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GREENSBORO REGhuS
10 LOSE
BE IS HIGHLY COMMENDED
tH F PEOPLE OF
presented WITH GIFT FRO
S EMOK and JUNIOR classes.
When Mr- Thomas W. Reid, of Ath¬
ens had concluded his splendid a:l
dreS sat tlie auditorium Tuesday eve i
in{ , judge James B. Park read appro¬
priate resolutions, commending
„k of Prof. II. B. Robertson as su •
erintendent of the Greensboro Hi;
School (hiring the past three years.
The resolutions were as follows ai <1
ff ere unanimously adopted by a
vote:
Whereas, at the closing exercises
: of the Brecnsboro High School this
evening the official relations of Prof.
H B. Robertson with our school will lie
ended, therefore, we the friends and
patrons of said school do hereby adopt
the following resolutions, to-wit:
Resolved 1st, That we recognize in
Prof. Robertson splendid educational
■Hid executive abilities.
W e highly appreciate the great good
that he has accomplished in our city
since he has been with us, by h's
untiring labors, with the active co¬
operation or' his able assistant teach¬
ers lie has placed our school in front
ranks of the educational institutions
of the state and w e justly feel proud
of his faithful and efficient work.
We regard him as one of the best
educators in Georgia and by bis un¬
tiring efforts, his noble moral charac¬
ter. he lias indelibly stamped upon the
minds of bis pupils lessons of intel¬
lectuality and purity of character that
time will not efface.
2nd. We most cordially commend
him and his excellent family to the
People of Covington, his new fie’d
of labor. We are confident that they
will find Prof. Robertson a wise an 1
efficient instructor. In parting with
him we wish to assure him that he
has our highest esteem and warm ap¬
preciation of the great good that lie
has done our community.
3rd. That a copy of these resolu¬
tions he furnished by the secretary
! to the class of 1015. to Prof. Robert¬
son and the Herald-Journal and the
[ Covington Nows he requested to pub¬
lish them.
; I hereby certify that the above reso¬
lutions were offered by James B. Park
in a public meeting of the friends and
patrons of the Greensboro High School
|an ( ] were unanimously adopted.
This May 25th, 1915.
MILDRED I,. WHEELER.
Class Secretary of 1915.
Prof. Robertson responded in a most
COVINGTON, GA.
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THIS IS ALL THAT THE GOVERN¬
MENT WILL ALLOW FOR A
BUILDING, LIGHTS, FUEL, ETC
FOR A THIRD CLASS OFFICE.
The following is a copy of a letter
from Daniel C. Roper, First Assistant
Postmaster General, to Hon. S. J. Trib¬
ble in answer to a letter from the
Congressman to reconsider the pru
lKisals for a new postoffice building for
Covington.
The letter is as follows:
Hon. S. J. Tribble:
I wish to acknowledge receipt of
your letter of the 20th iust., asking
that this office reeonside r its recent
refusal to accept proposals to lease
quarters fo r post office at Covington.
Ga.
.1 believe, however, you have over¬
looked the fact that the maximum that
can lie granted for rent, light and fuel
for a post office in the third class, to
which the office at Covington belongs,
is fixed by Act of Congress and not by
the Department, at $600.0<) a year
(Statutes 35, Chapter 205, page 410;
also Section 320 of tli e Postal Laws
and Regulations.)
Under the circumstances, until a
proposal can be secured at a rental
which can be legally accepted, this offi
ce cannot do other than retain the
present quarters.
Very truly,
DANIEL C. ROPER,
1st Assistant Postmaster General.
feeling and touching manner. He
deeply appreciated the action of the
people in paying him tribute. He said
he had only the kindliest feeling for
every man, woman and child in Greens,
boro. Prof. Robertson was deeply
touched.
At this juncture, Master W. B. Bos¬
well, in behalf of th e junior class,
presented Prof. Robertson with a hand¬
some manicure set.
