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IV. NO. 14
MARCH FOURTEEN IS
“CLEAN-UP DAY.”
PEOPLE OF COVINGTON URGED
TO COOPERATE AND MAKE
A REAL, CLEAN, SANITA¬
RY CITY BEAUTIFUL.
Through the Civic League depart¬
ments of the Georgia Federation of
Womans’ Clubs, a clean-up day has
been ordered from the north to the
south, and from the oast to the west
of the state. By co-operation with
our able mayor the fourteenth of
March has been appointed as clean¬
up day for Covington. All yards,
back and front, must bo cleaned up
thoroughly. All accumulations of any
kind must he removed from all pre¬
mises. All grounds must be raked
or swept and lime roust be used free¬
ly. All accumulations must be burned
or put in receptacles outside of the
premises and the city wagons will
remove them. Burn all accumulation
possible, such as chips and trash, for
the city cannot handle such bulky re¬
fuse.
All the rears of the business hous¬
es are to be thoroughly over-hauled
on this day. All church yards must
be thoroughly cleaned. This is the
season when all empty cans or oth¬
er small vessels which would hold wa¬
ter should be removed from every
premise. They hold water which
will cause breeding places for mos¬
quitoes and by them are diseases
spread. The mayor offers three
prizes, for the greatest number of
cans and bottles brought in by any
child on March 16th.
First prize,.....$1.00
Second prize, - - - 75 cents
Third prize, 50 cents
All cans and bottles must be deliv¬
ered at the grounds around Public
Library by 3:30 p. m., on March 16th.
No contestant must get cans or bot¬
tles from city dumping grounds, but
must be collected from streets and
premises. The Civic League will
have a committee at the Library to
award prizes on that day.
Now, lets make “Clean-Up Day”
a great day for Covington. Let this
day be a bona-fide, sure-enough clean¬
up day, from cellar to garrett, and
from back yard fence to front yard
gates.
TWIG
BENT,SO TREES
(> € • t • Inclined
AN
«>—#- t i ACCOUNT TODAY
FOR YOUR BOY Co.--Nc. 2S
Copyright 1909. by C. E. Zimmcrmao
II for no other reason than the teaching of
the value of money you should have a bank
account for your children in their individual
name. It will grow with them, and aug¬
mented by the deposits of their savings by
the time they become of age will amount
to a tidy sum.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
J. A. CATHEY Cashier
sre Steadily Growing—Gama and Grow With us.
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REVIVAL SERVICES AT
METHODIST CHURCH
ONE OF THE GREATEST MEET¬
INGS I Nos EVER p\/pd HELD up. r. IN .... THE
CITY IS NOW IN PROG¬
RESS THERE.
As announced last week Rev. John
G. Logan, pastor of the Methodist
church of tb's city, opened what now
promises, to, be one of the best revi
wals ever held at their church in
this city. The first service of the
series was held Sunday morning and
although the weather was extremely
had a good congregation was present.
The meetings will be held in the
morning and evening, -and it is ex¬
pected that all of them will be large¬
ly attended.
Since the series of services have
been begun there has already been
twenty addition© to the church roll,
and many others are very much in¬
terested. The length of the revival
has not yet been announced, but it
is very probable that it will run well
up into next week.
Rev. Mr. Logan is doing all of the
preaching, but will be assisted in
the meetings by Mrs. Cunyus, one of
the sweetest singers in the state.
The pastor and members of the
church extend a cordial invitation to
everyone to attend the meetings.
Concert Company Friday Night.
The second number of the series of
entertainments bought from -the C.
W. Best Lyceum is scheduled for Fri¬
day evening at the school auditorium.
In order that there may be no con¬
flict with the protracted services now
in progress in the city, this entertain¬
ment will begin at 8:30. The nature
of this attraction is indicated by the
following excerpt from Mr. Best's
letter to me: “My second company
Miss Hortense Morehart, soprano, and
Miss Verne McClure, reader, will
reach Covington on Friday, March
8th, at 4:38 p. m. This is a more
popular company than the first one,
Their program is full of fun and
laughter and will please everyone.”
All subscribers who have not yet
paid will render a favor by sending
in their dues this week.
J. C.UPSHAW, Sup-t.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Mar. 6, 1912.
MONTHLY STATEMENT SHOWS NEWTON
COUNTY TO BE IN SPLENDID CONDITION
COMMISSIONERS PUBLISH REPORT SHOWING WHAT IT COSTS~TO
RUN NEWTON’S ROAD WORK AND THE OTHER DEPART¬
MENTS.—RECEIPTS GOOD FOR THE TWO MONTHS.
STATEMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED MONTHLY:”
The Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Newton Ccoun-ty have
adopted the plan of publishing the monthly statement of receipts and disr
bursemen-ts of county funds, and hereafter they will be published once
each month in The News- for the remainder of the present year. The
Commissioners publish this week the statements for both the months of
January and February. They follow in full:
Statement of Board of
missioners of Roads and Rev¬
enues of Newton County
For January, 1912:
FUNDS RECEIVED.
Jan, 1st Balance per report J.
W. Stephenson Treas Jan. 1st
1912, $1305.29
Jan. 7, O. P. McCord Refund¬
ed County for J. P. Court
House 100.00
Jan. 4, W. S. Ramsey, T. C.
from general taxes 12,900.00
Jan. 4, W. S. Ramsey, T. C.
from road fund 9,000.00
Jan. 4, Town of Newborn for
Sewer Pipe 120.68
Jan. 4, J. W. Black, Commuta¬
tion tax 38.00
Total, $233473.97
Paid Out.
Jan. 2, Warden and Guards
Salaries $ 314.(33
Jau. 12, Clothing and shoes
for convicts 60.75
Provisions 202.29
Medical attention and medi¬
cine 102.75
Equipments 6.50
Court costs 58.30
Material, lumber, cement, &c 263.10
Stock feed 624,11
Tools and machinery 88.40
Corns, pa^d overseers Cal.
Commutation tax 9.20
Bridges and materials 4,839.29
Free labor on roads 57.10
Paupers and Pauper farm 91J34
Total $.6,717.76
Unde.r Heading of “Other Objects.”
Jan. 2, Miss Pearl Viming part
principal and interest on
notes $ 1197.20
Mrs. M. A. Vining interest on
note 62.20
S. F. Cowan interest on note 21.00
F. D. Ballard per diem as
com mi s s ion-or 120.00
First National Bank interest
on held over warrants 3.15
Henry Gaither salary as C. H.
janitor Dec. 1911 20.00
Jan. 12, J. H. Carroll, N. P.
etal, holding election for Gov¬
ernor 7.00
S. M. Hay, ©hreiff, expense
bill jail, Dec. 1911, 134.50
Officers city court Nov. term
1911, costs Essi-e Wright case 52.30
J. W. Stephenson, Treas. Corns,
on county and road fund 495.57
A. D. Meadors, Ord. placing
84 names on pension roll 84.00
A. D. Meadors -services send¬
ing out election blanks- 5.00
Stephenson Hdw. Co. supplies
for court house 7:45
Norris Hdw. Co., supplies for
court house 5:25
Covington News, notice for
guards -and warden 6.00
Expense holding govren-o-r’s
election county precincts 35.00
Ben Moss holding the J. P.
e’ectio-n Leguin dis-t. 3.00
R. O. Neely g"ard expense to
Milledgeville with Jim Higgs 7.13
J. S. Peek, J. P., acting coro¬
ner, inquest Thacker 17.00
S A. Brown, automobile trip
for Arthur Fincher 10.00
O. L. Holmes, com. per diem
for 1911 100.00
So. Bell Tel. Co., Jan. and Dec. 4.20
Jan. 24, Man-sfield Telephone
Co. to-l-l for 1911 3.70
M. A. Williams, for vegetables l.»39
E. L. Almond, 75 days per diem
as com. and expenses 161.00
Carl Smith, road receipts and
summons, etc.,, 29.00
Jan. 4. Ballard & Meador, note
fer new road 2001.76
First National Bank, loan '2046.67
Atl. Metal Construction Co.,
Metal Ordinary office 698.25
O. K. Harry Steel Co., 1350.00
Bank of Covington, loan 2040.00
$10829.02
Summary of above statement:
Amount on hand and received
i-n January, 1912 $23473.97
Amount paid out, special,
warden, eac., $6717.76
Amount paid out, general
accounts, notes etc., 10829.02
Amount on hand 1st of Feb¬
ruary, 1912, $5927.19
This, February 1st, 1912.
J. H. CARROLL, Clerk.
Mr. Livingston For Commissioner.
Elsewhere in today’s News will be
found the announcement of Mr. Will
B. Livingston for the office of County
Commissioner of this county, subject
to the action of the primary of May
3rd. Mr. Livingston is probably one
of the b st known citizens of the
county and is one of Downs district’s
most substantial planters. He is ful¬
ly qualified to fill the position he is
seeking and will no doubt receive a
big vote in his race for this office.
He has a number of friends who w 5 U
learn with pleasure that he has en¬
tered the field for County Commis¬
sioner.
