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OXFORD Will HAVE
electric lights.
M. MARSHALL WILL RUN LINE
M LIMITS TO THAT
FROM city
C1TY AND WILL BUY
JUICE HERE.
We tm dersiand that the city of Cov
ington lias made a contract with Mr.
M M Marshall, of Oxford, whereby
.
this city is to supply him electric
current at the power house here for
(he purpose of distribution to the res¬
idences and on the streets of Oxford.
Mr. Marshall is a hustler and the
fact that he is to put in an electric
Wlit system in Oxford means that
the people of that city will have the
best going. He has just fin-shed his
contract with this city for paving the
streets, and did a nice piece of work
on them.
Mr. Marshall’s plan is to run a ca¬
ble line from the power house in
This city to Oxford, branching out
, |tai it, reaches that, city and run¬
ning into the homes, business houses
and streets, where lie will supply
lights of the same voltage and power
as those of this city. He already has
thirty-five residences signed up for
lights, the majoriy of them calling
for above twenty lights per house.
He will have to begin with something
like four hundred incandescent lights
and it is practically assured that he
will get the lights for the streets in
the near future.
The city is to furnish him the cur¬
rent in bulk, metered at the plant
here, and he will stand the leakage
and dispense it at whatever price he
sees fit 10 charge. It is supposed
that the lights there will cost but
very little more than the patrons
here have to pay.
This is a good contract for the
city, as she now has fully enough
more on tap than she needs, with
the machinery now in use. It will
be especially good when the power
company gets in here, as she will
then have some- hundred and fifty
or two hundred horse power more
than the people here use.
Wrok on the new line to Oxford
will, we understand, be commenced
shortly and lights installed before the
college opens this fall.
If its First Class Job Printing you
want, we do it
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)LDEN TIMES, the town watch¬
man was appointed to guard and protect
valuables of ye town folk.
Modern methods in this advanced age
have simplified all this. Our sturdy steel
vaiu ts offer a guaranteed protection for your
savings, and our Safety Deposit Vaults, for
^ our va luable papers and jewels.
consult us freely concerning
tn is, or any other business orfin=
an cial proposition.
FIRST national bank
l A. CATHEY Cashier
w Steadily Growing-Coma and Grow With us.
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FUMES DESTROY
MILL AND SHOP.
HOUSE AND EQUIPMENT OF COOK
& KIMBALL’S MILL AND SHOP
WIPED OUT LAST WEEK.
WAS INSURED.
The grist mill and shop of Cook &
Kimball, just outside the city limits
on the Oxford road, was completely
destroyed by fire Friday night, prac¬
tically nothing being saved. The fire
when discovered, had gained such
headway that it was impossible to ex¬
tinguish it or to rescue any of the
machinery from the building.
The building was practically new,
and the machinery of the mill was
also new, The loss was estimated at
twelve hundred dollars with in¬
surance of eight hundred.
It is not known whether the mill
will be rebuilt or not,but it is sup¬
posed that it will, as it was turning
out a splend 5 d quality of meal and
was running full time.
The ararm was sounded in this city
but owing to the fact that the build¬
ing was outside of the city limits,
and the water main does not extend
that far out, it was impossible to do
anything towards extinguishing the
flames. Quite a number of citizens
went over, however, and did what
they could to help save it.
UNI VERSA LI ST PREACHER
HERE NEXT SUNDAY.
Prominent Atlantan Will Be At Audi¬
torium Sunday Night.
We are requested to announce that
Rev. E. D Ellen wood, pastor of the
First Universalist church, Atlanta,
will preach at the auditorium in this
city Sunday night, at 8 o’clock. The
public generally is invited to attend
this service. Dr. Ellenwood is a
forceful and interesting preacher.
MAYOR SMITH OFF FOR BAL¬
TIMORE SUNDAY LAST.
Mayor George T. Smith who was ap
pointed assistant sergeant at arms at
the big convention in Baltimore, left
Sunday morning for that city, joining
the Georgia delegation in Atlanta
and continuing on the special train.
