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COVINGTON, GA., FEB., 7, 1912.
Atlanta’s divorce mill has been
steadily grinding out separations for
the past several days. But what else
could you expect of Atlanta?
The paving proposition of the side¬
walks three blocks out from the pub¬
lic square will very probably be a live
question within the next few weeks.
Now that the executive committee
has fixed the date for the primary,
it would be well for every man in
the county to SEE THAT HE IS
REGISTERED.
And still the candidates announce.
Before the primary in, May there will
be possibly warm competition for all
offices. So, far, however, there is no
announced candidate for representa¬
tive.
The registration books close on
second day of April, and if your
name is not written there, you cer¬
tainly cannot vote in the primaries to
be held this year. Better see that it
is there.
Taft has recommended an investi¬
gation into the high cost of living.
If it has the same effect as the in¬
vestigation of the sugar trust and
Standard Oil, may the good lord de¬
liver us!
Mayor Smith has begun a crusade
against the idlers in this city, and
says that they must go to work or
leave the city. A goodthing for the
town if he can carry his campaign
through successfully, j
It is stated positively that Hooper
Alexander will make the race for
Judge Roan has nott yet made a state
ment as to his intention, but it is
ment as to his ientntion, but it is
generally supposed that he will not
be in the race.
The ground hog saw his shadow
last Friday, the same being construed
as meaning that we will have some
more real cold weather. Seems to
be a ground hog case when the
plumbers and coal men all conspire
against you, isn’t it?
Work has been started on the street
leading to the underpass of the Geor¬
gia railroad, and the -work will be
pushed through to completion. The
convicts will do much in the con¬
structing of this passage way for the
good of the community.
Loafers do a city or town more
real harm than is caused by any
other source. A man who will not
work is, according to all the asser¬
tions of the students of political
economy, about as sorry a thing as
the good lord ever invented.
The Watterson-Wilson episode is
amusing to those of us down south
who believe that Woodrow Wilson is
a good, clean democrat. Watterson
is a controver sails t seldom bettered,
but he struck his Waterloo when he
struck the Princeton professor.
Joe Hill Hall, commonly referred
to as the “watch dog of the state
treasury," is running for Governor al
by himself. The Honorable Joe will
not be alone for long in his aspira¬
tions, as it is believed that Jack
Slaton will be in the race too, and
he will make it warm for someone.
Far be it from us to criticise any¬
thing the fair daughters of Covington
do, but we will certainly be glad
when they all get the idea in their
heads that everybody wiy see their
hats when they are out doors, and
that it is not necessary for them to
wear headgear in churches and pub¬
lic gatherings^
It is said by many of the better in¬
formed men of the county that the
voters will pile up a big majority for
the one commissioner plan to be
voted on in the primary. It is ar¬
gued that the counties having one
man to handle the affairs of the
county give better roads and save in
the expense account many dollars
every year. These things will all be
threshed out in The News before the
date of the primary, and we open the
columns of the ’paper to a discussion
of it on both sides.
FOR RENT—6-ROOM HOUSE ON
Church street. Apply to W. N.
RAINEY.—tf.
HAVE NO DISCORD.
Now that here are so many avowed
candidates in the field for the differ¬
ent county ordinances, we believe it
is timely to call attention to th© fact
that there should possitively be no
discord between the candidates or
between the. candidates and the
voters.
It is the inalienable and inherent
right of every Amreican citizen o
vote just as his conscience dictates,
and his right to do t’ is should be
unquestioned and inviolate. In fact
no one has the right or should have
the temerity to question the rights
and privileges of a citizen to vote
as he pleased. Upon this solid foun¬
dation the fundamental principles of
our government was founded, and
upon this one fact alone do we get
the liberty of speech and of conduct¬
ing our scheme of living, nor would
we permit the conduct of governmen¬
tal affairs other than through the
medium of the ballot.
We all believe in the purity of the
ballot, and of clean politics, and we
sincerely hope that in this campaign
there will be nothing more personal
than the good-natured raillery of one
candidate to and that the
voters rights will remain as it was
intended—-to be used as he believes
right.
GIVE SMALL SETTLER A CHANCE
According to an exchange there are.
nearly 50,000 farms in the United
States—49,604 to be exact, contain¬
ing over 1,000 acres each. And there
in lies the full explanation of the
failure of many farming districts to
m P rove 2111(1 attain their fuU P° ssi '
bilities.
Few men have the organization,
the capital and the equipment to op¬
erate a farm of 1,000 acres in such
a manner that it yields adequate re¬
turns on the actual value of the land.
