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.COVINGTON, GA., Dec. 20 1911.
The News’ hat is off to Mayor
George T. Smith for two years!
There has been no resignation in
the board of county commissioners,
notwithstanding rumors to the con¬
trary.
The more attractive we can make
Covington to people who come here
to trade the more trade we will get.
That is a patent fact.
Anyway, there will he twelve acres
of good corn in Newton county next
year. Twelve boys joined the Corn
Club organized Saturday.
Already politics are beginning to
sizle for election of county officers
next year, and .the candidates are be¬
ginning to pick the offices they want.
The election is over and we will
new settle, .own tc normal •ctdvity
until the primary for state house of¬
ficers and county officials next sum¬
mer.
When you get that disgusted feel¬
ing and imagine that everything ■‘"he
whole world is too sreious, remem¬
ber what it would be if we had no
Christmas!
It’s all right to run for office and
to he “urged by my friends, etc.,”
but gentlemen, for the love of Mike,
don’t start any gum-shoeing in good
old Newton!
The chicken show held in Atlanta
last week in which there were near¬
ly five thousand birds entered was
only a little ahead of the one held
here recently.
The convict camp will do some
needed road work on the highways
leading into Covington this winter.
The camp w T ill be located here for
sometime, we understand.
In public Questions * yo<ur neighbor
has views different from yours, do no
hold enmity against him. Under all
the laws he has the same privilege
that you take—convictions of his
own.
Now that the “voice of the peopld”
has been heard regarding the next
^governor of Georgia, the county offi¬
cials have their ears to the ground
listening for passible opponents next
year!
Now that the officers have been
elected to govern Covington, we
would like to see the first problem
'they tackle toe repeal of the li¬
censes which are of a special nature,
and which only tend to retard the
growth of the city.
We would suggest that it would
he a brilliant Christmas thought if
a bunch of our delinquent subscribers
would pay their subscriptions in time
for us to purchase some long needed
hats and socks and other wearing ap¬
parel needed in winter..
In the election Monday the mayor
was selected for two years’ service;
also three members of the council
That is a good plan, as it takes
about one year to get the work of the
city straightened out and get where
the business is handled intelligently.
A hale of cotton was sold in Mans¬
field one day last week for one cent
per pound. It was badly damaged
by -vain anddirt. The bale brought
; ■ r,d was purchased by Mr. L.
i±. hranklin, who says he will hold
for higher prices!
Now that tthe election is all over
we wonder just how Judge Russell
feels. It is bad enough to be de¬
feated, but worse still when you have
the inner feeling 'that it is not just
right to hold on to one public title
until you can get your mouth on an¬
other.
The News has just finished and de¬
livered to 'the city officials the new
code of ordinances and the amended
charter of Covington. It is one of th
nicest jobs of printing and binding
we have ever turned out and the ar¬
rangement of the ordinances and
dex is so complete that anyone
find Just what they want without
particle of trouble. The work
compiled by Hon. A. D. Meador.
THE BOYS’ CORN CLUB.
The boys’ corn club organized here
Saturday starts its career under au¬
spicious conditions, it has to begin
with the backing of the County
School Superintendent who will use
efforts in making it progressive and
will do what is needed in any ven
utre—give u enthusiasm.
Besides the efforts of Mr. Martin
there will be a goodly number of cit¬
izens of tlie county' who will not only
donate liberal amounts to go into, the
cash prizes, hut who will lend there
influence to the promoting of inter¬
est in this most important phase of
our agricultural life—the growing of
foodstuff may be eliminated from our
scheme of existence. The boys who
are members and who will join the
club cannot supply all the corn for
the county on the acre each which
goes into the prize contest, but they
can and will demonstrate that right
here at home grain can he grown to
a greater advantage than paying a
dollar a bushel for it shipped here.
Then, too, others will see their good
work and will in time become adher¬
ents to the intensive mehod of grow
ting corn, the same as they are begin¬
ning to realize that two bales of
cotton can now be grown where one
was made a few years ago.
Twelve boys united with the club
organized here Saturday and it is
believed that within "he next few
weeks a large number of others will
join and begin the preparation of
their land for a big yield next year.