COVlNGTON, GEORGIA, June 26, 1912.
ROOSEVELT TO HUD
A NEW PARTY.
BORN ON SATURDAY NIGHT THE
“PROGRESSIVE” PARTY WAS
DEDICATED IN CHICAGO
SUNDAY MORNING.
Chicago, June 23.—The “progres¬
sive’’ party, born last might was dedi¬
cated today. In the presence of per¬
haps 500 men, some of them recog¬
nized leaders of the movement and
others merely onlookers, the first for¬
mal step was taken. Governor Hir¬
am Johnson, of California was em¬
powered to appoint a committee of
seven members to confer with Colo¬
nel Roosevelt and formulate a plan.
“Here is the birth of a new party’’
said Governor Johnson when this
was done.
“The movement is going steadidly
ahead,’’ said James R. Garfield, of
Ohio. “Those who think this is a
flash in the pan are mistaken.”
With Formidable Equipment.
In the opinion of the leaders the
new party enters the field with a
formidable equipment. These leaders
however said that as to the men who
took a conspicuous part in the cam¬
paign for Colonel Roosevelt’s nomi¬
nation each must speak for himself.
The attitude of Governor Hadley
of Missouri, was the chief point of
discussion along his lire The gov¬
ernor left town without waiting to
declare himseif.
No definite idea of 'e plan to
be followed could be obtained, anc.
it was said several weeks may elapse
before the program is decided upon.
Governor Johnson, in the meantime,
will act as field marshall an I in co¬
operation with Colonel Roosevelt, v. ill
decide upon the memb-jisrp of the
committee of seven and guide the
preliminary work of organisation
Roosevelt Men Confj .
Colonel Roosevelt will leave fur
Oyster Bay tomorrow afternoon, and
Governor Johnson for California, but
they will keep in communication
with each other.
Todays’ meeting was held in the
headquarters of the national Roose¬
velt committee under the direction
ol the mose prominent Roosevelt sup¬
porters who had not left town. Seat¬
ed at a table with Governor Johnson
were Mr. Garfield, Gifford Pinehott,
Governor Stubbs, of Arkansas; Medill
McCormick, of Chicago, and Senator
Clapp, of Minnesota.
Scattered through the hall were a
large number of Roosevelt delegates
to the republican national convention
as well as some of the “steam roller”
delegates to whom seats were re¬
fused. It was impossible to ascertain
how large a proportion of the full
Roosevelt strength at the convention
was represented although it was said
that nearly every state which sent
Roosevelt delegates to Chicago had
its share of men here.
The “Roosevelt Battleflag.”
The bandanna handkerchief was
adopted as the “Roosevelt flag.”
Most of the delegates ‘wore flaming
bandannas tied around their arms—
others were distributed by the hun¬
dreds to the crowd. The bandanna,
it was explained, stands for the plain
people who ordinarily use them.
“We’re all plain people here and
this is a movement of the plain peo¬
ple,” said one of the delegates.
“Colonel Roosevelt gave his sanc¬
tion to the “battleflag” by appearing
last night with one in his hand which
he waved to the crowd in the street.
His daughter, Mrs. Longworth, wore
a bandanna on her hat
"I am not acting as the leader of
this movement,” said Governor John¬
son when the meeting of delegates
had been called to order “The act¬
ive leader must be a man from a
more accessible state than Califor¬
nia. I am merely aieting as chairman
of this meeting, at which we are to
begin on, the road which leads to po¬
litical freedom.”
Governor Johnson in his opening
address appealed to the delegates to
stay in the fight they had begun.
As he was about to adjourn the
meeting, a southern delegate arose
with the suggestion that the new
party be christened then and there.
This was opposed and it was stated
that this matter and all others are
to be left to the national convention
which it is proposed to call within a|f
few weeks. The name Progressive
Party was most in favor, but no ac¬
tion, was take®.
Some Democrats to Be Chosen.
