UNDERWOOD GEORGIA
for PELEGATION BALLOTS.
Attention Paid to Messages From
N N ° and Senate.
tom Watson
2.—Georgia’s
convention
d J Jill sitting Underwood tight, and on casting every one its
votes for
0 ° f the ballots. candidate expects to
., ir aliy other of
the nomination with the aid
win Ligia’s he will never get
votes, Sa
mem," said Neyle Colquitt, of
'’"rinmber of members Thomas received E Watson
..rams from Hon,
urged them, by right of —
who original Underwood man
as “the
Georgia,” now to desert the Alar
Lian and go to Speaker nominated. Clark, rath No
tlian see Wilson
attention was paid to these messages.
When the Associated Press brought
report that the Georgia state
the considering resolution
senate was a
instructing the Georgia delegation to
vote for Wilson, Randolph Anderson,
of savannah, vice chairman of the
nation, said: “Let the senate go to
__vvith. its resolution. We are for
Underwood. We were noit elected by
the senate, and not responsible to
that body, but only to the people
who cast a majority of their votes at
the polls for Oscar W. Underwood, of
Alabama.” brought that
Later the news was
the resolution had been defeated.
“It is jjust as well,” said Colonel
Pendleton.
Hollins N. Randolph, of Alabama,
was named as a member of a commit¬
tee of three to take up with the rail¬
roads the question of having the time
limit on return tickets- extended.
When the committee reported that
the Southern railroad had allowed an
extension to July 10, there was a
howl of delight in the hall.
Carl Hutcheson, of Atlanta, was ap¬
pointed the human megaphone to re¬
peat the figures announced by the
chairman of the state delegations on
the endless roll calls. His voice was
pitched perfectly, and heard distinctly
in ail parts of the hall. He performs
the arduous task for over an hour,
until, as he expressed it, “his dia
phram was sore as a boil.”
Woman and Society.
Sewing Club.
Miss Florrie Harwell entertained
the members of her sewing club de¬
lightfully last Wednesday morning,
a: her pretty home on Monticello
street. After spending an hour in
needle and fancy work and bright con¬
versation, delicious cream and cake
were served. The next meeting will
be held at the home of Miss Eleanor
Hays.
Mrs. Smith Entertains.
One of the pleasant affairs of last
week was that at which Mrs. T. U.
‘hmth entertained on Friday evening,
at her home in honor of her two
young sisters, Misses Nancy Lowe
and Katherine Morton, of Watkins
ville. Ferns, growing plants and nas¬
turtiums were used in the decora¬
tion of the house. Delicious cream
and cake were served. The invited
guests included Misses Gladys Fulli
love, of Watkinsville; Grace White
oead, Clara Bell Adams, Eloise Coop
or, Annie White, Cora- Henderson,
bailie Mae Pickett, Julia Aiken, Lucy
Janie Gaither, Messrs. Oliver
Adams, Sanford Steadman, John Rush
‘-ester, Nathan Cohen, Harry Davis,
Homer Hitchcock, J. Pinkney Wfl
Uauis > T om Adams, Fred Barnes, A.
!<. Loyd, Wilbur Harwell and Rev. J.
1 ■ Bradbury.
CITATION.
tate of Georgia, Newton County:
He appraisers appointed to set
<l ' s( v year’s support for the widow
min(>r children of J. T. Connally,
deceased, out of the estate of said
Wfased, having filed their report,
" *° cite all concerned, show
( to
• H an y they can, why the re
° r appraisers should be
a< not
( judgment of this Court
on
v Lt Monday in August next. This
Ju y 1, 1912.
A. D. MEADOR, Ordinary.
Now is a mighty good time to
at dollar pay
you owe the News.
jammer 11 r new Spring and
bo °ks has Tailoring
arrived and
s 3me big values as we
£ r vou in other lines
ht ^yles quality work
mdns hip fully guaran-
1 c °nie and see them.
Yours Truly
J. I. GUINN.
‘NEW COTTON BEETLE’
Devastates fields.
Pest, Like Boll Weevil, is Causing
Great Alarm in Dougherty.
