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VOL. VII NO. 25
Kill REUNION AT
MMNDJUNE1-2-3
CONFEDERATE VETERANS WILL
assemble ON ABOVE DATES—
hanks are growing smaller
each YEAR.
The second w eek in June finds plans
for the twenty-fifth annaual reunion
of the United Confederate Veterans,
scheduled to In* held in Richmond, Va..
June 1. -■ ami .‘1. all hut whipped into
perfect shape. Work of preparing for
the handling of the reunion and the
vast crowds that are expected to at¬ |
tend has lieen so thoroughly distributed
i>y the committee system employed that
Richmond will lie ready to receive the
visitors weeks liefore the actual open¬ |
ing date. j I
The lit 15 reunion, which comes fifty
years the end after of tin* the fall of Richmond between and j
war the i
States, is exjiected to he of tile utmost
significance and solemnity. To Rich¬
mond in June "ill come the greatest
gathering of survivors of the Confed¬ |
erate arms that has perhaps ever been ■
seen. of visitors, With relatives, them will and come curiosity thousands seek¬ |
ers, who will find much interest dur¬
ing the v eek to repay them for the
trip.
Aceeptanees from many Southern
[Governors the of the invitation to attend !
reunion as the guests of the Con- !
federatop \havte been m-eiived. The ,
presence of so many state executives !
will lend much to the imjiortance of ,
the occasion. President Wilson’s re¬ 1
ply mittee to the is invitation still in of the general com¬ j
obeyanee. That he
also will attend is the exjiectatlon of
ithose in charge of the j (
reunion.
Richmond, almost to the last man.
is animated with the desire to make
the twenty-fifth reunion the greatest 1
went in the memory of the old Confed¬
erates. For one week the great city
yill lie turned over to the visitors in
strict truth. Each jierson seems d©
tremined that business and private
affairs are to give place to the great¬
er duty of entertaining the reunion.
Rreat plans have been made for the
iecoration of the city and of the Court
,f Honor, in particluar. The Court
f Honor is to he located at Lee Circle,
11 Monument Avenue, a situation
^ll.v suited to such a purpose. Brick
nd hortar in all Richmond is to he
"'ered with flags and hunting during
e first week in June and the city will
wsi present a beautiful apfiearanee.
COVINGTON, GA. ~
Capital & Surplus $60,000.00 A Bank
President N. Z. Anderson
V- Pres., E. W. Fowler, W. B.
W ier K. Pennington. P. J. Rogers Book
l ' h - A,k ,, *n. Ass’nt Cashier
5 Pei cent. Deposits. Interest on Time Gives
Backbone
to the young man who is
trying, to get on in the
world. He feels that he
can carry the world with
JSGANKED BANK him. Money rules the
AND world- Young man get
Law by some of that ruling power
by opening a bank account
here—to-day.
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are steadily Growing—Come and Grow Witn Us.
I)c Ciunugton iXatts
H. B. ROBERTSON
IS NEW SUPT.
HAS TAUGHT IN COUNTY BEFORE
AND IS WELL KNOWN TO THE
PEOPLE HERE. COMES HERE
FROM GREENSBORO.
Prof. H. B. Robertson, one of the
best known educators of the state lias
been elected by the Board of Education
of the city as Sufierintendent of the
public schools of Covington for the
next term. Prof. Owens was not an
applicant.
Prof. Robertson is well known to a
large number of people of the county,
for he taught at Newborn for two year
s
and the people of that city speak in
the highest terms of him. They re
gretted that he had to leave there three
vears ago to accept a larger school at
Social Circle.
Prof. Robertson went from New
born to Social Circle and taught for a
year there and has been superintendent
of the Greensboro High School for the
past two years where he is held in high
esteem by the iieople of that city. Prof.
Robertson is Secretary and Treasurer
" f the High School Association of the
state of Georgia, which is a distinct
compliment to him.
Prof. Roberson with his family will
move to Covington fluting the sum¬
mer. He wil spend several weeks in
Chicago at the close of his school at
the University of Chicago, where he
goes to take some special work.
