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WOMAN AND SOCIETY.
Of Purely Local Interest.
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Written especially for The News by Mrs. Minnie P. Wright.
Mr. Roy Lloyd spent Sunday in
Social Circle.
Mr. Burton Davis spent Sunday in
the city with his family.
Mr. Walter T. Corley, of Starrsville,
was in the city Monday.
Mr. A. J. Belcher, of Starrsville,
spent Monday in the city.
Capt. August Boye, of Colorado, is
spending some time in the city.
Miss Ruby Ezelle, of Monticello, is
visiting her sister, Miss Bessie Ezelle
Miss Kate Mining spent a part of
this week in Conyers, visiting friends
Mr. Harry Davis has returned to
the city after spending a few days in
Atlanta.
Mr. Homer Hitchcock went up to
Atlanta last week to attend the play,
Every Woman.
Miss Bessie Ezelle has returned
from a week-end visit to her pa¬
rents in Monticello.
Mr. John Bob Weaver was the
week-end guest of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. I. Weaver.
Mr. Vinson Starr, of Atlanta, spent
the week-end in the city, the guest
of Mr. Clarence King.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Ozburn, of At¬
lanta, were week-end guests of their
daughter, Mrs. I. D. Brisendine.
Mr. W. T. Corley and bright little
daughter, Miss Eloise, were in the
city last week, guests of relatives.
Mrs. Daisy Lee Turner spent the
week-end in the city, the guest of
her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Dee.
Mrs. S. Cohen and children, of
Monticello, are spending a few days
in the city, guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Cohen.
Mr. R. E. Everitt returned Friday
from Atlanta, where he w r ent to at¬
tend the funeral of his neice, Miss
Alice Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Cohen attended
the funeral of their brother, Mr. S.
Cohen, of Monticello, which took place
in Atlanta last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Veasey, of
Social Circle, spent Sunday in the city
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tay¬
lor onn Floyd street.
Mrs. W. D. Travis has returned
home from a pleasant visit to Atlanta
and College Park, where she was
guest of her sister, Mrs. Olds.
Miss Mary Speer, of Newborn, has
returned home after spending .several
days very pleasantly with her sister,
Mrs..L. D. Adams, on Floyd street.
Mr. Lon Norman, of Ola, near Mc¬
Donough, was the guest of his moth¬
er, Mrs. Sarah Norman, and his
brother, Mr. C. J. Norman, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vinson Starr, and
children, who have been guests of
Mrs. J. C. King on Thompson Ave.,
■have returned to their home in At¬
lanta.
Mrs. A. M. Middlebrook has return¬
ed from a very pleasant visit to Madi
son, where she was the guest of her
daughters, Mrs. Byrd and Miss Dotye
Greer.
Miss Ruth Brisendine has returned
home from a most delightful montl ’s
visit to Atlanta and Gordon, where
she was the guest of fiiends and rel¬
atives.
Mrs. R. I. Weaver returned last
week from a very pleasant visit to
Macon, where she was /r the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Wm. BiU
ingslea.
Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Everett, of Al
mon, have returned home after spend
ing a few days in the city very pleas¬
antly guests of their daughter, Mrs.
R. D. Archer.
Mrs. R. D. Archer left Monday for
Atlanta, where she goes to be pres¬
ent at the Jones-Mobley wedding,
which event w r ill take place Wednes¬
day, March 20th.
LYRIC THEATRE
These are some of
the best pictures that
we have ever had.
Picture for Wednesday,
“The Night Herder,”
Drama. “John Brown’s
Heir,’’ Comedy.
Thursday, “Bunco
Billy’s Christmas Din¬
ner,’’ Drama.
m-Law Raises,’’ Com¬
edy.
Miss Merrie Reese, of Winchester,
Ky., who has been visiting relatives
in Atlanta, was the attractive guest
of Miss Clarabel Adams Saturday
night and Sunday.
