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IV. NO. 50
. HUGH WHITE
DIEO ONJHURSMT
est citizen of county, at
ninety-seven years of
age passed away on
THURSDAY LAST.
Hugh White, one of the best
x prominent citizens
wn and most
Tewtou county, died at the home
son. Mr. Charles H. White in
city ea/l> Thursday morning, af
an illness of five or six weeks.
r white was the oldest citizen
r time of
the county, being at the
death ninety-six years of age in
month of last Majrch.
or a long number of years Mr.
ite had lived a useful and exem
y life in Newton county, and up
4 few months ago he had resided
old home place at White’s
■ s in *’ e southern part of the
n ty. He had lived a very active
during all the years of h ; s
e and
deuce among our people he was
-ys found on the right side of
-lions of public interest, lending
influence to the best interests of
people.
r. White was horn in Ireland, but
to this country at the age of
he years with his parents, who
t located in Charleston, S. C., and
->r moved to Georgia, locating in
county where he spent the re
der of his life. Having the true
jets of the Irish people he was
that open-hearted disposition in
circumstances, which won for him
lasting friendship of everyone,
r. White was a remarkable man
many ways. Besides having lived
-jtyeevea years more than hie
toed three score and ten, he was
possessor of a remarkable mind
memory, which he retained up to
hin a short time before his death,
was an interesting talker, and a
courteous and affable gentle
He was a true scholar of the
school, so fast disappearing in
south.
Four children survive Mr. White:
Charles H. White of -this city,
. Alice Aiken of this city, and
. A’" ±a Wright and Mrs Ada
en of Stewart. Besides his chil
n Mr. White leaves a number of
ives and a large circle of friends
mourn his death.
e funeral occurred Friday mom
alt the residence < * Mr. and Mrs.
MANY a man has been held down when
opportunity knocked loudly at his door,
just because he had not the means to carry
out her commands.
Many a genius has been compelled to
step aside and watch some other man, in¬
ferior in intellect and calibre, march on
ahead, just because he had not saved his
money.
Take possession of that key today—insert
mto a bank book and open an account
a * nis bank. Then, when the Opportuni¬
it. ty comes to you, you will be ready to meet
IRST NATIONAL BANK
i). A. CATHEY Cashier
are Steadily Growing-Come and Grnw With us.
Coi'huiton
CHICKEN SHOW IS
STIRRING THINGS UP
SECRETARY PEEK IS RECEIVING
MANY INQUIRIES ABOUT THE
BIG COVINGTON LOVING
CUP SHOW.
Interest continues to be shown in
the big poultry show to be held in
this city beginning an Thanksgiving
Day and continuing for three days.
All the preliminary details have been
completed and Secretary Ernest L.
Peek is receiving daily requests for
premium lists and entry blanks from
people from all sections of Georgia,
and allso from some of the largest
poultry men in -the country.
The show which will be held under
the auspices of the Newton County
Poultry Association, will be decidedly
the biggest undertaking ever at¬
tempted by a -small city in the south.
The officers and members of this as¬
sociation have left -nothing undone
which will lead to the success of the
exhibition, and from alii appearances
at the present time, it will be as
good as the shows in Atlanta and
Augusta during the season. * The fact
that twenty handsome silver c-ups,
besides + he cash prizes and ribbons
which are to be awarded -the winners
will bring many birds to our show
this year that will be almost start¬
ling to the people of Newton county.
The show will very probably be
held in the large budding now occu¬
pied by Mr. R. E. Everitt, and it is
expected that it will be well filled
with the very choicest of the fine
pedigreed chickens. *• pecially will
the exhibits of the luvci fanciers be
good, as they are all better posted
and have better stale than they
have ever had befo.'*. They seem
determined to stay * iglit up at the
top of the lancy breeding ladder and
this year marks an unusual
in the quality of their flocks.
Remember the date and boost the
biggest poultry show ever held in
middle Georgia.
If you haven’t paid that dollar
subscription to the News, let
have it. We need the money.
C. H. White. Rev. Mr. Ellenwood
Atlanta conducting the services,
ter which the interment took
at Red Oak, in the -southern part
the county.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Nov. 13, 1912.
MASS MEETING FOR
FAIR ORGANIZATION
FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER
WILL BE THE DATE FOR
HOLDING BIG AND IN
TERESTING MEETING.
The date for holding a -big mass
meeting for the purpose of organiz¬
ing a Fair Association for Newton
county has been set for Saturday,
December 7, at 10 o’clock, a. m. in
the court ro^in in this city. Every
person in the county who is at all
interested Hi the development of our
agricultural and industrial advantages
is urged and expected to be present.
Following the winnings of Newton
county breeders at the state fair in
Macon, and the unusual exhibits at
the corn show in this city a few days
ago, interest .along these lines has
been awakened to our advantages in
no small degree, and it -is freely pre¬
dicted *’'at there will be no -trouble
whatever in organizing a fair asso¬
ciation in December.
