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COVINGTON, GA., NOV. 20, 1912.
They do say that there is not even
standing room at the pie counter!
The ice man is taking his annua,
siesta, but the coal man is right on
the job.
m he h-nting season opens today,
and many a quail will grace a piece
of toast tomorrow morning.
Most people go to the picture
show to see pictures and not to
look at the back of a picture hat.
Dope for one of the best bank ad¬
vertisements possible could be ob¬
tained as a result of a recent catas¬
trophe in this county.
It is said that William J. is wear¬
ing his broadest smile. If his smile
is as big in proportion as Bryan, is a
man, it is a whopper!
Christmas is less than six weeks
off and none of us will be ready for
at when it comes. It would be the
same way, however, if it only came
once ini ten years.
Covington has the best equipped
business bouses of any town in the
south with anywhere near the same
population. And yet, few of us ap¬
preciate this as we should.
The scramble for pie all over the
country is attaining larger propor¬
tions every day. It’s a long time un¬
til the fourth of March, and the sus¬
pense in many cases will be intense.
About the only thing which has not
nearly doubled in price during the
past few years is the weekly news¬
paper. It remains the same, but the
game is getting to be mighty stren¬
uous!
In the death of the ex-Gov. Joseph
M. Terrell in Atlanta Sunday, Geor¬
gia loses one of its most prominent
and loved statesmen. lie was indeed
close to the hearts of many Georgians
who will 'eel keenly his death.
The county fair interest is grbwing
every day and it is believed that by
the first Saturday in December, the
date for holding the mass meeting,
that there will ! e no trouble in car¬
rying the idea to a successful culmi¬
nation.
An extraordinary session of con¬
gress will be convened just as soon
as the new president is inaugurated
on March 4. The tariff question and
pledges of reduction made during
the campaign will be taken up imme¬
diately.
Many of our progrsesive farmers
are already making preparations to
sow a "arge amount of grain during
this and next month. The fact that
the price of cotton is advancing is
not sufficent to deter them from their
plans either.
President Taft has said that he be¬
lieves the election of Woodrow Wil¬
son will be the means of bringing the
north and south closer together than
It has ever been since the war. This
is one time when Mr. Taft has spoken
a great truth.
The cotton crop in the county has
been nc^ -< u gathered. The esti¬
mate of many of the business men
of this city is that only about sixty
per cent of the amount made last
year will be made this season. The
price is 'airly good, but as usual, it
failed to gain much until after the
bulk of the crop had left the hands
of the producer.
In making changes in the tariff the
democrats would do well to realize
that they have at least four years
in which to make the necessary re¬
ductions. It will be hurtful to the
business interests to upset them too
much at one time and before mature
deliberation over the matter. Too
much haste will very likely result in
a tariff equally as unsatisfactory as
the one we now have.
Rev, John G. Logan, pastor of the
First Methodist church and one of
the best preachers in the North Ga.
Conference, left yesterday to attend
the annual session of that body. Mr.
l<ogan has been pastor of the church
here only one year, but during that
time he has endeared himself to his
people and won the confidence of
the people generally. The
couP not do better than to return
him, that he may finish the work he
has gained such headway here.
| SO BAD AFTER ALL.
NOT
That the cotton crop is short in
this sec 1 ’on is a too evident fact.
Some farmers report a half,
two-thirds and sonic
of a crop as''compared to laist year.
Striking an average, and not allow¬
ing anything for the propensity to
underestimate a short crop, we may
safely say that the yield this year
will be two-thirds what it was last.
If the unusually favorable season
now prevailing for opening and gath¬
ering the top crop should continue
for a week or so longer it might
raise the amount to three-fourths.
But under the selling and other
conditions this shortage is nothing
to be “blue" over. We must con¬
sider that ii bis estimate is based on
the crop of last year, which was a
record-breaker as to yield per acre;
then' we have had as favorable a fall
for gathering as was ever known, so
that the crop could be gathered with
least extra expense and there have
been no weather conditions to dam¬
age the staple; but best of all to off¬
set the shortage of the crop is the
price that is being paid and which
has been paid since the opening of
the season. Buyers tell us that quo¬
tations have ruled pretty consistent¬
ly all during this season one-fourth
higher than at corresponding dates
last year, ard th_ p’ospeci and pre¬
diction now is that they will do bet¬
ter than that for ibe rest of the
season.
So it would seem that things are
not so bad as they would seem after
all. \V«i v, ould that the} were not
such as c-;. make our farmer friends
even, imagine that things are not go¬
ing the best in the v. n Ir with them,
but we don’t want to see them un¬
duly despondent and discouraged.
