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CELEBRATION ON 4TH
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COME ANNUAL
Red Men of Newton county
0 Award's *t!d the Fourth in A grand big barbe- style
Pond.
basket dinner was
“ y ld order and the r
L. of their people at
A large crowd of
>d the gathering. Oxford, was
, Edgar Gunn, of
lily I of ceremonies. He addressed
on the origin of the
Td Order of Red of the Men. organi- He
d the development Revolu
from the days of the
n of Cincinatus
wh en the Order
formed for the generals of the
through the organization ot
011 who actually
m ou of the ranks
it and then organized the embryo
e present Red Men.
imb} Melton after an introduc
by Col. Gunn, spoke on the
utage to be derived from membei
k a secret order. Young Melton
his father’s place on the program
father was unable to attend on
mt of illness.
Women Cops For Atlanta.
ATLANTA, GA.— Atlanta is to
jav« women policemen after all.
hey will be regular policemen in
[verything except that they will not
|ear the police uniform and instead will be of
ailed probation officers
'atrolmen. These four women will
regular members of the city police
jorce and will be under the authori
of Chief Beavers and Chief Lan
rd of the detective department. The
liief believes that these women of¬
fers will be of the greatest aid to
jm in solvng the vice problems that
e has to contend with. It will also
a part of their duty to guide stran
?rs and young girls who are in the
jky, and to protect them from evil.
The chief is a firm believer in the
age that It takes a woman to under
and a woman.
The board of police commissioners,
majority of whom have already in
rmally signified their approval of
kief Beaver’s proposition, will meet
ie week to take final action and it
expected that the women officers
HI be installed at once. They will
endowed w r ith all the arresting
oners which policeman have.
Look at the label on your paper and
if you don’* think it’s time to pay!
"ACCOUNT BANK
TODAY
Mone y on ce spent is gone from you,
d,1( l can only be acquired again by la
b°i or effort, but money in the bank
work for you day and night till it
Caches the point where it even dou
^ (s Time rapidly and
passes
* n the bank grows all the time.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
^ Covington, Ga.
afe st(| adily Growing-Coma and Grow With us.
@hfi @wimfimm Nmg
FOSTER
LANDS THE PLACES
lb CHAIRMAN OF ONE COMMIT.
TEE AND HAS BEEN PLACED
ON SIX OTHER COMMIT¬
TEES IN SENATE.
Senator Foster of Covington and
the 27th Senatorial District seems to
be a popular member of the state
senate. He has landed the chairman¬
ship of the Committee on Education,
which is one of the most important
committees of the senate and one
_
that Col. Foster is well qualified to
fill. He was for a number of years
principal of the high school here and
was County School Commissioner for
four years.
Col. Foster was also named as a
member of the following Committees:
Academy For The Blind; County and
County Matters; Enrollment; Commit
tee on Journals; Committee on Print¬
ing and Committee on State Sanata
rium.
For practically one year Col. Fos¬
ter has been in ill health and a good
part of this time was spent in Flori¬
da and Atlanta under treatment. He
Is now stronger and better than he
has been in months and believes
that he will be able to take up his
law practice here again in the fall,
that he was forced to abandon for
the past several months.
Col. Foster created quite a sensa¬
tion in the senate and was given
v ide publicity in the state press on
the second day of the present ses¬
sion w'hen he introduced a bill pro¬
viding for the betterment of state
prisoners, in chaingangs, the inspec¬
tion of county jails, and the separa¬
tion of the white and colored con¬
victs on road work. The bill also pro
v ides for an indeterminate sentence
in both felony and misdemeanor cases
If this bill is passed it will mean a
regeneration of the convict system
in Georgia, and one that certainly
needs revision, though it is a hard
task to get the peopJe and the law¬
makers both satisfied.
Death of An Infant.
Elizabeth, the infant daughter of
Hr. and Mrs. Rembert Smith, died
Friday in Atlanta^ She had been ta¬
ken to the city for treatment. The
tody was brought to Oxford Saturday
morning and the funeral services held
that afternoon.
Prof, and Mrs. Smith have the eym
pathy of their hosts of friends
tnroughout the state as well as in
Newton couny.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, 1913.
CELEBRATION WAS
ONE OF THE .BEST
ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND
THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE
WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
Friday last, as you know, was July
4th. That day has for the past
twenty-seven years been a Gala day
for the people of Newton, Rockdale,
Henry, Butts, and Jasper counties.
From year to year thousands and thou
eands of persons have gathered at
Oak Hill, out in West Newton to par¬
ticipate in the interesting programs
that have varied the exercises from
year to year.
The “Celebration” as it is called,
was organized by Congressman Liv¬
ingston, whose home was in that
community, and the organization em
ed the membership of Hopewell,
Bethany, Zion and Prospect churches.
The forenoons have always been
given to religious exercises and
speeches, while the afternoons have
been spent discussing national ques¬
tions by men of note, gathered from
different parts of the county, through
the acquaintance and influence of
Col. Livingston.
