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COURT ADJOURNED,
UNTIL
judge roanT^ourned
UNTIL THE SECOND MONDAY
NOVEMBER. DIVORCE
1N
CASES HEARD.
Superior Court convened
at ui 9 o’clock with Judge L. S.
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Lit *»»>■. best to adjourn *> «««<?
would be
of court and hold it on the secon
term November. At that
Monday in
Solicitor General Reid will have quali¬
fied for the position of Judge of this
circuit and will be on the bench the
next term. heard
V few divorce cases were
before the noon hour Monday and
that could he disposed of im¬
cases
mediately were tried.
The time that Judge Roan was not
busy at court he was- shaking hands
with his many friends in the county.
He was congratulated upon receiving
the appointment to the Court of Ap
eals. Judge Roan is one of the best
known judges in the state and* one of
tie best. He has tried in the Fulton
Superior Court some very hard cases
for any judge to try. One of recent
date that was watched with interest by
nearly every state in the union was
the Frame case. In this case as in
others his rulings and charges were
according to law, which makes him
a very popular judge; always doing
what the law says do. Judge Roan
says that it is with a certain degree
of sadness that he leaves the Stone
Mountain Circuit, but he feels that
his appoinment to the Court of Ap¬
peals from this circuit -is a compli¬
ment to he circuit as well as himself.
He has many friends in this county
as well as others that are sorry to
6ee Judge Roan leave, though he says
that he is coming back occasionally tc
see his friends and that he does not
want hie friends to forget him. He
will assume his duties on the Court
ot Appeals on or about the 6tli of
October.
Mr. P. W. Turner Better.
The many friends in the county of
Mr. P. w. Turner will be gladi to
tear that he is improving and that
he has gone to Borden Wheeler
Springs, Ala., where he hopes to re«
covre entirely. He will return some¬
time in the near future. During the
early part of the summer he suffered
11 slight stroke of paralysis and has
not been very well this summer.
Why not PAY us that DOLLAR?
JANUARY 1911.
HOW MUCH
ARE YOU
GOING TO SAVE
Cooyriirht THIS 5909. by c ?immertnan YEAR Co. No.52
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0 you spend all you make? If you
du you 11 never get ahead. Did you
ever have a bank account? That is the
surest way to save. You can start one
with us with a dollar and you will be sur
P ris ed how loud that dollar will cry for an
°^ er to keep it company, that the two
so
may Wor ^ for you. The establishment of
a bank account is the first step toward ac
quiring a habit of thrift.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
a -“ Steadily Growing-Coma and Grow With us.
@flwfi @Lumivngmn Mm
tMORY COLLEGE
TO OPEN
ME 77TH ANNUAL TERM OF TH!
INSTITUTION OPENED THIS
MORNING FOR THE FALL
TERM.
The fall term of Emory College
opened at Oxford this morning at 10
o’clock with appropriate exercises.
In a letter from Mr, Asa G. Can¬
dler, chairman of the board of trus¬
tees he says in part:
“It has been thought wise to mark
this occasion with opening exercises
beyond what has been usual. The
new dormitory, Haygood Hall, has
been completed axid will then be
opened for use. The other buildings
and grounds have been put in attrac¬
tive condition.”
The new dormitory has been accept
ed by the board of trustees. It is a
very attractive as well as convenient
building, containing one hundred and
fifty rooms, and having both water
and electric lights.
The opening program consists of
music, prayer, scripture reading, ad¬
dress by Bishop Warren A. Candler,
address by Judge Hiram Warner Hill,
of the Supreme Court, address by Asa
G. Candler, and short addresses by
various other trustees. The exercises
are being held in Allen Memorial
Chapel this morning.
U. D. C. MEETING.
The U. D. C’s. will meet with Mrs.
C. A. -Sockwell on next Thursday af¬
ternoon at 3 o’clock. All members
are requested to be present.
Pennington Begins Business.
Mr. W. B. R. Pennington is open¬
ing up his stock of general merchan¬
dise in the store room next door to
E. H. Mobley on the north side of th*
square and wants to say to his friend
that he will have his entire stock
placed in the next few’ days and want
them to come to see him. His stock
of groceries is almost completed now
and within the next few' days you can
get what you want at his store.