Statement of Board of Com¬
missioners of Roads and Rev¬
enues of New'on County
For February, 1912.
FUNDS RECEIVED.
Feb 1st. Balance firo-m Janua¬
ry report $5927.19
Jan. 12. H. H. Fincher, com¬
mutation -tax 26.00
Samp Aiken, commutation tax 20.00
J. H. Carroll, clerk, commu¬
tation +ax 7.05
J. H. Car-roll, commutation tax 7.05
Johnson Thaxson com. tax 2.35
W. T. Watson, rent and -seed
cotton 34.18
J. W. Black, com. tax 10.00
Mrs. S. E. Elld-som, loan 1550.00
L. M. Sherwood, com. tax 4.00
W. S. Ramsey, T. C., road tax 3500.00
W. S. Ramsey,T.C. gn-e. f’d. 4200.00
W. S. Ramsey, T. C.., general
tax, cor-p. C. R. R. 956.29
W. S. Ramsey, T. C., -road tax
cor-p. C. R. R. 665.24
W. S. Ramsey, T. Cl,i general,
tax co-rp. Cov. & Ox R. R. 60.67
W. S. Ramsey, T. O.,' road tax
corp. Cov. & Ox. R. R. 42.19
W. S. Rams-ey, T. C., gen. -tax
on corporations 291.49
W. S. Rams-ey, T. C., road tax
on corporation© 185.38
S. V. Farmer, from ©ale of 4
machine blades 2.00
E. L. Almand, chairman, coun¬
ty funds 698.00
Edward Heard, loan 2000.00
$20189.08
Expenditures
Feb. 1 Warden and guards 342.34
Clothing and shoes 36.25
Provisions 252.82
Medical -attention 51.25
Court cost 208.34
Farm expenses 6.45
Material, lumber, cement, etc. 182.79
S ,oek feed 334.92
Coins, on Comutation tax 7.90
Free labor on roads and bridges 74.56
Paupers and pauper farm 162.38
$1660.00
Under Heading “Other Objects.”
Feb. 6, Dr. J. T. Gibson, small
pox and vacinatio-n 1911 $73.00
Feb. 6, T. G. Berry, personal
damage on bridge, P $25.00
Feb. 6. Cl-ev-e Taylor, word on
C. H. chimneys, $10.50
Feb. 6, Mo-se Banks, work on
C. H. chimneys, $3.75
Feb. 6. Henry Gaither, janitor
C. H., salary for Jan-’y. $20.00
Feb. 6, S. . Farmer, expense
bill Jan’y. 1912, f $3.30
Feb. 6, J. H. Carroll, clerk’s
salary Jan. and stamps, $21.10
Feb. 6, Sol Hendrick, damage
for mule on bridge, $25.00
Feb. 6, S. M. Hay, sheriff, jail
and other expenses Jan. $119.40
Feb. 6, T. J. Harwell, bed and
springs for pest house 1910, $8.50
Feb. 6, Stephenson Hw’d. Co.,
Jan. bill for C. H. $9.75
Feb. 6, Covington News, pub¬
lishing court order and for over¬
seers, $6.60
Feb. 6, H. F. Sanders, repair¬
ing plumbing at C. H.. .50
Feb. 6, J. M. Neely, guarding
and nursing Jim Kimball, $30.25
Feb. 6, Foote & Davies Co.,
book marriage licenses, $11.80
Feb. 6, R. W. Milner, 10 mos.
salary county attorney, $166.66
Feb. 6, Mrs. L. P. Williams,
paid on note, $50.00
Feb. 6, Mrs. H. H. Mabry, -in¬
terest on note, $28.00
Feb. 6, P. W. Godfrey, phone
bill, $4.45
Feb. 6, W. H. Harrison, plumb¬
ing at jail, $2.95
Feb. 6, L. D. Adams, co-opera
-tiev fire insurance company, $4.60
Feb. 6, Edward Heard, note
paid, $4320.00
$6605.11
Summary February Report.
Feb. 6, Funds on hand and re¬
ceived in Feb’y. $20189.08
Feb. 6, Warrants issued to the
amount of 6605.11
Cash bal. on Mch. 1,1912, $13573.97
This Mch 1, 1912.
J. H. CARROLL, Clerk.
Five Tenement Houses Are Burned,
Mr. J. T. Stubbs whose plantation
is in the southern section of the
county, had the misfortune to lose
five tenement houses by fire on last
Tuesday night. Three of the houses
burned were close together, but the
other two were some distance away,
j fire They were all unoccupied, and been the of
: was supposed to have
incindiary origin.