The exercises Friday did not fall
short of the previous ones, for the
committee on arrangements had work
ed diligently to make it the best yet
given. Mr. B. M. Sammons, the local
minister, in charge of the Methodist
circuit delivered the opening prayer.
Glin Hooper, a home product and a
Davidson Junior, made the welcome
address. Carlyle Davis, formerly of
Rocky Plains school, hut now a Senior
®t the University of Georgia, made
the response. Mr. Davis is a grand¬
son of the late Dr. Qulgg, who re¬
sided in that community for many
years, and who was a noted minister
and scholar.
Zion, Bethany and Prospect Sabbat!
schools assembled en masse and sang
two songs each. Some of the schools
gave recitations also, which were en
joyed very much. iDr. Quillian, Pre¬
siding Elder of the Oxford district,
made the Sabbath School address,
which was considered the most able
address ever heard there. He took
a broad text and didn’t fail to cover
it. J. R. Smith, of Atlanta, who
managed Joe Brown’s first and last
campaign, spoke in the afternoon.
His subject was conservation and
preservation of our own resources
and energies. He knew his subject
and handled it fearlessly. Mr. Smith
Is a man of remarkable triats and
surely destined to serve this state
well if he cares to enter the field of
public life. After the speaking Prof.
Guy Hicks, who has taught during
the past year at Beesor college in
Meridian, Miss., and Miss Gray, of
Jackson, gave a recital, which proved
to be one of the most delightful fea¬
tures of the program-.
The occasion was most enjoyable,
and wil long be remembered by the
many who attended.
■ - ——
WE CAN’T HAVE SCHOOLS
UNLESS WE PAY FOR THEM
A Graphic illustration of Southern
backwardness in education is given in
the new Russell Sage bulletin on pub
lie school systems of th© various
states. This diagram shows the aver¬
age amount of school funds expended
for each child of school age, and
brings out the disgraceful fact that
the Southern States are not even
spending half as much as the States
of tthe North and West. The exact
rank of each State judged by this
standard, together with th© average
expenditure per child (ranging from
$32 in the State of Washington to
$3 in the State of South Carolina) is
illustrated by the following diagram:
1. Washington, $32.
2. California, $27.
3. New York. $25. *
4. Massachusetts, $25.
5. Nevada, $25.
6. Montana, $24.
7. Colorado, $24.
8. Illinois, $23.
9. Ohio, $22.
10. Connecticut, $22.
11. New Jersey, $22.
12. North Dakota, $21.
13. Arizona, $21.
14. Vermont, $21.
15. Oregon, $21.
16. Rhode Island, $21.
17. Wyoming, $20.
18. Utah, $20.
19. Minnesota, $20.
20. Idaho, $20.
21. New Hampshire, $20.
22. South Dakota, $20.
23. Iowa, $20.
24. Indiana, $19.
25. Michigan, $18.
SUTON GALLS A
SPECIAL ELECTION
NECESSARY TO HAVE ELECTION
IN ORDER THAT BACON CAN
h’OLp HIS SEAT IN THE
U. S. SENATE.
Governor J. M. Slaton hag, issued
a proclamation in accordance with th*
act of the present legislature, in re¬
gard to the special election for United
States Senator. The date set for the
election is Tuesday, July the 15th.
Senator Bacon was nominated by
the white primary, but on account of
the seventeenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States be¬
ing gratified, it makes it Imperative
that all senators be elected by the
people. This act was passed between
'he time Senator Bacon was nomina¬
ted and the legislature met. This
was the first state to have to apply
the law.
The proclamation in full appears be¬
low
Staes of Georgia, Executive Depart¬
ment, Atlanta.
Whereas, a vacancy will soon exist
in the office of United States senator
from Georgia for the term beginning
March 4, 1913; and.
Whereas, said vacancy can be filled
by popular vote only, the general as¬
sembly having provided by an act for
holding a special election to fill said
vacancy.
Therefore, I, John M. Slaton, gov¬
ernor of said state, by authority of
act approved July 1, 1913, do issue
this my proclamation ordering a
special election for United States se¬
nator to fill the vacancy above de¬
scribed to be held on the 15th day
of July, 1913, under the laws of this
slate governing elections and the
act above referred to.
In witness whereof, I have hereun¬
to set my hand and caused the Great
Seal of State to be affixed this the
le* day of July in the year of our
Lord^-pae thousand nine hundred and
JOHN M. SLATON,
Governor.
By The Governor.
Philip Cook, Secretary of State.
Attest:
A. H. Ulm, Secretary Executive De¬
partment.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.
In accordance with the foregoing
proclamation by His Excellency Jobs
M. Slaton, governor of Georgia, all
the precincts of Newton county, Geor
gia, will be open for voting during
the usual hours, in the county pre¬
cincts from, 8 to 3 o’clock and in
Covington 'rom 7 to 6 o’clock, on
July 15, 1913, Justice of the Peace in
the various districts will secure man¬
agers and clerks for the occasion and
make the return the following day,
as usual.