The Principal and the teacher of the
Seventh grade have not been elected
as yet. Prof. Huie was not an appli
cant. Mrs. Taylor who has taught the
Seventh grade so successfully has ae
cepted the jiosition of Principal of the
Porterdale school and was not an ap¬
plicant. The other teachers elected
were:
High School.—Miss Lucy Bryant.
Sixth Grade.—Miss Blalock.
Fifth Grade.—Miss Williams.
Fourth Grade.—Miss Annie Higgins.
Third Grade.—Miss Clyde Willis.
Second Grade.—Miss Christine White
First Grade.—Mrs. J. E. Phillips.
I. W. MEADOR
IS IMPROVING RAPIDLY.
The many friends of Mr. I. W. Mea¬
dor. Newton’s popula r Commissioner
glad to know that he is able to be
up again after being confined to his
bed for the past week. Mr. Meador will
able to he out again—possibly “on
the job” before the -f**k is out.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA May 19, 1915.
COMMISSIONER NOT
IN FAVOR OF
JIM PRICE SAYS THAT HE DOES
NOT WANT WAR, BUT IF IT
COMES THE PRICE OF FOOD
STUFF WILLREACHHIGH MARK
The Georgia Department of Agricul
tu re considers none of its recent efforts
more valuable or important to the in¬
dividual and to the state than that
of seeking to induce the Georgia farm¬
er to raise their own food supplies at
home.
The establishment of its market de¬
partment and the selling of nitrogen
forming bacteria to the farmers at cost,
are two of the agencies the depart¬
ment has made use of to encourage
tiie home growing of food suplies. The
efforts of the veterinary department
and other agencies have already been
turned in that direction.
“I believe and hope we are going
to keep out of the European war.”
said Commissioner J. J). Price in a
statement issued to-day, “but we can¬
not close our eyes to the fact that we
are in greater dange r of getting into a
fight with some foreign country than
we have been in many years.
“If we should happen to get into it.
you are going to see the price of food
stuffs soar, and the man who has his
corn crib and smoke house well filled
will he in luck, while his neighbor who
has neglected to prepare for it, will
be dependent on him. There is the
same difference between living at home
anfl buying abroad, as there is between
independence and dependence; it is a
question of taking your choice.
“On the other hand, if we keep out
of the war, as we all hope, there is just
as much reason for making at home
what is needed in the way of food for
the family and live stock. European
demand is going to keep prices way up.
and even though we should not make
one dollar’s worth to sell- we’ll find at
the end of the yea r that the man who
has grown his food crops along with
his cotton, is independent, and the man
who has not is dependent on somebody
else.
“I don’t care how much cotton a
farmer raises, if he only takes care
of the food situation first. Make
enough corn and oats and bay for the
stock; enough vegetables and grain
meat for the family, and you are in
a position to defy the cotton market,
no matter what it does. If you haven’t
got n cow o r a pig, figure on getting
them, and raise food for them now. If
three.fourths of our Georgia farmers
had been living at home when the cot¬
ton crisis came last fall, there wouldn’t
have been any cotton crisis. When
we make our own foods we’ll be inde¬
pendent. but not until then.”
GEORGIA IS WELL PROTECTED
FROM OUTSIDE HOG CHOLERA
Owing to the trouble the state vet¬
erinary division of the department of
agriculture has bad 1° dealing with
the shipment of hogs either infected
or exposed to infection, into Georgia,
it has been found necessary to issue a
special order, No. IS, to govern the
shipment of swine both from points
outside and within the state, to Geor¬
gia points. This? rule has been made
solely with a view to the protection
of the Georgia fanner against the
introduction of hog cholera and other
infectious diseases. Not only is the
shipment of diseased or exposed swine
prohibited, but all public stock yards
are listed as infections, and shipments
from them must be made- under the di¬
rection of the State Veterinarian or one
of his agents. In all cases of exposure
prescribed treatment is required before
shipment can be made. All shipments
not made in accordance with the rules
will be subject to quarantine. A copy
of the new order may be had upon ap¬
plication to the department.
MYSTERIOUS CLOCK AT
THE CITY PHARMACY
Have you seen the mysterious clock
at the City Pharmacy? If you havn’t.
you want to see it. This clock has no
works at all. but still It runs and keeps
correct time. The mystery is, “What
Makes it Run?” It consists of a large
glass face with hour and minute hands,
with a little compass on the minute
hand, this is all there is to the entire
clock.
