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VOL. IV. NO. 43
CARD FROM DR.
N. J, BOSWELL.
rOWN CLERK OF MANSFiELD IN
CARD SAYS THAT RE¬
^ CAMPBELL
PORTS ABOUT
ARE NOT TRUE.
The News is in receipt of a letter
nr v ] Boswell, town clerk of
' which he brands as un
afield, in
' ,he rumor that Commissioner R.
v Campbell left the county during
grand jury session last week in
tbe testifying before
order to keep from
that hodv in its proceedings against
v c Hitchcock, for selling ni-beer.
Mr Boswell says that Mr. Campbell’s
trip to south Georgia was purely on
business and had nothing whatever
do with the albove mentioned mat¬
to letter in full:
ter. Following is his
Mansfield, Ga„ Sept. 24, 1912.
Editors Covington News:
You will please allow me space in
your columns to correct a false im¬
pression that prevails in the minds
f some people in regard to my friend
Vi fellow-townsman, It. W. Camp
bed. Some unscrupulous person gave
his name to the last grand jury as a
v,jtness against W. C. Hitchcock, and
it is reported tha+ he, (Mr. Camp¬
bell) left the county to keep from re¬
ceiving the subpoena, which is not
true. Mr. Campbell knew absolutely
rothing about the charges brought
against the above party, and he left
tome Monday morning at 8 o’clock,
on a business trip to south Georgia,
even before' the grand jury met. A
man in public business or holding
public office finds it difficult to stand
up under the burden of facts without
bearing the burden of false impress¬
ions, hence the correction. I am
writing this without the solicitation
of Mr. Campbell.
N. J. BOSWELL.
CORRECTION!
In my statement last week the prin¬
ter made me say that the schools
wou'd open Oct. 8th. This should
‘have been Oct. 28th, instead.
\\'e trust that every patron will be
teady for school on that day. Let’s
make some self-denial in order to
give the children what rightly belongs
to them—their time in school. “If
liuiiiv
(men ,UfiE
THIS BANK is at the disposal of our
customers at all times, for the transac¬
tion of any business.
Make your appointments with those
"ith whom you wish to confer, and
oioet here.
Should you also wish to consult us
regarding any financial or business
nia ttei\ you may depend upon our repu¬
tation for strictly honoring your confi¬
dence to the utmost degree.
want you to feel that this is
indeed your bank.
first national bank
^ J. A. CATHEY Cashier
are Steadily G rowing-Coma and Grow With us.
Coni untou
COL. R. W. MILNER
WRITES ABOUT CASE
DOCTORS SWEAR GIVING “SUGAR
TEAT” WAS NOT CAUSE OF
LITTLE HIRAM CAROUTH’S
RECENT ILLNESS.
Editors The News:—
There lias been so much public in¬
terest in and so much criticism of
Mrs. Janie Philips, one of our public
school teachers, in regard to the giv¬
ing of a “sugar teat” to little Hiram
Carrouth, now, that the case against
her in the superior court has been
Lied and disposed of in her favor, I
believe that it is simple justice to
her that the entire public be given
the true facts as developed upon the
t' iall. Col. King and I represented
Mrs. Philips with the determination
of bringing out the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth in
regard to the matter, and the truth
came. The trial developed the fact
that the famous “sugar teat” was
composed only of a small portion of
sugar, salt and a drop or two of tur¬
pentine given to the child to break it
of sucking its thumb. It was given
Oct. 12. In less than one week two
of our best physicians, Dr. Anderson
and Dr. Robinson, pronounced the
child’s sickness to be typhoid fever,
on Oot. 18, less than a week after¬
ward, and further swore that the “su¬
gar teat” had nothing to do with the
childs’ sickness. The motive actuat¬
ing Mrs. Philips was for the good of
tht child. She had given “sugar
teats” to many other children for the
same purpose, never did any harm re¬
sult. The verdict of the jury com¬
pletely vindicated Mrs. Phillips; her
twelve years of service as teacher
has not been in vain, her reputation
is without spot or blemish and the
hundreds of children she has taught
and their parents still love and cher¬
ish her. Respectfully,
R. W. MILNER.
Mr. Walter T. Corley, of Starrsville,
was in the city Friday.
you are down in the mouth, think of
Jonah, he came out all right.”