More farms and better farming are
the crying need of the nation. Ten
farms of 100 acres each, operated by
ten farm owners, yield a vastly great¬
er income to a community than one
farm of 1,000 acres operated by a
single man.
A small farm owner keeps up
fences, paints his house, cleans the
weeds out of the corners of fields
and takes pride in keeping the lanes
and roads about his place in present¬
able condition,/
The result is a condition of general
thrift which makes a neighborhood
attractive to other farmers and en¬
hances land values. But tenant far¬
mers have no interest in the appear¬
ance of land or improvements.
As the Nashville Tennesseean
points out, they rob the soil without
qualm of conscience and have no
heart in advancing the reputation of
a neighborhood or in improving
schools or churches.
Smaller farms in the hands of worl
ing farmers are the demand of the
hour, north and south alike.
Intensified farming must come in
all sections. It means the salvation
o'” thousands of families, and it also
means the financial salvation of land
owners who are blindly holding large
tracts who do not yield even a fair
interest on thee investment.
Increasingly prosperous must the
county or section be where:
Cut up the big farms.
Live and let live.
Give the ambitious settler a chance
to make a home for himself.—Monti
cello News.
TYPEWRITTEN LETTERS
AND NEWSPAPER ADDS.
Some merchants have an idea that
circular letters are a splendid way to
advertise. They are badly mistaken.
People read a circular letter and. cast
it aside. But the newspaper ad is
read by every one in the family and
by the neighbor as well. Besides,
if a merchant sends out a circular
letter and happens to miss some one
the latter becomes offended.. Sc'd a
prominent lady the other day: “I
much prefer to do my trading w-ith
the merchants who advertise in the
paper. It shows that they are pro¬
gressive and up-to-date. It is an in¬
vitation to everybody to come and
trade. The circular method looks
cheap and selfish when sent through
the mails to individuals.’’'
The lady had reference to type¬
written circular letters which are
becoming very popular hereabout.—
Greensboro Herald-Journal.
I. O. O. F. Star Lodge, No. 164.
Meets Thursday night, Feb 8th.
Work in first degree. All brothers
in regular standing cordially invited.
C. A. SOCKWELL, N. G.
A. H. MILNER, Secty.
Notice to Debtors And Creditors.
All persons holding claims against
the estate of Nancy A Phillipps, de¬
ceased, are hereby notified to render
same to the undersigned in terms of
the law. And all persons indebted to
said estate are called upon to make
immediate payment to the adminis¬
trator.
B. M. LEACH.
Admrs. Nancy A. Philipps, deceased.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1912.
THE SHIRKER.
Many are the men who, in mo
ments of discourag in cent, have been
tempted to run away from their re¬
sponsibilities or trials and begin life
anew. Some have yielded, gone to
distant lands, and remained as dead
to their former associates. Others
have merely sought refuge in the
nearest great city, and in due course
have been found out and disgraced.
Probably in all cases the change has
in the end suggested a comparison
with the leap Irom the frying pan in¬
to the fire.
Barton S. Cruikshauk, of Potsdam,
N. Y., being one of the weaker sort,
could not force himself to flee any
further than New York City. Yet he
planned a fake "suicide” and left his
wife to collect in good faith his life
insurance. He was discovered, of
course, and now in his disgrace even
his deserted wife refuses the offereu
reconciliation and has begun suit for
divorce.
His last state is much worse than
the first. The burden of struggle he
wished to leave behind him has been
made heavier a hundred fold. Aside
from the question of duty that bias
us face our responsibilities bravely,
however dreary and irksome the task
may seem at times, there is always
the probability that in flying from the
ills we know to those we know not
we shall find loss instead of gain.—
Macon Telegraph,
CUT DOWN THE ACREAGE.
Foreign cotton men and many
American buyers are bulg.ng the
price of cotton skyward. The ten
cents market has been reached the
past week and the whole world feels
the rejuvenation of business. The
demonstration conclusively proves
that the south is the source of the
balance of power in commerce. The
world thrills when its magic touch
is felt in some new place, and the
cotton situation the past few months
has done much to hinder progress.
While the whole country has been
waiting the price of the fleecy staple
to stay up, in the pictures there
have been a few bears in power ano
aided and augmented by some souto
ern buyers they have succeeded in
keeping the price down, thereby
throttling commerce.