This was followed by Maste r Regi¬
nald Robinson, president of the senior
class, wjio presented Prof. Robertson
with a handsome stick pin. The pre¬
sentation was made in behalf of the
<4ass.
Prof. Robertson was deeply moved
and spoke feelingly and touchingly.
He paid a high tribute to the members
composing the two classes. Not one
bad ever given him the slightest con-^
cern. said the superintendet.
Prof. Robertson said that he would
watch with interest the future of each
on e of the bright boys and girls "om
posing the two classes. ,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, June 2, 1915.
COME TO THE BIG
CHAUTAUQUA!
A Free Talk oil Saturday Morning by Prof.
Merrill of State Normal School.
Get Your Season Ticket.
WILL NOT BE HELD IN TENT AS
FIRST PLANNED—FIRST ENTER¬
TAINMENT THURSDAY AFTER¬
NOON AT 3:15.
Instead of holding the entertain¬
ments of the Covington Chautauqua
in a tent this year, as had been plan¬
ned by the Committees, they will be
held in the school auditorium. This
wa.s done to save the large expense
attatched to bringing a tent here and
for the renting of chairs and building
the stage. All six entertainments will
be held in the school auditorium, which
will seat more than four hundred peo¬
ple comfortably.
The season tickets have not all been
sold yet and you had better get yours
to-day. If you go without a ticket it
will cost you 50 cents for each enter¬
tainment.
Strollers Male Quartet will open the
entertainments here to-morrow after¬
noon at 3:15. At 3:45 Ellsworth
Plumstead, Impersonator, will enter,
tain you. Thursday evening at 8:15
a medley of impersonations, Grave and
Gay, by Ellsworth Plumstead. At
9:00 Grand Concert by the Strollers
Male Quartet.
Friday afternoon at 3:15, concert
by the T.aDell Concert Co. 3:45, Lec¬
ture, “Visions and Ideals,” by Dr. J.
CRANSTON WILLIAMS
AND THE FRANK CASE.
HE SIGNED A PETITION IN NEW
YORK ASKING THAT FRANK S
SENTENCE BE COMMUTED TO
LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
A remarkable fight is being waged
to save the life of Leo M. Frank, the
Jew Tlie future which staves him in
the face is now the subject for discus¬
sion in the pulpit, in the business
world, on the live-walks and even in
society.
New York is taking an active and
concerted step by preparing a petition
to Governor Slaton which will be
signed by 1.000,000 names. On West
23rd Street in this city a large booth
lias been opened where the public may
sign this petition. Streams of hum¬
anity scribble and scrawl their names
on this roll in its appeal for human
life. The petition only asks that the
death penalty be commuted.
When I signed tlie appeal and Geor¬
gia was noted as our residence, tlie
woman in charge displayed keen in¬
terest. Immediately she quired. “Do
you believe he is guilty?” “Did he
receive a fai r trial?” “What do you
people think about it,” “How was he
convicted on a negro outcasts testi¬
mony ?”
These are some few questions which
a southerner, especially a Georgian,
' mee t s during his conversation In this
great city. Georgia and Governo r Sla¬
ton are being watched with an eagle
eye by an entire nation . On his one
decision will rest the fate of Frank.
Tlie one great question of his guilt
or innocence lias been laid aside. I lie
overshadowing feature is: “Was his
trial fair, unde r mental conditions
which pervaded Georgia’s capital at
the time? Over one million people
in New York alone do not think jus¬
tice has been properly meted out. and
they, therefore, urge clemency uiwii
Georgia’s chief executive.
“First in War. First in Peace; First
in the Hearts of liis Countrymen.”
Uvery school boy knows to the gie.it
American to to whom this
tribute was paid. And to-day we hold
George Washington in the same
osteem.
PIG FOUND
Black male pig weighing about 125
pounds. Has white in face. Owne*
can get sam e by paying for this ad
and the feed. ". F>. GRAJ.
Covington, Ga
Come to CHAUTAI Ql A.
