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CONTRACT FOB POWER
mayor and council consider.
(NG proposition by cen¬
tral POWER COMPANY
for lights and power.
Monroe may yet sign the contract
itl) the big power comply for its
W electricity. Covington and
sl!;n lv of
Sodai ind Circle have already take the signed contract up
if Monroe does
means that we will have plenty of
power by the first of the year. The
following article appeared in the cur
r0J! t issue of the Tribune, published
ir, (hal city:
“The mayor and council of our city
have under consideration a proposi
,ion from the Central Power Company
of Macon, who operate the big power
darn near Jackson, Ca*, to furnish
electric lights and power. The com¬
pany is negotiating with the cities of
Covington, Social Circle, Madison and
Monroe with the view of running a
transmission line to these cities, and
/he building of a line depends upon
securing franchise from these cities
and contracts for sufficient current to
justify the expense of building the
line. They claim that under a con¬
tract with them, we can buy light
cheaper than we can produce it in
out own plant, and have a day cur¬
rent of light and power, which would
mean much to our city in convenienc
to say nothing of the advantage of
having power to run any kind of ma; -
ufacturing enterprises. We under¬
stand the city of Covington has al¬
ready granted them a franchise, and
will submit the question of the con¬
tract for power to an election of the
people.
"The fifty-year franchise asked for
is not an exclusive franchise, and
nothing in it is objectionable. The
city can grant franchises to other
power companies. The contract is for
ten years with a privilege of renewal
at the end of that period.
“The proposition is one that deserv¬
es serious consideration on the part
of our people. It is true that the city
owns an electric plant, but if we can
buy lights and power cheaper than we
can produce them, it would pay us to
sMit down our paint. Indeed, consid¬
ering the advantages to Monroe to
have power available for manufactur¬
ing enterprises, it might be a good
1 f1ERE IS a lesson in the above picture
for every man—every boy—every girl: a
lesson of human interest—a lesson of self
preservation—a warning to look ahead.
I he nickels and dimes foolishly and
thoughtlessly spent, if deposited in this bank,
insure you against the possibilities of be¬
coming a charge on the county, or being
dependent upon charitable relatives or
friends.
I he time to begin is now. A
dollar or two each week deposited
here, will soon place you beyond
the possibility of want in old age.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
J. A. CATHEY Cashier
We are Steadily Growing-Come and Brow With us.
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SPLENDID ’CUE AT
COVINGTON MILL
CUSTOMARY OUTING AND A BIG
BARBECUE GIVEN EMPLOY¬
ERS AND FRIENDS—BIG
CROWD PRESENT.
Tne management of the Covington
Mills gat e their annual barbeclie and
picnic to their employees and friends
at the old county pauper farm site on
last Saturday and it was one of the
best and most enjoyable of any they
have yet held.
The ’cue proper was simply fine,
and the Brunswick stew and barbe¬
cued hash was enough to tempt the
appetite of the gods. Although there
was a large crowd present, there was
fully enough left to have fed twice
■he number.
During the morning a splendid pro¬
gram was rendered by the children,
the string band and songs. Rev Jno.
B Cordon made an interesting talk,
which was listened to with attention.
The custom of holding these an¬
nual picnics and barbecue by the
management of the Covington Mill is
certainly a good one. It Is always
enjoyable, and brings their people of
the mill in closer touch with their fel¬
low citizens over in town.
The best of order prevailed Satur¬
day and everyone present had a very
enjoyablei tame.
MONEY LOANED ON FARM LAND
Large loans for long terms prefer¬
able. J. c. KNOX, Att’y., Coving¬
ton, Ga.—5-L12.—tf.
business proposition to make the con¬
tract with the power company on a
basis of what lights are now costing
us. What is the use of wearing out
our plant by use, when we can get
some one else to furnish Lights cheap¬
er or as cheap as we can produce
them?
“The city council realizes the im¬
portance of the proposition and has
appointed a commitee to look into the
matter thoroughly, and has authorized
them to employ an expert electrical
engineer to assist them in their de¬
liberations, so that they may be able
to advise the council at their next
meeting whether or not the proposi¬
tion made is one that a vote should
be submitted to the people for.”
