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NEWBORN’S NEW
GINNERY ORGANIZED,
NEW GIN COMPANY ORGANIZED
T0 T aKE PLACE OF THE ONE
RECENTLY DESTROYED
by FIRE.
NEWBORN, GA. Dirt will be
oken in a few days for the erection
b , improved ginnery to
0* the new and
established here this year. The
be and the lumber
lot has been chosen
being contracted for. When the
H will be rushed for¬
work is begun it
ward with all possible speed.
I This new ginnery is to be the most
modern one in all this section of the
state. A double system of eight
stand of seventy-saw gins will be in¬
stalled, with a capacity of one hun¬
dred bales per day of ten hours. The
Murray all steel system is the style of
machinery determined upon.
In addition to the most modern
fit to be secured, there is to be at
arted a cleansing system that will
remove from the cotton every parti¬
cle of trash and dirt, thus greatly im¬
proving the sample turned out. The
experience of companies using the
cleaner is that it produces a sample
that will bring from one-half to one
cent a pound more on "he market.
This will prove a strong drawing
'card for the system. Already assur¬
ances have been received from far hi¬
ts living many miles from here that
hey will bring their cotton here to
e ginned and marketed.
Some of the stockholders in the
j«10,000.00 enterprise are as follows:
1. W. Williams, W. W. Whittaker, W.
i Crews, Mallard Crews, T. J. Dick¬
on, J. N. Jones, A. E. Blackwell, R.
Pace, Ike Robertson, Charles Rob¬
ertson, R, A. Henderson, C. Womack,
V. A. Wagner. The officers and di
ectors elected are as follows: J. W.
Pitts, president; H. G. Smith, secre¬
tary and treasurer. F. R. Porter, T.
i. Speer, E. B. Nelson, and C. M.
W, directors.
ervices at Christian Church Sunday.
There will be services at the Chris¬
ten church next Sunday, both morn
ig and evening. Morning subject.
The Heavenly Vision.” Evening
ubject, “What Healed Naaman.”
verybody is cordially invited to at
ud these service.
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THAT LITTLE chap’s future depends
u pon you, Mister Father.
The influence of your personality and
disposition will be reflected in him a few
years hence.
i our ways will in all probability be his
Ways.— In y 0 ur steps doth he trod.
Most essential is it then, to teach him the
way to this bank. Bring him with you
occasionally, toake as often as you can, when you
your deposits.
Better still, start him with a little Bank
Account of his own, and note the pride and
Merest he will take in making it grow.
FIRST national bank
J. A. CATHEY Cashier
^ are Staadily Growing-Coma and Grow With us.
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GEORGIA Ra.lROAD
TO REMODEL DEPOT.
GEORGIA RAILROAD DEPOT TO
BE REMODELED. THOMPSON
MILNER COMPANY GETS
THE CONTRACT.
Plans and specifications for the re¬
modeling of the Georgia railroad de¬
pot here have been submitted and
accepted by the authorities at Augus¬
ta, and the Thompson-Milner Co., of
this city have been awarded the con¬
tract, and .we understand that the
work will be commenced at once.
While it has been understood that
the authorities were contemplating a
change in the construction of the de¬
pot at this point, nothing definite
done until within a few weeks ago,
when the above named firm made a
bid for the work, which was accepted.
Much of the credit for the remodel¬
ing of the station at this point, which
has stood for the past number of
years, is due the ladies of the Civic
League of this city, assisted by a
large number of the business men.
Some months ago this matter was
brought before the authorities of the
Georgia railroad, and being persistent
ly pushed and urged by the League
and citizens, the work will soon
When completed this will be one
of the handsomest and most commo¬
dious depots on the line of the rail
read. The entire interior and front¬
age of the building will be changed.
Mr. Ballard for Senate.
Elsewhere in todays’ issue of The
News will be found the announce¬
ment of Mr. Frank D. Ballard a's a
caniddate for the state senate from
this senatorial district. Mr. Ballard
is well known to the people of the
county, having at one time represent¬
ed Newton in the lower house and
is at present one of the county com¬
missioners. In liis formal announce¬
ment Air. Ballard pledges an impar¬
tial discharge of the duties of the of¬
fice if he is elected. He also states
that he will let'the people know just
where he stands before the primary
in August, that they may know just
what issues are at stake in the next
term of the body to which he seeks
to be a member.
Advertise In the News.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, May I, 19)2.
HEAVY VOTE POLLED
IN COUNTY PRIMARY.
Sam Hay Re-Elected ; Ramsey, Lunsford
and A. D. Meador Also Get Returned
Against Their Opposition.
UNDERWOOD CARRIES THE COUNTY FOR PRESIDENT.
