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encouragement for
CORN CLUB BOYS.
TELLS members of corn club
C BEST RE¬
HOW TO GET
SULTS IN THE CONTEST
FOR THE PRIZES.
following letter from Dr A.
Tb , of the State Col
Soule, president Athens, to
of Agriculture at
district organizer J. K. Giles of the
corn club movement, will be
read with interest. It gives the
Ambers of the corn club some good
, i find of benefit
idea6 that they will
competing for the prizes. The
in
letter follows: succeeded
Now that you have in
securing a large enrollment of club
members, it is of the utmost impor¬
tance that you leave no stone un
turnod to encourage the boys in the
work The unfavorable seasonal con¬
ditions may cause many fathers to
lose interest in the boy and deny to
him the facilities needed to plant his
;t( re of corn to the best advantage.
The boys should be advised to plant
their corn even up to the 15th of
June, for the season is long enough
i P Georgia to permit late planting;
ami still obtain a fine crop; in fact,
coni should either be planted late or
eorly in this climate and according to
lay observation, the late planted corn
often out-yields that planted early.
T,.]l the boys not to plant the corn
until they have the land ready, to
lf low it thoroughly, but not when wet
and to prepare a fine seed bed as
this is very important. They should
fertilize liberally, -using a rather large
amount of nitrogen, at least half of
which should be quickly available. If
they can secure vegetable matter to
place in the drill row so much the
better. On heavy clay lands, we
think a 9-3-3 formula used at the
rate of 500 pounds per ajere would
be about right. On loamy soils which
show the presence of some sand, use
10-4-4. On light sandy land from 10
12 per cent of phosphoric acid, 4 to
r, per cent of nitrogen, and 5 to 6
per cent of potash should be used.
On heavy clay land and loamy soil,
a side application of two to three
hundred pounds should be made. On
sandy lands probably a two side ap¬
plication of two *o three hundred
pounds each can be used to advant¬
age. The side applications should be
put on relatively early. Get the last
one on ait least two weeks before the
corn bunches to tassel. Tell the boys
that shallow persistent cultivation is
of the utmost importance and advise
them to keep it up as late in the
season as possible. The boys must
not be discouraged for there is no
place in the United States where the
corn may be planted so late and still
produce as high a yield as in Geor¬
gia. The use of side applications
will help the yield in our judgment
this season.
The advisability of using nitrate of
• s °da as a top dressing cannot be
foretold at. this writing, but we will
inform the boys relative to this mat¬
ter later on. We want them to re¬
member that the college stands ready
! ° give them individual advice and
suggestions relative to the cultiva¬
tion, fertilization and management of
their crop. They have time yet to
Plant and still have an opportunity to
make as fine a record as the boy
who seeded his corn in March or in
'Vil. Tell your club members not
tu be disheartened. Advise with the
< ounty school superintendents and
teachers an! urge them to encourage
the bo\ s. Ask the local papers to
mint any information which will be
‘"‘‘Pful. |f we all pull together ajnd
,io our duty in the matter, we need
l:0t "’orry about the outcome next fall
Very respectfully,
ANDREW M. SOULE, Pres.
b USINESS CEASES FOR
spearman funeral.
Prominent Social Circle Citizen Died
Tuesday Afternoon.
SOCIAL CIRCLE, June 20.-Colo-
10 °mbs Spearman, at the age of
f ears, died at his home in this city
( m 1 uesday evening after
an illness
® several weeks. He is survived by
"o daughters and eight sons, B. L.
