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PETITION SENT TO
GOVERNOR
PEOPLE IN REGION AFFECTED
BACKWATER OF THE BIG
POND ASK HIM FOR PRO¬
TECTION BY LAW.
Editors Covington News.
Dear Sirs:—As there were
of a petition circulated in the
ties surrounding the big pond,
tioning Governor Brown for
•even to the calling of the
ture together, if necessary, in
session, and as the sufferers and
friends of the sufferers who
signed would probably like to know
as to the success of the petition, I
will state that we enrolled three hun¬
dred and fifty petitioners, which 1
forwarded to Governor Brown. After
acknowledging receiving the petition
he wrote as follows: “I will investi¬
gate the matter at once and let you
hear from me within a few days.'
Well, of course, I don’t know what
action he will take, but, talking the
gravity of the extreme desperate sit¬
uation of these greatly wronged and
oppressed people, native Georgians,
into consideration who are ruined
are being ruined by this death deal¬
ing, property destructing pond, 1
feel like it is the duty of Governor
Brown to call the legislature togeth¬
er in extra-ordinary session and re¬
commend suitable laws covered in
the petition sent him, and force this
power company to pay all damages
up ‘o date and that maiy occur to the
stricken people in full, with all cost
ol litigation on their part, and that
it. be forced to place this deadly pond
in as sanitary condition as it solemn¬
ly promised, and that it be forced to
maintain it in that condition for all
time to come. If the state of Geor¬
gia has no power to police and pro¬
tect its citizens in their just rights,
and if the legislature has no power
to pass laws to force this pow T er com¬
pany to act justly and right with
these greatly wronged, oppressed
ruined people who are native Geor¬
gians, and who have committed no
crime against this company on the
state, and as a number of former leg¬
islators have, unwittingly helped pass
laws giving this power company the
power to ruin many people in a large
section of the state, then it is right
and proper that the state should get
to the relief of these people, compen¬
sate them in full for their losses, and
place this death dealing, property
thoying, great public nuisance in a
sanitary condition and maintain it in
that condition for all time, so that
these greatly wronged and ruined
people may return to their homes, en¬
joy the fruits of their toil and labor,
and “live under their own vines and
fig tree,” once more, in peace, hap¬
piness and contentment, with no one
to molest them or make them in the
least afraid. Yours truly,
JNO. L. G. WOODS.
Monticello, Ga., April 26, 1912.
MONEY LOANED ON FARM LAND
Large loans for long terms prefer¬
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ton, Ga.—5-1-12.—tf.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1912.
ADAMS URGES THE
PLANTING OF CORN
FORMER COUNTY SCHOOL COM
MISSIONER GIVES SOME
GOOD IDEAS ON CULTI¬
VATION OF CORN.
The rains have so delayed us in
cur farm work this year I would ad¬
vise the planting of more corn and
leaving off some of the cotton land.
The first of .June is not too late to
plant corn for a good yield.
The land must be broken deeply
and all clods well crushed by harrow¬
ing. Plant one hill on eight square
feet, about 1 1-2 by 5 feet is a good
distance. Use 300 pounds of an 8-4-4,
100 pounds in the row when planting
and 200 pounds when the corn is two
feet high, applied with an ordinary
guano distributor, only it is best to
have the guano fall on some object
fastened to the foot of the distribu¬
tor scattering it somewhat before it
reaches the furrow.
If the land cannot be broken be¬
fore planting the furrows can be laid
off with a long 44nch scooter and 14
or 16-inch scrape. This will break the
Lind directly under the corn and
leave a very good furrow for the
corn planter. (Every good farmer
should own a corn planter.) Then
after the corn is planted the land can
be broken by the middle as time and
seasons permit. Always k-ep in your
mind that the clods must be crushed
and the land kept thoroughly har¬
rowed after each rain or oftener so
that no crust will form and remain.
After the land is well broken no
more deep plowing is necessary, and
must not be done after the corn has
formed roots in the middles. CUT
NO ROOTS. If land is well broken
and pulverized only harrowing is re¬
quired to produce the best yield.
‘Let us farmers not worry about the
late season and the unusual rainfall,
but turn it to proofit by making in
Newton county for once all the corn
needed in the county.
For my own farm! I am planting 60
acres in corn and 40 in cotton. I al¬
ready have growing 70 acres in oats
and 10 in wheat. 1 am only sorry I
have no more small grain.
Don’t forget to plant good seed
corn. A difference of between 10 and
50 bushels per acre has been made by
different varieties of seed corn alone
when preparation, fertilization and
cultivation w r ere done alike.
G. C. ADAMS.
Mr. Frank Lott Dead.
Mr. Frank Lott, a resident of the
Covington Mills, died at his home ear
ly Monday morning of dropsy. He
was about 65 years of age. and had
been in feeble health for a long time.
Mr. Lot thad been living in the Mill
section for several years and was well
known and liked by all. He is sur
viver by a wife and six children.
The remains were carried to Camak
his old home, and laid to rest in the
family burying ground Tuesday.
