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VOL. IV. NO. 23
1LMAK0 resigns
AS COMMISSIONER
HON. W. H. PICKETT ALSO RE¬
SIGNS, BOTH TO TAKE EF¬
FECT ON MAY 15. TWO
to be appointed.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of county commissioners was
held in the court house Monday and
ro b ably the most interesting feature
the resignation of Mr. E. L. Al
was board, and
ffiandi chairman of the one
‘ members. Mr.
of its most, valuable
ylmand moved from this county to
Walton some months ago, and while
tbe attorney general stated that he
could retain his place, he decided it
was best to resign.
Mr. Almand stated to a News re¬
porter Monday afternoon that as the
primary had been held and (the new
pe t of commissioners selected for the
Lxt term, lie felt it -his- duty to hand
\\w his resignation and let the judge
U the superior court appoint his
Ssuicessor. Consequently he forward
fed his resignation to Governor Jos
jjl, Brown, to take effect next Wed
Sresiay, May 15.
As to who his successor will be,
Mr. Almand said that he supposed
[judge L Roan would appoint Mr. Will
j. Livingston, he having led the
ticket in the primary last week.
Another resignation which is caus¬
ing a great deal of interest and sur
■rise is that of Mr. W. H. Pickett,
winter of the. board from the Town
listrict. He also forwarded hiS re¬
signation to the governor to become
ffective on the same date as that
{ Mr, Almand, .May 15. It is proba¬
le that Judge Roan will appoint Mr.
obert W. Campbell, of Mansfield as
is successor, he having been the
i econd man on the ticket last week.
The commissioners went through
,he regular routine of business, look¬
ing into all the details of county af¬
fairs and the road work. They also
tent over the month’s work, their re
lurt appearing in another column of
Nay’s issue of The News.
Col. ,T. L. Travis, of Savannah, re
ently spent five days delightfully in
lashville, Tenn., attending the reun-.
cm of the Scottish Rite of Free Ma
onry for the Nashville jurisdiction,
le was the recipient of a good many
peasant attentions while there, and
|ad a fine time generally.
MjvkeYour
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dear l amily of yours, you would surely see
to it that the foundation was in no way
lacking, wouldn’t you?
But how about your financial foundation?
the rock upon which the future of your
home and ycur loved ones must be built?
Is it secure—sturdy enough to successfully
withstand the storms of misfortune, sickness
or enforced idleness?
h it isn’t, you owe it to them—to your
seif—-to make it so. Begin today by mak
ycur better first deposit in this bank. You’ll
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you do.
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J. A. CATHEY Cashier
Steadily Growing-Coma and Grow With us.
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BiG CHOIR FOR
METHODIST CHUR3H
NEW ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH FOR
CHOIR. MEMBERS ARE
URGED TO ATTEND.
One of the most useful improve¬
ments made at the Methodist church
is the recent extension of the choir
loft. Instead of being able to seat
six or eight as heretofore, we can
now easily seat twenty or more. The
greatest need of our church at pres¬
ent Is a large chorus choir. We have
the talent, plenty of it, and I am
willing and anxious to take our forces
through a process of training. To ac¬
complish anything w© must do some
good hard practicing. Next Thursday
night at 8 o'clock we shall have our
first meeting for practice. For this
practice the following are requested
to join in this work:
Mr. R. E. Everitt, Miss Lucy Bush,
Miss Maggie Davis, Miss Carrie Beck
Davis, Mrs. Geo. T. Smith, Mrs. S.
II. Adams, Miss Florence Wells,
Miss Clara Belle Adams, Mr. Fred
Barnes, Miss Grace Whitehead, Mr.
Geo. T. Smith, Miss Julia Thompson,
Mr. James Carroll, Mr. Miles Turner,
Miss Floirrie Harwell, Miss Gladys
Lee, Mrs. C. H. White, Mr. Homer
Hitchcock, Mr. Jim Phillips, Mrs. C.
D. Terrell, Miss Lillian Clark, Miss
Annie May Lester, Mr. Robert Vining.
Others may yet be added. If any
of the above cannot or will not serve
let me know at once. Respectfully,
JNO. G. LOGAN.
Notice, Royal Arch Masons.
Companions: The Grand Lecturer
of the grand chapter of Royal Arch
Masons of Georgia, will be with us
next Friday evening at 8 o’clock, for
the purpose of instructions in chapter
work. Take notice and be with us.