FOR RENT.—7 ROOM COTTAGE
now occupied by Mr. Miller, next
door to my residence. Fine w r ell
of waer and good garden spot. Wa¬
ter, sewerage and electric lights.
Plenty room for chickens. Rent
reasonable. Apply to W. B. R. Pen
nington.'—tf.
Why not pay us that dollar to dav.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Sept. 17, 1913.
APPOINTMENTS ARE
MADE FOR JUDGES
SOLICITOR GENERAL CHARLES
REED WILL TAKE JUDGE
ROAN’S PLACE IN STONE
MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT.
Governor Slaton made the appoint¬
ment of a judge for the new Fulton
court created by the last legislature
last Saturday afternoon and in doing
this it was necessary for him to make
four appointments.
Judge L. S. Roan, who has been
judge of the courts of the Stone
Mountain circuit for the past eleven
years, was appointed to take the
place of Judge Ben Hill on the Court
of Appeals.
Judge Ben Hill was appointed to
the new judgeship of the fourth di¬
vision of the Fulton Superior court.
To succeed Judge L. S. Roan, Soli¬
citor General Charles S. Reid of Pal¬
metto.
To succeed Solicitor General Reid,
Col. George M. Napier, of the law
firm of Napier, Wright & Cox, of At
lanta. Col. Napier’s home is in Deca
tm, which makes him eligible to this
appointment, being a resident of De
Kalb county.
These appointments -were not just
exactly what was expected when the
the new court Was created for Ful¬
ton county. The majority of the peo¬
ple of the Stone Mountain circuit ex
lected Judge Roan to be appointed to
fill this place as he had moved to At¬
lanta, it is said with that in view. If
Judge Roan had received this ap¬
pointment. then according to all rules
of the game he would have been suc¬
ceeded by Col Reid. The place of
Solicitor has been a matter of much
speculation. Reports said that Col. J.
F. McClelland had moved from Atlan¬
ta to Stone Mountain so that he
would be eligible to Solicitor’s place,
but he did not land the place. There
were various candidates for the place,
but one that had not been mentioned
publivly landed the place. Judge
Roan’s appointment to the Fulton
Court was fought by the Atlanta bar
and this may be the reason for sc
many changes.
Our new r Judge, Solicitor General
Reid, is well known to the people of
Newton and other counties of the
circuit having served as Solicitor
since Wm. Schley Howard was elect¬
ed to congress. The new Solicitor
general is a w’ell kndwai Atlanta Iaw
y r, being the senior member of the
well known firm of Napier, Wright &
Cox and will no doubt make a satis¬
factory officer. The changes will be
effective October 6th, or as near that
date as pssible. The delay being
caused by several motions of appeals
that these judges want to hear be
f, re leaving the. bench.
City Tax Ordinance
FOR THE YEAR 1913.
For the support of the city of Cov¬
ington for the year 1914, tci defray
the ordinary and contingent expenses
thereof, it is ordained by the Mayor
and Council as follows:
SECTION 1. That for General
Purposes, a tax of Fifty (50) cents
per hundred dollars be levied and col¬
lected on each one hundred dollars
worth (or fractional part thereof) of
ail real estate in said city on all
property, including Merchandise.
Stock in hand. Money and Solvent
I>ebts held or owned within the limits
of said City on the First day of April,
1913. and subject to taxation under
the laws of Georgia.
SECTION 2. That for the payihent
of Teachers and Improvement of the
Public School Buildings of said City
for the year 1914, a tax of Forty-five
(45) cents per hundred dollars on the
value of all property enumerated in
the foregoing Section be levied and
collected.
SECTION 3. For the payment of
Two School Bonds of $500.00 each,
falling due January 1,1914, and inter¬
est on outstanding Bonds of the City,
and to create a Sinking Fund for
NEWTON COUNTY
LEXUS THE STATE
THIS COUNTY HAS ONE-FOURTH
OF ALL THE STANDARDIZED
SCHOOLS IN THE STATE
OF GEORGIA.