Granting that the crop is two
thirds short, as is most generally the
estimate, we have then been saved
the expense of gathering, ginning
and marketing the lacking one third;
then if we get one-fourth more in
price it ought to bring us out about
even as lo net proreeds from the
crop as compared to last year, and
that a really phenomenal year as to
returns from the top crop.
There is another feature in con¬
nection with a short crop that is
worthy of consideration. When ev¬
erything looks promising too many
of us are apt to forget prudence.
We “go wild” so to speak and make
obligations beyond even the bright
promise. The prospect even from
the planning of this crop haven’t
been such as to make us do this this
year. Everybody has been prudent
to more or less extent and we see
no reason why this crop, with the
above conditions taken into account,
ought not to leave the country at
large in as good, if not better, finan¬
cial fix as did the big crop of last
year.
At the worst there is no cause for
despondency. Even if matters are
not as good as we make them out
above, they could be a whole lot
worse and yet nobody starve to death
or really even suffer. All that is
necessary to keep anybody from be¬
ing even embarrassed by the condi¬
tions is for everybody to be consid¬
erate and do the right as they see it.
If it is so that all obligations cannot
be met promptly go to the man you
owe and t T 1 him so and assure him
that you w -, l do the best you can—
and do it.
We repeat that we would if we
could ave things eminently better
for our farmers and all dependent
upon them, but we cannot see it
that we are in such a deplorable con¬
dition ?s one would make it appear.
Fact Is ,e we view the conditions
through optimistic instead of pessi¬
mistic eyes we are getting along fine,
thank you, and we’ll keep on doing
so.—Oglethorpe Echo.
THE AGENT AND PEDDLER.
The Thomas county grand jury
that county “year after year infested
with peddlers of almost every
tion, selling what is claimed as medi¬
cines, pictures, sewing machines, fur¬
niture, clothing, ect., to negr es and
some white people, charging
prices for their wares and taking
mortgages and notes in payment
for. We find further that in the fall
of the year the peddlers or their con¬
cern send around collectors and that
the latter greatly disturb the farm la¬
bor by their proceedings to the disor¬
ganization of business and financial
injury and loss to our citizens. We
hold that this is not. a legitamate bus¬
iness, and recommend .that our coun¬
ty commissioners increase the license
for such peddlers so as to make it if
possible prohibitive.”
Thomas county is not alone in this
particular. Every spring and summer
various smooth-tongued agents and
peddlers systematically canvass Ter¬
rell county, sell their stuff at exhor
bitant prices and return in the fall
and make their collections Every
year these people take out of Terrell
county many thousand dollars for
which they give ,no adequate return,
and if those who patronize them will
not for their own welfare refuse to
be victimized, some plau should bede
vised to stop the operations of these
leeches in order that the money they
take away may be kept at home in
legitimate channels of trade.—Daw¬
son News.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WE ONESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1912.
RECEIVER’S SALE.
Georgia, Newton County;
By virtue of an order of the Supe¬
rior Court of Newton county, making
the Auditor's report in the matter of
L. L. Johnson vs. J. Z. Johnson &-€o
et al.’ the judgment of the eour* dat¬
ed January 23, 1912, as appearing on
the Minutes “1908,” folios 503 to
506 inclusive, of said court, w' 1 be
sold before the court-house door, with¬
in the legal hours of sale, at public
out~cry, in said county, on the first
Tuesday in December, 1912, for cash,
the following described property, to
wit:
All that tract or parcel of land ly¬
ing and being in Newton county,
Georgia, Ealst of the old M. E. Har¬
deman home in the town of Oxford,
containing Fifty Eight acres, more «r
less, and bounded as follows, as de¬
scribed in deed from Mrs. M. E. Har¬
deman to J. Z. and Mrs. L. V. John¬
son, recorded in book of deeds No. 9,
folio 345; O’l the north -by lands of
J. Z. Johnson and J. L. Moon; East
by lands of Mrs. Bliss Anderson;
South by lands of W. C. Clark & Co.,
and J. F. Donnell, and west by Dried
Indian creek.
ALSO, all that tract or parcel of
land lying and being in said county
and containing One Hundred acres of
land, being a part of the old home
place of Dr. Alex Means, and describ¬
ed in deed from Sarah G. Means to
L. L. and J. Z. Johnson, book of deed
“Z,’’folios 277-8, as follow's: Bounded
on the South by lands of R. U. Har¬
deman and L. C. Thomas; On the
West by Dr’ed Indian creek and land
of Mrs. Sailer; On the North by
public road running East and West,
and on, the East by lands of Mrs.
Bliss Anderson.