‘Pear man and Dr. Guy F. Spearman,
Atlanta; R. e. Spearman, of Ma
and J - F Speajrman, of Annis
-
Ala.; Messrs. George T„ Thom
/ and Whit B. and Dr. W. D.
o
' " man and Miss Annie
lus Spearman,
, city, and Mrs. W. J. Gres
" ru - Bostwick.
in!* a lit ' ,e tig preced cd him to the grave
more than a year ago,
time ** beaMh has
his V ^ I'car man was prominent in
" S ’° n llIltil his declining
bcaith *
tice * g * ve UI> P rac ‘
- * a ma nifestation of love
Hud * a55 t5le
and b- tmsiness houses
Ul ” S " Cre <losed for his funeral
which " aS held
thus at The Methodist
o'clock l> N , ' ednesd ay afternoon at 4
i> Qv c H Branch officiat
lug j, ' a s - one - °i
Wr* of ' the oldest mem
Hace an V e Vas Masonic buried lodge at this
honor/' wl th Masonic
MAKING SEED LIST FOR
THE NEXT SEASON.
Senator Hoke Smith Wants Names of
All Who Want Garden and Flow¬
er Seed Next Year.
Senator Hoke Smith informs u-s thal
in sending out the garden and flower
seed allotted to him by the Department
of Agriculture for the next season he
desires to mail them to those who
would really like -to receive them and
who could use them, rather than to
send them cut to an indiscriminate
list of names.
The seed are selected with care and
the Secretary of Agriculture desires
to have them generally tested in or¬
der to obtain as many reports as
possible on the results in different lo¬
calities.
Readers of this paper who wish to
receive seed next season are invited
to drop a line to Senator Smith and
their names will be added to his seed
list. The Senator will ’ ave 20,000
packages of garden seed and 2,000
packages of flower seed, and a limit¬
ed amount of upland long staple cot¬
ton seed, and other varieties, and as
far as they will go will send them
to those who make requests.
He has at bis disposal, also a large
number of Farmers Bulletins treating
of all sorts of subjects in reference
to agriculture and farm matters. Far¬
mers who would like to take up a'ny
particular subject should write to the
Senator and bulletins in reference to
that subject will be mailed. A great
many farmers do not know of the vail
amount of matter that -has been pre¬
pared by the government on subjects
of vital interest to them.
The Senator has arranged to obtain
several hundred copies of a 200-page
illustrated pamphlet on the Mexican
Boll Weevil which is now in press
and w” soon be issued. The num¬
ber is very limited, he will on re¬
quest, send copies as long as the sup¬
ply lasts.
Senator Smith wishes to get this in
formation as widely distributed as
possible a|nd to place it where it will
ao the most good.
COLLEGE BOY AGED 17
WEDS 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
Frank Edwards, Emory Sophomore,
Marries Miss Hunter Barnett.
ATHENS, Ga., June 21.—Love, un¬
suspecting parents and a handy auto¬
mobile were the principal characters
in the romance of Frank Edwards,
a 17 year old sophomore of Emory
College aind Miss Hunter Barnett of
this city, who were secretly married
just before Emory commencement
and today secured parental forgive¬
ness with the announcement of their
marriage.
Young Eld wards, who is a son of a
prominent Toccoa merchant, met Miss
Barnett a year ago when he was a
freshman in the University of Geor¬
gia. They were known to take long
walks together and appeared at all
functions together. Neither parents
nor friends dreamed that they con¬
templated marriage.
At the end of last year Edwards
parents decided that he should not
return to the university this year,
He took it very much at heart, but
when Caipt. J. W. Barnett, father of
the young woman and Athens city
engineer told her that Edwards
would not return she said it made
no difference to her whatever and sh
returned quite unperturbed to her
studies in the Lucy Cbob institute.
Nevertheless, she was not long in
learning that young Edwards was con¬
tinuing his studies ait Emory College,
and a secret correspondence between
the two followed, in which they plan¬
ned the elopement
Just before the Emory commence¬
ment Miss Barnett suddenly went
on a visit to relatives in Oxford.
She met Edwards the nxet day and
accepted his invitation to an auto ride
They told their friends that they
were just going out for a spin.
Instead they went to Monroe, where
they obtained a marriage license and
the wedding followed at the nearest
minister’s house. Just afterward young
Mrs. Edwards appeared at her home
quite as though nothing had happen¬
ed. She said jao word of the marriage
and since Edwards kept mum also,
it would probably still remain a sec¬
ret but for the fact that university
studentes living in Monrole told of
having seen the marriage license.