Respectfully,
J. O. MARTIN.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, 1912.
CITY TAX RATE IS
FIXED FOR YEAR 1912
CITY IS FINANCIALLY IN GOOD
CONDITION AND FLOATING
DEBT IS PRACTICALLY
WIPED OUT.
The tax rate for the City of Cov¬
ington has been fixed for 1912, and
a reduction of fifty cents on the
thousand dollars of taxable property
was made by the mayor and council.
The city has made some very pro¬
gressive strides within the past year
or two, and when these things are
taken into consideration, Covington
has a tax rate which will compare
very favorably with any other city
ii the state, in fact we doubt if
there is another town in Georgia at
this time which could make a state¬
ment with a better showing than Cov¬
ington makes.
When the Honorable George Smith
and this Council were elected to of¬
fice, they found a $14,000.00 floating
debt, and is generally known, this
means money that is obtained out¬
side of the money received from the
bond issue, and can be paid only by
increasing taxes, or borrowing more
money with which to repay the hold¬
ers of the securities for the floating
indebtedness, This Council, together
W’th the aid of his Honor has reduced
the floating indebtedness to $8,000.00,
and at the same time have paved the
crossings, and have put in a larger
Dynamo at the electric plant, at a
cost of $18,000,00, and have paid
$3,000.00 on bonded indebtedness of
the City to date, that is due, and are
prepared to pay the nxet amount when
ii comes due, and in addition to this
they have bought at a consideration
that is considered by business men,
to be greatly in the City’s favor,
$2,000.00, the Clark Banking Co’s.,
building on the square, for municipal
purposes. The city cemetery has
been in charge of a competent Sex
'ton at a cost of $40.00 per month,
who has brought order out of chaos,
and we think that there is no city of
our size that can boast of a prettier,
or more neatly kept cemetery than
ours. The parks, and public buildings
are well kept, and all the needed im¬
provements have been made, and paid
for during this administration. The
new road south of the city w r as open¬
ed, and the right of ways paid for,
and the underpass will soon be open¬
ed for traffic, adding some of the
greatest road benefits to the city that,
has ever been made in the history of
the city.
Remember that all of this and more
has been accomplished from the fund
of the floating indebtedness, and at
tbe same time the indebtedness lias
been reduced from $ 14 , 000,000 to
$8,000.00. None of these needed and
last improvements were made with
bond money. The bond money was
used for only permanent- improve
rner/s. In addition to the above
enumerated items of public expense,
there is the payment of teachers’ sal¬
aries that has to be met, which is
$6000.00 or more annually. This has
been met, and the city is ready to
meet this years’ school account.
As we see it, this has been a pro¬
gressive administration of the city’s
affairs, by men of business, who have
devoted their time and knowledge to
the proper administration the same
as if it were their own personal bus¬
iness, and we congratulate them on
the showings made in each and ev¬
ery department, and would suggest
that if the citizens would call at the
clerks’ office and examine liis neat
and correctly kept system, in which
cun be found every item of income
as well as of expense, there would
be far less kicking, and a great deal
more congratulations. Try it, and
let’s see the results.
The tax rate has been slightly re¬
duced this year and when all the tax¬
es are collected and applied they be¬
lieve the city will be practically clear
of a floating debt.
MR. E. L. KING PURCHASES
THOMPSON’S BUGGY BUSINESS
Mr. Edward L. King has purchased
the buggy, wagon and harness busi¬
ness from Mr. D. A. Thompson, and
has taken charge of the affairs of this
long established business.
Mr. King is well known to the peo¬
ple of this city and county and will
no doubt continue to do a large and
prosperous business. He will conduct
A ’ e business at the same stand where
it has been located for a number of
years, and will carry a full and com¬
plete stock of the several lines he
will handle. See his advertisement
in another column of today’s News.
MANY PROMINENT
DOCTORS HERE TODAY
EIGHTH DISTRICT MEDICAL SO¬
CIETY IN THEIR FIRST MEET¬
ING IN THIS CITY TODAY,
WEDNESDAY.
