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VI. NO. 3
HE6R0ES HELD FOR
SIARRSVILLE CRIME
NEGROES DETAINED IN JAIL
TW0 CONNECTION
ON SUSPICION IN
WITH ASSAULT OF MRS.
JAMES JOHNSON.
A middle age negro* and a young
man are being held in the
, , ° gro suspicion of
v wt on county jail on
peinu, connected- with the assault of
JlrB James Johnson, a prominent
;, nre woman of Starrsville, Monday
n orning. found about
Un Johnson was nocw
'I Jay by an aged negro uan on
on
the flour ot her home gagged with a
Ldt t.eJ around her neck, her clothes
t01u aJK i su,unrated with kerosene,
we haa received a blow on the tore
liead, and the room in which she was
l-.iig was very much disordered.
Robbery is being attributed as the
motive for the crime, as it is heard
t .at money was thought to be in the
house.
When the tews of the deed reach¬
ed Covington, Sheriff Hay with a
pack of dogs, left for the scene, but
lie various tracks leading from the
house could not be carried very far.
Numbers of Covington people went
oJ t to Starrsville in automobiles and
cozens from all sections of the conn
tv had gathered at the home of Mr.
Johnson.
Feeling among the gathering was
intense, and it was fealt that vio¬
lence would come should the guilty
party be apprehended.
Mrs. Johnson had been at home
curing the morning, no one being in
the house except the negro woman
row being detained by the authori
ties. Her children had gone to school.
Neither one of the negroes now in
custody of the sheriff have anything
to say of the crime. It is learned
that the woman has acted queerly,
but to what extent is not known. The
iwgro man talked freely when arrest¬
ed. and although in the midst of a
large crowd of citizens who had gath¬
ered he appeared not to be frighten¬
ed.
As we go to press Wednesday morn
mg at 6 o’clock, nothing has. develop¬
ed that leads to positive proof of the
guilty parties.
LAND SALE.
acres of land belonging to
< ; tate of J. W. Stephenson at pub¬
ic outcry in front of court house.
Coung’on, Ga., on first Tuesday in
January.
R- E. STEPHENSON. Admr.
ilYouokt'
Start a Bank Account for
That Boy or Girl of Yours
BA ^K book from this bank wiel be
0 f 0 most acceptable and altogether desirable gifts
- J c °u!d possibly bestow upon your child.
h will serve t« start him the road to wealth and imbue
on
!, lnfl Vvi! ^ habit of saving which, in after life, will bring him
1 1 and confidence of his fellows.
Speak tc your wife about it. See what she says.
■ lien come to this Bank and we’ll do the rest.
first naiional bank.
a r e Steadily Growing-Gome and Grow With us.
@hfi @flmmgm Nam
EVERITT ELECTED
WITHOUT
HOPKINS. ROBINSON AND
ENSON RE-ELECTED TO CITY
COUNCIL WITHOUT OPPO¬
SITION MONDAY.
The election for mayor, three coun
cilmen and two members of the
school board, of Covington, was held
Monday, resulting:
Mayor—R. E. Evertit.
Councilmen—Dr. A. S. Hopkins,
Luke Robinson, R. E. Stephenson.
Members of Public School Board—
N. S. Turner and R. W. Milner.
The newly elected officials will be
sworn in on Januaxy it, to take
their seats or a term of two years.
Mayor-Elect Event!, succeeds May¬
er George T. Smith. The former
is not without experience in the
Covington city affairs, as he has
served on the city council and the
public school boat’d.
The three councilmen and two
members of the present city council
and school board were re-elected as
they are members of the present city
council and school commission.
A light vote was polled, only 58
votes being cast.
MOVING PICTURES OF
COVINGTON SHOWN.
It is seldom that Covington peo¬
ple have the privilege of seeing them¬
selves as others eee them, but such
was the case Friday and Monday af
jrnoon at the popular Lyric Theatre,
when a film of Covington scenes
were thrown upon the canvas to be
greeted by a, large and interested
gathering of spectators.
