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VOL. V. NO. 4
FREIGHT WRECKED.
THIRTEEN cars piled up in
YELLOW RIVER FRIDAY AF¬
TERNOON.—TRAFFIC IS
BADLY DELAYED.
An east-bound freight train on the
Georgia Railroad, due to arrive in
Covington at two o’clock, was w’reck
ed and the new steel bridge over
Yellow river considerably damaged
on Friday afternoon, when a box car
jumped the track, causing thirteen
cars to crash trough the structure
and fall into the river.
It is supposed that the trucks un¬
der a car loaded with ai tank of acid
left the track about a hundred yards
beyond the bridge and the force of
the heavy tank together with the
velocity of the train caused it to
tear up the track. The cars were
all heavily loaded, and their entire
contents was practically a total loss.
One of the cars was loaded with pi¬
anos and it went squarely into the
river, bottom side up. Ariother Car
was loaded with flour and one with
meat and lard. The river was liter¬
ally filled with “rations” all day on
Saturday, and people below where
the wreck occurred are said to have
salvage quite a lot of it.
No o ie was killed or even hurt in
the wr< ck. The engine and some of
the cars broke loose an.d cleared the
opening through the bridge, while
the caboose stopped before 1* reach¬
ed the break in the track.
Traffic over that road was blocked
. up uniil last night, although the pas¬
senger trains made trips and trans¬
ferred their passengers by hack until
the track was replaced temporarily.
An tvitire new section of the bridge
will hfflye to be put in.
Two of the cars were loaded with
sulphuric at v id which dropped on the
bank of the river spreading poison
over the ground and into the water.
The next day hundreds of pounds of
fish, killed by the <! acid, floated to the
surface and were taken from the wa¬
ter in great quantities. Physicians,
however, gave out the warning that
these fish were deadly poison. So
far, we have heard of ho serious re¬
sults from eating of any of the fish
killed by the acid.
During the first d&y or two of the
THE HOPE OF THE
Wiiiilili
rests upon just two
things—Your Health and
Determination to save A
GOOD RESOLUTION made at any
time is a benefit to the man who makes it.
*, Good for him and those depending upon
yut^ him—and no time is better suited to the
mr* beginning of life” than the advent
a “new
of a new year.
There is little excuse for the man of
good health who has nothing to show for
his labor, and it is for this reason that so
many worthy workers are rated so low in
the estimation of their fellows.
\ our “New Leaf” this year should be
headed with a determined resolution to save
a little every week. A dollar or two de¬
posited in this Bank now will mark the
proper beginning.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
d. A. CATHEY Cashier
We are Steadily Growing-Coma and Grow With us.
$ Couinqton
PEOPLE EXCITED
IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
DR. R. E. PARK SENT TO MILLEN
TO FIGHT CEREBO-SPINAL
MENINGITIS EPIDEMIC
IN THAT SECTION.
According to advices received by
the state board of health it is feared
that the cerebo-spinal miningitis ep¬
idemic near Midville, in Burke
has spread to Jenkins county, which
adjoins,
Mr. Gregory, Jenkins county com¬
missioner, reported to Dr. Benedict,
president of the board of health,
Thursday night a case of cerebor
spinal meningitis at Millen, Ga. Dr.
Benedict at once instructed Dr. H. F.
Harris, -secretray of the board, to dis¬
patch Dr. R. E. Park, who has had
charge of the fight against the dis¬
ease at Midville, to Millen.
Dr. W A. Thomas, of Bartow, ap¬
plied to the board one day last week
for a supply of serum for fighting
meningitis, but reported no cases,
it is believed that the preventative is
wanted only as a precautionary meas¬
ure,
Reports are sent out that two or
three new cases have developed in
Midville, and strict quarantine regula¬
tions have been raised against that
city.
Later reports from Millen deny
there is any cases of meningitis in
that city and Jenkins county, but
knowledge that a negro, six miles
east, and a negro boy five miles nor-tl
of that city died with meningitis
week, but claim that both
came from the infected districts in
Burke county.