It is usual at the marketing time
to have depressing stories sent
abroad, and last season they were
here in abundance. Added to that
the prospect of a bumper crop dis¬
couraged the farmers and business
men of the country to a considerable
extent. However, the same old ruse
is again in vogue, all the world want¬
ing cotton and the price going up¬
ward just at this season to help con¬
vince the Southern farmers that they
ought to increase their efforts to¬
ward supplying the world with some¬
thing for nothing.
This situation should not upset the
farmers who have at this time fully
settled upon one of the greatest re¬
dactions in acreage really ever know
in the cotton belt. The advance
should only serve to stimulate the
determination to plant less of it, for
it shows conclusively that the less
the farmer raises of cotton the more
he will get for it. The cotton belt
will get more for 12,000,000 bales of
cotton than for 15,000,000 bales and
this should deter any man from in¬
creasing in acreage.
However, there is no doubt but that
next fall will see high prices again
in cotton—that is ten to twelve cents
—for the hardest work and the un¬
ceasing efforts of the* farmers cannot
produce enough of it to satisfy the
demands of the world. The down¬
ward trend in prices for the past few
months has not really been caused
by the over-supply in sight, but by
the dogged determination of a few
financiers to force the farmers to sell
during the rush season at a great
loss.
The outlook is quite bright for
those who have held on to their cot¬
ton, but the great pity of it is that
the farmers who really need the mon¬
ey are not, and never will be able
to stand such a pressure as is brough
upon them at the critical time un¬
less the banks and supply houses of
the south take the situation in hand
and finance the crop until the rush
is over. Theree is hardly any crop in
the world that can stand the pressure
that is brought to bear on cotton when
the staple is being dumped on the
market by the millions of dollars
worth daily for week after week for
several months.—Augusta Chronicle.
INDUSTRIAL AND CONSTRUCTION
DEVELOPMENTS ON BIG SCALE
The Industrial Index, published in
Columbus. Ga., says:
“Although they have been growing
steadily in volume and importance,
industrial and construction develop¬
ments in the Southeast in the past
week have been upon a greater scale
than for some time, and involve
the investment of literally millions of
dollars in the aggregate.
“Financial and other preparations
for the harnessing of waterpowers,
the construction of great buildings
and for municipal improvements are
being completed to an unusual ex¬
tent, and other undertaking* are
nothing anonymous.
When will people—all people—
learn that no reputable newspaper
caii afford to publish even a seem¬
ingly harmless society news item
without knowing where it comes
from? We have now before us a
well-written report of a wedding oc¬
curring a few days ago in a neigh¬
boring town. The item is one that
we would be glad to use, but, not
knowing the contracting parties, and
not knowing who the volunteer cor¬
respondent reporting this marriage is,
how can we know that the whole
tiling isn't a fake or a joke? It is
not an unusual thing for “smart"
Alecks" to perpetrate jokes of this
kind, and the only safeguard that
the newspapers have against them is
the iron-clad rule that nothing shall
be published without knowing the
source from which it comes.—Ex.
SIGHING FOR THE
GOOD OLD TIMES.
There is “in our midst" where
ever we may be the precious old
grouch who is forever sighing for
the “good old times.” He is
constantly decrying the present by
odious and invidious comparison with
the past; he is 'everlasting ding-dong¬
ing it into modern ears that the
‘dear old days that used- to be" were
infinitely superior in every way to
tbe days that now curse these “lat¬
ter evil days.”
If you’ll take a minute and figure
an unconscionably, smirking, hypro
critical old liar ha is—this hollow
voice from the past and pessimist of
the present. It is true we hadn’t
hook-worm or the appendicitis, the
pelagra or the cyclone in these dear
days away back toward the preface o
history. It is also true that we
hadn’t some other things either.
George Washington never in his dig¬
nified days talked over a telephone.
Benjamin Franklin would have been
shocked at the revelations and the
revolutions in electricity that are
common than pig-tracks in this good
year, 1912: LaFdyette never in his
day saw a submarine nor a steamer
that could cross the ocean in as few
as fifteen days. Thomas Jefferson
never had a fountain pen to write the
Declaration of Independence with and
Fauniel hall would have gone crazy if
somebody had suggested an elevator
for it. As recently as, your uncle
Abe Lincoln the denizens of the citie
had no light on the streets at night
save kerosene flickers and occasion¬
ally a weak-sputter ing gas jet affair.