Today, Wednesday, the doctors of
the Eighth Congressional District are
holding their first meeting in this
city, and it is expected that there
will be somewhere in the neighbor¬
hood of sixty delegates to the con¬
vention.
The entertaining committee com¬
posed of Drs. Wm. D. Travis, Luke
Robinson and N. Z Anderson, have
been busy for the past several days
arranging the details for the meeting
and Tom all w r e can gather the visit¬
ing doctors will be royally entertained
while here. The morning ssesiom is
open to the public and a cordial in¬
vitation is extended the citizens to
meet the visitors at that time. Exer¬
cises will be held in the school audi¬
torium and will begin promptly at ten
o’clock.
An elegant barbecue has been plann¬
ed for the noon hour out at Hazel
brand where the party will be con¬
veyed in automobiles. After the ses¬
sion f n the afternoon it has been sug¬
gested, and in fact is one of the plai-S
for the day to take the entire party
cut on a ride in automobiles to see
the different places of interest around
the city. They will first go through
the principal part of town, out to Por
terdale and then over to Oxford and
back to the city. This will be a
pleasant feature for the visitors and
will let them see just what a good
country this is around Covington.
The committee of local doctors ap¬
preciate the willingness with which
those who contributed to the success
of the entertainment of the visitors,
and will deeply appreciate it if every
one who has promised the use of a
car to make the transfer to and from
the train, will also contribute the use
cf their machines to make the trip
to Porterdale and Oxford.
Following is program for the day:
Meet 10 a. m. School auditorium.
Prayer—Rev. John G. Logan.
Welcome address—Mayor Smith.
Response—Dr. J. It Robbins, ot
Silloam.
Address of prest.—Dr. T. J. Wills,
Washington.
Address—Dr. W. W. Pilcher, presi¬
dent Medical association of Georgia.
Address—Dr. W. C. Lyle, secretary
and treasurer Medical association of
Georgia.
“Prevention of Disease”—Dr. W. D.
Travis, Covington.
“Colies Fracture”’—Dr. W. B. Har¬
deman, chairman board of councillors.
Adjournment for Dinner, 1 p. m.
Afternoon Session.
“Tuberculosis, Diptheria and the
Microscope”—Dr. W. W. Brown,
Health Officer, Athens.
“Headache”—Dr. A. C. Holliday,
Athens.
Paper—Dr. T. B. Rice.
“Obstruction of the Bowels”—Dr.
3. W, Whiteside, Lavonia.
“Smallpox”—Dr. W. G. Hulme, of
Elberton.
“Maxillary Sinusitis”—Dr. J. C.
Bloomfield, Athens.
“The Relations Between Physicians
and Pharmacists”—R, H. Wilson, Ph.
G., professor of Pharmacy, University
of Georgia.
“The Use of Iodine in Surgeiy”—
Dr. I. H. 'Goss, Athens.
“Railway Surgery”—Dr. S. Revaud
Benedict, Athens.
“The Necessity of Healthy Mouths
in the Treatment and Prevention of
Diseases”—Dr. N. G. Slaughter,
Athens.
Library Hours.
The Library will be open from 3:30
to 5:00 during the fall.
ELEANOR HAYS, Librarian.
NEW BAKING MACHINERY
IS NOW MAKING BREAD
The new bread mixing machine and
other modern equipment in the Klean
Kitchen Bakers of this city has been
installed, and Mr. Smith, the proprie¬
tor, is turning out the best light bread
and cakes ever before produced by a
laker in this city.
He is using the very best materials
in the make-up of his products and
the class of goods he is turning out
is worthy of the patronage of the peo¬
ple of the entire section. He is al¬
ways adding modern methods to his
place and keeps in touch with the
best methods of production. He in¬
vites the public to call at his place
and see just how clean everything is
and the wholesomeness of the bread
he makes.
$1. A Year In Advance.
GOLD BEING TAKEN
FROM EAGLE MINE.
COL. J. F. HENDERSON RECEIVES
“GOLD BRICK” WITH A VAL¬
UE OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS.