Dr. R. E. Park is in the infected
section and reports that he is
pleased with the conditions.
LOST.—A SMALL HAND
with initials, W. P. S. on
plate, betwween Yellow 'ver
road bridge and Covington.
deliver to News office or notify
at Social Circle. Get $5.00
W. P. SIGMAN.—2t.
wreck several sightseers and
workman came in contact with
of the sulphuric acid on the
and were badly burned about
limbs. However, no deaths have
curred from the effects of the
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Jan. 1, 1913.
THOUGHTS FUR THE
NEW YEAR—1913.
REV. JOHN G. LOGAN, PASTOR OF
. THE METHODIST CHURCH,
OFFERS SOME GOOD
SUGGESTIONS.
On last night as the clock struck
twelve, the books containing another
year of our life's record were closed.
Some of its pages glow with the rce
ord of golden deeds, others, doubtless
we are glad no eye can see.
Though there may be many mis¬
takes in the past, selfishness and
greed having dominated us, and our
journey by no means ideal yet the
star of hope still beams above our
horizon and we may follow it to some
“Bethlehem’s Manger” where is cra¬
dled the "Emmanuel” of life's no¬
blest purposes.
Thank God for a gospel which gives
us faith to believe that the best is
yet to come. The night in Gethsem
ine after the disciples had seemingly
slept away every opportunity, and the
Master had said “Sleep on now and
take your rest, for the Son of Man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners,”
in the next breath comes the clarion
call, “Arise, let us go hence.” There
was a world to redeem, and in this
service, these disciples could yet
make good.
In the words of Robert Browing:
“The best is yet to be;
The last of life, for which the faith
was made;
Our times are in his hand
Who saith: ‘A whole I planned,
Youth shows but half; trust
God: see all, nor be afraid.’ ”
God has a perfeet plan for each of
our lives, and only through
wilfulness can that plan be thwarted.
As we fall in line with his plans and
purposes, today, so much easier
it be tomorrow to take our
in the advanced ranks among
forces which make for righteousness
Two thousand years of
look down upon us. Many have
the battles fought to bring to
homes and firesides the
which we this day enjoy. We
duty-bound to pass these on to
rising generation improved by
stamp of our own personality.
this may be done life must be
art. its best. And no life out of
with the kingdom of God can be
at its best.
The church of God is his
ment in the earth for making
tian character. When materialistic
fluences are permitted to hinder
in this great work, life is a
and we hand nothing of real
tion to the future.
“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills
a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men
decay.”
A New Year, bright with prospects,
lies out before us. Why not begin
i* by attendance at some sanctuary
on its first Sabbath? This will be
some evidence, at least, that we ap¬
preciate what the Christian religion
has done for our environments,
though we may have refused to
It have right-of-way in our lives.
we hvae not already done so let
begin today to measure up to
manhood of the first magnitude.
expects it, humanity expects it,
we can afford to do nothing less.
Old age is coming on apace.
sad it is in the day when our
are white and the limbs feeble to
able to look back through the.
of our life’s pilgrimage and see
ing but selfishness and golden
tunities left unimproved. Then
bitterness in our souls we shall
pidly gaze upon the monuments
blessing which have been erected
the toil and self-sacrifice of
men and women knowing that
have had no part nor lot in the
May God Almighty inspire us
better prospects.
“Come, let us anew our journey
sue,
Roll round with the year.
And never stand still till the
appear.
His adorable will let us gladly
And our talents improve,
By the patience of hope and the
bor of love.
Our life is a dream; our time, as
stream.
Glides swiftly away,
And the fugitive moment refuses
stay.
The arrow is flown, the moment
gone;
The millennial our./riew, year
Rushes on to and
ty’s here
O, that each in tha day of His
OFFERS PRIZE OF
HUNDRED DOLURS.