Miss Frances Henderson attended
the performance of “Every Woman”
in Atlanta, last week and while in the
city was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Henderson.
Miss Gladys Lee, one of Covington’s
most charming and talented young
ladies, and a graduate of Agnes
Scott College, lias opened a music
class in Starrsville.
Miss Edna Taylor, of Social Circle,
who made Covington her home for so
many years, was the attractive guest
of her brother, and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Taylor, last Sunday.
Mrs. Emma Saunders, of Shelby
ville, Ky., who has been visiting rel¬
atives in Florida, returned to Cov¬
ington last week and is the guest of
her niece, Mrs. John B- Gordon.
Mrs. Mamie Mahoney and little
son, -who have been visiting the
former’s brother, Mr. W. A. Edwards,
at Edwardbug, Idaho, will join her
mother, Mrs. E. F, Edwards, a little
later.
Mr. Chick Speer, accompanied by
his friend, Mr. Lyons, of Atlanta,
spent Saturday night .and Sunday in
the city guests of the former’s, sis¬
ter, Mrs. L. D. Adams, on Floyd
street.
Mr. Harry Davis, who has been
with Mr. C. C. Brooks ’ some ;iir,e.
left last week for Atlanta, where lie
goes to secure a positio. His man>
friends in the city lcgmt to give
him up.
Miss Annie McCombs, of Milledge
ville, who has been the guest of Miss
Ruth Poole for the past two weeks,
left Wednesday for Atlanta, where
she will visit Mrs. W. B. Gillespie be¬
fore returning home.
Mrs. Henry Pickett, formerly of
Covington, but recently of Atlanta, is
the guest of Mrs. Wm. H. Pickett on
Monticello street. Mrs. Pickett has
many warm friends in the city, who
are extending her a most cordial wel¬
come.
Mrs. Harry King Brook? of Wash¬
ington, arrived last Wednesday night
and will spend some -in • in the
city with her mother, Mrs Minnie
Powell Wright. Mrs. Brooks will be
remembered as Miss Arte Wright, of
Covington.
The many friends in the city
of Mrs. Clarence Terrell will
regret to learn that she has been
quite ill for the past week, but glad
to know that she is beginning to im¬
prove, and trust she will soon be
quite well and strong.
Mr. Charlie Davis, of Oklahoma,
who has been spending some time in
the city with bis brother, Mr. Harry
Davis, and his aunts, Misses Carrie
and Maggie Davis, left last week
for Mississippi, where he will make
a visit before returning home.
Mrs. Annie Laurie Cunyus, of Car
tersville, who has been singing her
way into the hearts of the Coving¬
ton people at the Methodist church
during the revival, returned home
Monday, after two weeks spent at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. John G.
Logan.
Mrs. W. B. Gillespie, who has been
the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. F. Poole, for some time, re¬
turned to her home in Atlanta last
Wednesday, accompanied by her sis¬
ter, Miss Ruth Poole, and Miss Annie
McCombs, of Milledgeville. Miss
Poole will remain in Atlanta some
time.
Mrs. E. F. Edwards, who has been
spending the winter most pleasantly
with her children, Mr. and Mrs.
H. Gray and family, at Spartanburg,
S. C., will return to her home in Cov¬
ington at an early day, accompanied
by Miss Wannilone Bennett, a daugh¬
ter of Judge Bennett, of Spartanburg,
an accomplished young lady and one
whom it will be a pleasure to wel¬
come to our little city.
Death of a Little Girl.
The death angel came to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Berry last
Monday, March 11th and carried lit¬
tle Dot home to Jesus. She was
two and a half years old and was
sick only a few days with pneumo¬
nia. The' funeral services were con¬
ducted by Rev John Smith, of Ox¬
ford, and the remians w r ere interred
in the cemetery at Dover, on
afternoon. The entire community ex¬
tend sympathy to the bereaved fami¬
ly
wanted—Teach res
SCHOOL TEACHERS—I have the
questions and answers of the last
seven State school examinations in
print. Will mail them all for one
dollar. Descriptive circular free.