Col. Roosevelt, while willing to
make no definite statement on this
point, said that the committee of sev
e® would be composed in part of
DEMOCRATS NOW
HOLDING CONVENTION
SOME OF THE CANDIDATES ARE
NERVOUS ABOUT BRYAN. NOT
ONE OF THEM HAS NEAR
ENOUGH TO WIN.
Baltimore, June 24.—The democrat¬
ic convention will get under way to¬
morrow with seven avowed presiden¬
tial aspirants in the field, no one of
them with enough delegates instruc¬
ted or pledged to carry them near
the two-thirds vote required to nomi¬
nate—728. It has been expected by
many political observers that during
the two weeks preceding the conven¬
tion some of the aspirants might form
a coalition, but no such thing has oc¬
curred, and this fact, Mr. Bryan’s
friends declare, augurs well for him.
Mr. Bryan will have his opportunity
to speak befor the convention toward ^
its close and some of the presiden¬
tial boomers here plainly are nervous
as to the effect he might have.
If he loses as temporary chairman
of the convention, Mr. Bryan is slat¬
ed by his state delegation for the
committee on resolutions and undoubt¬
edly will be chosen as chairman. As
such he would have a leading part in
framing the platform and would pre¬
sent it in person, to the convention
just prior to calling the roll of states
for presidential nomination.
The Seven Avowed Candidates.
The seven avowed presidential as¬
pirants are Governor Woodrow Wil¬
son, of New Jersey; Speaker Champ
Clark, of Missouri; Representative Os¬
car W. Underwood, of Alabama; Gov¬
ernor Judson Harmon, of Ohio; Gov¬
ernor Simeon Baldwin, of Connecti¬
cut; Governor John E. Burke, of
North Carolina, and Governor T. R.
Marshall, of Indiana.
Outside of these men most talked
of are Mr. Bryan, Mayor Gaynor, of
New York, and Governor John A. Dix,
of New York.
Mr. Bryan, frequently during the
last few months, has declared he is
no*, ins any sense a candidate, but it is
difficult to find a state delegation in
which he is not discussed as a pos¬
sibility. One claim put forward by
Mr. Bryan’s supporters is that with
him in the field here might ensue a
coalition with some of the disaffected
republicans interested in a third par¬
ty movement.
The impression continues to be mor
marked that Mr. Bryan might himself
be the ultimate presidential nominee.
Some of his friends tonight declared
that he would be voted for in the con¬
vention whether formally placed in
nomination or not, and they express¬
ed the belief that he would win if
the voting should go to a fourth or
fifth ballot. In furtherance of their
hope of nominating Mr. Bryajn, some
of his friends, it is said, are bending
their energy to prevent a coalition of
the Clark and Wilson froces. They
are talking of Bryan and Wilson as
a possible ticket, and the suggestion
is receiving attention in many quar¬
ters.
In the event Mr Bryan does not
run himself, he may urge Senator
Kern, of Indiana, for the place.
MERCHANTS WILL CLOSE
STORES ON JULY FOURH.
Business to Cease For One Day and
Clerks Will Take a ResL
We the undersigned merchants of
Covington, Ga., do hereby agree to
close our respective places of busi¬
ness all day on Thursday, July 4th.,
that dajy being a ’egal ho’iday. This
petition to be published in the Cov¬
ington) News.
Fowler Bros. Co.
Stephensoa & Cal la way
_
Heard White & Co.
First National Bank.
Mendel Levin.
J. I. Guinn.
Bank of Newton County.
W. Cohen. I
Covington Jewelry Store.
Norris Hardware Company.
R. L. Loyd
R. E. Everitt.
Stephenson Hardware Company.
T. J. Harwell.
C. C. Robinson.
N. Kaplan.
Bank of Covington.
T. C. Swann Co. ,
E. H. Mobley.
Lee Brothers.
Louis Stein.
democrats. A report which was circu¬
lated widely had It that a democrat
probably would be named as the can¬
didate for vice president on the tick¬
et with Colonel Roosevelt.
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$1. A Year In Advance.
CHILD ON TRACK HAS
NARROW ESCAPE.
