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VOL. IV. NO. 29
COVINGTON WATER
ANALYSIS IS GOOD.
analysis by state says
CONDITION OF CITY’S WA¬
TER IS FIRST CLASS.
ALMOST PERFECT.
Those citizens of Covington
j. ave been skeptical about
the water from the city’s
am now lay aside tlieir fears and im¬
bibe it by the gallon with impunity.
Because the state department of in¬
spection of water says it is not only
pure but excellent.
The report of the State Board of
Health with tire chemical analysis of
the samples submitted by the city
came in Monday, and the report of
the condition of the water of Coving¬
ton is very gratifying to the authori¬
ties and also the citizen® of the city
generally. The report state® that in
pi] three of the samples submitted
the tests showed that it classed up
well, but in the third sample, or that
from tire drinking basin, it declares
io be excellent. City Electrician F.
p Harrison, who has charge also of
the water system, is one of the most
careful in the state, and through his
knowledge and ability, Covington is
the proud possessor of one of the
best systems in the south.
The report from the state, sent to
the authorities here, by the secretary
of the state hoard of health, contains
the chemical analysis, and is now on
tile in the council chambers.
SOLID PLATE GLASS FRONT
FOR THOMAS J. HARWELL.
Workmen are busy this week mak¬
ing alterations and improvements in
the already handsome furniture store
of Mr. Thomas J. Harwell, one of
the most progressive young business
men of the city. ,
Solid plate glass front is being put
in and the glass will extend down on
College street, for a distance of twen
ly-five feet. The middle partitions
will be removed, making the main
part of the building an immense and
attractive show-room. A chapel is
being built in the undertaking de¬
partment, and other alterations will
3lso be made. When the work is
finished Mr. Harwell will have an es¬
tablishment which will be equally as
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THIS IS A NATIONAL BANK
Guarded and Jealously watched by the
Government.
1I IK Secretary of the Treasury has con¬
stantly before him a concise statement
°l our standing and the condition of our
finances.
^ ncle Sam insists that we live up to
fil* idea of sale banking—and you know
l n, le Sam is generally right.
’ our money is absolutely secure
when deposited here.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
tl. A. CATHEY Cashier
Steadily Growing-Coma and Grow With us.
®)e Couiugton
GASOLINE EN6INE ON
COONTV HIGHWAYS.
COUNTY HAS BOUGHT THE BIG
“PIONEER” ROAD WORKING
ENGINE AND IT IS NOW
ON COUNTY ROADS.
The commissioners of roads and
revenues of Newton county closed a
deal Monday morning whereby this
county has purchased a “Pioneer” en¬
gine for work on the roads of the
county. The engine bought is one of
those demonstrated here last week,
and is, iin the opinion of the commis¬
sioners, the best one of the three
different makes tried here.
This engine is thirty horse power,
but figured on the same basis as an
automobile it will develop one hun¬
dred and sixty horse power. It pulls
easily the three big new road scrapes
purchased b; the county three or
four weeks ago, and will work com¬
pletely, iso far as scrapes are con¬
cerned, twelve miles, per day, work¬
ing both sides of the road. This is
about the same amount of work done
wi c h three mule teams, with six or
eight mules to the team.
Besides pulling the scrapes the en¬
gine will pull all (the cars of 'the con¬
vict camp when they go to move out
of one section to another. It will also
pull the big plows used on the pub¬
lic roads, and take the place of a big
bunch of mules. It is also claimed
that with this engine it will be pos¬
sible to get over a|U the roads of the
county twice a year, where now it
requires two years to get around.
The machine was sold to the coun¬
ty by W. A. Neal & Son, of Atlanta,
representing the Pioneer Manufactur¬
ing Co., of Winona, Minn,., for the
sum of $2,736.37, payable in two non¬
interest bearing notes The compa¬
ny guarantees the engine for a period
of twelve months, and agrees to re¬
place all broken parts free of cost
l o the county during that time.
The scrapes for the big engine had
already been purchased, and the en¬
gine has aheady started work on the
reads. The county has employed Mr.
Sanders, an expert, to stay with the
engine long enough to teach isome lo¬
cal man to manage and operate it.
MR. G. E. KNOX DIED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
SOCIAL CIRCLE MOURNS THE
DEATH OF ONE OF HER MOST
PROMINENT AND HIGHLY
RESPECTED CITIZENS.
The death of Mr. G. E. Knox came
a shock to his family and friends,
he had only been confined to his
for *ive days and not until mid¬
Wednesday was his case seriou
to cause alarm.
From childhood Mr. Knox had been
resident of Social Circle, and in
world a prominent figure.
a year and a half ago he was
member of the mercantile firm of
Bros.
The first oi this year he opened a
store which is managed by his
Mr. Peter Knox, and is known
e Knox Pharmacy.
He was from a young man a mem¬
of the Baptist church and his
had no better friend than he.
All that medical skill could do was
for Mr. Knox, but Saturday af¬
as the sun sank beyond the
horizon the summons came
he went to join the father, mo¬
brothers and sisters who had
before.