Many prizes will be awarded and the
aggregate will be something like two
hundred dollars in cash. That alone
will make interest wax warm in the
prize contest and you may expect to
hear of some big yields in the coun¬
ty next fall.
Newton county was the first county
in the whole United States to form a
Corn Club. It was organized by
Prof. W. C. Wright some fifteen
years a go, and the idea sprang into
prominence and many counties and
states are adopting it. The organiza¬
tion of its successor is but an evi¬
dence that Newton, county is coming
back into her own.
HOW COOK WASTES COFFEE
Mistake by Which Delicate Aroma Is
Lost—Difference Between Ordi¬
nary Cook and Culinary Artist.
A pleasing odor ascended to the
guest room and one of the visitors
sniffed it daintily. “The coffee smells
good,” she said, hastening her prepa¬
rations for breakfast. The other
guest shook her head sadly. “Yes,”
she replied, “it is good coffee, but it
makes me sorrowful to have anybody
make coffee so long before a meal Is
ready. So many persons do that. It
shows at once the difference between
an ordinary cook and a culinary artiBt.
A careless cook often makes her cof¬
fee the first thing and puts it on the
back of the range to keep hot, think¬
ing thereby to have it ready for the
table without further trouble and well
out of her way. It is a fatal mistake.
All the rich, delicate aroma of the
coffee is lost in that way. We are get¬
ting it up here now, as you perceive.
It is, as you have said, very appetiz¬
ing, but coffee is not intended espe¬
cially for an appetizer, and you don’t
wish It while you are combing your
hair. To be perfect, with all its
aroma and strength preserved, coffee
should be served piping hot, Just as
soon as it is made.”
Beetle Is Strong.
If asked to name the strongest ani¬
mals, most persons begin with the
largest; the elephants, and continue
with oxen, horses, etc. This is, of
course, correct in so far as their total
horsepower is concerned, but for real
strength, proportioned to the size and
weight of the animal, one must go to
the Insect world. Compared with in¬
sects the strength of almost any
large animal and especially of man, is
absurd.
A man Is considered strong if he
can drag a mass weighing three or
four times as much as himself, but
the beetle will walk with 500 times
his own weight. If a man were placed
under a wooden box with five times
his weight on top to hold it down, he
would remain there indefinitely, but
to retain a stag beetle prisoner in the
same way one must pile on top of the
box at least 1,800 times its weight.
Dainy World’s Finest Port.
It is said of Dalny, the chief city
and port of Kwangtung province, that
it has the finest harbor and wharves
in the Far East, vessels drawing up
to 28 feet being moored alongside the
quay. Goods can be discharged from
a ship and placed aboard the freight
cars, which run out onto the wharves,
in one operation. While ice forms in
the protected parts of the bay at
Dalny, it never becomes sufficiently
thick to interfere with navigation, so
that the port is open the year round
and, Dalny being the southern term¬
inus of the main line of the South
Manchuria railway, the advantages of¬
fered are at once evident.
Double the Depth.
The unctuous undertaker was sym¬
pathetic.
“How deep do you dig graves, as a
rule?” asked the old millionaire’s
young widow.
“Six feet.”
“Make it twelve,” she replied. “I
will pay the difference.”—Puck.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1911,
ROMANCE OF CHESTER WOMAN
Her Missing Son Is Heir to Estate of
Heroine Mother’s Uncle—Disap¬
peared Many Years Ago.
Chester, Pa.—Mrs. F. Canavan of
Twenty-second street and Edgmont
avenue, this city, is looking for Harry
Long, a former resident of Chester,
who left here several years ago, and
whose present whereabouts are un¬
known. Mrs. Canavan says the moth¬
er of the missing man died about five
years ago, leaving two sons, John
and Harry. Since then a wealthy
uncle died, bequeathing her a legacy
of $40,000. The money is being held
In trust by the administrators, who
will not give John Long, who resides
In this city, his share until he can
show a record of his brother, dead
or alive.
Mrs. Long was a native of Peters¬
burg, Va.. While out riding one day
during the War of the Rebellion, she
stopped her horse near a barn for wa¬
ter. She heard voices from the barn,
and from fragments of the conversa¬
tion she learned that the speakers
were plotting to destroy Petersburg
by flame. She rode at breakneck
speed to the Union camp, and with
tears In her eyes petitioned a young
lieutenant, named Samuel Long, of
this city, to send a force of his men
to interfere with the bushwhackers
and save her parents and home. Lieu¬
tenant Long granted her request, and
the young woman, with the Union of¬
ficer, led the men back to the barn
and routed the plotters.