The manufacturers of these
will only sell one jiersou in a town of
this size, and we congratulate the City
Pharmacy in being so fortunate as to
secure this mysterious time piece.
SENATOR EAKES TO
INTRODUCE BILLS
SENATOR-JELECT WILL INTRO
DICE TWO MEASURES WHICH
IF PASSED WILL BE OF BENE¬
FIT TO PEOPLE GENERALLY.
Hon. W. J. Eakes, Senator-elect from
the 27th Senatorial District, will in¬
troduce two bills In the coming session
of the Legislature. One has to do with
the state examination of banks. Mr.
Eakes was assistant bank examiner
for two years and is well posted as to
the needs of this legislation. The hill
is for the protection if the bank, the
stockholders and the depositors. We
believe that it is a god bill and one
that should be passed. The proposed
bill reads as follows:
“To provide for examiner, on his
visits, to select two directors of the
bank who shall he notified in writing
h.v said examiner, and they shall he
present and assist in said examination,
and furnish said examiner in writing
a certificate signed by them as to the
■'emiiness of receivables and solvency
of the securities. fo r which services
said directors shall be paid reasonable
eoinjiensation out of the funds of said
bank. Which examination shall be in
lieu of, and amend the present law
which reads “The board of directors
shall at one meeting each six months
have a thorough examination of the
books, records, funds and securities
held by the hank, which shall be made
by them or an auditor.” The willing¬
ness to preform said above duty shall
be included in oath taken by said
board of directors on entering upon
their duties as is now required by
law.”
Tlie othe r hill has not been drawn
as yet, hut has to do with convicts’. The
measure is to amend our penal and pa¬
role laws, giving the convicts an op¬
portunity to work out their own sal¬
vation. If ten years sentence is given
fo r road work and he goes to this work
knowing that if he makes a good man,
as the warden’s monthly reports will
show, that at the end of five years
or half of the sentence an automatic
parole, without expense of an attorney,
or any other expense, the remaining
half of his sentence to some good man
with the monthly reports continuing
from the man, he is parolled to, or
the ordinary of the county. This
would act as a restraint and make
practically a discharged convict, self
sustaining and provide for those who
might he dependent upon him for sup¬
port. This would also give him an op¬
portunity to shun bad associates and
also make a better and les expensive
convict on the road.
Another measure than Mr. Eakes has
in mind to introduce is to make bur¬
glary from the house, train and hank
hold-ups subject to the same penalty
as murder, for as a matter of fact
this class of criminals get their con¬
sent to commit murder, if necessary,
to accomplish their purpose. The de¬
tails of the last two measures have not
been worked out as yet. hut the above
a general idea of what Mr. Eakes
proposes to do.
The 27th District is fortunr te in hav¬
ing a man as well posted in laws in bus¬
iness as our Senator-elect Mr. W. J.
Eakes. We belive that he will make
the district an excellent man in the
upper house and that he will he heard
from. Mr. Eakes asks us to say that
if he can serve the people of this coun¬
ty at any time that it will lie a pleasure
for him to do so.
PROF. ROBERTSON GOES
TO COVINGTON
Prof. H. B. Robinson, at present
superintendent of the Greensboro pub
schools. was this week elected to
the same position in the Covington
schools.
Greensboro’s loss is Covington's
gain, and we are delighted to know
that Prof. Robertson will not leave
the state. He possesses splendid fex
ecntivp ability and is a genius for get¬
ting the very best out of a pupil. He
is progressive as well as aggressive.
When he goes after a thing fo r his
school he never gives in until the every
inch is contested.
The Herald-Journal appealed to
Prof. Robertson to withdraw his letter
to the city council saying he would
not he a candidate for re-election as
stqierintendent of trie Greensboro
schools. He saw fit not to withdraw
the letter, thus creating a vacancy that
will be hard to fill.—OTeensboro Her
arld-Journal.
$1 A Year In Advance.
COVINGTON WINS
RIG LOVING GUP
SCORES 97 1-2 POINTS AND MANS¬
FIELD COMES SECOND WITH 90
POINTS—THE GIRLS SAVE THE
DAY FOR COVINGTON SCHOOL.