W. B. Livingston Leads Ticket for County Commissioner. Other
Four are R. W. Campbell, William Boyd, John Echols and
H. J. Boggus. Believed That Plan For One County
Commissioner Carried. Wright Elected Coroner
NewtfM^ county held her regular pri¬
mary election on yesterday, and the
vote polled was a good deal larger
than was anticipated. Everything so
far as we can learn went along in
the smoothest possible manner, and
good nature prevailed ail the way
through between the candidates, and
their friends and supporters.
The vote polled was representative
of the citizens, and as above stated
was considerably larger than was ex¬
pected. The continued rains of the
spring has placed -the farmers be¬
hind with their work, many of whom
took advantage of the pretty day by
putting it in on their farms rather
than take the time to go to the polls
and vote.
In the race for several of the of¬
fices the interest was keen, there
being several in the running. Par¬
ticularly was this true in the race for
sheriff. Four candidates were lined
up and they had all been hard at
work among the voters for several
weeks. The race was close nearly
all over the county between Sheriff
Sam Hay and Bonham Johnson, the
former winning out. The other two
candidates also received a good vote.
In the race for tax collector Mr.
Ramsey, the present official was op¬
posed by Messrs. Hyatt and Meadors.
The race was betwean Mr. Ram¬
sey and Mr. Meadors. Mr. Ramsey
however, won by a nice majority.
Mr. John B. Davis, clerk of the su¬
perior court, was unoppbsed, and was
nominated.
The race for ordinary also had
three aspirants, Odinary Meador bein
opposed by Messrs. Joe S. Peek and
R. W. Ballard. Mr. Meador won out
by a nice majority.
For treasurer the present official,
Mr J. W. Stephenson, was opposed
by Messrs. C. L. Harwell and O. W.
Porter. This race had everyone at
sea all day, and it was one of the
closest of all the contests. All three
of the gentlemen are popular and had
large numbers of friends who had
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
BE HELD SATURDAY.
LAST INSTITUTE FOR SCHOOL
YEAR TO BE HELD IN AUDI¬
TORIUM SATURDAY. IM¬
PORTANT MEETING.
The last Teachers’ institute for the
present school year will be held in
the College Auditorium next Saturday
May 4th, at 10 o’clock sharp, and
close promptly at 12 o’clock.
The feature topics of the institute
will be contests in History, Geogra¬
phy and Arithmetic, which will be
entered into by all he teachers.
In addition to the contests, Prof.
A. A. Norseworthy, of Flint Hill
school, will discuss the topic:
Home, a Lost Faictor in Education.’’
Prof. J. P. Stokes, of Mount Zion
school, will have charge of a discus¬
sion on “Arithmetic.”
Besides the above named topics,
following subjects will come
the institute for discussion: “The
Closing Day of School.” How
Spend Vacation.’ The Tramp
Teacher.” and “Closing Exercises.”
Dr. W. F. Melton, of Emory
Miss Flora B. Brown, of
and Profs. A. H. Foster, of
ton, and G. C. Adams, of
are invited to be present.
While this institute will be the
of the. present school year, it will
one of the most important ever
here, and it is urged that all
be present.
May the 11th will mark the
of the rural schools of Newton
a;nd the teachers will return to
respective home for a needed
while some of them will take
usual vacation in an anticipated
ney to some summer resort,
been working for them for some time.
Air. Harwell won out by a fair ma¬
jority.
For tax receiver Mr. Fletcher Luns¬
ford, the pesent official, was opposed
by Messrs. J T. Elliott, R. L. Loyd,
and A. M. Griffin, but won out by a
good majority.
The commissioners race was also
close, and kept th*em guessing until
the end of the count.
For the presidential nomination in
Newton county, the Hon. Oscar Un¬
derwood, of Alabama, wals selected
as the choice of our people. A hard
fight had been put up here between
the supporters of Undrewood and of
Woodrow Willson, but Underwood it
seems, met with the approval of the
majority of the voters.
Following is the county ticket as
elected yesterday:
For Ordinary
A. D. MEADOR
For Clerk Superior Court
JOHN B. DAVIS
For Sheriff
S. M. HAY
For Tax Collector
W. S. RAMSEY
For Tax Receiver
J. F. LUNSFORD
For County Treasurer
C. L. HARWELL
For County Commissioner
H. J. BOGGUS
WILLIAM BOYD
R. W. CAMPBELL
JOHN H. ECHOLS
WILL B. LIVINGSTON
For Coroner
JOE W. WRIGHT
The plan for the passage of a law
for one County Commissioner was
carried by a good majority.
COVINGTON GETS
$5,000 LIBRARY
CARNEGIE HAS AGREED TO GIVE
COVINGTON HANDSOME Li
BRARY IF CITY WILL
KEEP IT GOING
Through the efforts of the Wom¬
ans’ Club of this city Covington is in
line for a $5,000 Carnegie library, avJ
it is very probable teat fbe will get
it. The ladies have had the plan un¬
der considerat on for sometime, and
have worked hard to get it through.