The film was taken by an enter¬
prising southern company which be¬
gun the taking of films and weekly
events of this immediate section of
the south. The Covington film car¬
ried pictures of the only street car in
tie world except New York, driven
by mule power, street scenes and the
students at the public schools.
This same film concern made pic¬
tures of the Emory faculty, student
body and a number of the buildings
at the college Saturday morning, and
were shown at the Lyric Monday af¬
ternoon.
Card of Thanks.
We take this method of thanking
the good people of Covington who
were oo nice to us during the illness
and death of our little girl.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Adams.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, Dec. 17, 1913.
Our Roads
Much Better
ROADS IN NORTH NEWTON MAG¬
NIFICENT DECLARES BODY
OF COVINGTON CITIZENS
AFTER TOUR.
The roads of north Newton county
are the best in this section of the
state, is the opinion of a party of
Covington citizens who rode over
tnem Monday afternoon in automo
c-iles. Some of the party contend that
t’-e highways in this section of the
county are the best in the state.
Four automobiles conveyed the
party of Covington citizens who rode
over these roads for several hours.
The party consisted of J. T. Swann,
N S. Turner, R R. Fowler, F. E.
Heard, E. NY. Fowler, P. NY. Godfrey,
K. C. Guinn, S. D. Cook, Will Cook,
K. E_ Everitt, I. W. Meadors, C. D
Terrell, A. D. Meador, M. G. Turner.
Newton county excells in her sys¬
tem of schools, and it is indeed an
honor to have her roads adjudged by
competent critics as the best in this
set ion of the state and possibly the
state. Her citizens cannot be too
proud as good highways bespeak pro¬
gress and development, which is one
o' the greatest factors in establish¬
ing the supremacy of the south when
mentioned in connection with the
world.
Mr. H C. Hensler „ the supervisor
of road work in Newton county, has
superintended the road work which
is being so highly commended by the
citizens who made a tour of these
rroads. His work has not only re¬
ceived much praise from this party
of citizens * but the Grand Jury in
their presentments at the last court,
commended him on the discharge
o' his duties.
The Board of County Commission¬
ers of Newton have stressed every
point to have this county’s roads jud¬
ged as the best in the south, as
they recognize the benefits to be de
tived from prmanent and well built
highways.
The day is not far distant when
t-very section of Newton county will
have the best of roads under the su¬
pervision of Mr. Hensler. And when
this day comes prosperity w’ill be the
satisfaction in every home of this
county.
The public appreciates the need of
good roads as the county is where
the world lives, and every conven¬
ience in marketing the products of the
farm is that much towards our su¬
premacy.
SCHEDULE FOR QUARTERLY
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED.
Dr. J. W. Quillian, presiding el¬
der of the Oxford district of the M.
E church, south, has announced the
first round of quarterly conferences
for the Oxford district for the new
conference year.
The shedule is:
Clinton circuit, at Clinton, January
3rd.
Gray circuit, at Gray, Jauuary 4th.
DeKalb circuit, at NVesley Chapel,
Jauary 9th.
Salem circuit, at Salem, January
10 - 11 .
Conyers circuit, at Philadelphia,Jan
nary 17.
Lithonia circuit, at Lithonia, Jan¬
uary 18ht.
Conyers station, January 18, P. M.
Monticello circuit, at Andrews, Jan¬
uary 25th.
Monticello station, January 25th.
Shady Dale circuit, at Shady Dale,
January 25, P. M., 26th.
Newborn circuit, at Starrsville, Jan
West Putnam at Friendship, Feb. 6
nary 31, February 1.
East Putnam, at NVesley, Feb. 7-8.
Eatonton circuit, Feb. 8th p. m.
Baldwin circuit, at Stephens Pot¬
tery, Feb. 14.
Midway circuit, at Midway, Feb.
15ih.
Milledgevill© station, Feb. 15, p. m.
Porterdale, at Liberty, Feb. 21.
Mansfield circuit, at Mansfield,
Feb. 22.
Stone Mountain, at Clarkston,
March 1.
Social Circle, at Social Circle
March 8th.
FOR RENT.
