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CUFF WALKER ENTERS
STATEHOUSE BWE
PKOMiNKNT WALTON COUNTY
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lOKNF.Y-GENERAL TO
yi FELDER.
( EEI> THOMAS S.
(.Afford Walker, of Monroe, is
Uu , ,.. u . e for attorney-general to suc
S. Felder, the present of
Tho.nas
who Will very probably be a ean
, H ‘ \ ; Senate to
!i(1 at fur the United States
,.expired term of Senator A. O.
n
I ’.aeon.
Walker’s first love was news
Ml - served “devil"
work, when he as
‘ Walton Tribune. His
th( . oitiee of the
father was the founder of the Monroe
paper. had the
The Atlanta Constitution
following to say concerning his an¬
nouncement :
■lion. Clifford Walker, of Monroe,
after conference with Hon. ,1. E. Pot
Ile of Milledgeville, announced defi
aiteiy today that he will offer for the
position of attorney-general to succeed
present Attorney-General T. S. Felder,
who has announced that he will be a
candidate for the United States sen¬
ate at the approaching primary.
“Mr. Pottle and Mr. Walker are close
personal friends, and Mr. Walker has
withheld his announcement until he as¬
certained definitely whether his friend
Mr. Pottle would offer for the position.
Upon receiving assurance to the con¬
trary. Mr. Walker today stated.
“Two weeks ago 1 consented on re¬
quest of friends at home to consider
making the race for attorney general
to succeed Hon. T. S. Felder, who has
announce that he will be a candidate
for another office. Response from sev¬
eral hundred letters around the state
has been so favorable that I have defi¬
nitely decided to run. I will later make
it canvass of the state and will cordial¬
ly appreciate the support of all the
people."
Mr. Walker is one of the best equip¬
ped lawyers of the state. He is par¬
ticularly fitted for the presentation of
criminal cases to the supreme court
Inning recently completed two books
mi that branch of the law. He is a
man of high character and fine person¬
ality, combining a brilliant intellect
with n strong mentality and a nature
mi lovable as to endear him to hun¬
dreds all over the state. He is in every
way qualified, and letters received
since the announcement of Ids probable
candidacy show that he will draw
strong support from every section of
the state.
“He is a member of the law firm of
Walker & Roberts, of Monroe. He is
•‘In years of age having been in the ac¬
tive practice for sixteen years. No
man of his age in Georgia has a wider
circle of friends. He is the oldest son
of Colonel 1!. s. Walker, one of the best
men and strongest constructive forces
in the south. He graduated from the
state university in the class of 1SJI7.
which numbered such strong men as
Ed Maddox, of Rome. Howe:I Erwin, of
Athens. W. w. Larson, of Dublin and
Drrin Roberts, of Monroe, I. J. Hof
mayer, of Albany, Harry Dodd, of At¬
lanta. and Ben Dasher, of Macon. He
has been a member or the state execu¬
tive committee, and was in 1S110 the
grand chancellor of the Knights of Py¬
thias of Georgia, making at Brunswick
the must notable Pythian address in
•'ears. He is a prominent member of
the State Bar Association, and a well
known layman in the Baptist church,
being a member of the board of trus¬
tees of Mercer University and of Shor¬
ter college at Rome. He is peculiarly
fortunate in haying close relatives in
ten different sections of Georgia. He is
a man of the people. In his race for
solicitor-general of the western circuit.
" hich position he held with eminent
success for four years and then volun¬
tarily retired, he made a wonderful
canvass before the people. His ability
ami experience as a campaigner will
’ell in this race, and his friends who
have watched his career freely predict
he will win.”
STRS-ET railway schedule.
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7 Gov 8 30 am Lv Depot 9:00 am
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ara will leave Oxford on time and
1 all for the kind with the label on
It—Chero-Cola.
i UK KM liMj'i'O.N NEWS, W1ED NK5/8DAY. MARCH 18, 1914.
BUSSORAH A FILTHY TOWN.
A Visit to the Apocryphal Home of
Smdbad trie Sa.lor.
We were on our way to Bussorah,
famous as the apocryphal home of
Sindbad the Sailor. Bussorah i* the
lea port of Bagdad, from u hich it is
distant about 500 miles by river.
Bussorah in the summer is nothing
less than a fiery turn ace. for the ther¬
mometer registers more than 100 de
grees F. in the shade during 120 con¬
secutive days, and the uiea-n tempera¬
ture, night and day, for upwards of
four mouths, is about 05 degrees.
