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COURT DIO NOT
CONVENE FRIDAY.
0N account of sickness of
ATTORNEY green JOHNSON
THE SPECIAL TERM OF
COURT WAS ADJOURNED.
The spefciall term of superior court
whlclT was adjourned by? Judge L. Fri¬ 8.
Roan last Tuesday to re-canvene
day morning did not materialize. The
court was suspended, Tuesday on ac¬
count of the illness o>f Attorney
Green Johnson of MonticeUo, who
had bean employed to assist] Solid
tor Reid for the state in the case
0 f Arthur Fincher charged with the
murder of Homer Stubbs in the
southern part of the county in De¬
cember. • I I
On Friday, however, Mr. Johnson
was stil unable to, attend court and
he telephoned Clerk Davis to call
the term off. This will necessitate
the waiting till the regular March
term of the court to try either Arthur
Hitcher or the two young men held as
cessories to the homicide. They
are all in jail and will have tq re¬
main there until that; time.
The appeal for bond by the attor¬
neys for Jim Kimiball in whose case,
a mistrial was made last Monday
which was to have been argued be¬
fore the judge Friday was also called
off.
The order for the adjournment of
the court did in ot reach the officials
here in time to notify the jurors In
the rural districts and many of the
ninety six men drawn for jury duty
came in Friday morning to attend
the session. They of course, re
reived pay for the day, as they did
not knew that the court term had
b en closed.
It is supposed the case against
Kimbail will also be tried again; at
the regular March term of the 'court.
Card of Thanks.
We den're to express ouir sincere
and heartfelt thanks to all who were
so kind to us and so sympathetic in
the recent Illness and death of our
husband and father, Jaimes W. An¬
derson. May heaven’s richest bless¬
ings rest upon you all.
MRS. J. W. ANDERSON AND
FAMILY.
See the pictures at the Lyric.
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CORN CLUB MEETS
ON' FEBRUARY 10.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION WILL BE
HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH
FARMERS DEMONSTRATION
WORK.
A meeting of the Boys Corn Club
of Newton County win be held at
the court house in t' is? city at 10
o’clock ‘ on Saturday, February 10.
The meeting will be in conjunction
with the Farmers Demonstration
Work which has also been announced
| for that date.
It is the purpose of those who are
promoting the Boys Corn Club to
make it one of the moist progressive
in the state. It is their desire to
make the yield of corn by the boys
of Newton county compare favorably,
and, if possible, eclipse that of any
other club in the state. This can
only be done through the co-opera¬
tion of the people of the county
whether farmer or business man,
and every citizen of the county who
wants to see Newton self .sustain¬
ing in the matter of corn is invited
to meet with them on the above date.
It will be remembered that Newton
county was the first net only in
Georgia, but in the entire United
States to organize a corn club and
there are today photographs in the
office of the county school superin¬
tendent made of those who belonged
to it, and oN^lie fields of corn in
competition for the prizes. This
fact alone should., make our people
zealous j n placing this organization
in the very front ranks in the state
meet to be held in the fall.
There are already some twelve or
fifteen boys in the county who have
joined the club and it is very" proba¬
ble that more will enroll their names
at the next meeting.
The Farmers Demonstration Work
on that date will be'very interesting,
corn culture being the principal topic
for discussion and demonstration.
Meet with them on that date and
learn something new about methods
and plans for your crop this year.
FOR SALE.—IMPROED CULPEP
per Cotton Seed from several
years selection. $1.00 per bushel
delivered in Covington.—W. L.
RICHARDS, Porterdale, iR. F. D. 2
pd.>—4t. '
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Jan. 31, 1912.
JAS, W. ANDERSON
SUCCUMBS TO DEATH.
had been prominent in pub¬
lic AFFAIRS IN COVINGTON
FOR NEARLY FIFTY YEARS.
DIED SUDDENLY.
Col. James W. Anderson, known to
every man in Newton county, died at
his; home in this city at an early horn
Friday morning after an illness of
but a few days with a complication
of diseases. He was 78 years of
age.
Col. Anderson was until a few
years ago editor and proprietor of
T e Covington Star, on which one
of the editors of The News served
his apprenticeship. He first started
the Georgia Enterprise with the late
Col. Beebee shortly after the war,
but after several years with that pa¬
per he sold his interest to the late
C. W_ Hawkins and established the
Star. Col. Anderson published the
Star continuously for about thirty
years, and during that time he ran
a clean, conservative publication,
and himself was an honor to the
fourth estate.
Col. Anderson had been identified
with public affairs here practically
ever since the war, and was always
conservative and on what he be¬
lieved to be the right side of all
public questions. During the war he
served as courier under General
Longstreet, being mustered out with
the rank of colonel. After the war
was over he went to Canada for a
few months and from there he came
to Covington where he located. The
war left Col. Andersen as it did
many other southerners—strapped.
But with him it made no difference
and he immediately began: to help re¬
construct the south and to make for
himself remuneration for his labors.