The Field Day exercises held here
last Friday were interesting and every
event was contested. Covington and
Mansfield fought close all the day and
the final score was Covington 97 1-2
and Mansfield 90 points. Mansfield’s
boys walked away with nearly every¬
thing. but the girls of Covington High
School came to the rescue and the cup
was won fo r Covington. In the High
School Department, Jackson of Mans¬
field was the star of the day, winning
seven out of a possible nine firsts.
A large crowd from practically every
part of the county came in for the day
and a pleasant day was spent.
The following is the awards:
HIGH SCHOOL
100-yard dash—Mansfield first; sec¬
ond and third.
220-yard dash—Mansfield first; Cov¬
ington second; Mansfield third.
440-yard dash—Covington first;
Mansfield second and third. ,
Broad Jump—Mansfield first and
third; Covington second.
High Jump—Mansfield first and sec¬
ond ; Covington third.
Relay team —Mansfield first; Coving¬
ton second; High Point third.
Shot Put—Mansfield first and third;
High Point third.
Hurdles—Mansfield first and second;
Covington third.
Pole Vault—Covington first; Mans¬
field second and third.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
100-yard dash—Covington first and
third; Mansfield second.
220-yard dash—Mansfield first; Cov.
ington second; High Point third.
Running High Jump—Covington
first, second and third.
Broad Jump—Covington first and
second; Mansfield third.
Relay—Mansfield first; Covington
second and third.
Shot Put—Mansfield first; Covington
second and third.
Hurdles—Mansfield first and second;
Covington third.
GIRLS’ SECTION.
Tennis—Covington first and second; ,
Mansfield 1-2; High Point li2.
Potato Race—Mansfield first; Cov- (
ington second and third.
Egg Race—High Point first; Cov¬
second; Mansfield third.
Running relay—Covington first and
Mansfield third.
BE. SURE. I
0
Your account can best be paid
by check—no disputes. Always
a receipted legal voucher. It
costs nothing to investigate.
j.v.’.V.v.l
ADVERTISERS—
MENTION THE NEWS.
MAY ESTABLISH A
SCHOOL OF LAW
DR. THOMAS N. IVEY IN THE
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE SAYS
NEW EMORY UNIVERSITY
SHOULD HAVE THIS BRANCH.
Atlanta, Ga., May 18.—The name of
one of the most illustrious sons of
Georgia and the South—L. Q. C. La¬
mar—will be perpetuated in the estab¬
lishment in Atlanta of a great law
school as a branch of Emory Univer¬
sity, provided the lawyers of the
South can carry out the suggestion
made by Dr. Thomas N. Ivey in the
current issue of the Christian Advocate
of Nashville, Tenn.
Although the proposal has not yet
been taken up officially by the Univer¬
sity authorities, the matter is the sub¬
ject of much comment among members
of the legal profession, and Chancellor
War ran A. Candler already has receiv¬
ed a unmber of letters from attorneys
approving the movement.
Dr. Ivey, in his editorial, calls at*
tention to the fact that Emory Uni.
versit.v already has a school if Lib¬
eral Arts, at Oxford, and a school of
Theology and a School of Medicine in
Atlanta. He suggests that as an im¬
portant adjunct a law department to
he known as the Lamar School of Law
in tribute to the great Southern states¬
man be added.
In a personal letter to Chancellor
Candler, Dr. Ivey has suggested that
the proposed law school be launched
by the attorneys of the South.
Many influential lawyers are said
to believe that such an institution,
having the prestige that would be given
it as a branch of Emory University and
the support from members of the legal
profession that its establishment would
reguire, would supply a long-felt want
in the South. .
WAYNOKA TRIBE 67
IMP. O. R. M. Meet Each
I Tuesday’s Sleep. Visitors
Welcome.
E. R. GUNN, Sachem.
H. B. THACKER, K. of W.
Walking relay—Covington first,
second and third.
Dodge Ball—Campromise, Covington
taking 7 of possible 9.
3-Legged race—Compromise, Cov¬
ington taking 7 of posibie 9.
Covington won the cup by making
1-2 points’ and Mansfield made 90