Mr. Knox was 59 years old. In
1875 he was married to Miss
Crawley, and to them were
six daughters and two sons.
first link of this family chain
broken when the head of the
passed away Saturday. His
are Mrs. Ohas Boyd, Mrs.
H. Herendon, Mrs. Fletcher Spear¬
of Anniston Ala, Mrs. George
Misses Willie and Ruth
Mr. George Knox, and Mr.
Knox.—Walton News.
Will Move to Rockdale County.
Mr. Ernest Black, son of Mr. J. W.
of this city, and who recently
from Panama, has purchased
stock farm of Mr. Charlie Rea
of Conyers, and will move
about July 1st. Mr. Black will
a small farm in connection with
stock raising. He has the best
for success from his frineds
acquaintances in this county. The
friends of both Mr. amd Mrs.
regret to learn that they will
locate in Covington.
LARGE NUMBER OF
TEA3HERS examined.
ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF THE
TEACHERS OF NEWTON RU¬
RAL SCHOOLS HELD LAST
WEEK. 52 WHITES.
The regular annual examination of
teachers for the rural teachers of the
county was held last Friday and Sat¬
urday at the school auditorium.
The examinations were given by
County School Superintendent J. O.
Martin, and covered eleven subjects,
there being ten questions to each of
the subjects used, making one hun¬
dred and ten questions each teacher
was required to answer in the trial
for license. Fifty-two white teachers
stood the examinations, the majority
of whom are young ladies.
The negro examinations were held
in the court house and twenty-six
took the state’s test for license.
Prof. Martin states that the grade
of licenses this year will rank con¬
siderably higher than last, due to the
fact that more of the teachers now
have had normal training. It will be
remembered that in the last examina¬
tions held in this county only two of
the 'teachers made first grade, and
few made second. Mr. Martin says,
however, that this year there will be
a number who will make these two
grades in the examinations of last
week. )
It will take possibly a month for
the superintendent to grade all the
papers and announce the grades of
each, of the teachers.
NEGRO HOUSE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING AND BURNED.
Ligntning struck a negro tenant
house on the plantation of Ballard
& Meadors south of the city Saturday
morning, setting fire to it and totally
destroying both the house and its
contents
The family of negroes living in it
escaped without injury but lost every¬
thing they had except the clothes
j they wore. The house was a com¬
paratively new one and, we under¬
stand, was a total loss, with no insur¬
ance.
attractive as the large stares in At¬
lanta. and other cities.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, June 19,
•JAIL DELIVERY ON
SATURDAY NIGHT.
THREE NEGROES USE THE SAW
SUCCESSFULLY AND MAKE
THEIR ESCAPE FROM THE
COUNTY JAIL.
One of the boldest jail
liveries in Covington in many years
was successfully carried out Saturday
night when John Hardin, charged
with assault with intent to murder,
•John Kelly, with forgery, and George
Gill for burglary, escaped from the
county jail in this city.
It was early Sunday morning when
Sheriff Hay went to feed the prison¬
ers before he knew that there had
been a jail delivery. He quickly no¬
tified his deputies and began search
for the fugitives. They were report¬
ed to .have been seen near Almon
and the officers immediately went in
that lirectioa, securing the aid of
Sheriff King, of Rockdale and his
dogs they were soon on trail, but
the negroes had passed that section
early in the night and the track was
too old for the dogs to make much
progress. The chase was abandoned
late in the afternoon, and Sheriff
Bay rteumed to city to notify
officers in the near-by cities.
The negroes used a saw for the
purpose of cutting their waly to liber¬
ty. They began sawing through the
small window which is used to feed
the prisoners. Each side of this, win¬
dow w r as cut up about eight inches,
and then broken, out, making a hole
about 8x12 through which the ne¬
groes pulled themselves. After get¬
ting out of the cell, it was little troub¬
le for escape, as the window used
as a coal chute in the heating depart¬
ment was unfastened, and they went
through this.
Early Monday morning George Gill,
the negro charged with burglary
to the jail and gave himself up and
was again placed in one of the cells.
Gill was placed in jail late Saturday
afternoon and was drunk at the time.
He stated Monday morning when he
surrendered that he would not have
left the jail at all if he had been so¬
ber at the time the others escaped.
The negroes, John Hardin and John
Kelly, ajre still at large, and Sheriff
Hay is making a diligent effort to
locate them.
The cell from which these negroes
escaped was on the first floor ot the
jail. The whites are kept on the top
floor, and hence had no opportunity
of escaping.
MASONS PUT ON DEGREES
FOR JERSEY CHAPTER.
A number of Masons from this city
went up to Jersey Friday night, and
the degree team from this lodge con¬
ferred some of the degrees for their
Jersey brothers. The degree team of
the Covington Lodge has quite a rep¬
utation for putting on (the work, and
they are frequently invited to other
lodges to put on degree® for them.
Those who went from here were
Messrs. A. S. Hopkins, J. W. Peek,
J. S. Peek, C. A. Sockwell, C. A.
Harwell, W. B. R. Pennington, R. P.