A. D. MEADOR.
Ordinary Newton County, Ga.
DIVIDEND OF 100 PER
CENT TO STOCKHOLDERS
EATONTON, GA.—The Eatonton
creamery cleared a dividend of 100
per cent, for the month of June,
which is double the amount cleared
June a year ago. The creamery paid
out to its members $1,800. Its suc¬
cess is a fine example of What co-op¬
eration of farmers can do. The of¬
ficers of the company are encourag¬
ing its members In planting alfalfa
and clover and will handle these
seeds for the benefit of its mem¬
bers. The Eatonton creamery is pre
pared to handle the output of 1.000
cows.
26. Pennsylvania, $18.
27. Nebraska, $18.
28. Maine, $17.
29. Kansas, $16.
30. Wisconsin, $15.
31. Missouri, $14.
32. Oklahoma, $13.
33. West Virginia, $11.
34. Delaware, $11.
35. Maryland, $10.
36. Florida, $8.
37. New Mexico, $8.
38. Louisana, $7.
39. Texas, $7.
40. Kentucky, $7.
41. Virginia, $6.
42. Arkansas, $6.
43. Tennessee, $6.
44. Georgia, $4.
45. Mississippi, $4.
46. Alabama, $4.
47. North Carolina. $4.
48. South Carolina, 13
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
TO HOLD CONVENTION
NEWTON COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION WILL
HOLD CONVENTION AT
AUDITORIUM AUG. 20-21.
The Newton County Sunday School i
Association will hold it’s first annual!
convention Wednesday and Thursday,
August 20 and 21. The association is
a body composed of the Sunday
Schools of the county regardless of
their denomination. The meeting will
be held in the school aud ! torium
her© in Covington.
Each school in the county will be
represented by two members be¬
sides the pastor of the church and
the superintendent of the school. J.
W King, is president of the associa¬
tion and R. P. Lester is secretary.
Every arrangement will be made
as early as possible so as to secure
the success of the convention. It is
desirable that every Sunday School
in the association notify the secretary
as to their delegates and assure them
that they are coming in full force to
make the convention a success.
Program Lyric Theatre.
Wednesday.—-K. B. “A Black Con¬
spiracy” two reels; Mutual Weekly
No 18.
On Thursday night the popular
Adams orchestra will be heard at the
Lyric, which means a treat for those
who attend.
Thursday.—Amer. “The Road to
Ruin;” Than “Express C. O. D.”
Maj. “A Country Maid’s Romance.”
Friday.—Amer. “Oil on Troubled
Waters,” two reels; Keys. "Algi© on
The Force; His Ups and Downs.”
Saturday.—Amer. “The Brothers”;
Than, “Her Silster’s (Secret;” Mutual,
“Old Clock; Mosques and Tombs.”
Card of Thanks.
Covington News.
Please allow myself and family
space in your columns to express ,our
heartfelt thanks to our many kind
friends in Newborn and vicinity for
their kindness to my wife during her
illness and departure, and we, in our
bereavement pray God’s eternal bless¬
ings upon you all.
J. W. HENDRIX.
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INSTITUTE.
Covington boys make their mark
\v he re-over they go. This statement
o*t©n advanced by the people of
city has been again demonstra¬
ted by the work of John Rush Les¬
ter at Auburn Polytechnic Institute
in Alabama.
Lester was a student at Emory
for two years and then decided on a
technical course. He went to the
Alabama school. Right off the bat af
ter enrolling he began to impress the
faculty and students with the fact that
he was there for business. As a re¬
sult of his good work he finished his
junior year this past June at the head
of his class. He passed with dis¬
tinction in eight of his studies.
In addition to his efficient work as
a student John Rush has been chosen
president of the Young Men’s Chris¬
tian Association, one of the highest
honors a college man can attain, for
next year. He is also a cadet offi¬
cer in the military organization of
the institution. He Is specializing in
electric engineering and The News
predicts a great success for Mm.
The Governor’s Rabbit-foot.
ATLANTA, GA.—Superstitious folks
will delight to hear that a ribblt-foot
tied with a faded bit of blue ribbon
over 20 years old is ascribed by a
noted Atlanta lady as the cause of
Hon, Jno. M. Slaton's ascendency to
tjie governorship. Mrs. Wm. Lawson
Peel, a distinguished D. A. .R. leader
and recognized social arbiter of At¬
lanta, turned up with this remarkable
bit of information at the reception
given by Governor and Mrs. Slaton to
the members of the legislature.
“Twenty years ago when I heard
that Jack Slaton was going to run for
the legislature,Mrs. Peel, “I
got an old rabbJj^i, tied it with a
piece of blue ribbon and sent it to
him with best wishes for Ms success
5n poltics. He has been rising stead¬
ily ever since, and if he does not lose
the rabbit-foot and it does not lose it*
charm, I expect to live to see him
president of the United States.”
As a matter of fact, Governor
Slaton still has the rabbit-foot and
regards it as one of his most cherish¬
ed possessions.
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