Malarial fevers, dysentery and ague
are prevalent, and the town is fre
quently visited by plague and cholera,
and yet. thanks to the cool winter and
prevailing north winds, the place is
not essentially unhealthy for those
who arjj acclimatized.
The habits and wants of the popu
lation are simple and are likely to re
main so for some time to come, but
the sanitary state of the town is de¬
plorable. The creeks, which are tidal,
supply it with drinking water, blit are
used indiscriminately for all house
hold purposes, and the stench arising
from them at low water is overpow
ering.
The governor general of the province
of Bussorah had his private residence
in the upper story of a flimsy Inti) and
plaster edifice overlooking the main
road. The walls of his house could not
have been more than six inches thick,
and it was full of windows. The
ground floor seemed to he a stable and
was occupied by goats.
As our carriage approached, churn¬
ing up the mud which lay ankle deep
and bumping over the hollows and ob¬
structions which had so far escaped
the attention of a not too observant
municipality, we saw the governor’s
head appear at an upper window and
that of a she goat at a lower one
simultaneously.
The governor, a middle aged man of
dignified bearing, greeted us gravely
and kindly. From his conversation lie
appeared to be somewhat of a pedant,
imbued with the chauvinistic tenden¬
cies of the young Turk, and a harden¬
'd bureaucrat.
His excellency’s salutations as he
bade us farewell were expressed with
becoming gravity: "We trust tha,t God
may lie pleased to preserve your ex¬
cellency's health. Our town is yours,
as well as our bouse. May we order
our soldiers to accompany you on your
ride to Zobeir? Your person is more
precious to us than our eyes, and there
are evil men. enemies of our lord the
sultan, abroad in the desert."—'Cham¬
bers’ Journal.
THE RAZ0RBACK HOG.
Here’s His Portrait, and It Doesn't
Flatter Him a Bit.
In physique and mentality the razor
back differs even more from a domes¬
tic hog than a wild goose does from a
tame one. Shaped in front like a thin
wedge, he can go through laurel thick¬
ets like a bear. Armored with tough
hide, cushioned by bristles, he despises
thorns, brambles and rattlesnakes alike.
His extravagantly long snout can scent
like a cat's and yet burrow, uproot,
overturn, as if made of metal.
Tlie long legs, thin flanks, pliant
hoofs, lit him to run like a deer and
climb like a goat. In courage and sa¬
gacity lie outranks all other beasts.
A warrior born, he is also a strategist
of the first order. Like man. he lives
a communal life and unites with others
of his kind for purposes of defense.
The pig is tlie only large mammal I
know of. besides man. whose eyes will
not shine by reflected light—they are
too bold and crafty. I wit. Tlie razor
back has a mind of his own—not in¬
stinct, but mind—whatever psycholo¬
gists may say. He thinks. Anybody
can see that when he is not rooting or
sleeping he is studying devilment.
He shows remarkable understanding
of human speech, especially profane
speech, and even an uncanny gift of
reading men’s thoughts whenever those
thoughts are directed against the
peace and dignity of pigsbip. He bears
grudges, broods over indignities and
plans redresses for the morrow or the
week after. If he cannot get even with
you he will lay for your unsuspecting
friend. And at last, when arrested in
his crime and lodged in tlie pen. he is
liable to attacks of mania from sheer
helpless rage,—From Horace Kephart's
“Our Southern Highlanders.”
Opposite Opinions.
If Marie Corelli has a large circle of
readers who admire her books, there
is also a number of people who do not
Two men belonging to the opposing
camps, both well known journalists,
were .discussing her the other day.
“What 1 like about Miss Corelli,”
said the’ one who admired the author¬
ess. "is that she is so—so alive!”
"Yes. that’s what 1 object to!” re¬
torted the other. —London Spectator.
Did He?
Yeast—Have any trouble getting In
the bouse last night when you went
home from the club? Crimsonbeak—
Did I? Sav. do you remember how
rusty that night key was last night?
Well, look how bright it is now.—
Yonkers Statesman.
A Halfway Mark.
Close to the main road connecting
the towns of Eastport and t'alais. Me.,
stands a unique little monument erect¬
ed • mark a most interesting geo¬
graphical point, for it is exactly
wav between tin- equator and north
pole.
