The Covington news. (Covington, Ga.) 1908-current, November 12, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text; * 3 agsis She VOL. V. NO. superior court is " IN SESSION gw R ^ RE r ES jU ■ °BST solicitor-general NEWTO N and PRESENT. NAPIER adjourned session of the »u ,; Court convened Monday morn rior ‘ o’clock. Judge C. S. Reid ^Campbell 9-30 presiding for J T county, was t time since kin elevation to t rs tb JuSo was the solicitor-general change* were «, 8 circut until ; de several week appointed ago by Judge Governor L. S. Slaton when he to the Court of Appeals bench, Baa, Solicitor-General Reid judge aid made { this circuit, and named Col. Georg* C Decatur, fill the va¬ a papier, of to cancy of solicitor-general, ij^e D ew judge delivered a short but forcible charge to the grand jury upon ^ convening of court Monday mom ii,g. Judge Reid stressed the ear iousness of the duties of grand ju ors in the fact that they were guar liars of the law and were to pro ;ect and upheld good government. In his charge .special force was aid upon the violation of the laws on jamb"- a. sol eg whiskey, and the law of the regulation of the sale of narcotics and drug®. Judge Reid i > a few remarks in regard to his new position -and as sired the poopl of Newton county av r to uphold the few c a ll tl:e ; Gen of judge to thft bvf-t ox nis i ibility. Solicitor Gen* ;i Napier made his first appearance n Newton Superior court in an offfc d capacity. He has a pleas- g appearance arid will un doufe: A;.- occupy the position of so lidtr-gencral with credit to himself and the people < >f this county. Tie Grand Jury for the present term of Newton Superior Court or¬ ganized immediately after the conclu skm of Judge C G. Q. Livingston was elected fore ian, and A. E. Coogler and W, T. Hlncr, clerks. BISHOP A. W. WILSON VISITS AT OXFORD. Bishop A. W. Wilson, of the Metho¬ dist Episcopal church, South, visited his daughter, Mrs. W. L. Weber, in Oxford last week. Ife is the oldest bishop in the church, and is now on his way to hold a conference in South Carolina. lJ HOLLARS FLY I , ^ Put Them In The Bank And They Wont “j-TLy From Ybu 1 he nighty dollar-elusive & 1 ard to hold-should be D G ia this bank where it will be made ' l ; v or: or you, work for you day and ni ^h 365 days in the year. FIRST national bank. ;ii Sleajiij Growing-Cans and Grow With as. THREE DAYS FAIR BEGINS THURSDAY NEWTON'S FAIR WILL BE HELD THIS WEEK FOR THREE DAYS INSTEAD OF TWO AS FIRST THOUGHT. Three days of the Newton county fair, November 13, 14, 15th, instead o* two days, has been decided upon by the officer* of the fair association The show will begin. Thursday and continue through Saturday', and the prospects are great for a magnificent s^ow, which will include displays froi *’ e Com Club, Live Stock Associatioi and Poultry Association. The announcement of the fair was in complete form in last week’s News and by the thousands of circulars which are being distributed. Although the numbers of days for the fair to continue have been changed, so re¬ x'. ember the event begins Thursday morning and will continue through Saturday. Have your displays and exhibits in the hands of the fair officials on time, and do your beet to make them all prize winners. Nothing can give such an impetus c these industries in Newton county as a. large attendance at the fair from every sectin of Newton. TIPs week is fair week—Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 13. ; 14, 15 th. NEGROES INCREASING. It will be interesting to note that the negro population of Newton county increased from 4S.7 per cent, in 1900 to 51.3 per cent, in 1910 the authori ties being the government census. Next to Missippi, Georgia has more negro inhabitants than any' other state in the South. Sixty five counties- in Georgia have negro majorities in pop¬ ulation. METHODIST CONFERENCE MEETS IN ELBERTON. The annual session of the North Georgia Conference will convene in Elberton, at the First Methodist church, November 20th, and continue for five days. Bishop Collins Denny will preside over the assembly. Rev, J. G. Logan, pastor of the Cov ington church, and Dr. R. G. Smith, pastor of the North Covington church will attend the conference. Several members of the Emory col¬ lege faculty will also be present at the conference. COViNGTON, GEORGIA, Ncv. 12, 1913. MUCH PROPERTY IS NOT RETURNED JUDGE HART, NEXT TAX COMMlS SIGNER, ISSUES STARTLING STATEMENT ABOUT TAX RETURNS. Only cue seventh of the property in Georgia is returned for taxation, Is the surprising statement made by Judge John C. Hart, the new tax com missioner under Georgia’s tax law eni acted at the last session of the legis¬ lature. The people suppose that sixty per cent of the roperty in the state is re¬ turned for taxation, although this is not the law. The old tax requires a return of property at the market val¬ ue. A large number of Georgia coun i "es had a decrease in tax returns for t e past year, while others had a bare increase. This was attributed to the financial conditions of Georgia last year on account of the extreme short cotton crop. But the statement of Judge Hart h r s caused widespread interest be¬ cause of the tax situation in Georgia, and the new- law passed by the last general assembly. Several Georgia counties are kick¬ ing on the new law and threaten to make it a question in coming political campaigns, but'on the other