There is only one stipulation as we
understand it in the offer of Mr. Car
regie, and that is that the city must
agree to set aside four hundred dol¬
lars a year for the maintenance of
the building and for keeping a libra¬
rian employed to look after the prop¬
erty. The ladies have gone to work
on this end of the matter and as we
stated above, it is very probable that
it will be brought to a satisfactory
culmination.
Petitions are being circulated ask¬
ing the city council to assess a pe
cial tax of 37 cents on the thousand
dollars to make up the required sum
to keep tlie property up. I t is seen
that this small special tax would not
hurt anyone, and at the same time
it would give Covington one of the
handsomest libraries in the state.
The ladies have already purchased
the lot, and if the city wiU make the
necessary arrangements for the $400
per year, the library will be secured.
will put in what spare time they
have in taking some special course of
study in some of the large colleges,
and making preparation for the fall
opening of the rural schools.
COUNTY ORATORICL
DATE ANNOUNCED.
COUNTY ORATORICAL CONTEST
TO BE HELD IN THE OLD
CHURCH AT OXFORD ON
MAY ELEVENTH.
All preparations for holding the
County Oratorical on Saturday, May
11th, are about completed and the
boys and girls are perfecting them¬
selves, as far as possible for the con¬
test, which is to be held in the old
church at Emory college.
Eaeh contestant has been taking
special training for the coming con¬
test, and all have studied hard, and
will go in to win. Possibly, few con¬
tests have ever been held in Newton
county where the interest was keener
or 'the desire to get the first prize
was any harder battled for.
Fifteen boys and fifteen girls will
contest for the prizes offered by the
Board of Education of the county,
will compete for the prizes. These
young people will represent fifteen
mal'Ta districts of Newton county,
alnd we feel safe to say + hat they al¬
so represent some of the best oratori¬
cal talent to be found anywhere.
The contest will begin at 9 o’clock
for the morning session. The after¬
noon session will begin at 1:30
The prizes are as follows:
First prize—boy and girl, $5.00 each
Second prize—boy and girl, $4.00
each.
Third prize—boy and girl, $3.00 eacn
Fourth prize—boy and girl, $2.00
each.
Fifth prize—boy and girl, $1.00 each.
Hon. John M. Slaton, of Atlanta,
has consented to act as one of the
judgse for the oratorical. The other
judges have not as yet been selected.
We have been requested to state
by County School Superintendent,
Martin, that all the schools of the
districts will be seated
eac' wearing district colors,
of the individual school colors.
Why We Are Late.
The News will reach its
ers one day late, this week. This is
on account of giving the election re¬
turns of the primary yesterday, and
we hope the arrangement will meet
the approval of all.
Business
World
To-day
Rests upon the bank account. If all banks
were to close up, the business of the
world would be set back a hundred years.
Are you doing business as other progres¬
sive men are? If you have not a bank
account you are behind the age. Better
open one at once.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL. - - $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits, $10,ooo.oo
=We Invite Your Patronage . 1
! COTTON MARKET
As we go to press Tuesday
a*fetrnoon, cotton is selling
in Covington at
11 34 GENTS.
$1. A Year In Advance.
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
LARGELY ATTENDED.
PROF. COUNT GIBSON SPEAKER
OF THE DAY. SPLENDID
PROGRAM ARRANGED.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Last Friday brought together many
of the old heroes of the 60’s and prob¬
ably marked the last Memorial Day
exercises ever to be witnessed by
some of the brave and gallant Con¬
federate soldiers.
Long before the hour announced for
the exercises the citizens, many
visitors and hte old soldiers began to
gather around the court house, where
the exercises were to be held, and by
2:30 o'clock, one of the largest at
tendences upon a Memorial Day in
many years had gathered around the
pub’ ; c square.
The Ladies’ Memorial Association
had arranged a splendid program, and
was assisted by the citizens in carry¬
ing it out.
Prof. Gibson’s speech was full of
interesting references to the brave
and gallajnt Confederate soldier, and
was enjoyed by all who heard it. He
was introduced by Mayor Geo. T.
Smith, who also paid a high tribute
to the heroes of the 60’s.
Another splendid part of the pro¬
gram wais the march of the school
children, threeh undred in number,
from the college to the court
house, and from the court house to
the cemetery, each carrying a wreath
of arti f ’'ciadly arranged flowers to
be plaiced on the graves of the dead
heroes. The exercises were the most
complete that it has been the pleas¬
ure of the citizens of Covington to
witness in many years.
Members Boys Corn Club, Notice.
The members of the Newton Coun¬
ty Boys’ Corn Club are requested to
meet in the office of the County
School Superintendent, in the court
house, at two o’clock, next Saturday
afternoon. Every member is earnest¬
ly requested to be present as busi¬
ness of importance will come before
the Club.
The Newton County club is doing
nicely and much enthusiasm has al¬
ready been shown by the members.
It means much to the county.