FORMER NEWTON COUNTY WO¬
MAN OFFERS SUBSTANTIAL
PRIZE TO NEWTON CORN
CLUB MEMBERS.
It will be good news to the New¬
ton county corn club boys to learn
that Mrs. John Frail kiln Hus-s, of At¬
lanta, formerly Miss Lemma Jackson,
of this county, has donated to the
corn club of Newton county for 1913
$100 as the first prize, said amount
to be used to support a scholarship
at the Fifth District A. & M., school
near Monroe, Ga., to be krown ajs
the Homer Jackson Scholarship, in
honor of her broker.
The time and conditions of award¬
ing this generous prize is entrusted
to G. C. Adams, the originator of
corn clubs in .the south. He will an¬
nounce fully the plan of awarding it
at the organization of the 1913 boys’
corn club.
While this is the only prize at pres¬
ent definitely offered to the boys’
1913 club, there wi'l be many others
given by the generous citizens of the
county.
In all probability the Board of Edu¬
cation will again offer a scholarship
to the State college of agriculture for
the winter session of 1913-14.
The boys who expect to enter the
contest for 1913 should be preparing
their land at once by plowing deep
and hauling manure, leaf mold, etc.
All Newton county joins the corn
club boys in thanking Mrs. Huss for
her generous contribution and we are
sure it will bless the cause of a very
deserving enterprise as well as honor
to one of Newton county's most bril¬
liant sons.
MR. GILES ADDRESSES LETTER
TO CORN CLUB MEMBERS.
Dear Farmers:—
I am deeply interested in better
farming and want to do everything
possible to assist you in bringing
about the desired end. Hence I am
addressing this letter to you through
your county paper. I want to be of
service to you no" oalj through the
Boys’ Corn cubs, out in any other
way possibl
I am writ!, g ro . a-- that you
take advantage of V- farmers’ Ten
Day bhort ’’a, rs<- offcicd by the
State ColVte Ai-.r;-.:'.iU .re. Athens,
Ga., beginning January 2nd, 1913 and
continuing through January 14th.
I know- a farmer in Sumter county
who took this ten-day short course
in 1910. Before that time he was
thought of as only a common farmer.
As a result of that ten-day course he
has revolutionized the farming in his
community and other farmers took
the course in 1911 and 1912.
Your railroad fare there and back
and your expenses while in Athens
should not exceed $25.00, and I know
the benefit you will receive from the
course w-ill be repaid to you a hun¬
dred fold. You see you can go at a
time when you are least busy.
Athens is a beautiful city, a place
where you will be glad to visit. You
are entitled to a vacation after a
hard year’s work and there is no
better way nor place to take it.
I shall be there and shall be glad
to be ot any service to you in mak¬
ing the trip a most pleasant and pro¬
fitable one. If you contemplate’ going
please notify me at once and- I shall
be gad to have literature sent to
you. I hope many of you farmers
will go, I know it willl pay you.
J. K. GILES, Diet. Agent,
Boys’ Corn Clubs and School Extern
SAMUEL A. BOORSTIN HEADS
iFULTON MASONIC LODGE
The Sunday's Atlanta Constitution
carried a likeness- of Samuel A.
Boorstin, formerly of this city, and
the announcement of his election; to
the office of Worshipful Master of
Fulton Lodge, No. 216, Free and Ac¬
cepted Masons. Mr. Boorstin is the
youngest Worshipful Master in this
country and his friends in Covington
his old home, are proud of the honor
conferred upon him.
He is the son of Mr. Ben Boorstin.
of this city, and a brother of Mrs.
Louis Stein.
ing may say;
‘I have fought my way through;
I have finished the work thou didst
give me to do!’
O, that each from his ord may re¬
ceive the glad word,
‘Well and faithfully done!
Enter into my joy and sit down
my throne!’ ”
JOHN G. LOGAN,
Covington, Ga., Jan. 1, 1913.
GUY CLERK SHIELDS
SUCCEEDS HIMSELF.