Albany, Ga*.—The “new cotton bee¬
tle” has made its appearance in
Dougherty county cotton fields. Sev¬
eral farmers have found the insects
in their cotton, and the damage done
has not been inconsiderable. Until to
day it was not known what sort of an
insect it as that was doing this dam¬
age. The bug was a stranger to this
county. Its description did not tally
with that of the boll weevil, but its
effect on the cotton plant was some¬
what similar to the damage done by
tha‘ dreaded pest,
Mr. D. L. Wooten, one of the coun¬
ty’s largest planters, brought several
spec imens of the bug to town and re¬
quested Mr. N. H. Kutter, ■ maqager of
the Morris Mayer estate, to send them
to the state board of entomology.
This Mr. Kutter did, through Mr. A.
Li. Sterne, and the latter received a 1
reply from E. L. Worsham, state en¬
tomologist. The leter from Mr. Wor¬
sham says:
“The insect which you inclosed is
known as the ‘new cotton beetle.’ It
is an insect that always occurs at
th's season of the year in some see-,
tions of south Georgia and is some¬
times responsible for a certain amount
of damage, but is rarely ever serious.
If you think it is damaging your cot¬
ton to any great extent I will suggest
that you apply either Paris Green or
powdered arsenic of lead by dusting
some of the plants. Paris Green can
be obtained on the local markets, but
arsenate of lead is probably better. If
the former is used, powder it up fine¬
ly and mix about 8 or 9 pounds
of cheap flour with it. Apply about
one pound of Paris Green to the acre.
Place in sacks made of eight ounce
ducking and dust it on the plants. If
the arsenate of lead is used, it can be
applied alone or about half and half
of flour and lead. Use three pounds
pe- acre.”
The bugs found in Dougherty coun¬
ty destroy, the boll and also leaves
of the plant.
Intereit In Collections.
It Is quite the fad among smart
folk to flock to sales of rare books,
furniture or pictures, even when they
have no Intention of buying. For each
of these collections is the result of a
lifetime of study, and the opportunity
to see them as a whole cannot recur
again, while individually the pieces,
passing Into private hands, may be
lost to the public for years. For this
reason young girls are sent with their
governesses to see the treasures that
will soon be scattered far and wide,
and even whole classes from fashion¬
able schools are taken for morning
views. Such visits, naturally, do more
for the artistic education of these
fortunate young folk than weeks of
lecturing and photographs.
Modern Miracle.
The patient was a man 77 years old,
with a cataract of eight years’ stand¬
ing. While at work in his garden one
day the patient had occasion to rub
his right eye several times on account
of sweat which had trickled into it
He awoke next morning to find that
the sight of his right eye was re¬
stored. His wife and neighbors also
remarked that his eye no longer look¬
ed gray. On examination by a doc¬
tor five days later nothing was to be
seen of the lens till the patient looked
down, when it was seen as a gray,
shining body floating in the vitreous
humor at the bottom of the eye,
where It moved with the movements
of the eye.—The Lancet.
FOR SALE—TWO-HORSE POWER
gasoline engine, saw and splitter,
cheap. All in good running shape.
H. B. MCDONALD, City—4t.
EGGS FOR SALE—INDIAN RUN
ner ducks, fawn color. Getting
four dozen per week from Seven
ducks W. S. SCRUGGS.— tf.
MONEY LOANED ON FARM LAND
Large loans for long terms prefer¬
able. J. C. KNOX, Att’y., Coving¬
ton. Ga.— 5-1-12. —tf.
FREE TRIAL PACKAGE OF CON
key’s Lice Powder and big 80-page
poultry book for one week only at
Dr. J. A. Wright’s—4t.
MONEY TO LOAN AT 7% PER
cent on Farm Lands, with liberal
prepayment privileges. The above
per cent includes all expenses to
borrower in getting loan. J. C.
KNOX, Atty’., Covington, Ga.—tf.
‘ \ g“ i) Y 4
1st and 3rd Friday evening in
each month, at 7:30. Duly qualified
brethren invited to meet with us.