J. S. PEEK, H. P.
R. R. FOWLER, Seety.
D. A. R. Meeting.
Mrs. J. A. Wright will have the
May meeting of the D. A. R’s. at. her
residence oil Wednesday, the 8th, at
3:30 o’clock p. m. As this meeting
is the last meeting of this spring,
and ais the election of officers is to
take place, every daughter is urged
to be present.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, May 8, 1912.
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COVINGTON LANDS
JONESBORO PRIZES
COVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL MADE
MORE POINTS THAN ANY
OTHER SCHOOL. BUTLER
DREW THREE FIRSTS.
In the High School Convention
which met in Jonesboro last week,
Covington High School sustained the
splendid reputation achieved last
year, again winning more than her
allotted share of the honors. With
so many schools in the various con¬
tests first, second and third places
are counted, scoring five, three and
one points respectively.
The convention was even more suc¬
cessful this year than last. Indeed,
interest and enthusiam have been
growing since the organization sev¬
eral years ago until now the high
schools look forward to this annual
event as the greatest occasion of the
year.
We have the following report from
our boys and girls: Friday afternoon
the athletic contests were held. Da¬
vid Butler, Covington’s representa¬
tive, divided honors only with Paul
Fife, 'lie Jonesboro contestant. But¬
ler won first place in each event he
entered and broke the district record
for the high jump, clearing the bar
at 5 ft. 2 in. This was perhaps the
most spectacular event in the ath¬
letics He also led the field in the
100 yard dash and in the 220. He
will represent the district at the state
contest in Athens and wi n no doubt
break some records there.
Evains Hill won second place in the
shot put and Harold Thompson won
third in the quarter-mile race.
In the literary contests Miss Brow¬
nie Perry won for her school first
place in spelling and second place in
essay writing. Sh> will represent the
Fifth district in the state contest in
July.
Dan Upshaw won second place in
oratory and Miss Audrey Shivers won
third in recitation.
Supt. Upshaw- was again elected
president of the Association and is
very much gratified at the successful
showing of his pupils and the splen
did way they acquitted themselves in
every way- while at Jonesboro.
All our representatives are singing
the praises of Jonesboro for the splen¬
did hospitality shown all the visitors
by that spirited little city. The good
citizens were apparently a unit in
their efforts to make all the
COUNTY ORATORICAL
NEXT SATURDAY
FRIDAY WILL BE BANNER DAY
FOR SCHOOL BOYS AND
GIRLS FROM ALL OVER
NEWTON COUNTY.
As has already been announced, the
County Oratorical will be held next
Saturday in the old College Chapel of
Oxford.
The exercises will begin promptly
at 10 o’clock and continue, perhaps,
until 3:30.
Twenty-one boys and girls will rep¬
resent the several militia districts
in expression and oratory, while a
number of individual schools will give
selections of songs and music. State
School Superintendent M. L. Brittain
and Hon. J. M. Slaton will be pres¬
ent dn the afternoon.
An admission fee of five and ten
cents will be charged to pay for the
prizes and other expenses.
By giving this entertainment we
hope to encourage the study of ex¬
pression in our schools and bring all
the schools in closer contact at the
closing of the term. Sincerely,
J. O. MARTIN.
Tax Payers Signing Library Petition.
As stated last week the petitions
are being circulated by at committee
of the Womans’ Club among the tax
payers of the city, asking the mayor
and council to make an assessment
for the maintenance of a Carnegie
library for this city. The citizens
are signing the ladies’ petition quite
liberally and those behind the move¬
ment feel elated over the success of
the movement so far. It is probable
that there will be but few who will
refuse to sign the petitions as the in¬
crease will be so insignificant that it
will hardly be felt when tax paying
time comes around. It is useless to
set forth the many benefits of a pub¬
lic library, and as the ladies have
done ’ eir part it is really up to the
men of Covington to back them up.
and visitors enjoy themselves. Mrs.
Stewart gave an elegant reception to
all the visitors during the meeting.
The pupils of the city school are
enthusiastic over the various literary
and athletic contests now as never
before and next year equally satis¬
factory results may be expected. All
have gone resolutely to work now for
the finals and the rest of the closing
work of the school for the year.