MAYOR AND NEW COUNCIL HELD
THEIR FIRST MEETING ON
FRIDAY NIGHT AND OR¬
GANIZED FOR WORK.
The first meeting of the mayor
and council for the ensuing year was
held in the council chamber last Fri¬
day evening, and that body organized
for the work of the city for the next
twelve months.
The meeting was held for the pur¬
pose of electing the city clerk and
of the policemen for the term. ilr.
Thomas J Shields, who has served ■ veu
the city so well during the year ji jufc.
closed, was re-elected to that -posi¬
tion and has already begun his d 1
ties for the year.
There were no changes made oi
the police force, Mr. Brad Bohanoi
being re-elected chief of police, an
Messrs. R. W. Clark, Wick Willir
ham and P. W. Skelton as -his
sistants. These guards of the pu
lie peace are all well known to tin
people of the city, having -served a
policemen for a number of years.
The first regular meeting of the
new council will be held next Mon¬
day night, at which time the mayr ■
will make his committee appoir
meats, and such other businses will
be taken up which has to do with
the management of the city’s affa
for 1913.
There is only one new- member c.
the council, and it is expected that
the same progressive policy will be
followed as marked the year just
closed. In. fact we have heard it ru¬
mored that the city fathers have a
number of municipal improvements
under consideration, among w-hich is
the beginning of day service from
the electric light plant, giving the
people cheap electric power, which
is the ideal power for small indus¬
tries. This will be appreciated by
the people and will, w-e believe, have
the endorsement of every citizen.
The people should stand squarely
behind the new administration and
help them in. every way possible to
make 1913 the best year in the his¬
tory of Covington. We believe they
will do it.
FOR SALE—WHITE ORPINGTON
cockerels, $1.00 each. Edgar H.
Johnson, Oxford, Ga.—2t.
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A happy and prosp usNew Year to
all our patrons
The Bank of Coving on.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - - $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits, $10,ooo.oo
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NFW jELS POST
— N /'EFFECTIVE
GE / PUBLIC LIKE IT BUT
■| Y MERCHANTS OPPOSE
SHE NEW WAY, WHICH
WILL BRING CHANGES.
The new parcels post will begin
op oration today—January 1st.
According to regulations governing
tb -} parcels posit system, promulgated
b; Postmaster General Hitchcock,
rishable articles may be sent
rough the mails only under specific
itriotion-s as to their containers and
| f e distance they are to be -sent,
Butter, lard, fish, fresh meats,
essed fow-ls, vegetables, fruits, ber
es atod similar articles likely to d-e
y quickly may be -sent for short dis
-Avc-es when securely packed. Eggs
ill he accepted for local delivery
hen packed properly in a container
id for any distance when each egg
• separately packed in a sechre
anner.
No restriction is placed on the mail
Tg of salted, dried, smoked or cured
neats, but fresh meat will be trans¬
acted only within the first zone.
Fragile articles, including milli
tery, toys, musical instruments and
^ticles of glass, in. whole or in part,
] : nust be securely packed and marked
j “fragile.”
Articles that may not be sent by.
parcels post include intoxicating,
liquors of all kinds, poisons, poison¬
ous animals, insects or reptiles, ex¬
plosives of every kind, inflamable
articles, including matches, infernal
machines, pistols or revolvers, dis¬
ease germs, any obscene, defamatory
or scurrilous matter now prohibited
by law, live or dead animals, birds
or live poultry, raw hides or pelts,
or anything having a bad odor.
Books or printed matter may not
be forwarded at parcels post rates,
but only at pound rates of third class
matter.
A special series of stamps has been
engraved and will be used exc’u'sively
on this class of mail matter. These
stamps will bbe obtainable at any
postoffice station.
Perhaps the greatest benefit of the
parcels post will be to the farmer
.-ho desires to sell his product direct
to the consumer. Eggs ordered one
day may be delivered the next.