Lieutenant Long became greatly at¬
tached to the fair soutrem lass. Her
parents, however, would not consent
to the match on account of Long be¬
ing a northerner. Finally she decided
to marry Long without her parents’
consent
Her Selection.
“What kind of cigars will you
have?” asked the dealer—“light, me¬
dium or strong?”
“Strong ones, by all means,” said
the blushing damsel “Strong enough
not to break in the young man’s pock¬
et, you know.”
The election is er. Now let's
get down, to brass tacks and make
1912 the most progressive in Coving¬
ton’s history.
Schedule of the Covington and
Oxford Street Railway Company
Lv Cov. 7:15 am. Lv Depot 7:45 am
Lv Cov. 8: SO am. Lv Depot 9:00 am
Lv Cov.ll:10 am. Lv Depot 11:40 am
Lv Cov. 2:10 pm. Lv Depot 2:20 pm
Lv Cov. 3:50 pm. Lv Depot 4:30 pm
Lv Cov. 6: pm. Lv Depot 6:45 pm
Lv Cov. 6:55 pm. Lv Depot |:00 pm
Lv Cov. 7:30 pm. Lv Depot 8:10 pm
Cara will leave Covington on time
and will wait at Depot for delayed
trams.
Lv Oxf. 7:10 am. Lv Depot 7:50 am
Lv Oxf. 8:20 am. Lv Depot 9:05 am
Lv Oxf.ll:00 am. Lv Depot 11:45 am
Lv Oxf. 1:55 pm. Lv Depot 2:15 pm
Lv Oxf. 3:45 pm. Lv Depot 4:30 pm
Lv Oxf. 6:00 pm. Lv Depot 7:00 pm
Lv Oxf. 7:30 pm. Lv Depot 8:10 pm
Cars will leave Oxford on time and
will wait at Depot for delayed trains
E. W. FOWLER, President.
FOR RENT: TWO OR THREE
horse farm. Apply to Dr. W. D.
Travis. tf.
FOR SALE—GOOD WORK MARE, 5
years. Work anywhere. See M.
R. Paine, Covingtton, R. 4.—2t.
Notice, Odd Fellows.
Regular meetings held every second
and fourth Thursday night of each
month. All members in good stano
ing cordially invited to meet with us
Work in the Initiatory degree at
next regular meeting. All members
urged to be present.
C. A. SOCKWELL, N. G.
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Our new Tailoring
bo ks has arrived and
same big values as we
offer you in other lines
fit styles quality work¬
manship fully guaran¬
teed come and see them.
Yours Truly
J. I GUINN.
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Christmas
Our line of Children’s Toys are now ready. \y (
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have put in lots of new things this year and we think
that we can give you one of the best assortments to be
found anywhere.
Our Line Of Jewelry
You find just what you want hero for your Girl,
Wife or Husband and we guarantee to save you money
on every purchase.
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In fact we have two stores brimming full of usefu
presents to show' you.
Special prices on all lines will prevail
from now on as we must reduce our stock.
Two Big Stores Covington, Ga.
PLEASURE
Some people Only think of pleasure in the “good old
summer time.” Now is the time to derive real pleasure
by giving your friend and loved ones something— some¬
thing real substantial. There is mere pleasure in givinj
than receiving when you give a real gift,
We have many articles of merchandise that will
make very pleasing and acceptable gifts. Why not giveL
along these lines? A nice new dress for your wife, your
daughter or sister. Handkerchiefs, Ties, and Socks to
match, for husband, son or brother. Ladies Hand Bags
in all the latest leathers. These will make very useful
and quite acceptable gifts for anyone.
We have all these and we will derive pleasure and
profit in giving you the best values for your money.
Our Clothing,Shoe and Hat stock is quite complete.,
We are now making reductions on our winter clothing
Our stock must be reduced before we take stock Xmas.
;i yourself
Take advantage of this opportunity to clothe an
family and make them happy.
Heard White & Company
Buster Brown Hose. 4 pair $1.00 wear 4month