GOOD FOR GEORGIA.
Good for Georgia! Committees rep
l esenting the bench, the bar, and the
legislature are working with enthusi¬
asm and sincerity in that state to
bring the law nearer to a civilized
standard. They are all endeavoring
to get legislation which will help a
long the progress that the supreme
court has already been showing. In
the term of that court which began
March 1911, twenty-four murder cases
were affirmed and only two were re¬
versed. In the following term twenty
nine were affirmed and only one re¬
versed. The supreme court declined
to reverse murder convictions on quib
bles and absurd technicalities. The
governor has done his part and some
of the newspapers have given effect¬
ual support. Other states might well
follow the example of Georgia.— -Col¬
lie*’* Weekly.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1912.
POLITICS TRICKY
WITH THE FARMER.
FARMERS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
COOL HEADS AND GREET CAN¬
DIDATES LIKE THEY DO
THE OTHER FELLOW.
President Chas. W. Barrett today
advices the officers and members of
*'e Farmers’ Union, as follows:
The current presidential year will
probably see more glittering promises
peddled to the farmers than upon
similar occasions in many decades.
On both sides, and the factions on
both sides, the contest is hot and
close. They are playing to every
element to boost thier stock. And
the farmer vote will he coaxed and
cajored and hypnotized by every de¬
vice known to ancient and modern
politics.
1 have made it no secret that I
have been able to be of service to
t e farmers of this country because I
look promises they made at every
hallelujah meeting to overturn the
universe with several grains of salt.
If you want to get the most results
out of the politicians who will be ap¬
pealing for your votes from this time
forward, I recommend a similar
course to you.
There is, however, a difference be¬
tween the politician glibly offering
all sorts of promises and the farmer
voluntarily offering to do anything
under the high heaven to further the
common cause.
Nine-tenths of the promises the
politicians make with a smiling face
are spoken principally for the pur¬
pose of catching votes. Three is no
desire or intention to redeem them.
Later when he reaches home and
the “feeling” has died away, and he
gets busy patching the fences, or re¬
pairing the roof or keping the grass
out of the cotton, the promise oozes
out of his mind like water out of a
leaky barrel]. Sometimes, too he
gets suspicious of his officials, jeal¬
ous of other members, dissatisfied
because the union hasn’t reformed
the universe over night, and con¬
siders himself absolved from his
pledge. It all amounts to the same
thing in the long run.
Because the two parties, with all
their factions, are on their toes, po¬
litically speaking, this year, fighting
for life and public favor, it is one of
the best opportunities recently pre¬
sented for the farmer to secure those
things, in a legislative sense, for
,which he has long been contending.
When the situation crystallizes, la¬
ter on, I may have something to say
touching what the politicians offer
the farmers, and how much reliance
can be placed upon specific pledges.
It is as yet too early to gauge the
line up, and it Is the part of wisdom
to see what congress is going to do
before we jump to conclusions, or to
adopt hasty action.
1 do not look for the present ses¬
sion to accomplish wonders in the
w'ay of legislation of any .sort, since
both parties in the house and senate
ere. juggling for advantage, and have
an eye more to catching popular fa¬
vor than to enacting measures gen¬
uinely constructive
But first, last and all the time,
bear in mind that when the temp¬
tation seizes you to get over heated
about some particular political fav¬
orite, keep your vest down, your
bead cool and greet the candidate bid
ding for favor with just as much sus¬
picion as you do the other fellow in
a horse trade.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAIL¬
ROAD TO ISSUE BONDS.
Company Plans to Spend $35,000,000
In Improvement of Its Line.
Plans which include the expendi¬
ture of $35,000,000 on sweeping im¬
provements will be submitted to share¬
holders of the Central of Georgia at a
meeting to be held on July 18th. At
that time the stockholders will be
asked to authorize an issue of $75,
000,000 five per cent refunding bonds
and not $50,000,000 as has been re¬
ported heretofore.
