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ATLANTA HOSi f
60,000 VISITORS
mw :. K than HALF THIS NUMBER
VKK SHRINERS. PEOPLE THERE
1 ,; 0 .M EVERY SECTION OF THE
l SITED STATES.
Atlanta, May. Atlanta is going
through an experience this week that
in some respects is the most epoch
making since the war. \s the host of
ver 3 (i, (KK) Shriners and probably 2<
oOO incidental visitors, this city is
hoing taxed to its uttermost capacity
iu every phase of community life, it
is enjoying a gorgeous carnival, adn at
the same time going through n .. .i, an acid
tost.
He h said to the credit not merel-j
„f Atlanta, but of Southern Hospital!
, iil(l adatability, the crisis is being
ina ndfieently met. The coming of the
double for tip time- ,.
Shriners almost
being Atlanta's adult male population.
ami more than doubles, it is he central
part <>f the city. It has crowded the
streets, hotels and other public places
t „ a pyint far beyond where they have
( .ver been taxed before; the policehavc
been called upon to handle a traffic
situation which has had no paralled
in the past and which they have had
j,ast experience to guide them. The
Peachtree of this week as compared to
the Peachtree of other weeks is like
tin' roaring Mississippi at flood-time
compared with the Chattahoochee
in time of drought
There was only one way in which
Atlanta could live up to the situation
and that way Atlanta has adopted-by
throwing herself whole-soul into the
’spirit of the week, by laying every¬
thing else aside, and by concentrating
the efforts of everbody toward making
the week one big success. Potentate
Forrest Adair and the local Shriners
are succeeding because they have the
Atlanta Spirit and tje solid communi
ty behind them.
CITY CONTRACTS TO
WATER” GEORGIA RAILROAD.
The city of Covington has contract
etl with the Georgia railroad to fur
nisli them with water for their trains
and arrangements have already been
made to tap the tank of the railroad,
The\ will use nearly one hundred
thousand gallons per day and will dis
rontinue their pumping station on the
i reek. .
FIRST NATIONAL BANKj
COVINGTON, GA. A 0L£
C : .11 & Surplus $60,000.00
i ident N. 8. Anderson A*
V. Pics., E. W. Fowler, W. B. 1 N A
R. Pennington.
Cashier P. .1. Rogers
•> per cent. Interest on Time
Deposits.
“■■"■uiaabCr M’&Sj
START A BANK ACCOUNT
\'>\ DEPOSIT YOUR INCOME
S BANK KEEP YOUR DEPOSITS
15 ORGANIZED IN EXCESS
UNDER AND CHECKS
CGNTR0}\lilED BV OF YOUR
LAWS f- XjSB AND NOTHING WILL HAP¬
PEN YOUR MIND TO PRE
l- '■N PLEX
national capi
FIRST NATIONAL BANK'
We are Steadily Growing-Gome and Grow With ns.
j a 1,1 as @mfingitmm Mung
STORES CLOSE FOR
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
BUSINESS SUSPENDED AND ALL
WENT TO ATLANTA FOR THE
AFTERNOON TO. VISIT THE
SHRINER PARADE AND DECO¬
RATIONS.
Practically even business house in
the city of Covington closed yesterday
!lf l 'b'vcn o’clock and everybody went to
j Atlanta to view the sights, the main
one being the Shriner parade that was
some seven or eight miles long, with
fifty hands.
■ he Georgia Railroad put on special
rates and coaches and the people all
along the line ...... took advantage „o...........p of the
oiler. Atlanta lias never , been deeo- ,
rated more eloborately than it is this
week for the Shriners convention and
, iiou. li there is about sixty thousand
visitors there Atlanta is handling the
' "ell and is doing credit to her
self as liostress to one of the biggest
^ ^ ^ g „ them , lu
a ^ q£ her gize
Covington is well represented in an
official capacity there. There are a
large number of Covington men who
belong to the Yaarab Shrine there and
are on the entertaining committee
along with Atlanta members of the
Shrine.
Covington and Newton county Shri
net's are Messrs. C. A. Sockwell, A. S.