W. Frizzell. Friday evening at 8:15,
lecture, “Some Twentieth Centruy
Problems,” by Dr. J. W. Frizzell, 9 :00
concert by LaDell Concert Co.
Saturday afternoon 3:15, forty-five
minutes of fun for children and grown
folks with the Mysterious Merton, pre¬
senting Magical illusions. 4:00 Hum¬
orous lecture, “The Evils of Worry¬
ing” or the “Grumblers,” by Dr. H.
W. Sears. Saturday evening 8:15, a
half hour of fun and magic by Hal
Merton. 8:45, lecture by Dr. S. W..
Sears.
The entire program is good and you
should not miss a single entertainment
during the entire Chautauqua. Come
and bring you,, family for the enter
tainments to be given are the l* 1 *!
and highest class that can be secured.
Professor F. A. Merrill, of the State
Normal School, will give a talk on
Agriculture at the auditorium Satur¬
day morning at ten o’clock. This will
lie fi-ee and every fanner of the coun¬
ty is invited to come and hear him.
Prof. Merrill is the author of several
books on agriculture and one of the
best posted men in the state. Hi.s talk
will be a general one and the people
are invited to come and hear him and
remembe,. that this will not cost you
anything and that the ladies are also
invited to come out and hear him, for
liis talk will lie an interesting one.
Rut another American—great, con¬
servative, qualified, learned and loved
—sits in the presidential chair.
this* acute time Woodrow Wilson can
aptly be worthy oi tlie same tribute.
Not only by liis actions has lie mani¬
fested full ability and consciousness
of the supreme tasks which one hun¬
dred million people have reposed in
him, but a small portion—by no means
small in itself—evidenced that faith
in the wonderful tribute paid him in
New York, Monday and Tuesday of
last week.
It was a dismal day which welcom¬
ed the president to the great metro
iwilis. A steady downpour beat tlie
morning sun into a cloudy greeting.
Thousands of patriotic Americans had
gathered along the line of tlie naval
parade, which was reviewed by the
chief executive at the corner of Fifth
Avenue and 42nd Street. The stars
and stripes floated in a steady driz¬
zle, while the patriotic buntings of
decorations clung to the buildings with
an earnestness and tenseness that
awakened the thought of our attitude
It was especially appropriate that
the president’s visit should be made
at this time. Only a few days before
lie had forwarded that masterful note
*o Berlin in the name of humanity,
justice and right. The approval was
voiced in unanimous tribute in tlie lar¬
gest city of tlie nation, when the au¬
thor reviewed our great Atlantic fleet.
In* the afternoon sixteen gray fight¬
ing sliiiis each fired 21 guns as the
president sailed up the Hudson on the
Mayflower. Every member of the fleet
stood at “attention” as the president
smiled the acknowledgement of their
greeting.
This great force passed out of New
York harbor Tuesday morning with an
evenness and regularity in its line
a body of perfectly drilled
Tlie dreadnoughts moved out, then
torpedo boats; the transports;
monitors and tenders, and lastly,
most powerful—the celebrated
rines.
New York lias enjoyed the
paid homage to our president, and
waits on Berlin’s note.
CRANSTON G. WILLIAMS.
M. LEVIN BEGINS A FIFTEEN
DAY SALE. OFFERS
M. Levin, one of the live
of tlie town Iiegiiis a big fifteen
sale Friday. See his page
meat In this isue of the News.
Come to CHAUTAUQUA.
WILLIAM BRADFORD Oil
COUNTY FARM AGENT
SAYS THAT EVERY COUNTY IN
THE ST ATE OF GEORGI A SHOULD
HAVE DEMONSTRATION AGENT
AS WE HAVE TO PAY THE TAX.
Cedartown, Ga., May 22, 1915.
Editor News,
Covington, Ga.
Dea r Sir:
I am enclosing marked copy of the
Weekly News Letter issued by the
IJ. S. Department of Agriculture. The
marked article contains an outline of
the work that is expected of a country
farm demonstration agent. It is tlie
intention of the Department to place
one of these agents in every county ii),
the south-eastern states, wliej-e one is
desired and a part of his salary paid
by tlie county.