County School Superintendent J. 01
Martin was first to spring the coun¬
ty fair idea, and during -the past sev¬
eral weeks he has talked to many
of the progressive citizens of the
county, finding them in practically
every instance strongly in favor of
a permanent fair association. Differ¬
ent ideas, of course, will be found
as to w -the organization can be
perfected and operated, and it . <r i for
the purpose of getting at the bes-t
method that the meeting will be held
on the first Saturday in December.
^robably the most popular plan yet
mentioned v ill be to make of it a
stock company, with the shares scat¬
tered throughout -the county, there¬
by keeping up interest from year -to
year. It is certain that if -the fair
each year is proper’y managed that
tt will pay dividends on the invest¬
ment, therby removing it from -the
charitable class and making of it a
solid and safe investment.
An annual fair held in -this city
would do more -than any other one
thing to promote -the interests of
Newton county. To begin with it
would be the mean® of attracting
people from other sections to our
natural agricultural advantages, and
it would a’so bring about a s-pirit of
good-natured rivalry which is abso¬
lutely necessary to progress.
Let every progressive citizen in
Newton county meet Mr. Martin on
the above date. Without your coop¬
eration nothing will come of the plan
and like many other things started
here before it w-ill be allowed to die.
This must not be the case with -the
fair idea. In fact so many have al¬
ready pledged their support and in¬
fluence f at it is practically certain
o f accomplishment
COVINGTON LADIES TO
BUILD A CLUB-HOUSE
HANDSOME NEW BUILDING WILL
BE ERECTED ON LOT NOW
OCCUPIED BY THE COV¬
INGTON LIBRARY.
The Woman’s Club has decided to
build a club house and plans to Ms
effect are being made. This decis¬
ion does not mean -that the Coving¬
ton Library w r ill be abandoned but
that it will be merged into a Club
Library, *o,* ilbrary work will contin¬
ue to be a leading idea with Cov¬
ington Cluo women.
Although the club members worked
hard for a Carnegie library and failed
to arouse enthusiasm for this meas¬
ure, they were not daunted by fail¬
ure, but began at once to discuss
the possibilities of a city library.
They found upon investigation that
this is an unpropitious time for an
effort of that nature. Therefore, tir¬
ing of delays and seeing no prospects
of a change in the situation, they
have settled the matter by deciding
on their own initiative to build a
club house.
It will, of course, be a number of
months before the club will be in a
position to begin work on their new
home. They hope to raise money
for their building through entertain¬
ments, etc., and naturally this means
their financial condition will improve
slowly. The Covington public has
j been generous to patronize their ef¬
forts in the past and the ladies will
! greatly appreciate a continued gen
! erosity. The club women are still
working for civic improvement and
the general good of the city and
their club house idea is by no means
to be interpreted as a selifsh move¬
ment.
MANY APPLICANTS
FOR POSTOFFICE HERE
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY WILL
CAUSE WARM SCRAMBLE
FOR THE COVINGTON
postoffice.
The election of a democratic pres¬
ident will, all over the country, bring
out many applicants for government
positions. Especially will this be true
of postoffices.
From all indications Coving-ton will
not be behind the procession in the
number of applicants for the office
here, if the number increases during
present week like it did last. Al¬
ready there are about fifteen appli¬
cants, both avowed and being groom¬
ed for the race.
Those who are already in the run¬
ning and whose names have been
prominently mentioned by their
friends are- Mr. Edward Heard,
Miss Annie Perry, Mr. I W. Mead¬
ors, Mr. J. H. Carroll, Mr. John L.
Callaway, Mr. W. B. R. Pennington,
Mr A. S. Fowler, Mrs. Irwin Proc
Mrs. Annie Wooten, Mr. J. S. Peek,
Mr. Fields Taylor, Mr. Lemuel D.
King, Mr. Car-1 Smith, and we under¬
stand a few others whose names we
failed to get.
The fact that -the present encum¬
bent’s time does- not expire until in
April 1914., does not seem to deter
the applicants in their lining up their
friends for the appointment, and prac¬
tically every citizen in the county
has had the opportunity of endors¬
ing some one of the applica "’s pe¬
titions.
Postmaster Bush, who has filled
the office fo r the past twelve years,
takes the defeat of the Republican
party very good naturedly, and if
one had only his geniad smile to go
by they would think the “Major” had
a life-time job in the office. In fact,
he seems to be in the best humor
possible, and the fact that he
not be re-appointed at the expira¬
tion of his commission does
bother him in the least, and he
having the time of his life
the others ir their race for it.
Just who the fortunate one will
in securing the appointment is
this time a question, and there
absolutely no way of deeidng on
successful - applicant. The
heretofore has been for the
of the plum to secure the endorse¬
ment of the leaders in politics who
in turn would indorse him to
United States senator, who in turn
would recommend that the
make the appointment. In the
pointment of the postmaster for
ington Senator Hoke Smith will prob¬
ably be the one who names him.
The outcome of the race w-ill
watched with interest by people all
over the county.
NEGRO HOUSE BURNS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
TOO FAR FROM WATER MAINS
TO MAKE CONNECTIONS
WITH THE HOSE AND
IT BURNED RAPIDLY.
Thursday afternoon the negro
in which Tom Hudson lived, near
old Corley home, was destroyed
fire, and practically all the contents
with it. The fire originated from a
defective stove flue, and the flames
spread all over the house in a short
time, owing to the strong wind which
was blowing at the time.
