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VOL. V.
EXAMINATION of * •
teachers held.
„„„ NEWT^TToUNfV col- BOYS
and "ege girls attend.no
than ever before
says MARTIN.
numbers count for anything the
1 U last week,
! bounty hers examination held
t Superintendent Martin,
b> l ’ ! big success. Forty-four examina- as
took the
SLdVw now holding passed their breath
, n £ hones Martin that they
says that the large nurn
Hue J, of people taking that the Newton examination coun¬
to the fact
parents are sending more of their
ty than ever before.
children to college
states that he oelieves more chil¬
He from Newton
dren attend col.ege
county than from any other county of
it’s size in the state.
The examination was divided into
four sections. One for Primary
teachers, one for elementary teach¬
ers one for high school teachers, and
for renewed and professional li¬
one lead
cense. The girls of the county
the boys by almost 10 to 1 in appli¬
cations.
Those who stood the examination
fc- license *o teach were: Primary
and Elementary exam. Misses Sarah
Branham, Hettie Belle Patrick, Edna
Starr, Nora Bowden, Ethel Parker,
Maggie Perry, Eunice Fowler, Grace
Whitehead, Flourine McCord, Rena
Parker, Helen Williams, Lucile Peek,
Martha Speer, Elizabeth Harwell,
Julia Wilson, Mary Emma Adams,
Stella Cowan, Maggie Freeman, Lida
Sou Bowers, Stella Greer, Cora Bow¬
den, Claude Cowan, Lucile Hendricks,
Allie Lee Kennette, Mattie Lou Hitch
cock, Maybelle Wiliams, Gertrude,
Biggers, Lousie Bonnell, Mrs. Pearle
Taylor, and Messrs. S. W. Winn,
Charles C. Chalker, J. H. Manner.
High School Exam. Miss Winnie
Perry and Mr. Fielding Dillard.
Renewal and Professional exam.
Greer Davis, Misses Annie Higgins,
Ida Higgins, Emma. Wicks, Lula Ed¬
wards, Sadie Greer, Madge Cowan,
Julia Allen, Ruth Cowan, and Annie
Cowan.
Celebrat- ji- 3 t Oak Hi||.
The annual celebration at Oak Hill
vil1 1)6 held th's year on the 4th of
J'l yais usual At Vi gements be
are
' ng ma<Ie fo " a very attractive pro
!, bese am ’ wMch w:| l appear in full latei.
celebrations are held annually
m a lMys very interesting to all
who attend.
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THIS SESSION TO BE
A VENT BOSY ONE
LEGISLATORS WILL HAVE NO
I TIME FOR TRIVAL MATTERS
THIS SUMMER. MUCH WORK
OF IMPORTANCE.
ATLANTA, GA.—If the legislature
which meets next week gives serious
consideration to all the measures in¬
volving progress and improvement in
state’s affairs, it will have littie time
this year to divert itself and the public
with freak measures. There is hands
full of vital work, and there seems to
be a general disposition among legis¬
lators to prepare for buckling down tc
hard work from the very opening day
of the session. They know they have
a big program before them.
First of all in importance will come
the proposed revision of the state
financial system, coupled with a
movement for tax equalization. Gov¬
ernor Brown in his outgoing message,
and Governr Slaton in his inaugural
address, will both stress the necessity
ot working on these lines.
The legislature will be asked to ap¬
point a special commission to take up
the whole proposition of improving
and bring up to date Georgia's penal
system and criminal court procedure.
This is a measure that has been en¬
dorsed by Judge Patterson of the
State Prison Commission, and by lead
mg judges throughout the state.
The compulsory education bill will
b pressed before the assembly more
vigorously than ever before. One of
the cheif arguments will be the fact
that Georgia is one of only six states
left in the Union which have not al¬
ready some kind of compulsory edu¬
cation measure.
A •’ Ocst of other bills of general and
serious importance have been prepar¬
ed for introduction. One for instance,
will require all railroads to provide
underpasses or overpasses under direr
tion of the railroad commission, but
will be so framed as to try to make i
fair to the railroads as well as the
public. Another will be to put the
legislators on a straight salary basis
instead of per diem, and to have bien
uial sessions.