The Eagle Mine at Edwardsburg,
Idaho, has passed the speculative
stage and at the present time the
yellow metal which for ages has been
the standard of all metals, is being
taken from the mine daily.
Col. J. F. Henderson, of this city,
who is president of the company, re¬
ceived Monday from the First Nation¬
al Bank of Idaho, a genuine gold
brick, made up of the metal from the
Eagle Mines. The “clean up” which
is taking place now is in full swing
and it is expected that a considera¬
ble amount of ore will be extracted.
The brick recevied by President Hen¬
derson is pure gold and is worth
in Uncle Sam’s coin precisely two
hundred dollars. Old miners of that
country claim that the Eagle is one
of the richest in that section of the
heavy gold producing country, and
Mr. Henderson states that the vein
they are now working gets richer
every foot they go.
This mine is equipped with the la¬
test devices for extracting the gold
ere from the diggings, and their as¬
say department has one of the latest
machines and full equipment of instru¬
ments for ascertaining the percentage
of metal per ton of dirt.
The news that the Eagle mines are
making good and that gold in paying
quantities—in fact, large quantities—
is being taken from it, will be met
with much interest in this section.
Among the officers of the company
this city has several. Col. J. F. Hen¬
derson is the president; Mr. M. G.
Turner is the treasurer, and several
othes of the stockholders hold differ¬
ent responsible offices in the com¬
pany. The Bank of Newton County
is the depository for the ere and met¬
als. Among the prominent stockhold¬
ers besides the above are Mr. Will
Edwards, formerly of this city, who
the general manager; Mr. N. S. Tur¬
ner, Mr Tom C. Swann, Mayor Geo.
TV Smith, and a number of other
prominent citizens of Covington and
Newton county.
The future progress of this mine
A Bank '■■ml
Account
Is A
Protection against mistakes, frauds and
needless spending. That is a big claim,
but we are fully prepared to substantiate
it if you will call at this bank. After you
have heard our proof we do not see how
ycu can fail to open an account at once.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - - $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits, $10,ooo.oo
We Invite Your Patronages
COTTON MARKET
As we go to press Tuesday
afetrnoon, cotton Is selling
in Covington at
111-2 CENTS.
ORPHANS’ HOME TO
BE REMEMBERED.
WORK DAY FOR THE ORPHANS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER FIFTH.
OFFERINGS TO BE RE¬
CEIVED SUNDAY.
Saturday, October 5th is work day
for our Orphan’s Home at Decatur.
If there has ever been a needy
cause in the world, this is it. Money
put here saves life.
Often we meet with people who
say most emphatically “I do not be¬
lieve in Foreign Missions; I believe
ir helping home enterprises.” Just
let us say, “here is your opportunity.
There are 275 now in our Orphan’s
Home. Winter soon be here; so let
us rise up and do something worth
while for this worthy cause.
We are asked to give one day’s
work—How sinalll this is, and yet
how great would be the aggregate if
every Methodist in the North Geor¬
gia Conference would make such a
contribution! Even Covington would
send in several hundred dollars.
Our church membership, so far, this
year, has contributed nothing, except
a very few who entribute monthly
to this cause. So we are expecting
a liberal offering on Sunday, Octoober
6th, not only from every Sunday
school pupil, but from every mem¬
ber of the Covington Methodist church
Let us help our children to make
some money for this christly institu¬
tion, and then let us, as parents, cal¬
culate as nearly as we pan, what our
daily aaverage income is and give it.
If you are working on a salary of
$1200.00 per year, divide by 365 and
you will have—to be exact—$3.28 to
give. A small amount for a cause
like this. So we shall expect you
either at the Sunday school or the
church service, Sunday morning, Oct.
6th, with a nice contribution. An of¬
fering will be taken at both services.
Fraternally,
R. P. LESTER, S. S. Supt.
JOHN G. LOGAN, Pastor.
Mr James W. Loyd, who is now
with Dobbs-Wey & Co., of Atlanta,
spent Sunday in Covington*
will be watched with interest by those
directly interested and also by the
people of this section generally.