Hopkins, Luke Robinson, F. M. Oliver,
C. S. Thompson, Geo. T. Smith, J. O.
Martin. P. YV. Godfrey, R. C. Guinn,
O. L. Holmes, Tom Bird, I. W. Mea
dors. W. B. It. Pennington, J. L. El
liott. J. YV. Peek. It. P. Lester. M. G.
Turner. <). YV. Porter. C. A. Harwell.
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MANSFIELD TO BEGIN
WORK FOR ELECTRIC LINE.
YVork on the electric line from
Mansfield to Social Circle will begin this
week and the work will he pushed to
completion. Mansfield voted $5,000
of bonds to build this line to 1 'confiect
with the Georgia Power Co., line at
Social'Circle and they will furnish the
people of Mansfield with electric lights
and put arc lights in the town. It is
possible that this line will be extend¬
ed to Newborn in the near future.
LOST Between First National Bank
and Norris Hardware Co., one pair of
nose glasses, attached to chain. T in
dor please leave at Nws offic . It
COVINGTON, GEORGIA May 13, 1914.
EMORY CONSIDERED
FOR UNIVERSITY
j GENERAL CONFERENCE NOW IN
j SESSION AT OKLAHOMA CITY
WILL DECIDE CHURCH EDUCA
TIONAL PLAN FOR FUTURE.
'Hie General Conferauce of the
Methodist Episeapal church south is
now in session at Oklahoma City.Okla.
This body meets quadrrenially and is
the law-making body of the church.
I)r. .Tames E. Dickey, president of
Emory College, and Dr. Itembert G.
Smith, professor of mental and moral
(Philosophy, are two delegates from the
j North (ieor «ia conference to the Geuer
Conference.
One of the features of interest from
a local standpoint will be the disposl
tion of the educational problem of the
church by the conference. By the Ten
nessce court's decision Vanderbilt Lu
iverxity was virtually lost to the
church, and the latest plan is to estab
lish another Methodist university.
From many sources have come the
plan to make Emory college the new
institution of the church. (It is gen¬
erally rumored that Asa G. Candler, a
prominent Methodist and friend of
Emory college, will niake the Oxford
ixdlege a large gift if the conference
accepts it as the university.
Nothing definite has been gained
from the parties who are close to Km
, r.\ and the conference but it is con¬
fidently believed thu* rnuory will share
well if the General Conference decides
to establish another university.
1 A RENT TEACHER MEETING
HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
The executive committee has thought
advisable to postpone the meeting of
i he Parent-Teacher Association sched¬
ule! 1 for next Friday, on account of the
County Fair t<> he in session at Ox
>r 1 on that day. Dr. bowman was
t.> speak at this meeting but we shall
a k him to reserve his engagement with
us till the next regular meeting, which
\\ ill he on or about the opening of
school next term.
MRS. J. E. PHILLIPS, Sec.
SECOND QUARTERLY CON¬
FERENCE IS TONIGHT. !
The Second Quarterly Conference j
will he held at the Methodist church I
tonight, Wednesday, at 8 o’clock. A i
full attendance of officials is ex
jiected
I G I OGAN
_ _ 1
..i'LM PARK ESTABLISHES
HEADQUARTERS IN ATLANTA.
A3 I, ANT A,—The first state head¬
quarters in the present political cam¬
paign have been opened in Atlanta—
Not at the historic Kimball House, tub
at the still more justly celebrated fo¬
rum and center of capital life—at Five
Points.
Lem Park, candidate for state
uvr and brother of former state tre
tsurer. K. M. Park, has established
is campaign headquarters at Five
‘obits, where Peachtree runs full tide,
a offices on the second floor at the
101i.il! YY'atson corner.
Mr. Park is assisted at headquarters
by a corps of active workers and the
details of the campaign generally are
lieing supervised by B. F. Perry, who
K ill be Mr. Park's assistant in the
event the race for the state house office
: s successful.
Captain Park is just back from Jack¬
sonville where as a Confederate Vete¬
ran h< has been attending the big re- I
union. He has been a regular atten¬
dant and a prominent figure at these
veun tons for many years.
THORNTON—ADAMS.
Miss Ruth Thornton, of Sparta, and
Mr. Wright Adams of Covington were
puiety uiUried last Thurdny, at the
home of the bride in Sparta.
