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{g||H CLUB WILL ”
hold big show,
OCTOBER TWENTY-FIFTH HAS
been SELECTED BY THE
CLUB FOR HAVING BIG
EXHIBITION here.
meeting of the Newton County
‘ corn Club was held in the eourt
s the session was
lie Sa'urday, and
enthusiastic one.' Mr. J- K
riles" ver y of the corn
who has charge
lbs of Georgia was instructive present talk and
made the boys a very
was decided at this meeting that
It held by the club will
the sh ow to he
ke place in Covington on October
„
oh ?n d it is expected that a large
'her of exhibits will be made by
the members. The club has enrolled
.something over fifty hoys, and most
of them will have exhibits. At toe
meeting arrangements were also
njj'e for measuring the ground and
held of toe patches of the boys who
ompeting for the prizes in this
-rnty. to
h is the purpose of the club
take the show day one of interest
lthe way through, and to this end
was decided Saturday that every
rmer in Newton county be invited
,d urged to made an exhibit of some
ing grown on his farm. Mr. J. Z.
ihnson, farm demonstrator for New
e county, has under his supervis
e thirty farms having demonstra
)n patches, and he assures Presi
,nt Charles King, of the corn club,
at each of these farmers will make
Mbits at the corn show. There will
so be exhibits from the state ed¬
ge of agriculture at Athens.
There is no reason why the corn
MOW this year in this county should
; be one of the best ever held in
s section. The boys who have the
dies have all made good yields,
1 their exhibits which will be ten
■g of corn and the best stalk grown
them will be interesting in itself,
I if the farmers of the county will
ke their exhibits of the different
ducts grown by them, toe show
II be one of interest from start to
ish. At Hayston last year they
d a community fair and those who
v it proclaimed it ,o be one of the
st of its kind they had ever seen,
ssident King urges that those
o had exhibits there also bring
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Cowigtott WttP a I
ALMON MAI) HAS
narbow escape.
ZELMA RAY IN ATTEMPTING TO
BOARD CENTRA,. 1 PAIN IS
THRotfVN TO .'POUND,
CONDITION SERICUS.
Saturday morning, when the Cen¬
tral train from Macon arrived in the
city and was backing into the siding,
young Zelma Kay, of Almon, attemp¬
ted to board it, and was thrown to
toe ground, the journal of one of the
trucks striking him in the back, tear¬
ing several ribs loose from his spine,
and othrewise injuring him.
From what we can learn Mr. Ray
was attempting to get on the steps
of the coach next to the rear one
and the speed with which the train
was moving jerked his hold of the
iail ing loose and threw him between
the two coaches In falling one of
tre journals struck him in the back
with toe above stated results.
Mr. Ray was taken to Atlanta Sun
cay and is now in a very serious con¬
dition in a hospital in that city.
His many friends in this county are
hopeful that he will recover entirely
f'-om the effects of his accident.
PREACHING AT BAPTIST
CHURCH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
W.e are requested to announce that
Rev. W. E. Roberts will occupy toe
pulpit at the Baptist church this,
Wednesday, evening, at 7:30 o'clock,
end the public generally is extended
a cordial invitation to be present and
hear him. Rev Mr. Roberts is now
the pastor of the church at Bruns¬
wick, but was called to the pastorate
of the church in this city recently.
He has not yet accepted the call, but
will probably give +l »e church here a
definite answer during his visit to
our city this week.
Mr. Roberts was at one time pastor
of the Baptist church at Monroe and
while there he made many friends
through this section who aire hoping
he will decide to accept the call here.
them to Covington on the twenty
fifth of October, and show them with
the boys corn exhibits.
The complete details of the show
have not yet been made hut as soon
as they are arranged the entire list
will be given in The News.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Oct. 2, 1912.
MAYOR DELIVERS THE
WELCOME ADDRESS,
GIVES A RATHER UNIQUE, BUT
ALSO VERY HEARTY WEL
TO THE VISITING DOC¬
TORS LAST WEEK.
