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COMMERCIAL AND
JOB PRINTING
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VOL. VH NO 6.
SUPERIOR COURT
IS IN
If E EVER ITT IS FOREMAN
"The grand jury, t. w.
CLERK AND F. M. OLIVER
SISTANT CLERK.
Court convened here Monday
ing w jth Judge Reid on the bench
Solicitor-General Geo. M. Napier
tlie hox for the state.
Much of Monday’s time was
up with divorce eases, three cases
ing tried. All received their
The grand jury was charged and
tered upon their work early
morning. R. E. Everitt was
foreman of that body. T. W.
clerk and F. M. Oliver assistant
When court convened Monday
ing there was eighteen prisoners in
county jail and quite a large
out on bond. This will keep
grand jury lvnsy for a few days
least.
Judge Reid’s charge to the
jury was a very forceful! one as well
as containing much good advice to
body .
R. W. OSBORNE NOW THE
EXPRESS AGENT AT MONROE
Mr. R. W. Osborne, who has been
with tln> Southern Express Co.
for the past several years, has been
prwuoted and is now agent of
cnumaiiy at Monroe. Oa.
Mr Osborne has many friends who
v 1 ret that his future duties will
him nwnv from Covington, but con
gratu aio him on the success attained
!r him with liis company.
EDITOR E. A. HARPER
DIED IN CONYERS
. Mr. E. A. Harper, editor of the Con¬
es Times, died at his home in
city last Thursday afternoon, after
i\u illness .of several days.
Mr. Harper was well known
mam people in Covington, having been
connected with the Enterprise here,
.■ni l later with the News for a short
time.
ITe left his work here six years ago
ami began the publication of the Con¬
i'® s Times and since that time has
given the people, .of Rockdale county a
tirst-dass paperrj lit 1 made many
friends and was .lu-id in high esteem
by tlie people of his county.
The funeral took place Friday after¬
noon at the home. Revs. Quillian,
tin 1 Methodist, and Robinson, of
Baptist Churches, officiating.
COVINGTON, GA.
Capital & Surplus $60,000.00
l’residen N. Z. Anderson THER f'S NO BETTER TIME
V. Pres., E. W. Fowler, W. B. IN ALU THE YEAR
K. Pennington. TO START TO SAVE
- ishwi P. .1. lingers THAN THE TlMl THAT'S
pei cent. Interest on Time HERE
Deposits.
THE YEAR IS YOUNG
WILL YOU SAVE
IT S JUST BEGUN
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To the Credit
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W. COHEN MAKES
BUSINESS CHANGE
THE FIRM WILL HEREAFTER BE
KNOWN AS W. COHEN & SON.
MR. NATHAN COHEN IS THE
NEW MEMBER OF THE FIRM.
Mr. W. Cohen, who has been doing
business here for the past fifteen
years as W. Cohen, has changed the
firm, beginning with January 1st. The
new style of the firm will h e W. Cohen
& Son. Mr. Nathan Cohen, son of Mr.
W. Cohen, will be the junior member
of the firm.
Mr. W. Cohen has been doing busi¬
ness here for a long time and has
gained the confidence of the people of
tI k* county and has made many friends
He has served as a member of the
city council for the past four years.
Mr. Nathan Cohen will be married
on the 28th of this month in Balti¬
more. and after the bridal tour will he
hack in Covington with his business.
GEORGIA PECANS TO BE AT
THE GREAT EXPOSITION
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 0.—Georgia farm
industries will he wed represented at
the big Panmn Pacific exposition at
■san Francisco this yea?. One of the
most interesting and elaborate of the
agricultural exhibits an 1 on? of the
first to lie arranged is that of Fiiv.ger
, ald and Ben Hill oountiy pecan grow¬
ers. who will ship a ton of Georgia pe¬
cans to San Francisco to be displayed
in a gigantic glass container.
It was fir stplanned to have a mons¬
ter thousand gallon hottle blown to
hold the pecans. Hut this work must
be done in Germany and the war stop¬
ped that. A great it ate glass case
made hi San Francisco will lie used
instead.
Interest in the Panama-Pacific show
is growing daily now, that exposition
year has arrived. Many Georgians
will lie there for the opening date,
February 20.