Lester, V. A. Harper, W. J. Gober,
E. L. Peek, Tom Bird and G. W.
Weathersbee,
After the work in the degrees was
finished am elegant supper was serv¬
ed the boys.
H. D. BUSH LEFT SATURDAY
FOR CHICAGO CONVENTION.
Postmaster H. D. Bush of this city
left Saturday morning for Chicago,
where he goes as delegate from the
Eighth district to republican na¬
tional convention, which is now in
in that city.
T’ e fact that Mr. Bush was select¬
from this district so soon after
Newton county was made a part of it
an honor to the character of our
master. While a staunch repub¬
in bis politics, Mr. Bush is not
of those who is using politics for
If all the republicans in this
were of the same stamp as
The Major,” his party would doubt¬
have a stronger following in
'
Mr. Bush is instructed to cast his
for President Taft
NOTICE, TAX PAYERS.
The State and County Tax Books
1912 will close on July 1st Those
w'ho have failed to give in would do
well to attend to this matter at once,
it is necessary that all returns are
In by that time.
J. F LUNSFORD,
'Bax Rec’r. Newton County.
MUSIC CONCERT AT
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.
MUSIC SCHOOL WHICH IS NOW
IN PROGRESS WILL CLOSE
ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH
SPLENDID CONCERT.
The music school which is being
held in the Baptist church w T ill clo.se
Friday night, the. 22nd, with a con¬
cert at the school auditorium.
The program will consist of chorus¬
es, quartets., etc., interspersed with
piano solos and recitations, by the
best local talent.
Prof. Reubush, the instructor who
has (had charge of ^Ue singing school
for three weeks has accomplished an
almost wonderful result with his
class during that period, and the con¬
cert program Friday night is being ar
ranged with the best voices in the
school. The progress of the school
has been marked during the entire
three weeks but especially so during
the present week.
Besid.es the songs by the class, the
piano solos will be exceptionally good
as will also be the solos, duets and
(the recitations by local talent.
Mr C. J. Normam, to whose effort
the singing school came as a result,
says that the work done has been ex¬
cellent, amd that those who go out to
the auditorium Friday night will be
well repaid for their time and troub¬
le. Prof. Reubush and Mr. Norman
will have charge of the program.
The price of admission will be 25c
for adults., and 10c for children.
NEWTON COUNTY BOYS ARE
WINNERS OF MEDALS.
Two Newton County boys were the
winners of medals in college terms
just closed. Mr. Chas. L. King, son
of Hon. J. W. King, of West New¬
ton, won a medal at Davidson col¬
lege for the best oration; he also
won the medal for being the best
speaker in debate.
Mr. Grady Ellington, who went to
college from Flint Hill school, won
the medal at Emory College for ex¬
cellence in Latin.
Both these young men are bright
and their friends are congratulating
them over their success in college
during the term just closed.
Pay
Your
Bills
With
Checks and there will never be any dis¬
putes about the payments. The cancel¬
led checks are the best of all receipts.
Checks are cheaper to send than any other
form of remittance. These are only two
of the many advantages of having an ac¬
count at this bank.
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
afetrnoon, cotton Is selling
in Covington at
12 CENTS.
$1. A Year In Advance.
E, M. ELLIOTT OWNS
OLD HALF DOLLAR,
NEWTON COUNTY MAN HAS ONE
OF FIRST COINS PUT OUT
BY GOVERNMENT IN THE
SILVER METAL.
There has been several stories
published recently about the half dol¬
lars coined in 1853, and they (have at¬
tracted the attention of the people all
over the country. This article does
not boast the fact that we have found
one of the coins of that date, but a
Newton county man is certainly the
possessor of a very rare coin whether
there is a pemium on it or not.
The coin is a silver half dollar
bearing the date of 1809, and. is in
the possession of Mr. E. M. Elliott,
who found it twenty-four years ago
and has kept it toor “luck” since.
The coin is peculiar in comparison
with the same denomination of later
dates. It has 13 stars and the wings
oc the eagle droop instead of stand
iig upright. The lettering is of a
distinctly old style, and instead of
the edges of the coin being milled it
is perfectly smooth with the letter¬
ing “Fifty Cents or Half a Dollar”
stamped around it. The stars do not
look like stars on coins of the pres¬
ent mintage, but look more like cross
marks.
Mr. Elliott brought this old coin
into the News office one day last
week, stating that he did not know
whether there was. a premium on it
or not, put that he had seen several
articles about old half dollars nad
ihought possibly it would be interest¬
ing to know thajt there was one in thi
county. 1
WORK STARTED ON GEORGIA
RAILROAD UNDER-PASS.
The work of cutting the tunnel of
the underpass of the Georgia rail¬
road on the street leading out by the
electric light plant has been started,
and as soon as the trestle is put in
the changed street will be opened
to the public.
The old crossing of the street just
west of the cotton mill is a very
dangerous one, and this new street
and underpass will mean safety for
those who travel in that direction.