NEGROES RIOT AT
ALGOVEY SUNDAY
BIG GANG OF NEGROES GO OUT
ON SHOOTING EXPEDITION
BUT SHERIFF SAM HAY
AND POSSE STOP IT.
A gang of some twenty or thirty
negroes ran amuck at Alcova Sunday
afternoon and for a| time they spread
(terror among the white people of the
entire section. From reports brought
back to the city by Sheriff Hay, the
negroes had assembled there, where
they had plenty of bad whiskey, sev¬
eral pistols, some Springfield army
rifles, Winchester rifles and other
big noise makers, and after loading
up with the booze they got out in
the public road and began shooting
things up generally.
Sheriff Sam Hay was notified of
the trouble and he together with his
deputies and several citizens he had
deputized went to the scene of the
trouble and made two arrests while
there. The ga)ng had learned of the
Sheriff having been notified and had
dispersed before his arrival. Since
that time, however, there have been
a number of warrants issued and it
is very probable thajt some twenty or
twenty-five arrests will be made be¬
fore the end of the week.
While there was no one hurt dur¬
ing the riot, it spread terror in the
neighborhood as it was known that
the negroes were drinking Sheriff
Hay put a stop to the trouble and at
the same time he made the first ar¬
rests he also captured some seven or
eight quarts of whiskey, a Spring
field and a Winchester rifle.
No further trouble has been re¬
ported since Sunday.
Notice Oomm-tteemen.
A meeting of the Newton County
Democratic Executive Committee is
hereby called to be held at the court
house in Covington on Saturday, May
11, at 10 o’clock, a. m., for the pur¬
pose of naming delegates from this
county to the State Presidential con¬
vention to be held in Atlanta on May
29, 1912. A full attendance is re¬
quested.
J. C KNOX, Chairman.
ALL GROCERS SELL TETLEY’S
Green Label India & Cevlen Tea.—
5 - 1 - 12 .
%
When
Your
Bank
Account
Is Balanced it shows accurately what you
have received, what you have paid out
and how much cash you have left,
what is more, the cancelled checks show
to whom you have paid money and are
indisputable receipts. Isn’t it about time
you availed yourself of these advantages?
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL $ 100 , 000.00
Surplus and Profits, $10,ooo.oo
=We Invite Your Patronage.
COTTON MARKET
As we go to press Tuesday
afetrnoon, cotton Is selling
in Covington at
11 3-4 GENTS.
$]. A Year In Advance.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
HELD SATURDAY
RAIN PREVENTED MANY FROM
COMING. CONTESTS WERE
FULL OF INTEREST. LAST
MEETING OF SEASON.
The last monthly meeting of the
term of the Teachers Institute was
held in the school auditorium Satur¬
day, and notwithstanding the fact
that the rain prevented many of the
teachers from coming to town it was
full of interest throughout the ses¬
sion. The absence of many interfer¬
ed with carrying out the program as
it had been arranged and the meet¬
ing was turned into a general dis¬
cussion of features connected with
the closing days of the term.
The contests by the pupils of the
county schools in history, geography
and arithmetic were very instructive
and highly enjoyed by all present.
In the history contest. Grady Brooks
of Flint Hill, took first; Fred Conner
of Newborn, second, and Keller Mel¬
ton of Palmer, third.
In geography Lila Lambert of Pal¬
mer, won first; Ruth Loyd of Oakland
second, and Mary Adams of Porter
dale, third.
In arithmetic Keller Melton of Pal¬
mer, won first; Dewey Boggus of
Flint Hill, second, and Ruth Hays of
Mansfield, third.
Reports from all parts of Newton
county are very encouraging to those
interested in school work, and County
Sc’ ool Superintendent Martin de¬
serves much credit for the splendid
work and enthusiasm he is putting in
his work in bringing up our rural
schools to the highest standard pos¬
sible.
Dr. W. D. Travis Appointed.
Dr. W. D. Travis of this city has
been appointed a delegate to the
Southern Medical Association at the
Southern Sociological Congress, held
in Nashville, Tenn., May 7th to the
10th, inclusive. This congress is for
the purpose of bettering social and
hygienic conditions in the South and
the appointment of Dr. Travis is an
important one as well as a recognition
of his standing in tile medical pro¬
fession.
Now is a mighty good time to pay
that dollar you owe the News.