CALL MEETING OF THE
GOLDEN FLEECE LODGE
A meeting of the Golden Fleece
Lodge. No. 6. F. & A, M„ iscalled for
tonight, Wednesday, for the purpose
of conferring the degree of Fellow
craft.
All duly qualified brethern and
visiting brothers are urged to he pres¬
ent at this meeting.
A. L. LOYD, W. M.
J. W. PEEK, Secretary
COVINGTON, GEORGIA Jan. 6, 19®.
N. W PARKER
NEW CHIEF POLICE
S. V. FARMER IS NEW SUPERIN¬
TENDENT OF STREET WORK—
B. BOHANON GOES BACK TO
THE POLICE FORCE.
The Mayor and Council met in their
first session of the new year Monday
night with the three newly elected
members of the council participating
in their first meeting.
The followng were elected to serve
the city for the year 1015.
N. IV, Parker, former chief of po¬
lice of Lawreneeville, has been elected
chief of police here. Messrs. B. Bo
hanon, IV. Willingham and P. W.
Skelton will serve on tlie force,
S. V. Farmer will take the place va¬
cated by B. Bohanon as superintendent
■if street work.
F. T’. Harrison was re-elected as
superintendent of the water and elec¬
tric light plant.
T. ,T. Shields was re-elected clerk of
the city,
IT. I. Horton was re-elected as sail
itary inspector.
R. IV. Milner was elected city at
torney.
A resolution was passed at this
meeting of the council to have pub¬
lished in this paper tlie receipts and
expenditures of tlie city for the year
1914. and same will appear in next
week's issue, if completed by that
time, which it no doubt will.
There was some talk of salaries of
the different men employed by the city
being cut this year. This will not he
done, and they will all receive the
same as in 1914.
EDITOR NEWS RECEIVES
A CHRNSTMAS PRESENT
Christmas morning the editor of this
paper received a small box brought to
his home by a messenger. This box
contained ten dollars in gold with the
following note:
“My Dear Mr. Taylor: It is my
very great pleasure to greet you with
a. ‘Merry Christmas.’ on behalf of the
local T T . D. C.. W. C. T. IT., D .A. R.
and Woman's Club.
“Each organization appreciates
your generosity and your loyalty to
its cause and wishes its gratitudecould
be expressed more bountifully. With
this gift please accept the sincere
wishes of every organization mem¬
ber for a joyous holiday season and
a happy, prosperous, ‘best ever' New
Year for you and yours.
“Cordially yours.
“Sallie May Cook.”
Covington. Ga., Dec. 25. 1914.
When the box was opened and the
note read, the editor remarked that
he appreciated this present from these
four organizations more than any
Christmas present that he had ever
received. This expression was true.
If I can lie of service in my humble
wav to these' organizations T am at
their service in the future as I have
been in the past. It is a pleasure to
me to serve them in any way that 1
can. Every person should feel the
same way. These are three of the
greatest organizations a town can
have and do more good than they re¬
ceive credit for.
I cannot express our thanks in a
way we would like to, but we appre¬
ciate the gift very, very much, and
wish for the organizations a happy
and successful New Year.
R. F. Taylor, Editor.
SOUTHERN METHODISTS
AND THE INDIANS
Southern Methodists have two pre¬
siding elder’s districts within tlie
hounds of East Oklahoma conference,
one covering work among the Choc¬
taws and Chiekasaws, the other among
the Creeks and Cherokees. There is
a total membership of 3.000, with 20
Indian preachers in charge of the va¬
rious circuits. In the Vinita district
there are three Indan charges under
tlie guidance of tlie American presid¬
ing elder.
They have a missionary preacher
and a lady missionary working among
the Kiowa Indians in West Oklahoma
conference. There are three local
preachers who act as interpreters.
The Kiowa Indians have no written
language, and consequently are Till¬
able to read: no Bible or religious lit¬
erature can be given to them except
through the mouth of the missionary.
Plans are being made to build a
number of school houses within the
SOME FIGURES ON
FOREIGN DEBTS
SUBSCRIBER SENDS SOME STA¬
TISTICS FROM THE NATIONAL
FIELD THAT ARE INTEREST¬
ING AS WELL AS REGRETABLE.