They are at the home to their friends
at their pretty country home near
Covington, which was formerly the
home of Mrs. Sallie Coffee, an aunt of
the groom, and with whom he made
his home.
CARD OF THANKS
I desire to express appreciation and
gratitude to each and every one who
I acted so quickly and fearlessly in ex
« tlnguLshtng the fire at my home last
1 Sunday.
[ Cordially and sincerely yours.
COVINGTON SECURES
FREE MAIL DELIVERY
BEFORE JULY 1ST COVINGTON
WILL HAVE FREE MAIL DELI
VERY—TEST BEING MADE BY
THE GOVERMENT.
Covington will have free mail deliv¬
ery before July 1st, is the pleasing
news gained from the postoffiee de¬
partment. It is learned that the postal
department is making tests in a few
cities of Georgia with the feature of
the government mail service.
The best plan that can be secured
a t this date is that one carrier will
|* employed who will make two deliv
each day in the city. A large
portion of the residence section will be
by the four rural mail carriers
leave the postoffice in four differ
out directions. The rural carriers will
the streets which they go out on
their rural routes,
The service will very likely be in
stituted at an early date, and at least
it W ill be in effect by July 1st.
The full detail of plans fon the free
delivery service cannot be secured at
present, but it is thought that the pub¬
lic will he fully apprised of the new
feature in a short time.
This is a distinct forward step by
Covington in the postal department,
and the progress of every city can be
measured by its increase in business
in its post-office sales.
“COUNTING" TO BE POPULAR
IN ATLANTA THIS SUMMER.
Atlanta, May. According to whis
pers in the city hall’ innocent "spoon
iug Is to be encouraged this spring in
the city parks, and the stoney-hearted
policemen who used to be Cupid’s
worst enemy may now become his
steadfast allies.
Sweethearts, who heretofore have
been afraid even umioiy to hold one
iii'ii'U's hands wb.e seated iu Pie
park on mooulight because of
thp j’ear that a cop would loom on the
scene, may now be permitted to sit
and bill and coo unmolested—enjoy¬
ing indeed the protection of the city
fathers.
It has been pointed out to council
and the park board that in nanny in
stailces - vouug womeu who have Iots
of brothers and slsters ' and who live
iu smal! houses or flats - have » racti '
eall * v no other opportunity to ** their
sweethearts alone except that aflord
,ld b>' the parks, and that to interfere
to arbitrarily with love’s young dreams
would destroy all the romance in
for many young couples who if en
will become good husbands
wives, good fathers and mothers.
WORK ON CONCRETE
BRIDGE TO BEGIN SOON.
The city of Covington is advertis¬
ing for bids on the new concrete bridge
town and the Georgia depot
for the removing of the steel
bridge to another point some three
feet below. The new bridge
be an arch bridge at this point
to be built over Dried Indian creek
there is so much travel and a
bridge will fill the bill.
•CALL OF THE SOUTH”
WANTS MORE STATISTICS.
ATLANTA.—The need of the state
of Georgia for vital statistics is em¬
phasized by Editor Jonathan Frost,
In a leading editorial in the current is
we of "The Call of the South.
Our state departments are handi¬
capped and thwarted by the failure
of the legislature to give them the nec¬
essary appropriations for this purpose”
••ays Mr. Frost. “Georgia can no lon¬
ger remain ignorant of herself and
have to rely Entirely on U. S. govern¬
ment reports for all her information
about her own affairs. We say we
want Immigration, manufactures, new
enterprises; how many of us really
know positively how many bushels of
corn or oats, tons of hay, pounds of ba¬
con. cases of canned goods are shipped
either in or out of the state In a given
period? How many of our fanners
really know just where they stand at
the end of each year in rein lion to the
business of the state?
“We do not know—the state does not
know—the world does not know—but
the time has come for a radical change
in this great matter of statistics for
the state of Georgia.”
$1 A Year In Advance.
ORATORICAL AND FAIR
WILL BEGIN FRIDAY
EVERYTHING BEING PUT IN REA¬
DINESS IN OXFORD FOR THE
SCHOOL FAIR AND ORATORICAL
DISPLAYS TO BE GOOD.