There were no telegraph wires in
all the world; there was not a rail¬
road in the good old day®—if you go
back far enough—and from the line
of talk the old grouch hands out the
further you get away from the horri¬
ble present near to the millenium
you get. There were no sewerage
systems, no water works, no fire com¬
panies; there were no steam heaters,
no typewriters, not even a lead pen¬
cil in those days. The automobile
had never been planned and the mo¬
tion picture was undreamed of; the
phonograph would have been necron
mancy and the X-ray nothing short of
wizardry; the wireless telegraphy
would have caused somebody's death
for witchcraft. There were famine
and plagues and epidemics in those
days; there were wars and disasters
and a hqavy death rate then. There
was ignorance and superstition, nar¬
rowness and primitive crudity of liv¬
ing'—there was little comfort and no
convenience about the home or the
place of business, about means of
transportation or matters of pleasure.
There may have been “good times"
in the long-ago periods, but it was
in comparison with a era that must
have been indeed savage.—Athens
Banner.
NOTICE.
All persons alre warned not to hire
or harbor Add Christian, white, as
he is under contract wiith me for
the year 1912.
W . B. TREADWELL,
Covington ,Ga.
being projected.
“A company operating in the Bir¬
mingham, Ala., industrial district an¬
nounces that it will expend $2,500,000
in enlarging and improving plants.
“A Georgia railroad company has
arranged to increase its capital stock
to $2,500,000 for the purpose of ex¬
tending its operations to the Alaba¬
ma
“Announcement is made that a
company which proposes to develop
waterpowers of three Alabama rivers
as noted previously by the Index,
has placed $10,000,000 of its stock in
London, England, and will expend
$20,000,000, or more, in the develop¬
ment that it contemplates.
“All arrangements have been per¬
fected for the erection of a 15-story
office building at Jacksonville, Fla.,
Atlanta. Ga., is to have a ten or 12
SLory apartment house. Macon, Ga.,
has awarded a first] contract, amount¬
ing to $81,753, in connection with an
extension of its waterworks system.
“Birmingham, Ala., in which the
perfecting of arrangements for the
construction of a $1,000,000 hotel has
been in progress, will have on© hotel
of that character, probably two and
possibly more.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR ORDINARY
I hereby announce myself as a can¬
didate far the office of Ordinary of
Newton County, subject to the wiLl
of the white voters at the primary
to he announced later by the execu¬
tive committee. I will appreciate the
support and influence of every voter
in the county and pledge my best ef¬
forts if elected. I believe I can fill
the office satisfactory to all the peo¬
ple of the county.
JOE S. PEEK.
FOR SHERIFF.
To the Voters of Newton County:
Gentlemen:—I am pleased to ta
nounce to you that the New Year
has brought to you a new candidate
for the office of Sheriff. I shall be
in the race subject to tbe action of
the democratic executive committee.
Your support is most earnestly solic¬
ited. Vote for me if you can. I will
have as my deputy Mr. Waters Bal¬
lard. Yours truly,
VIRGIL T. STEPHENS.
FOR COUNTY TREN&URER.
To The Voters of Newton County:
I am a candidate for the office of
County Treasurer, subject to the ac¬
tion of the White Democratic Pri¬
mary, and will appreciate the suppor
of ail Who can vote for me. I feel
that I am capable of filling the office
to the satisfaction of all concerned.
O. W. PORTER.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
I hereby announce myself a candi¬
date for the office of Tax Collector of
New’ton County subject to the action
of the white Democratic primary. I
appreciate the support given me in
the past and will appreciate the same
in the future. If elected I pr mise a
faithful discharge of all the duties
connected with the office.
W. S. Ramsey.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
To the Voters of Newton County:
I hereby announce myself a candi¬
date for the office of Tax Collector of
Newton county, subject to the action of
the white Democratic primary. I shall
appreciate the support of all who can
vote for me, and promise a faithful
and impartial discharge of all the du¬
ties connected with the office if elec¬
ted. Ike W. Meadors.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
To the Voters of Newton County:
I hereby announce myself a candi¬
date for Tax Receiver of Newton
county, subject to the white Demo¬
cratic primary. Sincerely thanking
each and every one for past favors, I
will ask all who can to help me in this
race. If elected, I can only promise
the best service I am capable of ren¬
dering. J. F. Lunsford.
FOR TREASURER.
I am a candidate for the office of
Treasurer of Newton county, subject
to the white Democratic primary, to
be held later on. I wish to express
my appreciation to the people of New¬
ton county for their confidence and
favors shown me in the past, and I
earnestly solicit, and will highly ap¬
preciate the aid and support of all
those who can assist me in the com¬
ing election, and if elected wd en¬
deavor to discharge the duties oi tue
office to the best of my ability.