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, July 10. 1912.
BAD WRECK ON
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS CRASH IN
HEAD-ON COLLISION EARLY
MONDAY MORNING—ONE
KILLED, FIVE HURT.
Two freight trains on the Georgia
railroad crashed together in a head
on collision at 2:30 o’clock Monday
morning at Richardson’s crossing five
mil&3 west of this city.
The east-bound train was heavily
loaded, but the one to Atlanta had
only the engine ajnd caboose. The
wreck occurred just one mile west
of the station at Almon.
Cause of the Wreck.
It is said that the cause of the
wreck was the wrong signal having
been given by the section of the
freight, going east to the west-bound
'rain which was in the siding at Al¬
mon. The east-bound train preceding
the one wrecked passed Almon only
a few minutes before, and the engi¬
neer of the west-bound train stated
’hat the signal was for him to go on.
He pulled his train out and had not
gained a speed of more than ten or
twelve miles per hour when he met
the east-bound train on the fill just
west of Richardson’s crossing.
Engines Badly Wrecked.
Both the engines were badly torn
up and eight freight cars were liter¬
ally torn to pieces. The cars were
loaded with ice, cotton, corn, general
merchandise and commodities, and it
was all piled together over a wide
area around the wreck. The track
was torn up for a consideable dis¬
tance and no trains could pass during
the day Monday. Passengers, mail,
express and baggage were transferred
very nealy on schedule time, how¬
ever, and very little delay was ex¬
perienced.
A Number Injured.
One negro was killed oturight, and
the following men were more or less
seriously injured:
Engineer Beazley, cut about face,
head; neck, back and leg bruised and
badly sprained.
Conductor Adams cut about face anc
head: shoulder badlv wrenched and
arm bruised.
Conductor Paschal cut about face
and head; arm broken and leg badly
bruised.
Flagman Brake was bruised about
the head but not as bad as the others
The negro fireman on one of the
engines was perhaps the most seri¬
ous t y wounded of the crew. He had
a long and deep hole knocked in the
top of his head, but it is thought he
will recover.. He was also bruised
up considerably about the body.
T''e negro fireman on the other
engine was buried beneath the pile
of wreckage, and was dead when re¬
moved.
Brought to Covington.
The wounded men were brought to
this city early Monday morning and
placed at the Flowers Hotel. Their
wounds were dressed by Drs. Guinn
and Bryant, of Conyers, and W. D.
Travis’ and N. Z. Anderson of this
city. Everything possible for their
comfort was done, and they are all
doing well and their recovery seems
practically certain.
JUDGE W. H. WHALEY HAS
MOVED TO COLLEGE PARK.
Former Judge of City Court Will
Practice Law In Atlanta.
Judge W. H. Whaley, former judge
of the city court of this county and
a successful attorney of this city,
has moved his family to College Park
whfte they will reside in future.
Judge Whaley and family have a
large circle of friends here who re¬
gret to lose them as citizens, but
wisn for them much happiness and
prosperity in their new home.
The Judge will practice law in At¬
lanta, but tfhen he left the city he
hud not made his plans as to where
his offices will be located. He said
to a News reporter that he would
let hie friends know through the col¬
umns of this paper when he got set¬
tled down.
EDUCATIONAL RALLY AND
PICNIC AT ROCKY PLAINS.
The annual educational rally and
picnic at Rocky Plains will be held
as usual about August 6th.
An unusually attractive program is
being arranged and several promi¬
nent speakers will be on hand.
Full notice and program will be
iished in The News at an early date.
The date for holding the state pri¬
mary has beau set for August 21.
MONTHLY REPORT
OF NEWTON GOONTT
MONTHLY STATEMENT BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS
AND REVENUES OF NEW¬
TON COUNTY.