A. S. HOPKINS W. M.
J. W. PEEK, Secretary.
Star Lodge No. 164 I. O. O. F.
Regular meeting every 2nd and 4th
Thursday night. Degree work every
meeting. Visiting brothers condially
Invited to meet with us.
C. A.SOCKWELL. N. G.
A, H. MILNER. Roc. Sect’y
Regular Communica¬
tion, Golden Fleece
Lodge, No. 6, F. &
M.
THE COVINGTON Mews. WI DNESDAY. JULY 3, 1912.
URGE INCREASE
Georgia State Board of Health Urges
Law to Keep Out Bad and
Improperly Cured
Corn.
Atlanta, Ga., July V -(Special.)—
"Why should you pay good money
for and consume bad corn, any more
than you would buy and eat decayed
fish or fruit?” asks the Georgia State
Board of Health in a discussion of
the disease, pellagra and its produc¬
ing cause.'
Georgia has had her share and more
of the increased number of cases of
pellagra, acute and chronic, in recent
years, and the State Board of Health
is giving every possible attention to
the study of the cause and prevention
of this disease which usually termi¬
nates fatally.
The best scientific opinion of the
world today is agreed that the prop
able cause of pelagra is bad corn—
corn which has been improperly cured,
which has been cut green and in
which fermentation sets up during
the process of drying out; or in
which fermentation may be produced
by dampness due to careless handling
after the grain has ripened. Some
poisonous substance is thus produced
In the grain, which the best medical
opinion throughout the world is nov
confident, is the producing cause of
pellagra.
The State Board accepts this the
ory, in the light of all the evidence—
and it is abundant—as the correct
one; but whether it be correct or not,
certainly there is no answer to the
argument presented in the Board’s
query, “Why should anyone buy bad
corn?” It is known beyond question
that spoiled corn will kill horses and
other animals, and that its effect
upon the human system must there¬
fore be deleterious. So why should
anyone buy it at all, even at reduced
price, and take the dangerous
chances?
In fact, why should not the state
itself take a hand and forbid the im¬
portation and sale in Georgia of bad
or improperly cured corn? Such leg
islative action the State Board of
Health strongly urges and recom¬
mends. The state now seeks to pro¬
tect the people in the matter of the
purity of their food products; but
there is none in which the law should
more carefully scrutinize than corn
which is so widely and generally used
as a food product both for man and
beast.
It iB not necessary here to go into
the many theories which have been
adduced as to the cause of pellagra.
With the single exception of the now
generally accepted belief that pellagia
is caused by eating bad corn, every
one of these theories has been dis
proven or rejected as wholly untena
ble because of the fact that the condi¬
tions involved, while they may ap¬
pear in one section where pellagra
is prevalent, are wholly lacking oth¬
ers where the disease is just as bad
or worse.
As early as 1600 the deleterious
effect of corn or maize products on
the human system was noted. It was
found to be a common food product
with those affected with pellagra. The
disease has been found to prevail par
ticularly in those countries in which
the seasons are so short that the
grain does not properly ripen; and
also it has been shown to have made
its appearance wherever people were
in the habit of eating corn after it
has undergone fermentative changes.
It is well known that corn, when bad,
will quickly kill horses, and numerous
experiments have shown that extracts
made from fermented corn possess
toxic or poisonous properties.
“It is noteworthy,” says the Board
“that in the United States pellagra
did not make its appearance to any
extent until Western corn growers be¬
gan the practice of cutting the entire
stalk in a green state and piling them
up together in the fields, there to re¬
main exposed to all of the vicissitudes
of the weather until the winter was
far advanced, or even until the suc¬
ceeding spring, when the demand for
corn came on in the Southern states.”
Here are some facts that are known
regarding pellagra: countries
“Pellagra occurs in all
where corn products are habitually
used as food; it does not occur in
any country where such products are
not habitually used as food; it did not
exist in Europe prior to the introduc¬
tion of maize, and did not attract at¬
tention until this cereal had become
a common article of diet; pellagra has
ceased to exist in certain districts
where other crops have replaced corn
and where it is no longer habitually
used as food; pellagra has probably
always existed in North America as
it has long been known in Mexico,
and the increase of it in this country
unquestionably followed the introduc¬
tion of the Western method of har¬
vesting corn in the green state.”
