 7th day of Nov. 1911.
JOHN B. DAVIS, C. S. C., N. C.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
To J. F. Dabney, Cleburne, Texas;
Mrs. Emma Philips, Pensacola, Fla.,
Mrs. Jennie Rosmon, Oklawaha, Flo¬
rida; Joe Lewis, U. S. Army, Com¬
pany 1, 26th Infantry, Fort Ben Har¬
rison, Indiana; Paul Salter, Mobile,
Ala.; W. C. Salter, Jr., address un¬
known; heirs at law of Nancy Harrie
Bridges.
Whereas, J. S. Bridges, has filed
in my office a writing purposing to
be the nuncupative will of Nancy Har
riet Bridges, deceased, late of said
county.
And whereas the said J. S. Bridges
has filed his petition in this office,
praying that said nuncupative will be
probated in Solemn Form at the De¬
cember Term, 1911 of the Court of
Ordinary of Newton County, Georgia;
Therefore you, J. F. Dabney, Cle¬
burne, Texas; Mrs. Emma Philips,
Pensacola, Florida; Mrs. Jennie Ros¬
mon, Oklawaha, Florida; Joe Lewis,
U. S. Army, Company 1, 26th Infan¬
try, Fort Ben Harrison, Indiana;
Paul Salter, Mobile, Ala.; W. C. Sal¬
ter, Jr., address unknown, heir® at
law of Nancy Harr' t Bridges, de¬
ceased, are hereby notified to be and
appear in said Court at the next De¬
cember Term, 1911 thereof to contest
the probate of said will if you de¬
sire to do so.
Witness my hand and official seal,
this the 7th day of November, 1911.
A. D. MEADOR, Ordinary
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