Tlie appropriations made for this
purpose are insufficient to put an
agent in every county during the next
two or three years, but will lie suffi¬
cient to pay more than half tlie ex¬
pense of maintaining one ami super¬
vising his work.
A careful reading of the article from
the News Letter should convince any¬
one of the value and importance of tlie
work that has been undertaken. The
fact that the act authorizing this work,
will require an expenditure of more
than $9,000,000 by tlie federal and
state governments indicates the es¬
teem which it is held by our law mak¬
ers.
Every county pays its pro rata share
of the taxes by which this fund is
raised, whether it gets an agent or
not. In iis much as this tax alone will
amount to more than half the expense
of maintaining an agent it would seem
to lie both wise and economical for
every county to appropriate the re¬
mainder necessary to secure an agent,
and get one. About half the counties
in Georgia have already done this. If
the other Half prefer to allow these
counties to get all the benefits that are
coming to Georgia, under this bill, and
at Hie same time help defray the ex¬
pense of maintaining agents for them,
and do without agents themselves,
they of course, have a perfect right to
do so.
But it is altogether reasonable to
suppose that the intelligent farmers
and citizens generally in every county,
who wish to keep abreast with all im¬
provements in scientific and profitable
agriculture, will desire to avail them¬
selves of the valuable assistance that
those county agents can render them.
1 INDEED'-m
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This virtually interests YOU-
Have YOU a checking ac¬
count?
It not- your funds are NOT be¬
ing handled to Y"OUR best ad¬
vantage.
Cease paying bills with the
actual money and try the check
method and see if it doesn't in¬
duce thrift on your part, create
a better credit standing and
prove wonderfully convenient
and safe
Large and small accounts in¬
vited.
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BANK OF. COVINGTON *15,000
CAPITAL*lOODOO. PROFITS
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ADVERTISERS—
MENTION THE NEWS.
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$1 A Year In Advance.
FIGHT 8EING MADE
TO HAVE COTTON FREE
SENATOR HOKE SMITH OF GEOR¬
GIA, AND OTHER SOUTHERN
REPRESENTATIVES WORKING
TO GET COTTON TO EUROPE.
Atlanta, June 1.—The seizure of
American cotton shipments by Great
Britain, despite promises that cotton
was to remain in tlie free list, has
aroused Georgia's representatives and
those of other southern states in Wash¬
ington. Word comes that Senator Hoke
Smith and others are making an ag
gresive tight on this issue, and that
the administration is preparing to
make every effort which the law al¬
lows to force Great Britain to open
tip tlie European markets for cotton
sales.
This action of Great Britain, accord¬
ing to Senato r Smith, has hurt the
south more than any other feature
of tlie war.
Following tlje assurances made last
October by Great Brittain that cot¬
ton was an<i would remain on the free
list, tlie market opened up splendidly
for cotton, and the price advanced
to ove r ten cents a pound. It was ex¬
pected that over nine million bales
would go abroad by the first of July.
Cotton was still rising in price when
prosperity was returning to the south
when Great Britain cut off tlie north¬
ern European market and began seiz¬
ing all vessels loaded with cotton.
The injury which has beeu caused to
tlie south not only affects tlie price of
cotton now on hand, but affects the
value of the crop now being raised as
the countries from which cotton is now
being excluded by Great Britain con¬
sume annually over three million bales.
CHAUTAUQUA TO BE HELD
AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.
Don’t forget that the Chautauqua is
to lie held at the school auditorium this
year instead of a tent as was first an¬
nounced. and don’t forget to get your
season ticket.
The people may not hold their coun
be deprived of this privilege for lack
of official action while other counties
are getting it.
Any county desiring information in
regard to these agents should get in
communication with tlie State Col¬
lege of Agriculture, Athens, Ga., at
once. *
Yours very truly,
WILLIAM BRADFORD
Corn Club Agent.