My nine room dwelling at Academy
Springs. Fo" further information
write or see,
MRS. J. H. COX.
Covington, Ga.— 1 if.
Assessors
Named
THREE NEWTON COUNTY CITI¬
ZENS NAMED BY COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AS AS¬
SESSORS UNDER LAW.
C C. Brooks, of Covington, Dr. N.
J. Boswell, of Mansfield, and J. NV.
King, of West Newton, have been
named as the board of tax assessors
for Newton county under the new law
by tbe board of county commissioners
oi Newton.
The people of Newton are no
doubt familiar with the terms of the
law which v as passed by the last
session of the general assembly pro¬
viding for a new system of taxation,
which in the main, is a measure for
tax equalization.
Judge John C. Hart, former attor¬
ney-general, was appointed by Gover¬
nor John M. Slaton as tax commis¬
sioner under the law. Judge Hart is
a capable man in this line of work
and he has been a close student of
tne state affairs. He has been de¬
livering speeches to the people of the
state acquainting -them \vith the new
bw, and he will come to Newton
county as soon as po&sibLe for him
to do so.
The startling statement of Judge
Kart that only one seventh of the
property of the state was returned
foi taxation, set Georgians to think¬
ing, and it is believed that a revolu¬
tion will come in taxation affairs
which will tend to equalize the bur¬
den.
PROGRAM FOB WOMANS’
CLUB IS OUTLINED
The following is the program for
the Study Circle of the NVomans’s
Cmb for this season.
Howard Weedem—Miss Brownie Hu
son.
James Lane Allen—Mrs. Jas. Gard¬
ner.
Sidney Lanier—Mrs. J. W. Lee.
3rd Tuesday, Jan. 1914.
Henry Watterson—Miss Eleanor
Hays.
Richard Malcolm Johnston—Mrs. E
O. Lee.
Joel Candler Hart is—Mrs Evans
Lunsford.
3rd Tuesday, Feby. 1914.
Jno. Bannister Tabb—Mrs. Lester
Lee.
Alice Hegan Rice—Mrs. A. D. Mead
or.
Gale Young Rice—Mrs. R. NV. Mil¬
ner.
3rd Tuesday, March 1914.
Chas. Egbert Craddock (Miss Mur
Lee)—Mrs. NV. T. Milner.
Irwin Russell—Mrs. Jas. E. Phil¬
ips.
'Abraham J. (“Father”) Ryan —
Mrs. Luke Robinson.
3rd Tuesday, April, 1914.
Wm. P. Trent—Mrs. Chas. Sock
well.
Ruth McEnery Stuart—Mrs. Chas.
White.
Edgar Allen Pos—Mrs. J. A.
Wright.
3rd Tuesday, May, 1914,
Will Harbenc-Miss S. M. Sockwell.
Henry W. Grady—Mrs. L. D. King.
Thos. Nelson Page—Mrs. Birdie
Shepherd.
NEWTON’S INCREASE IN
BALES FOR 1913 IS 4,226.
Newton county has ginned 21,226
bales of cotten for the 1913 season up
to December 1st, according to the
statistics issued by NVm. J. Harris,
the Director of the Census.
This announcement also states
that Newton ginned 17,067 in 1912,
which shows an increase so far for
the 1913 season over 1912 of 4,226
bales.
Georgia has ginned 2,066,109 bales
for the 1913 season, over 1,564,423 in
1913.
FARM FOR PENT.
Two horse farm for rent. See Dr.
A. C. Perry, Covington, Ga.—12-17-2t.
Notice!
City Taxes are past due. To save
the expense of an execution, all un¬
paid taxes must be settled at once.
GEO. T. SMITH, Mayor.
T. J. SHIELDS, Clerk.
Dec. 16th 1913.
RED CROSS SEALS
ARE SELLING FAST
GEORGIA IS ESTABLISHING RE¬
CORD IN SALE OF STAMPS TO
BATTLE WITH THE GREAT
WHITE PLAGUE.
The sale of Red Cross Christmas
stamps began early in the holiday
season, and just as. soon as they were
put on sale they were readily bought
by the public.