Of the huge bond issue, $40,000,000
will be reserved for refunding pur¬
poses and the remainder will be put
into the proposed improvements.
About $5,000,000 will be spent in the
immediate future.
The Central of Georgia is controll¬
ed by the Illinois Central, which re¬
cently acquired all the $15,000,000 in¬
come bonds of the Georgia road. The
Central of Georgia on June 6th au¬
thorized the issue of $15,000,000 of
preferred stock which is to be given
to the Illinois Central in exchange
for the income bonds.
The Georgia road’s stock will be
increased to $20,000,000 by the trans¬
action—all owned by the Illinois Cen¬
tral—hut the bond indebtedness will
be reduced $15,000,000. To pay for
Income bonds acquired, the Illinois
Central has sold $15,000,000 worth
of notes.
Be sure you understand a subject
before you talk about it— then you
can cut out most of our talk.
Sash Doors and Blinds
In Fact A ythng Required in Building a House
We are now carrying the largest and best assorted stock of
Lumber, and building materials ever brought to Covington,
and bought from the best Mills and Dealers in the South.
YOU WILL SAVE MONEY, TIME AND WORRY
By seeing us before you buy or build; you will find with us
the very best values to be had for your money, and you will
find us ready to spare no effort to make of you a thoroughly
satisfied and permanent customer.
PAINTS OILS AND VARNISHES
We keep on hand the largest stock in this line in New¬
ton County and of the best grades that money can buy.
Estimates cheerfully made on large or small bills of
material, also prices where you prefer your work done by
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the job or contract.
We are here to serve you, and if courteous treatment,
close prices, square dealings and full values will “catch you”
we are right after you.
Thompson-Milner Company
Covington, Georgia
CITATION.
State of Georgia, Newton County.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
All persons concerned axe hereby
notified that the undersigned has ap¬
plied to the Ordinary of said county
for Leave to Sell 5 shares of Coving¬
ton & Oxford Street R. R. stock of
the par value of $100.00 per share,
belongingto the estate of J. W. An¬
derson, late of said county, deceased,
for the purpose of paying debts and
distribution among the legatees and
all persons concerned are required to
show cause, if any they can, why
said application should not be granted
as prayed for on the 1st Monday in
July next, 1912.
GOE. T. WEILLS,
As Executor of the estate of J. W.
Anderson, deceased.
NOTICE.
I want to borrow Four Hundred
dollars on my house and lot. 6-room
house, and one acre of land, valued
at $1550.00. I will pay 12 per cent,
on the money, and will give a loan
deed to secure the note.
J. E. ADAMS,
Newborn, Ga.—tf.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
A special call meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank
is called for July 9th, to be held at
Ten o’clock, a. m., in the offices of
said bank for the purpose of changing
the articles of association for the
election of Directors to read second
Tuesday in each January. All stock
holders requested to be present.
This, June 3, 1912.
J. A. CATHEY, Cashier
Schedule of Georgia Railroad.
Godng West Going East.
No. 3,—4:15 a.m | No. 4.—1:39 a.m
•* 9—5:40 am | ” 2—8:34 am.
” 93—7:49 am | ” 28—4:23 p.m.
” 1—11:38 am | ” 94—6:56 p.m
” 27—6:34 p.m | ” 10—7:55 p.m.
FLY SCREENS!
FLY SCREENS!
FLY SCREENS!
PLY SCREENS!
J. R. McCORD, Agt., Covington, Ga.4+
The Lyric Theatre has on for to¬
night, Wednesday, and tomorrow nigh
three of the best pictures that has
been presented here for several days.
FOR SALE. — FLOORING, CEILING
weather boarding and brick. W. H.
Pickett. t*.
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IT is just as easy to adulterate paint as it is milk or the thous¬
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sible before buying.
We have made a careful study of the
paint question in buying the line we
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