^fcikVery respectfully,
J. W. Stephenson.
FOR ORDINARY.
I announce myself as a candidate
for re-election to the office of Ordin¬
ary, subject to the Democratic pri¬
mary. If I have performed the du¬
ties of the office with any measure of
efficiency and satisfaction, (and I
have labored so to do,) my four years
experience in the office will enable
me to perform the duties much more
efficiently and satisfactorily than
heretofore, and I pledge my best aud
constant efforts so to do, if re-elected.
Thanking you for past support, I
earnestly solicit your support in the
coming election. A. D. Meador.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Tax Collector of New¬
ton county, subject to the will of the
Democratic voters of the county at
the primary to be held this spring.
I will appreciate the support and in¬
fluence of my friends and pledge my
best ability if elected.
Henry C. Hyatt.
FOR STATE SENATOR.
I ^hereby announce myself a candi¬
date for the State Senate. Subject to
the white democratic primary. Suffic
it to say in this informal announce¬
ment that all reports to the effect
that I have left Newton County are
Any further rumors alleg¬
my removal from the county or
contemplated removal will be
equally absurd and, purely for politi¬
effect.
A. H. POSTER.
FOR CLERK SUPERiqr^^
am a candiadte for re-elceti “
outre ot Cterk 0T1 ♦ to
subject to S»p w | w
noatotiok b, V
primary. 1 fcave bad the offw
work. but to The the office belongs, Thanking Uot J* th^
people.
heartily often; for I having given it re-electJ to 1
so pledge them, if S’
mv best efforts to do the work
cording ing to law and to the satisfaction
and best interests of the peoples
JNO. B. DAVis.
FOR TREASURER.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Treasurer of Newton county
subject to the Democratic primary’
Sincerely thanking the voters of the
county for their support in the past
will ask all who can to help me ir j
the this best race. service If elcted, I will‘promise
I am capable
rendering. c. L. HARWELL.
FOR STATE SENATOR.
I am a candidate before the voters
of the county for State Senator from
the 27th Senatorial district, if
ted will give my best service to the
people of the district and the state.
Will appreciate your support for the
very responsible trust. Respt.
J. W. KING.
FOR SHERIFF.
After diue deliberation, I hereby
announce myself as a candidate for
the office of Sheriff of Newton coun¬
ty, subject to the action of the white
Democratic primary. In cose of my
nomination and election I will be asr
sisted in -the office by Mr. Rob. p.
Boyd and Mr. Fielder Ozburn. I will
appreciate the .support of the people
of the county in this election.
BONHAM L. JOHNSON.
FOR SHERIFF.
To The Voters of Newton County:
I take this method of announcing
that I am a candidate for re-election
as Sheriff for another term, subject
to the Democratic Primary, and if
you support me again in tMs race I
will do then as I have always tried
to dor— nil the office tot the best of
my ability and to the entire satis¬
faction of .the people of the county.
I thank you all fer the honor you
have conferred upon me in former
campaigns, and assure every one of
you that I sincerely appreciate it It
will toe useless for me to canvas the
entire county, as you all know me,
and I have tried to serve you in
such a manner as to win your confe
dance. Your super 1 * this year will
be heartily appreciated.
Sj M. HAY.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
I announce myself as a candidate
for the office of Tax Receiver of
Newton County subject to the wishes
of the voters to be expressed at the
primary on May 3rd, 1912. In mak¬
ing this announcement I desire to
state to my friends and the public
that it will be impossible for me to
make a canvas of the entire county,
and that I will have to depend large¬
ly on the influence and good will of
my friends, and through the medium
of the press to further my interests.
I will appreciate the support of the
people in this race, and if elected will
discharge the duties to the best of
my ability. Very truly,
J. T. ELLIOTT.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
/
GEORGIA, Newton County. ^
Luna Barnett vs. S. H. Barnett.
Superior Court, September Term,
1911, No. 12.
To S. H. Barnett, Greeting: —
By the order of the Court, you are
hereby notified that on the 31 st day
of July, 1911, Luna Barnett filed suJ
against you for divorce, returnable to
the March Term, 1912 of said Court.
You are hereby required to be 8°
appear at the March term, 1912
said Count to be held on the Thir
Monday in March, 1912, then
there to answer the plaintiffs com
plaint Witness the Honorable L. &•
Roan, judge of said Court, tins
21st day of September, 1913 ■
JNO. B. DAIS. Clerk.
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