Information from State School Sup¬
erintendent of Schools for the state
of Georgia, M. L. Brittian, shows that
Newton county has more standardized
schools than any county in the state
and in fact one-fourth of the entire
number inj the state, there being
twenty-eight n all.
The seven schools that have been
standardized are Mansfield, Starrs vill<
Flint Hill, Mixon, Oxford and Rocky
Plains.
This is quite a record for one
county and one that Newton should
feel proud of. One year ago the Na¬
tional Departmnt of Education called
upon the state authorities of Georgia
tt name the two leading counties of
the state in common school work, and
Newton county was given as one of
the two.
For the past twenty-five years and
more Newton county has had an ex¬
cellent Board of Education and one
that did every duty and looked for
the betterment of the schools of the
county. Each month during this en¬
tire period the Board has met and
kept in close touch with the work in
the county. Prof. H. H. Stone, one of
the best known educators in the south
ern states has been president of the
Board during this entire time and has
devoted much of his time and talent
to the work in the rural schools, and
can be truly said that out of his mul¬
tiplicity of duties at this work has
lain closest to his heart. Through
the influence of this Board the first
traveling library of its kind in the
United States was inaugurated; the
first consolidated school W’here wa¬
gons were used for transportation of
children was built; the first Boys
Corn Club of the south was organized
the first complete school catalogue
issued;, the first county to enforce
an individual drinking cup system; tm
first county to inaugurate a spring
school fair; the first county to incor¬
porate in the school rules and regu¬
lations a clause prohibiting the smok
ing of cigarettes; besides other ino
vatione that has helped to make these
measures successful.
Another thing that has gone a long
way6 tow’ards the improvement of the
rural schools of this county is the
fact that w’e* have had a County
School Superintendent that knew’ just
what to do and knew how to do it.
Among the recent men that had
charge of the schools as superinten¬
dent W’ere: W. C. Wright, now coun
ty school superintendent of Putnam
county; Hen. G. C. Adams, w’ho is
now a member of the New/ton county
Board of Edu -alien; Hen. A. H. Fes
ter, member of the senate from this
district and the present county super¬
intendent, Hon. J. O. Martin, who
is one of the best known young edu¬
cators in the state and one that New¬
ton county should feel proud of He da
votes his entire time to the work and
te is producing results.
House For Rent.
Modern six room cottage, with or
without large lot or patch. Near in.
Reasonable and possession at once.
Apply to MRS. W. W. CHILDS.
AUTOMOBILE FOP SALE.
Overland, Four Passenger, 20-horse
power Automobile for sale. In good
condition. Apply to O. W. Porter,
Porterdale, Ga.—if.
Fifty (50) cents per hundred dollars
on the value of the property enumer¬
ated in Section One of this ordi¬
nance be levied and collected.
All City Taxes for the year 1913,
as provided for by its ordinances are
called to be paid on or before Octo¬
ber 25, 1913, to the City Tax Collec¬
tor. and iti shall be the duty of said
Tax Collector to issue Tax Executions
against all persons failing to pay their
taxes within the time named.
Passed at called meeting of Council
September 12, 1913.
GEO. T. SMITH, Mayor.
TRIBUTE TO MR,
JOHN H, ECHOLS
MEMORIAL WRITTEN BY FRIEND
OF THIS V/ELL KNOWN CIT¬
IZEN WHO DIED LAST
WEEK IN ATLANTA.
Somehow, the very atmosphere
seemed to grow’ dim and chilly, at
the announcement, John Echols is
dead and a pall of sorrow and sadness
fell upon the entire town and com¬
munity, such perhaps as would not
have fallen at the death of any other
citizen of Covington.
Possessed of an ever and. kindly
temper, a gentle and tender spirit, a
sympathy broad and warm that went
out free and generous to every one
in need and suffering,—he was loving
and helpful.
As citizen, as member of the City
Council, as member of the Board
of County Commissioners; whatevei
hie hands lend to do, he did with his
might, claiming no credit for and
making no boasts of 'what he did.