In fact, the Georgia assembly is
going to have to put on its thinking
cap this summer.
NOTICE TO GUARDIANS AND AD¬
MINISTRATORS.
All Guardians and Administrators are
required by law to make their returns
to the Court of Ordinary on or before
the first Monday in July. This law
must be comp’ied with
A. D. MEADOR Ordinary.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. June 18. 1913.
LIFE HISTORY OF
THE CATTLE TICK
ONE OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES
THAT IS FURNISHED BY DR.
LEWIS, THE SUPERVISOR
OF THIS WORK.
An intimate knowledge of the life
history of the cattle tick is necessa¬
ry, to those who have the peat to con¬
tend with in order that they may
wage their battle more .intelligently
and at the same time secure better
and greater results. A knowledge of
the manner t in which the tick propa¬
gates can not fail to be of value in
the war of extermination now being
carried on against it in the South.
Only a part of the development of
the tick takes, place on the host (an¬
imal), while the remainder occurs in
the pasture. The female .tick, which
is attached to the skin of the host,
increase enormously in size as a
result of drawing liberal quantities of
blood, and when fully engorged drops
to the ground, where she at once be¬
gins to search for a suitable hiding
place that will serve as a protection
from the sun and enemies. The fe¬
male tick may be devoured by birds,
destroyed by ants, or may perish as
the result of unfavorable conditions,
such as, for example, low tempera¬
ture, lack of moisture, etc., so that
many may be destroyed without hav¬
ing laid any eggs.
Egg - laying begins during the
spring, summer, and fall months in 2
to 20 days and during the winter
months in 13 to 98 days. The
eggs are small, eliptical-shaped bodies
of a light amber color that later
changes to dark brown, one-fiftieth
of an inch in length, coated with a
sticky secretion that causes them to
adhere in clusters and keeps them
from drying out During egg-laying
the tick gradually shrinks to about
one-fourth her former size. The egg
laying period continues for from 4
days in the summer to 151 days be¬
ginning in the fall, and during this pe¬
riod from several hund ed to 5,000
eggs may be deposited. The mother
tick then dies within a few days.
In from 19 days (in summer) to 18£
days (in fall or winter) after the
eggs have been deposited they be¬
gin to hatch. From each one issues a
small, oval, six-legged seed tick, at
first amber colored, later changing to
a rich brown. After crawling slowly
about the shell it usually remains qui
escent for several days; then it dis¬
plays great activity, especially if the
weather is warm and ascends the
nearest bit of vegetation, such as
grass, herbs, or shrubs.
Since each female lays her eggs at
one spot, thousands of newly hatched
ticks or larvae will appear at the
same place and later will ascend near
by grass stems and collect on the
blades. This accounts for the brown
masses of larvae observed climbing
to vegetation in pastures or on fence
posts. This upward instinct of the
tick increases their chances of reach¬
ing a host, for when the vegetation is
distributed they become very active,
extending their long legs violently
up ward in an attempt to seize hold oi
a host.
During its life in the pasture the
seed tick takes no food and hence
does not increase in size, and unless
it reaches a host it dies of star¬
vation. This fact is significant and
is taken advantage of in the work of
exterminating the ticks. Their en¬
durance, however, is very great, and
under certain conditions they have
been found to live without nourish¬
ment nearly eight months during the
colder part of the year.
The length of the period from
the time females drop until all the
seed ticks hatching from the eggs
laid by them are dead, or in other
words, the time required for pastures
to become free of ticks after all cat¬
tle, horses, and mules have been ex¬
cluded, varies with the season of the
year, being shortest during the warm
part of the year and longest during
the cold part of the year. For ex¬
ample, all the seed ticks resulting
from females dropped June 15 will
be dead by November 1, a period of
four and one-half months; but some
of those resulting from females
dropped September 1 may survive un¬
til the folowing July, a period of ten
months.