Concluding, the Board of Health
nays; to be¬
“As there is every reason
lieve that bad corn is the cause of
pellagra, and no evidence that it is
not, it is our duty to use every legiti¬
mate method to prevent its importa¬
tion into the state and its sale in our
markets. Even granting that pella¬
gra is not produced by fermented
maize, we are surely entitled to good
corn when we pay our money for
It; there can be no possible reason
for wishing to buy rotton corn.
“The thoroughly ripened and well
preserved corn of these latitudes is,
unquestionably, a good, wholesome
food, and can be eaten In the future
as it has been in the past without ill
effect- but the State Board of Health
deems that it is but doing its duty
to the people of Georgia in solemnly
warning them against the evil conse¬
quences of eating the Western prod¬
uct so long as the pernicious practice
continues of cultivating a weak and
vitiated plant combined with a meth
od of harvesting which is nothing less
than criminal.
“The State Board of Health strong¬
ly urges the people of Georgia to give
serious consideration to these facts
and to insist that their representa¬
tives pass a law which will prevent
In the future the murder of our citi¬
zens and the slaughter of our horses
by the sale of corn, which Is unfit for
consumption by man or beast.”
Mid-Summer Sale
To dose out all of our summer clothing, hats,
shoes and dress goods we will make very close
prices on same. We must dispose of this sum¬
mers goods to make room for the fall goods that
will begin to arrive later. Now is the time to
make your purchase, it means a great saving
to you. You will find a lot of the very best to
select from too. Do not wait. Come and get suited.
Heard While & Co.
Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes for boys and
girls. Buster Brown Hose for everybody.
CITATION. I
State of Georgia, Newton County:
Mrs. Hattie Norton has made appli¬
cation to have J. A. Cathey appointed
administrator upon the estate of C. T
Norton, late of said county, deceased,
this is to cite all persons concerned,
that same will b heard on the 1st
Monday in August next, 1912. This
July 1 1912.
A. D. MEADOR, Ordinary.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We have opened a Dairy Lunch
service in connection with the Ice
Cream business at our stand, and will
appreciate having you call when in
town and need a lunch, we think you
will find here just about what you
want to appease the appetite, and
at a very small expense, and don’t
forget that we are still making Ice
Cream, Milk Shakes and Lemonade
jusrt as good as they can be made.
Always call on us when hungry or
thirsty.
PARKER’S DAIRY LUNCH.
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 ami in one block
of one of the handsomest residences
in Covington. Can be bo°ight at a
bargain. See L. L. FLOWERS, at
The News office.—tf.
If its First Class Job Printing you
want, we do it.
Schedule of the Covington and
Oxford 8treet Railway Company
Lv Cov. 7:15 am. Lv Depot 7:45 am
Lv Cov. 8:30 am. Lv Depot 9:00 am
Lv Cov.ll:50 am, Lv Depot 12:25 am
Lv Cov. 2:10 pm. Lv Depot 2:20 pm
Lv Cov. 4:00 pm. Lv Depot 4:30 pm
Lv Cov. 6: pm. Lv Depot 6:45 pm
Lv Cov. 6:55 pm. Lv Depot 7:00 pm
Lv Cov. 7:30 pom. Lv Depot 8:10 pm
Cara will leave Covington on time
and will wait at Depot for delayed
trama.
Lv Oxf. 7:10 am. Lv Depot 7:50 am
Lv Oxf. 8:20 am. Lv Depot 9:05 am
Lv Oxf.ll:45 am. Lv Depot 12:25 am
Lv Oxf. It55 pm. Lv Depot 2:15 pm
Lv Oxf. 3:45 pm. Lv Depot 4:30 pm
l.v Oxf. 6:00 pm. Lv Depot 7:00 pmi
Lv Oxf. 7:30 pm. Lv Depot 8:10 pm ;
Cars will leave Oxford on time and;
will wait at Depot for delayed trains.
E. W. FOWLER, President
PAGE SEVEN
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