We differ upon all kinds of ques¬
tions; we differ as to social propria
ties, as to moral obligations, as to
church creeds and church discipline,
as to which is the best and the true
church through which lies the safest
surest and shortest way to heaven.
We differ as to what the Bible means
when it says this., and what it means
when it says that; but there is one
question about which there is no dif¬
ference, one question about w’hich we
are all agreed, and that is—when
Christ was on earth He loved folk
and He helped folk.
Here is the great teacher—the
great exampler, who, in loving and
helping was follow' l His tea hing
and example mere closely, more con¬
stantly, more truly, more absolutely,
than did John Echols?
FRIEND.
Martin Returns From Buffallo,
County School Superintendent J. 0.
Martin returned last week from Buf¬
fallo, where he went to attend the In¬
ternational Congress on School Hy¬
giene. He represented the School
Superintendnts of the State of Geor¬
gia. Prof. Martin says that this was
the greatest meeting of the kind ever
held in the world. Delegates were
present from every corner oA the
globe and a great amount of good
was accomplished by the congress.
While away Prof. Martin visited New
York, Boston other points of ’ in¬
and
terest in the north and east.
In the question of invoice that you
say is paid and the tradesman says is
not paid, the endorsed paid check is
indisputable proof.
Could you produce such a voucher
in a controversy similar to this? You
could, if you pay all expenses via
the CHECK BOOK.
An account here insures you all the
advantages and safeguards of modern
banking.
WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE
BANK OF COVINGTON PROFITSU5.UOO,
CAPITALUOO.OOO.
Advertise—
For Results—
Through The News Columns
$1. A Year In Advance.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN
CITIZENS CONGRESS
WILL MEET IN ATLANTA THIS
WEEK AND A VERY ATTRAC¬
TIVE PROGRAM HAS BEEN
ARRANGED.
The following program has been
mailed! out for publication. This
Congress is held under the auspices
of the Civic League of America and
men and women of national reputa¬
tion will be on the program which
follows:
Friday Night, 19.—Gov. John M.
Slaton will preside and Dr. H. M. Du
Bose, pastor First M. E. church, Hon,
A. J. Orem, the Broker Reformer of
Boston and the heroic Chief Beavers
will speak.
Saturday Morning, 20.—Will be di¬
vided between the W. C. T. U., and
the Woman’s Clubs, with such speak¬
ers as Mrs. Mary Harris Armor for
Temperenee, Mrs. Jas. Little for “The
Mother’s Club.” Mrs. G. B. Lindsey
on “The Hand That Rocks The
Cradle,” and Mrs. Mary L. McLen¬
don on “The Unfinished Work of the
W. C. T. IT.,’’ Mrs. Lem Gilreath,
state evangel, W. C. T. U.
Saturday Morning. — Students Ral
ly—For school boys and girls every¬
where. Hon. Seaborn Wright and
other’s will speak.
Saturday Night.—“Hobson Night”—
“The Christian Citizen and the Li¬
quor Traffic,” with short speeches by
Judge Nash Broyles on “Law Enforce
ment” and Wm. D. Upshaw “The
Press and Public Morals.”
Sunday Morning, 21.-— Different
phases, of Christian Citizenship dis¬
cussed by the pastors of the City.
Closing Session Sunday Afternoon
Chief Speaker—Dr. Lincoln McConnei
new pastor of “The Tabernacle”—
Subject, “Lawlessness—Its Cause and
Cure.” With a brief address by a rep
resentative of Christian Mechanics.
The general purpose of the move¬
ment is to federate all local Civic
Leagues and other patriotic organiza¬
tions and key them to the work of
building and vitalizing Christian Cit¬
izenship in every community. All
churches, young people’s societies,
women’s clubs, and civic organiza¬
tions of every kind whose purpose is
the betterment of humanity, are ur¬
ged to send two delegates- each.
Please act immediately and send
your name to S. T. Nicholson, Gen.
Seo’y. 622 Empire Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
Now is a mighty good time to pay
that dollar you owe the News.