He was very successful and at the
time cf liis death owns some of the
most valuable property in the city.
We mention this merely to show the
characteristic of Mr. Anderson. He
was one of the most methodic and
persistent men in the city, and when
once he made up his mind and con¬
viction he stood to them till the
last.
Col. Anderson leaves a wife and
two children, Mrs. G. T. Wells and
William M. Anderson, besides other
relatives and a host of friends to
mourn his death.
The funeral occurred Saturday
morning at the Baptist church, being
conducted by Revs M. P. Jackson
and John B. Gordon. After the ser¬
vice at the church the remains were
turned over to the Knights Templer,
St. Benard Commandery, of which
he was a loyal member, and .they in¬
terred his body in Westview ceme¬
tery with the last sad rites.
A STATEMENT FROM
REPRESENTATIVE
A. H. FOSTER.
I desire -to supplement my an¬
nouncement for the State Senate
with the following statement:
In the first place, the report that
I have moved, to. Atlanta, is absolute¬
ly false, though I am in that city
nearly every day during the school
election season advertising my
Teachers’ Agency. I still live at
Covington at the same place and
am in the same law office. Though
very few measures can ever be pass
ed the first session of a new- Legis¬
lature, and notwithstanding the fact
that it is conceded that it takes a
new' member his first fifty days to
“learn the ropes,’’ I have already
fulfilled every pledge.
1 not only answered every roll
call and voted on every general
measure as shown by the House
Journal, but was present each day
the entire day’s session—<a record
not made, so far as I know, by an¬
other member. Furthermore as a
member of several important commit
tees I devoted my afternoons to
committee work.
In accordance with my campaign
pledge, I abolished the City Court,
As a member of the Judiciary com¬
mittee I helped secure a favorable
report ou a bill which provides that
the county wherein one is injured or
damaged by an electric or power
company shall be the place of suit.
This bill is of special interest to
citizens of this county and I shall
help lead the fight for its. passage.
As an indication of my interest In
Agricultural legislation it is perhaps
not amiss to state that I was one of
the four or five selected by the au-
PRESENT PLAN IS
NOT DEMOCRATIC.
PROF. HARRY H. STONE WANTS
CHANGE IN THE PRESENT
METHOD OF VOTING
FOR STATE SENATOR.
Editors Covington News:
It is Newton’s turn this year un¬
der the rotation plan, to furnish the
State Senator for the Twenty-Sev¬
enth District.
It has been ten year’s since we
have furnished a Senator and under
the present plan of selection we have
been without any voice in his selec¬
tion; practically disfranchised, in so
far as the State Senatorship is con¬
cerned, for that period.
Every qualified citizen has a right
to express his choice between candi¬
dates in every election and there is
nothing more democratic than the
primary election, but the practice of
confining the senatorial primary to
the county whose turn it is to fur¬
nish the candidate is unfair, unjust
and contrary to the spirit of our in¬
stitutions.
This limitation of the franchise is
not true as regards the selection of
men for any other elective office,
whether of high or low degree.
A plan is on foot, in the State Dem¬
ocratic Executive Committee to al¬
low, in an approaching primary elec¬
tion, each qualified voter to express
his preference for president of these
United States.
This privilege is accorded in the
contests for U. S. Senator, Governor,
Congressman, House of Representa¬
tives, (Legislature) and for all state,
county and city officers.
Why i,s it that in the selection of
a Senator in the 27 th District each
county in turn selects a man without
regard to the wishes of the other
counties in the District and forces
him upon them without as much as
“by your leave.’’ That we have
been fortunate, for the most part, in
the past in the men who have rep¬
resented us, is no reason that this
unjust system should he continued.
The State Senator is not the rep¬
resentative of one county but of sev¬
eral counties and every one of those
counties should have a voice in his
selection, else he might be the choice
of some faction in his county or be
selected on some minor local issue
in which the rest of the District has
no interest, and for which, possibly,
it cares less.
Let the candidates for the Senate
from this District be limited to a sin¬
gle county in its turn, but allow the
voters of all the counties composing
the District to have the privilege of
expressing their choice between these
candidates.
This plan may not be popular with
the politicians but it is fair and it is
just.
I write this on my own motion,
not knowing whom it may affect or
how it may affect them.
Several years ago this matter was
brought before a large mass meeting
in the court house at Covington and
the plan above was enthusiastically
endorsed, with but a single dissent¬
ing vote.
This year it is Newton’s time to
furnish the Senator ard I appeal to
the sense of fairness which our local
committees and our local candidates
entertain that they see to it that
this plan is put into operation now,
that in the eight years to follow be¬
fore we can present a candidate in
the future we will not he, as we have
been for the past ten years, without
a voice as to who shall represent
Newton County in the State Senate.
Respectfully,
HARRY H. STONE.
Oxford, Ga., Jan. 24, 1912.
thor of the Fertilizer Bill to advo¬
cate before the House its passage.