Mayor George T. Smith delivered
o very unique address of welcome to
the Eighth District Medical Socie /,
»vhich met here last Wednesday. Wi
reproduce it in full bfew:
Gentleman of toe Eighth Congress¬
ional Medical Society:
When I was requested by one of
our prominent physicians to deliver
an address of welcome to this distin¬
guished body of learned and scientif¬
ic visitors, I was asked to make a
SHORT address of welcome. The next
day I chanced to meet another one
of our doctors, and he said are you
going- to make us a SHORT address of
welcome? That evening still another
doctor strolled into my store and said
“glad to know that you are going to
make a SHORT address of welcome.”
The next day our local paper came
out announcing this important occa¬
sion, and mentioned the fact that I
was to offer a SHORT address of
welcome. By that time, I had al¬
most decided to get sick on this date
(as my address might not be SHORT
enough) and request our mayor-pro
tem, Mr. Everitt, to take my place.
On reflection I decided that an un¬
dertaker welcoming a body of physi¬
cians to town might look suggestive
Then I thought of appealing to the
chairman of the City Council’s most
important committee, Dr. Luke Rob¬
inson, but that might look like a
partnership affair. So I prevailed on
another councilman, Dr. Hopkins, and
he said no, that won’t do, 1 am chair¬
man of the cemetery committee.
That might be suggestive, just go
ahead yourself; a druggist welcoming
doctors is all right—just make it
SHORT.
And so I wish to make up for the
shortness of my address with the
warmth and heartiness of it.
In behalf of the citizens of Cov¬
ington, it affords me very great .pleas
ure to welcome to our city so dis¬
tinguished a body of men; men of
science; men of brains; men of nerve
men of heart. You represent one of
the great professions, second only
to one, and that the ministry of the
gospel.
To your care and skill is intrusted
the bringing into the world infant
life. What a privilege to he able to
look into the face of a fond mother
and say, “yours is a perfect child,”
and as that child grows, it must meet
many obstructions to its health, yours
is the hand that must safely guide it
through these dangerous periods, your
hand that must gently soothe its
feverish brow or perchance your hand
that must grasp the surgeons’ knife,
and with nerve and skill carve in to
its very vitals in an effort to save its
life. There are many pleasant anti
many unpleasant duties connected
with your work. To your lot often
falls the unpleasant and sad duty of
saying to the anxious watchers “there
is no hope, your loved one must die.”
Then again J here is joy in being able
to say to the weary watchers, “the
crisis is past, your loved one will
live.” Often it is your hand that
holds steady toe foot steps of one
whose feet are touching the shore of
an unknown land, and I imagine that
many times you have offered a silent
prayer to Almighty God to spare the
life of the suffering patient.
You see sickness, suffering, pover¬
ty and squallor in all its hideousness,
the skeleton in the closet as it were,
but you must put on a smiling face,
and enter every sick room with a
bright smile, and a cheery word for
every patient_ You are often per¬
mitted to share in the joys and the
hopes of the young and the sorrows
of toe old, therefore it takes men
of brains, men of nerve, men of
heart, to fill your station in life.
What a sacred calling is yours, all
honor to the men of such opportuni¬
ties. May your stay in our nrdst be
as pleasant as is our pleasure at hav¬
ing had you with us. May your meet¬
ing prove helpful to you and pour pro¬
fession'.
Covington Automobile Notes.
With the advent of the arrival of
Mr. O’Neill F. Berry in Covington,
we have prospects of an added in
dustry to the commercial enterprise
Of our town.
Mr. Berry has for a past number
of years made a pactical study of toe
automobile industry, keeping pace
with toe ever increasing improve¬
ments and methods of repair'ng and
STRONG APPEAL IS
MADE FOR ORPHANS.