The distance from the city water
mains being so great it was impos¬
sible for the fire department to ex¬
tinguish the fire, although they all
responded promptly and did all that
could be done under the circumstan¬
ces.
The ho- se belonged to Owen
colored, w' o lost his home on Wash¬
ington street two years ago by fire.
The house was insured for a small
amount.
PAVING DELAYED ON ACCOUNT
OF SECURING CRUSHED STONE
Paving on the street crossings by
the city around the public square is
delayed indefinitely on account
the inability to get crushed stone,
which forms a large part of the com¬
position of making the paving.
The city has had the order for
the stone in the hands of crushers
for several weeks, but they are so
far behind with their orders that
will very probably be so late that
the work will be delayed until
spring, as cement will crumble and
break If the slightest freeze
it while It green.
WILSON PILED UP
TERRIFIC MAJORITY
ONLY ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
VOTES POLLED AGAINST
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
LAST WEEK.
Complete returns from all over
Newton county in the presidential
election of last Tuesday show that
of the 941 votes polled in Newton
county only one hundred and one
were cast for other than the demo¬
cratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson.
The Socialist ticket failed to se¬
cure a single vote in this county,
and the National Prohibitionists got
one. The Bull Moose crowd man¬
aged to poll 43 and the Stand Pat
Republicans polled 57.
This vote was very flattering to
the Democrats who were afraid that
te Bull Moose would get more than
they did. .
Following is the vote in this coun¬
ty for the different ticket® in the
field and the amendment® to the
Constitution which were voted on at
the same time:
Democratic ticket,........840
Republican ticket......... 57
Progressive ticket,........ 43
Prohibition ticket,........ 1
Socialist ticket,.......... 0
Congress!—S. J. Tribble..... 863
For amendment of Constitution
authorizing Judges of Superior
Courts to grant charter® in va¬
cation, ................605
Against amendment of Consti¬
tution authorizing Judges of Su¬
perior Courts to grant charters in
vacation,.............. 72
In favor of the ratification of
the amendment to the Constitu¬
tion creating the County of
Wheeler, with the town of Ala
ma as the county site,......523
Opposed lO the ratification of
the amendment to the Constitu¬
tion creating the County of
Wheeler, with the town of Ala
ma a® the county site,......123
For ratification of amendment
of Article 7, Section 2, Paragraph
2, of *he Constitution of this
State (for authorizing the Gen¬
eral Assembly to exempt from
taxation farm products,) .. .. 649
Against ratifeation of above
amendment to the Constitution 58
A Bank
Book Is
The
Despair of the enterprising burglar. It
isn’t worth a cent to him after all his
trouble. If you had an account at the
Bank of Covington you could snap your
fingers at the whole burglar fraternity.
You’d never suffer the grief the keq>his
money-in-the-house-fellow often exper¬
iences. It shouldn’t take much thinking
to make you open an account at once.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL $ 100 , 000.00
Surplus and Profits, $10,ooo.oo
We Invite Your Patronage . 1
Advertise—
For Results—
Through The News Columns
$1. A Year In Advance.
INTERESTING CASE
IN SUPERIOR COURT
TRAYLOR-LUNSFORD SUIT WAS
FILED IN MARCH 1910, AND
HAS BEEN TO SUPREME
COURT TWICE.
One of he longest and hardest
fought civil cases in a Newton coun¬
ty court in years is that of Thos. E.
Scott, trustee in Bankruptcy of E. C.
Traylor, colored, and E. C. Traylor vs
Mr. C. C. Lunsford and others.
This case was filed in the Newton
Superior Court in March, 1910, where
it was tried twice. It has also been
tried by the Supreme court twice, and
is back in Newton court for the third
time, and it is not likely that this
will be the end of it yet.
The case involves 154 acres of land
which was originally owned by the
late George B. Stanton, of this coun¬
ty, who sold it to E. C. Traylor, who
made a payment on it. It is set forth
that he failed to comply with his
agreement and Mr_ Stanton then sold
it outright to Mr. C. C. Lunsford.
This suit by Thos. E. Scott, trustee
for E. C. Traylor, is to regain pos¬
session of the land. Mr. Lunsford,
however, holds some kind of legal
paper which has so far kept the title
to him.
At the present time the clerk has
on record 265 pages of type-written
matter relative to the case, contain¬
ing more than one hundred thousand
words. The weight of the paper used
for this matter is six pounds, and is*
the largest ever placed on record in
this county.
It is a case which has attracted
the attention of people all over the
state and 1lie final outcome will be
watched with interest.
Notice to Corn Club Boys.
An 1 important meeting of the Club
will be held in my office next Satur¬
day at 10 o’clock. Be present if
possible. Also all other boys who
desire to join. Respectfully,
J. O. MARTIN, C. S. S.
FORr SALE.—50 bushels of Wheat at
$1.65 per bushel. 300 bushels of
Select Appier Oats at 75 cents per
bushel. Guaranteed to be pure and
sound. EVERGREEN FARM,
G. C. Adams, proprietor, near Mans¬
field, Ga—2t.