As vice char man of the Committee
on Education I introduced bills re¬
vising the school laws of Georgia.
With slight modifications these meas¬
ures were passed. In a bulletin re¬
cently issued by the U. S, Dept., of
Education the statement is made
that these school Acts now give
Georgia next to Pennsylvania, the
best code of school laws in the U.
S., of Georgia. Now second from
the top of the list; before w r as se¬
cond from the bttom. The “Liter¬
ary Digest’’ and “The Outlook” have
made substantially the same state¬
ments in revising the new Georgia
school code.
In conclusion I will state that I
am willing to rest my candidancy
solely upon my record last session
the next summer is my best oppor¬
tunity to do effective work.
A. H. FOSTER.
NO NI-BEER FOR
COVINGTON YET.
IN REPLY TO LETTER MAYOR
SMITH SAYS COVINGTON
WILL NEVER HAVE SUCH
PLACES OF BUSINESS.
Somebody hais been 1 putting out
false and slanderous reports about
our fair city, but Mayor Smith, was
right on the job and put a crimp fo.
the would-be sale of near-beer in
the corporate limits of Covington.
One day last week the mayor re¬
ceived the following letter, which
speaks for itself: I
Thomaston, Ga. Jan. 25-12.
Toi the mayor of “Covington.”
Dear Sir:
I learn that your town have is¬
sued licents to sell near beer. If
this-be true, whiai are the amount of
Gity licents. Also have any one pur
ched any licents at this date.
Please let me here from you at once.
• Respt.
G.nT. WATSON.
Mayor Smith promptly sent the
writer of the above communication
the following very explicit reply,
and up to the present time nothing
further has been heard from him:
COVINGTON, GA., Jan. 26, 1912.
MR. G. T. WATSON,
Thomaston,, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Replying to your letter of Jan.
25th wish to say that there is no
near-bear sold in Covington and
never will be, if the decent] people
of Covington can prevent it, and we
think we cam. j
Very Respt.,
GEO. T. SMITH,
Mayor.
The mayor voiced the sentiment of
the majority of the people of the
city in his reply. It is not probable
that Covington will ever have
licensed saloons again_ She has hod
her fill.
Notice Committeemen.
A meeting of the County Democrtic
Committee is hereby called, to be
held at the Court House in Covington,
Georgia, on Saturday, February 3.
1912, 10 o’clock a. m. for the purpose
of fixing a date for holding a primary
for nominating county officers of this
county, assessing the candidates to
pay expenses of such primary, and to
Insist On
Settling
Your
Accounts a i
With a check instead of cash. Then
you will have both a record, of your pay¬
ment and a receipt as well. Checks on
the Bank of Covington are as good as
gold. You can secure a book of them
by opening an account there. You avoid
lots of trouble and dignify your business
by their use.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL $ 100 , 000.00
=We Invite Your Patronages
COTTON MARKET
As we go to press Tuesday
afetrneon, cotton Is selling
in Covington at
10 GENTS.
$]. A Year In Advance.
EMORY STUDENT
ANSWERS LAST CALL
YOUNG HOLT, OF SANDERSVILLE
DIED AT PHI DELTA THETA
CHAPTER HOUSE IN OX¬
FORD SATURDAY.
Mr Curtis Lake Holt, a student
in Emory College and whose home
was Sandersville, Georgia, died at the
Phi Delta, Theta) chapter house in
Oxford Saturday morning after an ill¬
ness of only four days (with pneumo¬
nia. ! ; '
Young Holt was one of the bright¬
est young men in Emory and was a
member of the Sophomore class
and of the Phi) Deta Theta] frater¬
nity. He was ipopular with all the
boys, and a strong friendship existed
between him and several members of
the faculty as well as the student
body. He was an exceptional young
man, and although only 19 years of
age he was considered by all
who knew him as a solid, conscien¬
tious student and scholar. His death
came as a shock to his Mends, many
of whom did not even know he was
sipk. ) '
.
Curtis was known to the writer,
who knew him at his home town at
Sandersville, and he was truly a
model boy. He was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lake B. Holt,, of Sanders u
vile, and a brother of Mr. Ben W
Holt who grauated from Emory
last year. Mrs. Holt was with him
at the time of his death and his
father arrived a short while later.
The shock to them was jgreat.
The body was carried to Sander,s
ville leaving here at 6:30 Saturday
afternoon and. interred at that place
Monday. The friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Holt and of their son, Curtis, ex¬
tend profound sympathy in their dark
hour.
A rather strange conincidence was
the fact that it has been only a few
weeks since young WiLlis McAllister
Palmer of Orlando, Fla., diied at
Emory with the same disease. They
w r ere both the same age, members of
the same fraternity and were in the
same class. 1 t
transact such other business as may
properly come up before said commit¬
tee. A full attendance of the com¬
mittee is earnestly requested.
This January 25, 1912.
J. C. KNOX,
Chairman County Democpatic Execu¬
tive Committee.