Ttie Only Sure Way.
Gabe Smith brags that he keeps all
of his promises. I wonder how
manages to do it? Steve fie
makes any.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
NEWTON SUPERIOR
COURT IN SESSION
•HI. REID AND SOLICITOR-1
Gl . . V , NAPIER IN ATTEND
AN A—D IMAGE CASES C ON
CE1 .siAti DAM UP FOR TRIAL.
The egular March term of the New¬
ton Superior Court convened Monday
morning at b .."(> o’clock, with Judge
Charles S. Be l presiding, and Solid
for-Cenei; i eorge N. Napier in at¬
tendance. ,
The at; . nice at the sessions of |
court have been unusually large, es¬
pecially in view of the fact that the j
damage suits against the Central of|
Georgia Power Co., are being re-tried.
Judge Reid delivered a forceful
charge to the grand jury upon the con¬
vening of court. He laid special em¬
phasis on the state game law and ad
'onished the jurors as to their duty
The liquor question and the “blind
tiger" came in for rather severe treat¬
ment at the hands of the judge, and he
requested the grand jurors to bring
these violators of the law to justice.
Chain-gangs and the poor house
were other phases of Judge Reid’s
charge.
Grand Jury Organizes.
The grand jury retired after Judge
Reid’s charge and organized by the
election of J. W. King as foreman. W.
X. Rainey was chosen.clerk and E. G.
Martin, assistant clerk.
HAD A NOSE FOR NEWS.
He Got a “Scoop” by Knowing a Cabl*
net Minister's Weakness.
How a cabinet secret was revealed
in a most amazing fashion by a needy
and adventurous penny a liner at tlie
end of ids resources is related by
Mr. J. D. Syinon in “Tlie Press and
Its Story." it was during tlie ad¬
ministration of the Duke of Welling¬
ton, at a juncture when tlie opposition
would have given anything for some
hint of the cabinet's policy. The secret
was well guarded until one evening,
just at the rising of tlie house, n penny
a liner, who had been hanging about
Westminster waiting for something to
turn up. saw the duke emerge from
the house of lords accompanied by one
of his colleagues.
Now. the duke in his later years
was very hard of hearing and cherish¬
ed that not uncommon illusion ol tlie
deaf, that in order to make other peo¬
ple hear he. too. must shout. it oc¬
curred to tlie scribe that if he would
only follow the prime minister be
might hear something to hLs advan¬
tage.
The night was dark, so the penny
a liner managed to keep well within
earshot and yet to escape remark by
those he was following. lie had not
gone very far before he knew he was
in luck’s way. The duke was actually
talking about the situation in his usual
loud tones and gradually proceeded
to unfold the policy of the c ibired. The
penny a liner listened with all his
ears and kept will within range of the
minister all the way to Apsley house.
Thereupon, with beating heart, be
sought some friendly refuge and com¬
mitted liis discovery to writing. This
done, lie lost no time in calling upon
the editor of one of the leading op¬
position papers.
The editor glanced over the article
and was thunderstruck when lie realiz¬
ed its nature. Here was tlie very thing
for which the party had been praying.
Naturally the editor inquired how so
uninfluential a person could have come
by such very private information.
Being satisfied, however, of the truth
of the man's story, he decided to print
it and gave the reporter a handsome
check for his enterprise. Next day
the appearance of the news, re-enforc¬
ed by a leading article, spread con¬
sternation in the government camp.
Who was the traitor?
Somewhat of a hue and cry was
raised, and the duke's friend fell un¬
der suspicion. Relations between the
prime minister and his colleague were
in fact somewhat strained, until at
last the true story of the remarkable
discovery was given to the world.
Ingenuous.
Little Caillou. a French boy. was al¬
lowed to take luncheon with liis moth¬
er and her guests on condition that he
ate only that which was offered him,
making no comment. By and by. how¬
ever. when dessert was on tlie table,
Caillou could not resist a certain
temptation.
“Please, mamum, may I have a sar¬
dine?'
“No. my sou; you know very well
that you may not have a sardine, that
such things are not allowed you. And
I thought you promised me not to ask
for anything special to eat."
“Oh. 1 don't want to eat it." was
the little boy's ingenuous and astonish¬
ing answer. “1 just want to put it in
aiy glass of water and see it float”—
Chicago Record-Herald.