hand, ether sections of the state have greet ed the new law with pleasure and are disposed to give it a fair trial. Any change in our tax system that will equalize the burden will be wvl corned, and it is thought this is grad¬ ually coming because of the awaken¬ ing of the people and the legislature. WOULD PAY NO T AX ON ENDOWMENT EMORY COLLEGE ALUMNI TO EX EMPT ALL CG-LEGE ENDOW¬ MENTS FROM TAXATION. - VERY GOOD MOVE. Emory College pays $2000.00 a yea^. tax on her endowment, and by a plan being advocated and advanced b. the Emory men of the University Club in Atlanta, the legislature wo-ulc enact a bill providing for the exemp tion of all college endowments in Georgia. A committee composed of E. 5 Heath, ’09, of Waynesboro, H. E. W Palmer, ’72, of Atlanta, M. M. Parks ’92, of Milledgeville, John S. Gieaton ’95, George W. Stevens, ’84, Tlios \\ Connally, ’02, Claude C. Smith ’95, have been appointed to tak charge of the proposed bill which wil very likely be presented to the nex> legist atur. It is contended that the work being done by the college is for the good I of the State, and its endowment 1 should be exempt from tax, for this, if no other reason. It is to be hoped that the plan of these Emory graduates will mature, which would be a benefit to Emory and other endowed colleges. CAPT. ELLINGTON RETIRES AFTER 44 YEARS SERVICE.. Capt. A. H. Ellington, who has teen in the service of the Illinois Central railroad for the past forty four years, was granted a pension laid week and has retired. Captain Elling¬ ton enjoys the distinction of having carried the first passenger train over the I. C. tracks from Jackson to Cain The train was run a few days after the line was completed and was in charge of the Captain. Capt. Ellington has been a passen¬ ger conductor on the I. C-, for a long period of time; he left the passenger service at one time and was train¬ master for seven years, and upon giving up that pceition went back on the road as conductor. He will now devote his time to looking after his real estate interest®, part of which is a large farm in this county. Capt Ellington is as- well known s • any man who ever handled a train or, the I. C., road. Uniformly cour¬ teous, thoroughly painstaking in his work and with n eye single to the railroad and the pleasing of its pat¬ ron®, he was unqualified a success as & conductor and deservedly popular with all with whom he epe in con¬ tact His son, Walter Ellington, is train¬ master at Jackson.—Ex. BRING YOUR EX¬ HIBITS EARLY TODAY THE MANAGEMENT DESIRES THAT ALL EXHIBITS BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON IF POS¬ SIBLE. BRING YOURS. The management of the fair Is de¬ sirous of getting all exhibits in the .-uildng not later than this afternoon £ possible. If this is done it (will re¬ lieve the building committee of a lot of work Thursday morning and every¬ thing will bo in readiness for the opening at nine o’clock if the exhi¬ bits are ail here today. This is the main feature of the fair if you do not bring your exhibits and wait for your neighbor to bring 'them there will be no fair, but if [everyone will bring what they can j in the way of farm products, poultry and cattle, this will be one of the best fairs that will be held in the state this year. Bring your best stalks of corn, cane, cotton and every thing on the farm that will be inter¬ esting to the people. These exhibits mean everything to a successful fair and to have one it | is don necessary of all the to farmers, have the co-opera ! poultrymen. 1 and cattle men in the county. Every | exhibit will be admitted and cared foi free of charge and there will he no -barge for admission. This is unu mal, but the merchants and business ien of the town and county have nade tins possible by contributing reely to the fund for the actual ex¬ penses. The prizes are all worth I working for and you will lose nothing I by exhibiting your products. If it is impossible to get your en j try here tody bring it in as- early | Thursday morning as possible. Bring ! your cattle in early Thursday morn ing. County Schools to Close. The Board of Education Monday i granted Friday of this week as a holi¬ day fer the school children of the ounty. Every school will be closed hat day and the children given the importunity of coming to Covingtn to the fair. This we believe is a good love by the Board as it will give the hildren the opportunity of seeing ne fair without losing a day from -Jchool. REMEMBER WHERE TO COME— fO THE PICKETT BUILDING Lyric to Open Early Friday. On account of the fair and the ! -. rge number of children coming to | town Friday to the fair the Lyric will i open that day at 1 o’clock to give the ; people of the county the benefit of i seeing the pictures. Special pictures I nve been arramgd for this day. This j ! i, a popular playhouse and always has 5 r. good show. The admission is > and 10c. MISSIONARY notes. It is said that China is a bundle of paradoxes, being the slowest fast nation and the newest old nation on the face of the earth, but she is sure to come out all right eventually, for she always does. She has some¬ times been conquered, but she alw-ays a I sorbs her conquerors when they come to live on Chinese soil. She talks, and argues, and “haggles” un¬ til the patience of the foreign nation is exhausted, then turns around and does what the nations have predicted. She could never do. She is sending