SPECIAL EXERCISES AT METHO¬
DIST CHURCH NEXT 'SUN¬
DAY MORNING AT THE
SUNDAY SCHOOL HOUR,
Superintendent R. P. Lester of the
Methodist Sunday School has request¬
ed us to announce that there will be
special exercises at the regular Sun¬
day School hour next Sunday, Octo¬
ber sixth. The orphans’ work day
has been .set for Friday toe fifth,
and a collection will also be taken
in the churches Sunday.
Of all the charites of the church
we consider that of toe orphans the
most worthy of all. Covington "has
heretofore been very liberal to this
cause and we hope they will do fully
as much, or more, than in previous
years. Superintendent Lester ex¬
tends in behalf of the Sunday school
a cordial invitation to the public to
attend these special exercises.
The Decatur Orphans’ Home has
sent the press the following letter;
“(Forty applications for admission
from all over North Georgia, were
acted upon by toe trustees of one
home the last of September and
about one half of them were accept¬
ed. What were the conditions? Full
orphans; widows; deserted mothers;
children of craey fathers; absolute
destitution.
“If one home had forty, think of
the numbers the twenty-five homes
had. )
“Few of the Orphans’ Homes have
been built like the Southern Or¬
phans’ Homes. Dr. Jacobs, of Clin¬
ton, S C., built his for 25 children.
The Decatur Home built theirs for 20
children, and others have built on
the same plan. The value of the
small cottages is that it gives the ma¬
tron time to deal with her children
properly.
There are no Orphans’ Homes in
heathen lands except where the spir¬
it of Christ has reached them. The
ancients had no orphanages, but they
turned the feeble-minded children out
to the dogs to be eaten up or to be
adopted by some one for vile pur¬
poses.
“They are doing God’s work wise¬
ly and are dependent upon the pub¬
lic for provisions and clothing and
schooling and everything. The high
prices have driven 40 applications for
admission at one trustees’ meeting.
This shows the need.
“Please let every one help on
Work Day, October 5th, and send
their gifts to any Home either di¬
rectly or through the Sunday school
on the sixth.”
MEDICAL SOCIETY ELECTS
DR. TRAVIS PRESIDENT.
At the election of officers of the
Eighth District Medical Society which
met In this city last Wednesday, Dr.
Wan. D. Travis of Covington ♦.'as se¬
lected by the members as its presi¬
dent for the nex f term.
Before the new arrangement plac¬
ing Covington in the Eighth district,
Dr. Travis was the secretary of the
Fifth district medical society.
Dr. Travis is quite popular with the
medical profession, and his reputa¬
tion is more than state wide.
Covington appreciates the honor
bestowed upon Dr. Travis, and feels
that toe society will have an able and
competent man at its head.
Dr. Travis succeeds Dr. T. J. Wills
of Washington.
Library Hours.
The Library will be open from 3:30
to 5:00 during the fall.
ELEANOR HAYS, Librarian.
remodeling of motor cars from a
scientific standpoint.
In connection with these foregoing
facts we axe pleased to announce the
partnership formed between Mr. Z.
R. Wilson, of the Covington Plumbing
& Machine Works, and Mr. Berry
for the conducting of an automobile
repair shop to be run on a basis
equal in workmanship and service to
any large garage in the country.
Mr. Wilson is well known in our
community for the expert and refined
machine work rendered by him. We
have no doubt, that, combined with
Mr. Berry’s practical knowledge of
automobiles, motor cycles and gas
engines, the new partnership will af¬
ford Covington the benefits, only ob¬
tained by the automobile faction in
our larger cities, and we join in
wishing them all success in their en¬
terprise. ***
LIVE STOCK SHOW
FRIDAY, THE FOURTH,
EXPECTED THAT A LARGE NUM¬
BER OF JERSEYS, HOGS AND
OTHER PEDIGREED CAT¬
TLE WILL BE HERE.
The Newton County Live Stock As¬
sociation will hold their annual show
on the lot near the Central depot in
this city next Friday, October 4to,
and from present indications it will
be one of the best yet held by this
association.