ALSO, all that tract or parcel of
land lying aa.d being in the town of
Oxford, Georgia, fronting Forty feet
on Main street leading to Covington
and running back One Hundred and
Twenty feet East. Said pi o' being
a part of the Means place in the town
of Oxford, and south-west corner of
same, on which there is a two-story
store house, and as described in deed
from Sarah Q. Means to L. L. John¬
son & Co., recorded in book of deed
“Z” folio 573, bounded as follows:
On the North by lands of Mrs. Sarah
G. Means; East by same; South by
alley running East and West, and
West by Main street leading to Cov¬
ington.
ALSO a certain tract of laud lying
East of Dried Indian creek, near the
town of Oxford, as described in deed
from Jno. F. Bonnell to J. Z. and
Mrs. L. V Johnson, book of deeds
No. 10, folio 200, and bounded as
follows: North by lands of J. Z.
Johnson; East by W. C. Clark & Co.,
South by W. P. Odum and West by
Dried Indian creek, containing Three
acres, more or less.
ALSO, a tract or parcel of land
as describad in deed from W C. Clark,
Ex’r. to J. Z. Johnson, recorded in
book of deed No. 10, folio 200, as
follows: Lying and being in the
county and state aforesaid in. the
town district of said county, being
a part of a tract of land deeded to W
C. Clark, Ex’r. of W. W. Clark by
Mary W. Henderson, recorded in book
of deeds, Clerk’s office of Newton
Superior Court, book No. 2, folio 247,
and being the western portion of
said tract, beginning at the north¬
west corner of said tract, thence
about East 4 chains along the line
between this tract and lands of said
J. Z. Johnson; thence about South
13.64 chains to a farm road running
about East andvWest between this
tract and lands of W P. Odum;
thence about West 4 chains to the
South-west corner of said tract;
thence about 13.64 chains to begin¬
ning corner, containing Five and
forty-six one hundredths acres, more
or less.
ALSO, all that tract or parcel of
land lying : nd being in Newton coun¬
ty, Georgia, being a part of the old
home place of Mrs. M. E. Hardeman,
containing Three and three-fourths
acres, more or less, and as described
in deed from Mrs. M. E. Hardeman
to J. Z. and Mrs. L. V. Johnson,
book of deeds, No. 11, folio 168, and
bounded as follows: East by Dried
Indiaai creek. North by lands of J.
L. Moon, South by wire fence which
leaves about twenty foot alley be¬
tween this land and Prof. J. F. Bon¬
nell, West by ditch which runs
parallel with said Dried Indian creek
to within 68 yards of J. L. Moon’s
land, thence no.*th-west to lands of
Mrs. V. W. Hericison abo^t 32 /ards
from where she comes with J. L.
Moon, sand dil.Ni separa'ing this par¬
cel of land ?i ota the old tome place
of Mrs. M. E. Hardeman This No¬
vember 4, 19! 2.
C. C. KING,
Receiver for T. Z. Johnson & Co.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Under and by virtue of the will of
R. M. Everitt, deceased, will be sold
before the court house door in the
c”y of Covington, on the First Tues¬
day In December next, the following
described city property: One 8-room
louse and lot on Clark street. Also
two brick store rooms on Clark street.
Property known as R. M. Everitt’s
home place. Sold for the purpose of
distribution. Terms of sale CAS JI.
E. S., R. E. & C. B. EVERITT,
Administrators.
SHERIFF SALES.
GEORGIA, Newton County;
Will be sold before the court house
door, in the city of Covington, New¬
ton county, Georgia, between the le¬
gal hours of sale, for cash, on the
first Tuesday in December, 1912, to
the highest bidder, the following des¬
cribed property, towit:
All that tract or parcel oi; land, ly¬
ing and being in the county of New¬
ton, state of Georgia, and Wyatt’s
district, containing forty-seven (47)
acres of land, more or less,and bound¬
ed as follows: on the north by lands
of Airs. Nellie Cook, on the east by
lands of Gordon Moore and G. D. Aler
cier, south by lands of Airs. Mollie
and Cornelia Melton, and west by
lands of Airs. Alollie Cook. Also, all
that tract or parcel of lands lying
and being in Newton county, state
of Georgia, about three miles north¬
west from Covington. Said to con¬
tain 47 3-4 acres, more or less and
described as follow's: Beginning at
tbe south-w'est corner of the entire
lot o’’ tract of the Alford Alelton, de¬
ceased, land, and running N. 14 W.
eight chains and eleven links; and
thence N. 77, West thirteen chains
and sixty-nine links: thence N. 16 1-2
W_ eight chains and fifty-nine links
to a branch: thence along said branch
to a rock corner: thence 6 1-2 E. six
chains and fifty eight links: thence S
87 1-2 W. ten chains and ninty-five
links: thence N. 2 1-2 W. six chains
ard tweney-seven links: thence east
to a rock corner: thence south-east
to a rock corner a few yards east of
t H e branch, and thence nearly south
to said beginning corner. Said prop¬
erty levied on as the property of
Gordon Aloore, with fi fa issued from
the Superior Court of said state and
county in favor of T. C. Swann &
Company. Property pointed out by
plaintiff’s attorney. Written notice
given defendant and tenant in pos¬
session as required by law. This,
November 4, 1912.