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR TET¬
LEY’S Green Label India & Cey¬
lon Tea—5-1-12.
FOR AFTERNOON TEAS, TRY
Tetley’s Orange Pekoe. It is
delightful—5-1-12.
MR. FINCHER WRITES
ABOUT BIG DAM
HE BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE OF
HIS SECTION SHOULD BE
PROTECTED FROM AG¬
GRESSIVE COMPANY.
To -the Covington- News- and its Read¬
ers:
I am -sorry -to say that we -as citi¬
zens of Newton, Butts, Jasper and
some other counties have sent -men to
the legislature and congress to better
the cau-se and they certainly did it,
but At was tor themselves as i-t looks
to me. We poor citizens aJre now suf¬
fering with chills and malarial- fever,
caused by a dam being built by the
Central Georgia Power Company on.
the -Ocmulgee river, 100 feet -high
and -backs water about 15 miles on
three rivers. They promised to clean
off the pond, bu-t -they did not. They
cut the timber o-n some of lit and
singed it one time and cut the river
full -of timber and -some -they left un¬
touched.
Here is the result. Everybody has
been sick and lots of them have died
and w-hat ore left her-e will have to
mo-ve soon as they are able. No,w
here is the point: I want some -ex¬
planation. as- to why the law gave thei
so muc-h power. We hav-e got to
leave our farms, go pay rent and our
land will have to lie out. Now -if
there is amy chance we want the la’w
-so that we can 1 sue in our own county
It has been so we would have to go
to the Supreme Court. Now to think
that the old widows and the old sol¬
diers and all the poor farmers -that
will have to leave their homes. So
you see that the lawmakers do tor
tbjm all. They -passed the dog law
and put another dollar on him. Now
her-e comes the game law that takes
some of his pleasure. Now if they
cannot do any better than to take
the prdviledge from the poor and give
it to the money power I think we just
as well call the roll, dismiss and go
home and stay.
-Now back to what this Power Com¬
pany has done. It has done millions
of good in -some places and it has
done it on -the loss of others. We
have lost our homes forever. If we
can’t get damage. We have offered
to sell but none will buy. We have
offered to rent and we can find no
renters. We go to the Power com- j
The
Use Of
Actual
Money
In most transactions is unnecessary. It is
much better to pay by check and thus
have a record and receipt at the same
time. The Bank of Covington checks
are as good as cash any time, better than
cash many times. Why not start an ac¬
count there. You’ll find it a convenience
and an advantage.
The Bank of Covington
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL SI00,000 00
=We Invite Your Patronages
COTTON MARKET
As we go to press Tuesday
afetrnoon, cotton is selling
in Covington at
10 34 CENTS.
$]. A Year In Advance.
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE
HERE SATURDAY.
SPELLING CONTEST BY DIFFER¬
ENT SCHOOLS OF COUNTY
IN CONNECTION WITH
MONTHLY MEETING.
Prof. J. O. Mar-tin, county school
superintendent, asks that w-e an¬
nounce that-the regular monthly meet¬
ing of the teachers’ institute will be
held in the school auditorium next
Saturday at 10 o’clock, a. m., and to
-say -that it is very important that
every -teacher in -the county be pres¬
ent on -that day as there will come
before -the institute some very im¬
portant questions for discussion.
Prof. Mar-tin has arranged a spell¬
ing contest between the schools of
-the county which will -take place at
the opening of the Institute, and it
is expected that every -school will be
represented. Every -school child in
the county is eligible -except high
school pupils.
After the spelling contest the
teachers will go into their usual rou¬
tine of work of the monthly meetings
and will discuss class room work,
school management and school im¬
provement.
pany and they won’t talk about any¬
thing but the power they are giving.
So you see that they do not care how
many die there There have been
-six deaths- in our settlement in as
many days. If any set of peo-ple
ever did need help we do.
Now this company did not go into
this to lose, bu-t to gain. They went
to all and got all they could to take
-stock. Well they got all the law¬
yer© on th-eir side and said that they
would run the thing their way and so
they have. I know some men that
were very stout before they -had ma¬
larial fever and liave -not been able
to do a good days’ work since.
So you all can -see it is worse than
war time The law has said that a
man and his land should have protec
iron. Now where is the protection?
There is one way and that -is the
right way. There is -two churches to¬
tally abandoned and two more almost,
and one of the largest schools crip¬
pled badly. This is all in Newton
county, to say -nothing about Jasper
or Butts or Henry county. This is
the truth beyond a doubt.
W. P. FINCHER.