The following is the regular month¬
ly statement of the condition of the
finance of Newton county, furnished
by the Clerk, for the mouth of June:
Funds an Hand and Received:
Appioximate funds on hand $ 5,305.75
J. W. Blatck, com. road tax .. 104.00
W. H. Aaron, com. road tax .. 284.0
J. C. Moore, com road tax.. 54.00
R. L. Cason, com. road tax .. 134.40
L. A. Stokes, com. road tax .. 94.0(
E. F. Hays, com. road tax .. 80.00
J. T. Greer, com. road tax .. 128.00
Pat McGuffey, com. road tax 53.00
W. II. Boggus com. road tax .. 92.35
.Samp Aiken com. road tax .. 66.00
S. P. Thomas com. road tax .. 188.00
Emmett Robertson com. road tax 88.00
L. M. Sherwood com. road tax 108.00
A. G. Latne com. road tax .. 135.00
T. G. Aiken rent of mule .. .. 10.00
J. R. Crenshaw, house rent .. 10.00
W. S. Ramsey, T. C„ Tax Col¬
lected, county fund .. .. 53.41
$6,987.91
Paid Out:
Warden and Guards......$458.00
Clothing............ .. 155.50
Provisions............ 300.32
Medical attention and medicine 51.65
Equipments.......... 158.43
Court costs............ 18.25
Material, lumber, sewer pipe 201.97
Stock feed.......... 392.96
Shop work............ 8.25
Com. paid on clothing com. tax 295.30
Free labor on roads .. .. 393.52
Bridge and work thereon .. 181.34
Pauper farm and paupers .. 108.88
$2,724.37
Paid Out—Other Objects.
J. H. Carroll clerk, salary May
1912, and stamps .. .. $21.25
J. F. Horton et al. painting jail 11.25
J. T. Hays hire horse and buggy 1.25
W. H. Pickett 14 days as coun¬
ty com........... 28.00
IS, M. Hay sheriff, jail fees and
expenses.......... 62.25
W. S. Ramsey T. C. defaulters
■registration lists...... 109.90
Cari Smith printing for sher¬
iff and coins office ..... 4.50
R. W. Farrill, 15 ft. pipe at c.h. 2.25
Fowler Bros., Co. 45 gals gas. 5.40
Henry Gaither janitor wages
for May.......... 20.00
Dr. A. S. Hopkins prof, visit
to jail............ 100
Southern Bell T. & T. Co., phone
bill................ 4.70
T J. Harwell book case In Or¬
dinary’s office........ 35.50
E. Lunsford material and work
at jail............ 6.32
Huson Ice Co., plumbing at jail 4.35
Nonb Hdw. Co., hardware,
dynamite etc........ 22.18
Stephenson Hdw. Co., points
oils, etc., at jail .. .. 60.91
S. V. Farmer, warden, expenses
to Atlanta.......... 2.06
Ga. R. R. Co., freight on 3 bbls
oil................ 2.37
G. C. Hill et al painting jail 71,50
Ga. R. R. Co., freight on car
coal............ 78.12
G. C. Hill et al painting and
work at jail..........23.75
Cov. & Ox. St, R. R. hauling
car coal.......... 19.35
Standard Oil Co., 220 gals oil 34.10
S. V. Farmer R. R. tickets dis¬
charged convicts...... 8.66
Ga. R. R. Co., freight on 4 bbls
gasoline............ 3.38
$644.30
Summary:
Amt. on hand and received In '
June............$6,987.91
Warrants issued to amt of 3,368.67
$3,619.24
NEWS OFFICE BUNCH WILL
TAKE FEW DAYS VACATION.
Fnllowing the ancient and time hon
ored custom of the disciples of Ben
Franklin, the Covington News will is
si,e no regular edition, next week, but
will take a week off.
It has been the custom of weekly
papers since their beginning to miss
an issue in July and one in Decem¬
ber, and as the blackberry crop this
season seems to be abundant, we de¬
cided that this week was a good op¬
portunity for a vacation.
V r e will be with you again on
24th, and will be in better shape
give you a first class newspaper
ever.
3000 ENJOYED BIG
DAY AT OAK HILL.
ONE OF THE LARGEST CROWDS
IN HISTORY OF THESE GATH¬
ERINGS WERE PRESENT AT
THE CELEBRATION.
Fully three thousand people gath¬
ered at. Oak Hill on July 4th to wit¬
ness the annual Sunday School cele¬
bration, People began to arrive early
and by the time for the exercises to
begin the grounds around the taber¬
nacle were covered with visitors from
evtry section of the county.