The city of New York owes $S2,
'>00,000 to foreign money lenders, and
-here is $ 100 , 000,000 mortgages on the
farms in the state of New York. All
records are broken in the value of the
United States exports of cotton for
the past fiscal year—$610,000,000. But
;inee it has been made plain in the
present crisis that under no circum¬
stances, or conditions, no matter h Xv
appalling, would the government lend
aid to tlie Southern cotton producers,
they will be compelled to grow a great
deal of the hay, grain, meat, etc., for
which we have been sending $937,
000,000 per annum to the other sec¬
tions of the country, thereby decreas¬
ing the demand for these products,
and at tlie same time decreasing the
cotton exports. With speculation un¬
restrained and no federal aid in times
of war, it is economic insanity to
■ row only one crop, and the farmer
who plants only cotton or tobacco next
rear should secure a guardian for his
hildren and give his wife a divorce.
I recently heard a business man
my. with great earnestness, that the
farmers should sell their cotton nt
w hatever they could get. and pay their
lehts. I agree that every man in ov
ry vocation should, when it is possi¬
ble, pay his debts; but should all the
sacrifice he made by the farmer? What
has the farmer ever done that he and
''is family shoud be the packhorse of
ivilization? I challenge any man to
rove that tlve farmers haven’t done
is much for humanity as any other
piling. On a basis of 15,000,000
bales, if the farmers seli at a sacri¬
fice of one cent a pound, it means a
oss of $75,000,000, $5.dO per bale, or
! $50 per farm —the average cotton
| "arm grows ten bales of cotton. But
i costs 10 cents i>er pound or $750,
000,000 to produce this cotton crop.
So, if the farmers sell at 7 cents, they
will lose $15 per bale, or $150 per
farm, or a total of $225,000,000, in or¬
der to pay debts and make every other
business safe. Now. it may be right
to do this, but I have heard no one
advising business men to seil their
goods and wares at n great sacrifice
in order to pay their debts, or for the
hanks to lower the rate of nterest on
account of the low price of cotton.
We all know that the interest rate
is higher and money harder to get
than for years, or any other business
to go broke in order to pay their obli¬
gations. The farmers' union believes
in “equity and • i Ji?; equal right'
h> all and special privileges to none."
And while (-. c ! res me a brain to
think, a heart to feel, and a hand to
execute my will, I '. ill never agree
that the farmer and his family should
suffer all the less, y v a 1 1 the tribute,
and endure all the privations brought
about by tlie present crisis.
A Subscribe”.
FORMER NEWTON MAN
DIES IN DENVER, COL.
The body of Mr. .Toe Roach, form¬
erly a resident of the Northern part
of tlie county, arrived in Covington
Monday morning. He died last week
in Denver. Col., after a short illness
of pneumonia. Mr. Roach was a broth¬
er-in-law of Mr. .T. T. Brooks, of Gum
Creek district, and was a member of
White Oak Camp. W. O. W.
The funeral and interment took
place Tuesday at Macedonia church
in the northern part of the county.
W. C. T. U.
The TV. C. T, U. will meet next
Tuesday, Jan. 12th, at the homo of
Mrs. II. W. Williams, at 3 o’clock. All
members are urged to be present.
Kiowa tribe, and put missionary teach¬
ers in charge of them. They hope very
soon to reduce tlieir language to writ¬
ten form.
They have an Indian congregation
among the Nez Forces in the state of
Idaho, with a splendid Indian preach¬
er in charge, and a membership of
100. This congregation has three lo¬
cal preachers. They have built for
themselves a splendid $4,000 church
and maintain a Sunday school and a
woman's missionary society.
There are 300,000 Indians in the U.
S.. of whom 195,000 are wholly or
partly civilized: 50.000 are church
members, and 55,000 are absolutely
pagan.
MR, LOUIS STEIN
DIED DECEMBER
HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS HERE
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS
AND WAS A WELL-KNOWN MER¬
CHANT OF THIS SECTION.
Mr. Louis Stein, one of the leading
merchants of Covington, died at his
home here Christmas day. He had not
felt well for several days, but was
not supposed to be seriously ill. On
the above day, while talking to his
family in the afternoon, he fell from
his chair dead.
Mr. Stein came here from Monroe
about five years ago and began busi¬
ness. He made many friends and was
held in high esteem by the people of
Covington and the county.