CHILD ON TRACK JUST AROUND
SHARP CURVE CAUSES ENGI¬
NEER TO REVERSE AND
YANK HER WIDE OPEN.
Engineer Gurlie Turner, who pulls
one of the freight trains of the Cen¬
tral between this city and Gordon,
had a thrilling experience while com¬
ing to this city Saturday afternoon
at W' ■ d station.
The engine was manned by Engi¬
neer Turner and Fireman McGaughee,
and as the train neared Willard .there
appeared a small child in the center
of the track just around a sharp
and when seen by Engineer
Turner the train was within a short
of it. There was no one elan
to the child and Mr. Turner
says that he did not think it would
be possible for him to bring the train
to a stop before it struck the child,
who was standing in the tracks look¬
at the approaching engine. En¬
Turner immediately reversed
engine and opened it wide, and
before the train had come to a stop
Fireman McGaughee had jumped
from the engine, out-speeding the
and had grabbed the child and
pulled it from the track. The engine
within three feet of where
child had been.
The mother of the child arrived
the scene at that time, she hav¬
ing been a few hundred feet away,
but in plain view of the entire pro¬
and Mr. Turner says that
when she arrived at the engine she
could not speak and was so frighten¬
ed that he thought she was going to
faint.
The averted accident was certainly
narrow and Mr. Turner says it is
one he will remember as long as he
lives.
Death of Mr. G. T. Ellington.
Mr. G. T. Ellington, formerly of
Covington, but recently of Monteval
lo, died at his home there Wed¬
nesday, June 12th, at the age of 50
years, after a lingering illness of
paralysis. He is survived by his
widow and seven children, Mrs. Mat
tie Ellington McDonald, of Covington,
Mrs. E. D. Thomas, Misses Lida, An¬
Mae, Willie, Messrs G. W. and
C. Ellington, all of Montevallo.
Uncle
Sam Has
/A
Money
In Banks
All over the country. He doesn’t allow
his servants to keep money in safes, or
cash boxes. You can depend on his
knowing his business. Suppose you take
the hint and deposit your money in the
Bank of Covington. Open an account
j now so your money will be safe from
Fourth of July fire possibilities.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL $ 100 , 000.00
Surplus and Profits, $10,ooo.oo
=We Invite Your Patronage.-
SMTPMLWI
" "33°Eéurs.
THIS MEASURE WILL
LIKELY BE PASSED.
AN IMPORTANT BILL WITH REF¬
ERENCE TO DAMAGE SUITS
AGAINST POWER COM¬
PANIES.
Editors News: There is pending
in the Georgia Legislature a measure
of special interest to Newton and
other counties in this section of the
State. In substance, it provides that
suits for damages against electric or
power companies may be brought in
the county where the damage is done.
Threatt Moore, the representative
from Butts county and the writer
Lave worked persistently for the .pas¬
sage of this bill and we have strong
support. In fact, as a member of the
Judiciary committee, to which this
in easure was referred, I had a splendid
opportunity to get in some effective
V'ork. The bill was reported back
to the Hou 3 ? with the recommenda¬
tion that it do pass, and has been
read a second time. As soon as
leached on the House Calendar will
be read the third time and put on its
passage. I have carefully watched
developments and shall give the
matter my closest personal attention
again this session, and believe that
this bill will become a law.
Respectfully,
A. H. FOSTER.
Fourth of July at Oak Hill.
The twenty-seventh annual Sunday
School Celebration will be held at
Oak Hill, Thursday, July the fourth,
at 9:30 a. m. The following program
has been arranged for the occasion:
Opening .song.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Kerr.
Song.
Welcome Address by J. C. Sullivan.
Response by Col. A. L. Loyd, of
Covington.
Song.
Two songs and two recitations by
each of the following schools: Beth¬
any, Prospect and Zion.
Annual Sunday School Address by
Dr. E. D. Brownlee, of Atlanta.
One and one-half hour intermission
for dinner.
Reassemble. I
Music by Oak Hill String Band.
Annual Fourth of July Address by
Judge John S. Candler, of Atlanta.
Addresses by others.