men over here to study our govern n ent in its various branches, so as to teach her the importance of laying the foundation on the Bible as a bed¬ rock. The mission schools we have established there are doing fine work, but are so crowded. The cry s for more room and more workers. The few’ lamps we have lighted are j loo small to give light to the millions i in darkness. , Will you not show your love for Christ by aiding in sene ing light to these benighted ones for v.hom he died? Our missionaries wh( vere compelled to leave Mexico, are utilizing their stay at home by study | ing the Bible and Spanish, thus fit¬ ting themselves to- do better work when they are allowed to return to tneir fields of labor they so reluct ually left. May the Lord grant that strife and turmoil in Mexico may I soon cease, and the missionaries be able to return to their loved employ. Mrs. A. M. Travis, Press Supt. DISHES.—We have several waiters of dishes in town. If you have any belonging to us notify us and we will send for them.—Covington JUDGE J, B, PARK TO PRESIDE HERE GREENE COUNTY JURIST WHO CRITICISED JONES COUNTY JURY TO PRESIDE AT NEW¬ TON COURT. Judge James B. Park, of Greensbo¬ ro, judge of the Ocmulgee circuit, will preside in several cases that will come up at the present term of the New¬ ton Superior Court, in which Judge C R. Reid is disqualified because of his connection with the cases when he was solicitor-general. Judge I arlc is now* a very tuut.-i talked about jurist because of the se¬ vere criticism he made of the Jones county jury who acquitted Mrs. Kate j King, of the charge of accessory to 1 *h© murder of Jim King, her husband I At the same session of court Nick Wilburn was convicted of the murder of King, and was sentenced to hang December 12tb. Judge Park made his criticism because the evidence that conv cted Wilburn, freed Mrs. King. The Ocmulgee Judge has been on the bench abou* three years, and dur¬ ing that time has never been reversed in a decision by the Court of Appeals or the Supreme court. He is very forcible and the people of New'ten v/djl watch his sitting' with interest. HOWE’S SHOW WAS GOOD. Howe’d Great London circus has come and gone, and furnished a good day of amgu&ememt Friday. One of the larges* crowds that have been in Covington in iate years was here dur¬ ing circus day. The show was good, and so tor we have been able to ascertain, every¬ body was pleased. The attraction tad many new features, and the cour¬ teous treatment of the management and show employees was common da¬ ta 1 a The brilliant feature of the A shotw was the treupe of Japanese ' - robats, -who were artists in their lire. The merchants did a good busin- ss, ar d all in all, everybody bad a gov- i time. j NEW BOTTLING WORKS NOW RUNNING HERE. The Taylor-Mahone Bottling Work is now' running, the owners bein® G. C. Taylor and J. F. Mahone. The new concern are the successors to tin Wells Bottling Works. The bottling plant will begin manufacutre j all soft driitiks, and will a wa- . gon at once. DID IT EVER i STRIKE YOU o ! Did it ever occur to your that we 1111*1 Mi i I offer you here a splendid service in P I every branch cf COMMERCIAL iliy BANKING combined With the safe guards and l ie security represented by an ample capital and surplus? Salk We ask that thoroughly exam¬ you ine and investigate our last report—it shows a condition that is healthy and srtong. We invite your business—and are certain that we can nandle it to your entire satisfaction. BANKi - v*, w, DFITSU5.0D0 INGTON CAP1TALUOO. mm -A , mssa&mmm $1. A Year In Advance. AND QUAIL SEASON SOON OPEN GAME LAWS PERMIT HUNTING OF GAME AND DOVE BEGINNING NOVEM¬ BER 20TH. Bring your old shot gun or musket from the attic, and clean, it up, you’ll have plenty of use for it if like to hunt, and some how or r most everybody seems to like sport. Georgia’s game laws v.111 permit the nvLtg of quail and dove, beginning r 20th, which is not but a week of i. And incidentally you might come up all the requirements ot the law and secure the necessary license. In fact, everybody should read Georgia’s game laws so as to familiarize them¬ selves with the -conditions under which one can hunt in this state. Stae Game Warden Davis, and h ; e predecessor, J. E. Mercer have pub¬ lished interviews in the state press which show that doves and partridges axe plentiful new, because of the game laws. Newton county game warden Is Les ter Lee, and license can be secured R. F. Taylor, at The Covington News office. SOCIAL CIRCLE MILLS RESUMES OPERATION SOON The Social Circle Cotton Mills, which has been in the hands of the receiver for several months, will re¬ sume operation immediately being bid in by E. M. Herndon, of ^Social Circle, for $86,950.00. W. P. Wallace, o° Rutledge, will likely be the new p. esident. The mill was sold to Social Circle capitalists and the sale has been coni firmed by the owners, who hope to begin o; ration in about 30 days. NEW BRIDGE. A new steel br’dge will be erected on Railroad street, just south of the Central of Georgia Railway station, io J "-e course of a few months. The bridge now at this site will doubtless be used in some other plao< a - it is in a good state of repairs. Tim street will be widened at this. - iiit, and the new structure will be the v idth of the road. LOST.—Silver Card Case with M. I . G., on back. Return to Mis® Frances Godfrey and receive re¬ ward.—It.