Tlie remains were carried to Atlan¬
ta Friday afternoon. The funeral was
held in Atlanta, Rabbi Yood officiat¬
ing, and the body was interred in Oak¬
land cemetery. It was one of the
largest funerals ever held in Atlanta.
Mr. Stein leaves a wife, who was
before her marriage, Miss Ida Boor
stin, and other relatives and friends
in Covington and other parts of the
state.
MRS. E. VINING DIED
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29
Mrs. E. Yiniug, a well known Cov¬
ington woman, died at her home here
Tuesday, December the 29th .after a
short illness.
Mrs. Yining leaves five brothers,
three sisters and seven children as fol¬
lows: Messrs: Robert, Calhoun, How¬
ard and Eugene and Misses Katie,
Mamie and Ruby.
The funeral was held from the
Methodist church Wednesday at 2:00
o'clock. Rev. John G. Logan officiating,
and the interment took place in West
view cemetery.
D. A. R. Meeting
The regular meeting of the Daugh¬
ters of the American Revolution will
be held Wednesday afternoon, Jan¬
uary 13th, at the home of Mrs. James
F. Rogers. Mrs. W. C. Clarke will
lead and Mrs. Clarence Terrell will
read a paper on the life of Mary Mus
grove. Mrs. S. H. Adams,
Cor. Secretary
FOR RENT
One room for rent. Furnished or
unfurnished, or two if desired. Apply
to Miss Mary Sue Carter.
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CHECKING ACCOUNT
Start 1915 with a check book
:d you’ll know where every
III! ent went, what for and have
receipted vouchers for all of the
expenditures.
This institution invites your
account whether large or small
—and it offers in return every
safeguard and convenience that
a well managed, sound, safe
banking institution can tender.
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COMMITTEES OF
METHODIST CHURCH
THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
NAMES ITS COMMITTEES FOR
ENSUING YEAR-PASTOR ASKS
AID OF ALL MEMBERS.
The following committees have been
elected by the Covington Methodist
church to serve in the capacity named
during the conference year. I sin¬
cerely hope every member of the com¬
mittees will strive to magnify his or
her office and thus honor this church
of God.
Missionary Committee—To assist
pastor in raising the conference col
lectons—W. N. Rainey, Will Cook,
Fletcher Hill, Evans Hill, H. L. Hitch¬
cock, A. L. Lloyd, T. C. Meadors, Ivy
Smith.
Evangelistic Committee—Fitzhugh
Lee, C. D. qjbson, I)r. J. A. Wright, C.
I. Cash, Mrs. Sallie Fowler, Mrs. R.
E. Everitt, Mrs. C. A. Harwell, Mrs.
Geo. T. Smith.
Social Service Committee—R. E. Ev¬
eritt ,W. B. R. Pennington, C. S.
Thompson, Jno. W Peek, Mrs. S. P.
Thompson, Mrs. J. A. Wright, Mrs.
Evans Lunsford, Mrs. Berto Lee.
Church and Parsonage Buildings
and Grounds Committee—T.G. Barnes,
C. A. Harwell, T. J. Harwell, A. S,
McGarity, Mrs. E. O, Lee, Mrs. T. G.
Barnes, Mrs. Luke Robinson, Mrs. J.
O. Cooper.
Sunday School Advisory Committee
—W. B. R. Pennington, Fitzhugh Lee,
W. B. Owen.
Respectfully,
J. G. LOGAN, Pastor.
NEWTON GINNED 25,250
BALES TO DECEMBER 15
The following letter from W. J.
Harris, census director, explains its
self. It was mailed to R. W. Camp¬
bell, who gets the gin figures for New¬
ton county:
“The tabulation of the separate re¬
turns from the ginners for the Decem¬
ber 13 report shows your telegraph
summary to be correct. There were
25,250 bales of cotton, counting round
as half bales, ginned in Newton county
from the crop of 1914 prior to Decem¬
ber .13, 1914 ,as compared with 22,995
bales ginned prior to December 13,
1913. You will please furnish these
totals to all of the newspapers in your
district, being careful not to discrim¬
inate in favor of any of them. Very
respectfully, Wm. J. Harris,
Director.