S. M. HAY, Sheriff.
ALSO, at same time and place,
tw r enty-five hundred (2500) pounds of
hay, more or less; sixteen hundred
(1600) bundles fodder, more or less;
ninety (90) acres cotton in field, more
or less; twelve (12) acres corn in
field, more or less; fifteen hudred
(1500) pounds seed cotton, in pile in
field, more or less. Said property le¬
vied on as the property of J. J.
Hodges and Harvey Hodges, with a
mortgage fi fa issued from the supe
rior court of Newton county, Geor¬
gia, in favor of Almand Supply com¬
pany against J. J. Hodges and Har¬
vey Hodges. This Oct. 25, 1912.
S. AI. HAY, Sheriff.
ADSO, at same time and place,
fifty (50) acres cotton in field, more
or less; twelve hundred (1200) pounds
seed cotton in house, more or less;
Said property levied on as the prop¬
erty of Charlie Camp, with two mort¬
gage fi fas issued from the superior
court of Newton county Georgia,
one in favor of D. A. Thompson and
one in favor of Heard, White & com¬
pany, against said Charlie Camp. Le¬
vy made and turned over to me by T.
F. Aladdox, deputy sheriff. This,
Oct. 26, 1912.
S. M. HAY, Sheriff.
ALSO, at same time and place,
one old buggy, one Deering mower,
sixty (60) acres cotton in field, more
or less; eight (8) acres corn in the
field, more or less; tw r o thousand,
(2000) pounds ha!y in house, more or
less; five hundred (500) bundles fod¬
der in house, more or less; twelve
hundred (1200) pounds seed cotton
on wagon, more or less; two bales
lint cotton, three black sows and 4
pigs, one small male cow, one red
milk cow’, one Jersey colored milk
cow, one open rubber tire buggy,
Norman make, and harness. Said
property levied on as the property of
Frank Stanford and Lottie Stanford,
with a fi fa issued from the City
Court of Covington, newton county,
Georgia, in favor of S. P. Thompson
against Frank Stanford and Lottie
Stanford. Property pointed out by
S. P. Thompson, plaintiff in fi fa.
Levy made and turned over to me by
T F. Maddox, deputy sheriff This
Oct. 30, 1912.
S. AI. HAY. Sheriff.
CITY REGISTRATION BOOKS
ARE NOW OPEN.
The city registration books are new
open in the office of the City Clerk
and all who desire to vote in the reg¬
ular December primary are requested
to register at once. The books will
remain open until November 20, 1912.
GEO. T. SMITH, Mayor
T J. SHIELDS. Clerk.
NOTICE.
Having heretofore granted a few
of my friends the privilege of hunt¬
ing and fishing on my lands in New¬
ton county, I hereby notify them and
all others, that such privileges are
no longer granted. So please keep
off my lands. Respectfully,
W. H. PICKETT—4t.
LADIES WANTING * SWITCHES
made of their hair combings can
get them made for from 50 cents
to $1.50 by writing to Vernie Ran¬
dle, Porterdale, Ga., Route 1.—2t.pd
ACID PHOSPHATE
Write for prices on car
K ad lots shipped from
Atlanta and Athens
Factories.
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
Walton Building CORPORATION Atlanta, Ga.
NOTICE
I have sold out my Buggy and Wagon
business and am going to close up all
past due notes and accounts with as
little delay as possible. All persons in.
debted to me are hereby notified to
come in promptly and settle, for after
Nov. 1st, past due notes will be placed
out for collection.
D. A. THOMPSON
Only one Dealer in this Town
can sell you the highest grade,
fairest-priced coffee and tea to
be had anywhere, for he alone
sells The Votan Line
VOTAN COFFEE
VOTAN TEA
Each, best of its kind
This dealer 1/
FOWLER BROS., Covington, Ga. COOGLER & WOOD, Mansfield, Ga.
New Racket Store
Spot Cash! One Price! BIG VALUES!
Have moved into my new
place next to postoffice and
offering biggest values yet.
Yours Very Iruly
J. 1. GUINN i i
DR. T. U. SMITH, DENTISI
I have moved my Dental Offices to * e
Swords building, where I will be i0
all my friends and customers call. ^
Buggies and Harness Cheap
harness I have several used only good buggies short time and ant set- 8 j °j
a
in good condition that I will sed
bargain. A change in the stab-e
duces room and they must be sob *
H. Q. DAVIS, Covington '' 08