B. S. HOLDEN, Box 7, ElLijay, Ga
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY MARCH 20, 1912.
WARSHIP AS MAIL CARRIER
James L. Cowles, Secretary of Postal
Progress League, Believes the
Idea Is Plausible.
Washington.—Why should not war¬
ships be used to carry the mails?
Here is a brand new question inject¬
ed into the postal discussion by the
tireless secretary of the Postal Prog¬
ress league, James L. Cowles. That
gentleman Is probably the most act¬
ive worker for postal reform in this
country, and many of his ideas are so
far ahead of the procession that it
takes the congress several years to
catch up with them, but Mr. Cowles,
although he brings this startling sug¬
gestion to Washington, can show that
he has some practical basis for it.
In fact, the South African government
has just passed a law authorizing the
construction of several cruisers which
are to be used on the regular mail
route. They will take the place of
a private line to which the govern¬
ment has been paying a subsidy of
$750,000 a year, and in time of war
they will be as ready for a fight as
if they had just schemed from a navy
yard.
This idea, whimsical as it at first ap¬
pears, is making a hit wherever Mr.
Cowles tries it on. The navy depart¬
ment is not overwhelmingly popular
with the congress just now, but in
view of the probable expenditure of
$45,000,000 a year more for soldiers’
pensions, and the ever increasing de¬
mand of the navy for more money for
battleships, the suggestion that the
warships might be made useful as
well as ornamental is being well re¬
ceived. Under the present system the
ships are kept moving more or less
to prevent depreciation of material
and discipline, but they spend days,
weeks and months in idleness, often
at almost the full expense of sailing
equipment, when if they could be em¬
ployed on business errands for the
government they might effect a large
saving for the postofflee department.
At least, this Is the kind of talk one
hears from members of the congress
on whom Mr. Cowles springs his
scheme. Mr. Cowles would have cruis¬
ers carry mail from the Atlantic to
the Pacific by way of the Panama
canal.
NEGRO PLEADED NOT GUILTY
Natural Kindheartedness and Law of
Gravitation Responsible for Ap¬
parent Theft of Chicken.
A negro was once haled into court
In a Missisippi town for the theft of
a fancy chicken. The chicken in ques¬
tion was in the bag in which it was
found at the time of the arrest. When
asked if he had anything to say in
his own defense, the negro replied:
“O’ co’se I is. I ain’t stole dat
chicken. My natchel kineheartedness
an’ de law ob grabbertation done put
de chicken in de bag.”
A further explanation being deem¬
ed necessary by the magistrate, the
prisoner stated:
“I wus a-goin’ through de lumber
yard an’ I picked up er plank. It didn’t
have no ’tickler value an’ de white
folks ain’t er goin’ ter grudge de pore
nigger de plank. I ain’t took no no¬
tice dat de plank wus warm. I had er
bag under my arm, too. I disremem
bers whut I had de bag fur, but I wus
er goin’ along an’ I seed dat chicken
er settin’ on dat limb what had ice all
over it, an’ de chicken sho’ wus cole.
Den my natchel kineheartedness,
whut I done tole you about, got de
bes’ uv me an’ I done put de plank
’longside uv de chicken. An’ he sho’
wus grateful fur dat warm plank to
stan’ on. Now I never noticed dat de
en’ uv de plank w’hut was on de
groun’ wus in de hag, an’ when de
chicken step on dat plank de law uv
grabbertation done kotch holt er him
an’ throwed him in de bag. Well, boss,
hit semed like de han’ uv Providence
done put de chicken in de bag, an’ I
jus’ took him an’ walked off wid him,
but boss, I ain’t never stole dat chick¬
en. ’Deed I never did.”