------- »::• Went
ad attorney was cross examining a
I witness
"You say yon left Boston on th#
| 10th?" queried she lawyer
“Yes sir,' replied the witness.
“And returned ('ll the 28th i
"Y«s. sir \
"What were you doing in the in
; terim?” i she
1 "I never w«s' in sin-h a place."
replied Indignantly, with heightened
j color Boston Herald.
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J. N. Renfroe, Atlanta, Ga. •*
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Mr. J. N. Renfroe, with the United j!
Gas Works, of Philadelphia, says:
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until I took Nuxcara. I consider it r y
the greatest discovery for the cure I
of any form of dyspepsia or indigestion >
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Ask for the NUXCAKA Booklets.
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Offices 318 and 319 Empire Building.
Labratories 138 Sydney Street. I
FOR SALE BY
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THE CITY PHARMACY
Covington, Georgia.
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Nitrate N!S?S*a HStrats *
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Soda Soda Sria
100 lbs. to the Acre
Georgia’s Oat Crop
What Top-Dressing with “Quick
Acting” Nitrate of Soda Will Do
Early in the Spring apply Nitrate
of Soda evenly at the rate of ICO
pounds per acre.
Take this Okolona, Mississippi,
Official Record: Oats were
planted Oct. 10-20, 1912. Four
acres fertilized with
Nitrate
of Soda
produced an average yield of 75.2
bushels per acre. No other fer¬
tilizer except Nitrate was used.
The Nitrate was used 100 pounds
per acre—50 pounds being sown
March 1; 50 pounds, April 1.
Why don’t you get busy now?
Let us send you Directions for
Using Nitrate of Soda on Oats.
DR. WM. S. MYERS
Director Chilean Nitrate Propaganda
25 Madison Avenue NEW YORK
} No Branch Officet (
MADAM, ARE YOU SICK?
Here’s a Guaranteed Way
oit Getting Well.
AM Ut
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healthful condition.
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been h lping the women of the South tc
their heritage of health and beauty. Vitae,
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less compound, is th ? perfected work of
a life time and is the gift of a great
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corrects irregularities and relieves con¬
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Don’t be blue, nervous, sick or run
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Do you want to get well and stay
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a good appetite, clear skirt and strong
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Schedule of Georgia Railroad.
Going West Going East.
No. 3,—4:15 a.m No. 4.—1:39 a.n.
“ 9—5:40 a.m “ 2—8:54 a.m. •
“ 93—7:44 a.m “ 28—4:38 p.m.
“ 1—12:19 a.m “ 94—6:56 p.m.
“ 27—6:27 p.m ** 10—7:55 p.m.
Many a fine look¬
ing \\ oman already hag's
casts a
shadow because
she is sick and neg
lects herself.
Women a r (
learning. Already
thousands am
thousands have
found the way tc
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PAGE ELEVEN
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Eves Tested and Fitted by *
DR. H. A. STEPHENS
The Eyesight Specialist I
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I determined . to if will only give *:
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Thousands suffer with • eye troubles who attribute the *
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troubles, itching eyelids, floating spots before the eyes, *
poor, weak vision, with the young and old people alike—* *
come and let me advise you in regard to your eyes. I do not *j*
let any one excell me in testing and fitting eyes. My special- *
ty is fitting glasses. I have had a wide experience in over- t
coming these troubles with glasses, hundreds in my city and £
vicinity will testify to my ability to do so. I make compli- |
cated cases a specialty. *
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Dr. II. A. STEPHENS
OFFICE: f IjK
Star Building, Up Stairs Front Room, Opposite Dr. Hopkins’ Office, t
Covington, - - Georgia I t*
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A car on the road is worth any number in the garage. A
big reason for Ford popularity is Ford dependability. The
Ford is “Johnnie-on-the-spot” three hundred sixty-five days
a year. It gives unequaled service to its owner.
Five hundred dollars is the price of the Ford runabout; the tour
in car is five (ift;. • *h.« town car seven fifty—f. o. b. Detroit, complete
vviiii equipment. ,
(iut Catalogue and Particulars
From
P. J. ROGERS
or W. A. BERRY
Covington, Georgia
raHHHMOHHUBKI
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Mrs. D. Fincher i
Has a Millinery • • Parlor at her home in
Midway, or North Covington, and in
rites the public to call on her.
Can find place by sign in front.
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ADVERTISE IN THE COVING TON NEWS—IT PAYS.