CLEVELAND BIG BOLL COTTON
Seed for sale. In firstt class con¬
dition. $1.00 per bushel. W. O.
COLE, Mansfield. Ga., Route 1.—3t
GLOOMY OUTLOOK
FOR COTTON CROP.
WORK NEVER AS FAR BEHIND
AND A MARKED DECREASE
IN COTTON ACREAGE IS
A CERTAINTY.
Less in Georgia from the recent
heavy rains and storms is conserva
tive’y estimated at $10,000,000, al¬
though many believe it will run far
past that figure.
Another and heavier loss, which
cannot be estimated now, is in put¬
ting the farmers back in their spring
work. They were just getting in fair
swing after the late and very wet
spring, when heavy rains came again
to cause further delays.
It is generally admitted by all au¬
thorities, and by even the most con¬
servative, that farmers are more back¬
ward this year with their planting
than ever before.
One point is universally agreed on,
however, and that is that there will
be a very marked decrease in the cot¬
ton acreage this year.
If the farmers will take advamtage
of this situation by planting plenty of
corn, peas, raising stock and produc¬
ing everything possible on the farm
the apparent disaster may be turned
into a real blessing, since farmers
will be forced into the proper cam¬
paign against the boll weevil.
If Georgia will produce quantities c£
the things necessary for the mainte¬
nance of the farm itself then the ar¬
rival of the boll weevil wull have lost
half of its terror and harm.
MISSIONARY NOTES.
In 1884 Christianity w r as introduced
into Korea, the little. “Hermit King¬
dom” that has since by the result of
the Russo-Japanese war, fallen under
control of Japan. Three years later,
in 1887, seven native Christians par¬
took of the Lord’s Supper behind
closed doors. Since its introduction
a Christian community has arisen that
has grown by leaps and bounds. Five
years ago a mighty revival fire broke
out that is still sweeping over the
country. In 1910 “a million Souls
for Jesus” was claimed by faith and
prayer and mighty effort. A year
later the largest possible plan was
proposed'—“every soul in Korea for
Christ.” There are nearly seventy
thousand Protestant Christians in Ko¬
rea, of whom about fifteen thousand
have been gathered under Methodist
leadership. From the first, mission¬
aries of the various Protestant denoin
inations have worked together in the
spirit of union and co-operation along
converging lines, looking eventually to
the founding of one gospel church in
Korea. The largest body in the world
that gathers regularly for intercession
is in Pyeng-Yang, Korea, where the
average prayer-meeting attendance
last year was eleven hundred. During
the Prebytery here a minister said
he attended about a year ago a pray¬
er-meeting in Korea where there were
(two thousand present, though it was
an ordinary occasion. As soon as one
is converted he tries to convert some
one else, and in their zeal to place th
“Jesus doctrine” in every home, busy
men of affairs as well as the very
poor have united in giving large por¬
tions of time to personal evangelistic
work. Though the most abjectly poor
of any nation of the Orient, eighty per
cent of the churches are self-support¬
ing. In some instances families have
been known to mortgage their little
homes in order to lift a mortgage
from their church In one such
church the rich man of the place was
the owner of an ox with which he
plowed his little farm. When the
call was made for more money to car¬
ry on the religious campaign and he
could see no other way to raise it,
he sold his ox for $40, and gave the
entire sum to the cause. The next
season he and his brother pulled the
plow while his aged father with trem¬
bling hands guided it. Have w r e any¬
thing like that? Do they not de¬
serve our aid in their effort to win
every soul in Korea for Christ? A
Christianity based upon such funda¬
mentals, prayer service, sacrifice,and
searching the Scriptures, will not fail
to develop a type that will shake the
western world in its own satisfaction
with itself and will be the marvel of
the ages, as expressing to the full
all the grace and glory of Christ’s
transforming power.
A. M. TRAVIS, Press Sup.
FOR SALE—7-ROOM COTTAGE ON
Conyers street, close in and near
city school. This cottage is situa¬
ted in one of the most desirable
sections of the city and in one block
of one of the handsomest residences
in Covington. Can be bought at a
bargain. See L. L. FLOWERS, at
The News office.—tf.
TO CHICKEN FANCIERS—I HAVE
the very best Barred Plymouth and
White Leghorn Eggs for sale. I
took special care in mating. For
the next 30 days only, I can furnish
you at $1.00 for 15. Always fresh.
B. BOORSTIN, at Louis Stein’s
store.—4t.
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J. B. DOWNS.—4t.
HOOPER’S IMPROVED COTTON
Seed for sale.—Guaranteed forty
per cent. lint. $2.00 per bushel.
R. W. HUSON, City.—4t.pd.
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ART IN COOKING
Just like there is in everything else.
It takes a chemist years to learn his
profession, but do you know that a
cook should know almost as much
about chemistry as he does?
A GOOD COOK
Studies chemical properties of food
and is careful never to make any
combinations that will be injurious to
the delicate linings of the stomach.
Do you care?
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Pen No. 1, Phronie and Yatesie, com¬
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Lyric Theatre is showing
of the Best Pictures this
that they have ever shown
Covington-—See Them.