Californian Attaches Searchlights to
His Plows—Employs Two Crews
of Men.
Stockton, Cal.—Farming at night Is
the innovation just introduced into
this county by E. W. Fowler, who
lives twelve miles west of Lodi. Fow¬
ler has two crews of six men each
and has been ploying night and day.
Immense searchlights are attached to
the plow’s and the laborers declare
they can see at night almost as well
as during the day. An incongruous
feature of the work is that when the
night crew is eating breakfast at 6
o'clock at night the day shift is eating
supper from the same table. Fowler
is planting 2,000 acres of barley and
has resorted to the novel scheme of
working 24 hours a d&y in order that
he may get the grain in before the
heavy rains.
TO TEACH BABY ESPERANTO
Parents of Detroit Girl to Give That
Language Preference to English
and German.
Detroit, Mich.—Alberta Francisca
Beutler, daughter of J. C. Beutler, ho¬
tel proprietor, of this city, has the dis¬
tinction, her father says, of being the
first Esperanto baby in America, both
her mother and father being pioneers
of the movement in the United States.
Mr. Beutler, who is fifty-nine years
old, was playing with his grandson at
the time he was informed of the birth
of his daughter. He stated that it was
his firm Intention to make the baby
learn the Esperanto language before
either English or German. He also
says that he will bring her up to be
a suffragette.
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your clothes this Spring, but buy GRIFFON CLOTHES.
W. COHEN
ALL GROCERS SELL TETLEY’S
Green Label India & Ceylon Tea.—
5-1-12. y
FOR RENT—6-ROOM HOUSE ON
Church street. Apply to W. N.
RAINEY.— tf.
LUMBER FOR SALE. APLY TO
W. A. GARDNER, Porterdale, Ga.,
Route 1. — 4t.
CABBAGE PLANTS NOW ON SALE
at Parker's Oyster House.—J. M.
DEARING.— tf.
INDIAN RUNNER DUCK EGGS,
$1.50 per setting. Heavy laying
strain. J. P. WORSHAM.
CLEVELAND BIG BOLL COTTON
Seed for sale. In firstt class con¬
dition. $1.00 per bushel. W. O.
COLE, Mansfield, Ga., Route 1.—3t
INDIAN RUNNER DUCK EGGS.—
Eggs from the best stock at $1.50
for 11. J. L. STEPHENSON, Cov¬
ington, Ga. 1 —4t.
INDIAll RUNNER DUCK EGGS, FINE
laying strain, large white eggs.
$1.25 per setting of 11. JAMES H.
CARTER, Newborn, Ga.—lmo.
FOR SALE—2-150 EGG PRAIRIE
State Incubators, latest paitterns.
Also 1-75 chick Prairie State Hover
J P. WORSHAM, Covington, Ga.,
Route No. 2. —tf.
FOR SALE.—EXTRA EARLY OAB
bage Plants for sale. $1.25 per
1000. Larger orders cheaper.
Write for prices. E. N. Freeman,
Newborn, Ga.—4t.
FOR SALE—CLEVELAND BIG BOLL
Cotton Seed. $1.00 per bushel.
Made 48 bales on sixty acres last
year. 600 bushel. B. M. LEACH,
Mansfield, Ga., Ne. l.apr.25.
AM HANDLING THE LOUISVILLE
Fertilizers again this season at the
Farmer’s Union. Warehouse. I will
make it to your 'interest to see me
before buying. S. A. BROWN--lm.
MdNEY TO LOAN ON FARM LAND.
6 and 8 per cent money on good
farm lands. Five year terms. Any
one desiring money on improved
farm lands I will be glad to figure
with them. H T. HUSON.
EGGS FOR SALE.—RINGLET PLY
mouth Rocks, $2.50 for 15. Rose
Comb Brown Leghorns, $1.00 for 15
Also some fine Golden Wyandotte
stock for sale. . See C. L. HAR¬
WELL, City.—tf.
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