Every one should be familiar with
the purpose of the sale of these
stamps, and the cause to which the
fund goes. The money secured from
tie sale of the stamps is used in
the fight being waged against tuber¬
culosis, as. this great white plague is
securing a grip on) America.
No one should send out a package
durnig the holidays 1 without placing
a Red Cross stamp on the bundle.
Use them for your letters, as every
one you buy benefits society so
much.
Some of the largest business
Louses of America are placing Red
C”oss stamps on every letter they
vrile, and it is as little as you can
do to use them yourself.
Red Cross Christmas Seale are to¬
day on sale in every county in the
state—for the first time. Some
places are making a wonderful show¬
ing. Up in the little town of Sum¬
merville, whree there wae difficulty In
getting a representative, little Sara
Neal, nine jears old, daughter of
: ostmaster C. P. Neal, threw herself
irto the breach; the Summerville
News told the story, and the little
lady sold out her 1,300 seals by De
cunber 10, and ordered 500 more.
How is that for an example?
The seals are on sale at practical¬
ly every store in Covington. NVhen
you are making your Christmas pur¬
chases, include in your shopping list
a quantity of the Red Cross Seals.
Warning!
The shooting of fire works on
ti e streets of Covington, is a viola¬
tion of the law—likely to set fire to
buildings, and dangerous to human
life. Any violators of this ordinance
will be severely dealt with. A spe¬
cial effort will be made to catch
guilty parties.
GEO. T. SMITH, Mayor.
T. J. SHIELDS, Clerk.
Dec. 16th 1913.
SffeL lilfc
!HK:
THE FRUITFUL
TREE
Grows under the first-class
business management—and one of th»
essentials to up to date management
is the CHECKING ACCOUNT.
This institition offers its deposi¬
tors every facility known to safe
banknig—it has substantial resources
and a directorate composed of suc¬
cessful, conservative business men.
It invites checking acounts either
large or small.
Lv.v.v/.l
N‘IFBUSIN‘ESS lS BAD- '
ADVERTISE IN
The Covington News
$] A Year In Advance.
TAXES ARE NEEDED
BY BIG TREASURY
COMPTROLLER WRIGHT URGES
THE COUNTY TAX COLLEC¬
TORS TO ENFORCE THE
LAW.
The tax law of Georgia requires
that all taxes shall be paid by Satur¬
day, December 20th, and in view of
toe fact that the state is in urgent
need of funds Comprotroller General
Wright has. written to the various tax
collectors and urged that all collec¬
tions be made and forwarded to the
state treasurer.
Georgia’s credit is as good as any
state in the union, according to
Governor John M. Slaton, who ha3
just returned from New York where
lie had occasion to look into Geor¬
gia’s borrowing power.
The following communication has
been received by Newton county’s tax
collector, and is self-explanatory.
“I am advised by the Governor and
Stat© Treasurer that the State is in
u:g*. t need of funds with which to
meet drafts on the treasury which
will be made between, mow and the
first of January. It will therefore he
necessary for you to press collections
as rapidly as possible. The law re¬
quires that all taxes due the State
shall be paid by the 29th of Decem¬
ber of each year. Explain this to the
lax-payers of your county, and urge
that they make prompt settlement
o' their taxes, which you will please
remit without waiting for the fir®!
Monday in January, in order that the
Treasurer may be able to mee' all
demands as they mature.”
COMMISSIONERS TO ELECT
WARDEN IN JANUARY.
The Board of County Commis
eioners of Newton county will elect a
supervisor of road work and recom¬
mend to the state prison commission
Lis appointment as warden of con¬
victs, at their regular meeting on, the
f^rst Monday in January.
Mr. H. C. Hensler is the warden
ard supervisor of road work in Netw
ton now, and he will offer for re
e ; ection. it is not thought he will
have any opposition.
TO RENT.
Within one block of public square,
t! ree connoting rooms, large closets,
electric lights, phone, splendid water,
desirable location. Possession given
st once. Enquire at News Office..