Another phase of development be¬
gins when the tick reaches a favora¬
ble host, such as a cow. It usually
attaches itself to the skin of the
escutcheon, the inside of the thighs
and flanks, or to the dewlap It at
once begins to draw blood and in¬
creases in size. In a few days it
changes from brown *o white In
from 5 to 12 days it sheds Its skin
EMORY BOYS LOSE
BY A CLOSE VOTE
FIGHT FOR INTER-COLLEGIATE
ATHLETICS TO GO ON.—TRUS¬
TEES SAY THEY ARE OPEN
TO CONVICTION.
The advocates of inter-collegiate
athletics for Emory are not dismayed
cy the result of the recent vote taken
b> the board of trustees in which theii
pet scheme was lost by one vote.
They have already started with a will
to get inter-collegiate sport at the
next meeting of the board.
The committee believes that all
that is necessary is to air the matter
thoroughly and that enough votes will
be converted to their side to carry
the measure. Several members of th<
board who helped to vote down the
motion have siginified that they stand
open for conviction and it is under¬
stood that at least one of the two
new trustees is heartly in favor of the
movement.
The matter will be brought up be¬
fore the conferences this fall and the
students are preparing to mail matter
relatvie to the question to the mem¬
bers of the conferences before their
meeting. Cranston Williams, managing
editor of the Emory Weekly, will have
this in charge and it is probable that
the Weekly will be used as a means
to promulgate publicity on the move¬
ment.
Mrchants to Closee July 4th.
We the undersigned merchants of
Covington, Ga., do hereby agree to
close our respective places of busi¬
ness all day ou Friday July 4th, as
that day is legal holiday. A copy of
this petition to be published in The
Jovington News.
Fowler Bros. Co.
Heard White & Co.
Stephenson & Callaway.
First National Bank.
M. Levin.
Bank of Neiwton County.
W. Cohen.
Norris Hardware Co.
R. E. Everitt.
T. C. Swann. Co.
Lee Bros.
Stephenson Hardware Co.
Louis Stein.
H. B. Rogers & Son.
Harwell & Peek.
T. J. Harwell.
C. C. Robinson.
W. W. StJohn.
E. H. Mobley.
J. I. Guinn.
Bank of Covington.
Thompson Milner Co.
King & Gray.
Joseph Siegel.
N. Kaplan.
J. iN. Bradshaw Co.
W. J. Gober.
E. W. Minter.
W. B. Aaron.
Dormitory Nears Completion.
The new domitory being erected at
building that is absolutely fireproof.
Emory college is fast nearing comple¬
tion. The exterior of the building
has been finished and most of the in¬
terior work has been done. The
tracks laeding from the Georgia rail¬
road to the building have been torn
up.
The dormitory is a three story brick
It is to be heated with steam and is
to have electrict lights and water
works. It will provide rooms for
about 120 or 130 students. Prof. H.
H. Stone, custodian of grounds and
buildings will have controll of the
building.
Positively last call of
Stanley’s Public Sale
the new form having eight instead of
six egs and being known as a nymph
In another 5 or 11 days after the first
month the nymph sheds its skin, be¬
comes sexually mature, and it is at
this stage that the females, are con
spicious for the first time. The male
emerges as a brown oval tick about
oiie-tenth of an inch in length. Hav¬
ing reached the full measure of his
growth he displays greater activity
In moving about on the host. The
female is slightly larger but shows
much less activity, seldom moving far
from her point to attachment previous
to molting. After mating she increa¬
ses rapidly in size, and in 21 days
(In hot weather) to 66 days (in cold
weather) after attaching as a seed
tick she becomes fully engorged and
drops ‘o the ground to repeat the
circle of development.
WALTON COUNTY IS
RE-CLAIMING LAND
HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF LAND
IN THAT COUNTY THAT WAS
WORTHLESS WILL BE
VERY VALUABLE.
Work in Walton county was begun
a short time ago to re-caim several
hundred acres of land that had been
absolutely worthless on account of the
overflowing of creeks and rivers.
The owners of this land are as¬
sisted by an engineer from the gov¬
ernment. This man’s services are
secured for his expenses only, the
government paying his salary. This
man is an expert in his lino and stays
on tiie ground and superintends the
work of the contractors who have the
contract for cutting the immense
ditch, twenty feet wide and ten feet
deep. The ditch being cut in ^Walton
county is six miles in length.