It is their custom every year to
hold an annual exhibition of the thor¬
oughbred stock, hogs and cattle of
t’ e county, and their shows have al¬
ways heretofore attracted the atten¬
tion of many of the breeders from all
over this and surrounding states. The
exhibits this year will be as good, in
many instances better, than has been
seen heretofore, and the quality is all
that could be desired.
Activity in the breeding of thor¬
oughbred stock has been keenly alert
in Newton county during the past
several years and we have breeders
who have a national reputation as
leaders in their special lines. At the
state fair at Macon last year Newton
county breeders took the largest end
of the prize money over the entire
state, and they .are getting ready to
go after them again this season. At
the show Friday will be seen as good
Jerseys, Berkshire's, Pexcheron hors¬
e's, Devon cattle and other varieties
of live stock as the class of those of
the big shows.
President Henry Odum of the asso¬
ciation is anxious that everyone who
owns a thoroughbred of any kind to
enter it in the show here Friday. The
object of the association is to promote
interest in the industry in this sec¬
tion and each one of the members
urges the people of the county to en¬
ter their specimens, and also come
out to the show Friday.
A number of out of town breeders
will be here from all over the state,
and the show is expected to be one
of toe best yet. The judging will be
done by an expert from the state col¬
lege of agriculture.
Mr. S. A. Garrett, of Lithonda, was
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Morti¬
mer Hays, for the week-end.
A Bank
Account
Is The
Keystone in any system of legitimate
business. It prevents disputes, increases
credits, and improves standing in the busi¬
ness world. An account here will save
ycu lots of worry, lots of time and actual
money too. Why not open one and be
a real business man?
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL $ 100 , 000.00
Surplus and Profits, $10,ooo.oo
=We Invite Your Patronage. 1
COTTON MARKET
As w» go to press Tuesday
afetrnoon, cotton Is selling
in Covington at
111-4 CENTS.
$1. A Year In Advance.
JURORS DRAWN FOR
THE JANUARY TERM
FIRST TERM SUPERIOR COURT
UNDER NEW PLAN WILL BE
HELD ON FIRST MONDAY
IN JANUARY.
The first regular January term of
Newton Superior Court will be held
on the first Monday \ January next,
and the jurors who will serve at that
time were selected by his honr, Judge
L. S. Roan at the close of the Sep¬
tember term.
After the abolishment of the city
court in this county the people felt
the need of more than two terms of
the superior court and the executive
committee and grand jury of March
term asked that such laws be enact¬
ed as would make the change legal.
Representative Foster introduced and
had passed and the first session of
the court will be held in January.
The other terms will be held in
March, July and September. The
grand jury will only convene at the
March and September terms as has
been the custom heretofore.
There will be a number of inter¬
esting cases up for trial at the Jan¬
uary term, jus the suits against the
Central Georgia Power company filed
here last week will come up for trial
at that time.
Following is the traverse jury list
fo that term:
J. W. Peek, W. C. Harper, C. E.
Fisher, W. J. Cook, W. H. Ivey, J.
L. Coggins, F. R. Porter, H. D. Ter¬
rell, T. C. Cowan, L. M. Sigman, C.
W. Berry, E. M. Hays, W, H. Odum,
E. O. Aiken, A. H. Milner, C. E.
Patrick, H. T. Pickett, P. W. God¬
frey, N P. Smith, C. D. Barnett, J.
J. Kitchens, A. C. Belcher, S. S.
Starr, R. H. Cowan, E. L King, J.
E. Phillips, S. R. Thompson, A. S.
Hays, G. B. Crenshaw, J. N. Epps,
J. H. Arnold, Harvey E. Hays, J. T.
Smith, R. H. Bird, G. W. Hawkins,
W. N. Bloke.
HORSE SWAPPERS HERE ON
TUESDAY PLYING TRADE.
Since the city lifted the lid in so
far as it applied to swapping horses
inside the city limits, those who like
this diversion come quite regularly on
big days. Yesterday saw quite a few
of theme here and many trades were
made.