The welcome address was deliver¬
ed by Mr_ Crew Sullivan, which was
responded to by Prof. Garriss. Next
on the program came the song ser¬
vice and recitaltions from three Sun¬
day schools: Bethany, Prospect and
Zion.
Col. John S. Candler, Jr., of Atlan¬
ta, delivered the annual fourth of
address, owing to the absence of his
father, Judge John S. Candler, who
was sick in Baltimore. Colonel Can¬
dler's address was one of the best de¬
livered at these celebrations in many
years and the appreciative audience
gave him the closest attention at all
times. Dr. Brownlee, of Atlanta, de¬
livered the annual Sunday school ad¬
dress. The other speakers on this
occasion were Col. A. L. Loyd, Prof.
Garriss and Rev. Mr. Young. The
addresses of each of these gentlemen
were interesting, instructive and ap¬
preciated by the large audience.
The recitations by the children de¬
serve a part of the credit for the suc¬
cess of the day. Misses Margaret
Jarman and Ida May Livingston, and
Master Edward King, for Bethany.
Miss Mary Hicks and Master Charlie
Turner for Pospect. Miss Nome Kin
nett for Zion.
TABERNACLE MEETINGS WILL
BEGIN AT OAK HILL JULY 24.
The Oak Hill Tabernacle meeting
will begin on the night of July 24th,
and will close on the first
nigh;, in August.
Rev. C. M. Dunnaway and Rev.
B Sams, will have charge and com
duct the service®. The song service
will be under the direction of Mr. R.
I, Hicks. The public is cordially in¬
vited to attend all of the services.
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You
Have It
On The
Hold¬ up
Man when all he can take from you is a
check book. He knows that it isn’t
worth a cent to him. It is a good plan
to open an account with the Bank of Cov¬
ington and pay everything by check.
When it becomes known you carry no
cash you’ll need no burglar insurance.
That profession will let you severely alone
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits, $10,ooo.oo
=We Invite Your Patronages
COTTON MARKET
Ac w* go to press Tuesday
afetrnoon, cotton Is selling
in Covington at
12 GENTS.
$1. A Year In Advance.
REVIVAL SERVICES
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
EVANGELIST WRIGHT IS DELIV¬
ERING VERY FORCEFUL SE¬
RIES OF MEETINGS TO
LARGE CROWDS.
A special series of evangelistic ser¬
vices began at the Baptist church on
Sunday morning with a very spirit¬
ual service. Large crowds have been
in attendance at each service since.
Dr. Raleigh Wright has been preach¬
ing some of the strongest sermons
heaid in Covington for many months.
He is not in the least sense a sen¬
sational or emotional preacher. He
presents e great and fundamental
teachings of the Bible in a clear and
forceful and convincing manner.
From the interest on the part of
the congregations attending the ser¬
vices indications point to a gracious
meeting—one of real power. The
morning hour, 8 o’clock, has proven
very popular. At the first service
Monday morning a very large crowd
greeted the speaker. And the ser¬
vice seemed to be so much enjoyed by
Mr. Babbitt will arrive some time
all present.
Tuesday and will soon have the choir
in shape for some good music. All
who will help in the singing are cor¬
dially invited to join the chorus.
There will be a Men’s Meeting last¬
ing not exceeding 30 minutes at three
o’clock on the square for a few after¬
noons this week. This is a leisure
hou- with most of the merchants and
it is hoped that as many of them
and their clerks and help as possi¬
ble will alttend these .services. No
women will be admitted to the Men’s
Meetings. t
Services each day this week at the
church at 8 a. m., and 8 p. m. ***
INFANT SON OF MR. AND MRS.
B. E. DIAL DIED FRIDAY.
Luke, the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. E. Dial, died Friday morning,
after an illness of several weeks. The
funeral services were conducted from
the home in Oxford by Dr. J. W. Quil
lian and the remains laid to rest un¬
der v. mound of most beautiful flow¬
ers in the cemetery at that place. He
was a grand-son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Morgan, of Stanrsville.