The expenses of cutting this ditch
is paid from bonds issued on the land
to the amount of $7.50 per acre. It
will cost $7,500 for these land owners
<-o drain this property, with the as¬
sistance from the government and
1000 acres that is drained, when fin¬
ished will be worth at the lowest es¬
timate $35.00 per acre, or $35,000.00
for an expenditure of $7,500.00.
Newton county has thousands oi
acres of land that if drained would be
worth hundres of thousands of dollars
One of Newton’s prominent farmers
says that there is at least 5000 acres
uf waste land on Alcovey river alone.
If this is the case it would be hard to
say just how much land there is in
Newton county that is now worthless.
It would pay some of Newton’s far¬
mers to go over Walton and see for
themselves just how this work is be¬
ing carried on so successfully.
Melton With The News.
Quimby Melton, an Oxford boy, son
of Dr. W. F. Melton, has been added
to the local force of The News for
the summer months. Melton is a
veteran at the reporting end of news¬
paper work and will help out wonder¬
fully on the loca papers. He broke
into the game as a youngster in Balti¬
more when he did work in the sport¬
ing department of the Baltimore Amer¬
ican. His next work was with the
Constitution, Georgian, and Augusta
Herald. On graduating from Emory
college last June he joined the local
staff of the Birmingham Dedger. Dur¬
ing the winter months he has been
head coach at Allen Academy n Texas
Melton has accepted a position for
next year with the Americus Times
Recorder, reporting August 1st.
(^omonued <2^> . ,
Of handling one’s fund is the
CHECKING ACCOUNT
way—it elim'nates waste of time,
promotes credit standing, and insures
a receipt for every cent spent, not to
mention that a complete record is
kept of all monies spent.
Our cap tal and surplus plus the
conservatism and close attention of
our officiers and directors means
safety for your funds.
WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE.
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BANK OF COVINGTON
CAPITAL'IOODDG. PRDF1TS'15.000.
Advertise—
For Results—
Through The News Columns
$1. A Year In Advance.
NEGRO AT LARGE IS
CHARGED WITH MURDER
SHOOTING SCRAPE AT NEGRO
DANCE BROUGHT ABOUT BY
ONE DARKEY STEPPING ON
ANOTHERS TOES.
As a result of a shooting scrape
Saturday night at a negro dance held
on th© Old Tom Glass place one ne¬
gro lies dead and another is a fugi¬
tive at large. Zack Perry a young
negro is charged with killing Fred
Brown in a quarrel.
The story as told by Sheriff Hay,
this morning by the onlookers, runs
as follows. During the dance Brown
stepped on the toes of Perry. The
latter took affront at the offense and
began an argument. Word followed
word till finally Perry drew his gun
and ended the quarrel with a fatal
shot.
The negro at large is about 18
years old, weighs 130 pounds, is 5
feet 6 inches and is nearly jet black.
Li addition to this he is crossed eyec
The sheriff will appreciate- any infor¬
mation as to hie where abouts.
THE MEETING AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Is being conducted by the pastor
with the assistance of W. W. Combe,
a splendid singer and leader of music.
The morning service is from nine to
ten o’clock—for just one hour; the
evening service begins at 7:30 with a
half-hour’s song and praise service,
and will close promptly at nine o’cloc
Divide time with your employees and
come, or let them come, to the morn¬
ing service. Even if you are as re¬
ligious as you want to be, come to
the evening service for the help of
ethers. It may be that you will find
that you need the meeting for yourself
Watch out, brother; do not let this
voriel get too strong a hold on your
heart. Come, andlet us make a fresh
start in religion. We have not been
doing our best.
W. W. WILLIAMS, Pastor.
A Business Flower Garden.
A flower garden and a thriving mer
chantile store is a strange combina¬
tion, but T. C. Swann Co., believes
that anything beauitfui attracts cus
omers. As a result of this they have
r lan ted vines and old fashioned
I plants along the west side of their
store. The building will soon be cov¬
ered with moon vines and the walks
beautiful with canna lillies and old
fashioned petunias, the kind that use
to bloom every month in grand¬
mothers old garden.