Practically every detail is complete
for the opening of the second Newton
County Fair and Oratorical.
One boy and one girl will represent
each militia district iu the county,
in the Oratorical Contests
| whUe Poetically every school willhave
a bootl1 for the display of their various
works - The pupils of the county have
! boon organized in various clubs through
the efforts of the teachers, assisted by
Miss Clyde Willis, teacher of Domestic
Science and the county School Super
i intendent, J. O. Martin,
The Oratorical will be held in the
old chapel in Oxford on Friday and
the exercises will begin at ten in the
morning.
From the success of the fair last
year R is thought that the fair of this
year will eclipse anything of its kind
in the state this year and is attract¬
ing considerable attention. All mem¬
bers of the State Board of Education
of Georgia have signified their inten¬
tion of attending and the crowds are
expected to lu* large and representa¬
tive.
The judges of the occasion will be
selected from men and women who
are worth while and who understand
the different departments. Take one
day off and come to the fair; see what
the school children of Newton county
are doing and you will see something
to talk about and be proud of.
SPECIAL TRAIN FRIDAY.
The Central of Georgia Railway will
run a special train Friday morning
for the accomoration of their pathons
who wish to attend the county fair
and oratorical contest at Oxford. The
train will leave Newborn at 6:30 o’clock
on Friday morning, and will make stops
at Mansfield, Starrsville and Hayston.
The special should arrive in Covington
a shor« time after 7 o’clock which will
give the large crowd plenty of time to
reach Oxford.
The i>eople who come up on the Fri¬
day special will be able to return on
the regular train which leaves Coving
ion Friday afternoon at 5:27 o'clock.
In addition to the regular ex¬
amination of this institution’s
standing by the Goverment Ex¬
aminers, the directors also make
searching inspections at frequent
intervals so you are assured of
the utmost protection that gen¬
uinely high-grade bankingmeth
ods mean when your funds are
on deposit here.
Every convenience, every
safety and every facility of good
sound banking is to be had HERE
in ACTUALITY.
1 Your account is invited.
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PATRONIZE OUR
ADVERTISERS—
MENTION THE NEWS.
COMMENCEMENT TO
BEGIN FRIDAY, 22ND
COVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL WILL
HAVE INTERESTING CLOSING
EXERCISES BEGINNLNG FRIDAY
NIGHT, MAY 22ND.
The Covington Public Schools close
their work for the scholastic year 1913
1914, Friday May 22nd. The com¬
mencement exercises begin Friday
evening, May 22nd, at 8 o’clock with a
recital by Mrs. J. L. Callaway and her
pupils.
Rev. Jorn B. Gordon will preach the
commencement sermon Sunday morn¬
ing May 24th. It is very likely that
the sermon will be delivered in oue of
the Covington churches.
Monday evening, May 25th, the grad¬
uating class of the high school will
present Goldsmith’s classic, “She
Stoops to Conquer.” The graduates
will be assisted iu the presentation of
this play by some of the best talent
in the ninth grade of the school.
Eight students comprize the graduat¬
ing class for the high school year, all
of whom have made excellent records
in their work. Two pupils, Aliases Ol¬
ga Rheberg and Kate s'erry, have made
averages for three years which entitle
them to graduating honors. The other
graduates are Misses Maggie Adams,
Julia Cowan, Corine St. John, Doris
Wilson, and Messrs. Kiser Lunsford
aad Ivy Smith.
VETERANS ALL BACK
FROM JACKSONVILLE.
The Confederate veterans began re¬
turning last Friday from the reunion
at Jacksonville and they have about
all returned. They report a great
time, though Jacksonville was rather
small for the large crowd that attend¬
ed. Between fifty and one hundred
from Newton county attended the
meet.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF LIVINGSTON SCHOOL.
Commencement exercises of Livings¬
ton High School will be held at the
I Oak Hill Tabernacle on the 16, 17 and
of Alay. On Saturday evening the
i 16th, joint . . of the literary
.
a program
societies; on Sunday morning the 17th
the commencement sermon will be
preached by Rev. Air. AIcAIeans, on
Monday evening the 18th the graduat¬
>ing exercises of the 10th grade.
