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V0 L. VIII NO. 4.
IIC EXTRA VOTE
OFFER ENDS TO-NIGHT
VO MOKE 200,000 EXTRA NOTE
CERTIFICATES issued to any¬
one AFTER MANAGER’S OFFI¬
CE CLOSES TOINIGHT AT
NINE O’CLOCK.
Tonight marks the close of the Big
260,609 "opportunity special vote offer.
Xo matter how hard you have work¬
ed mis week it would be wise if you
mat le an effort to improve your stand¬
ing m-night. You can never tell when
von have enough. If you are taking
an active part in the campaign you
enn't afford to lose out on these extra
voles for they may mean The winning
or losing of the prize of your choice.
One tiling is certain—the end of the
contest is but seventeen short days
, lU;( y and if you intend to act at all.
von must act at once. You can t he a
nlaek-hearted sinner all your iile. and
r»e saved at the last minute, when you
rind you have one foot in the grave
and the other slipping. No more can
von lie a loafer all through the eontesl
and expect to carry off one of the splen¬
did rewards at the last minuie by
means of a desperate spurt.
The work of winning a prize is easy
and pleasant. It is more interesting
Ilian hard. Bat yon must work now
and keep at it consistently. Persist¬
ency wins here just as it wins in every
walk of life. Honest, enthusiastic
effort will have its reward and if yon
pitch in, hammer and tongs now. you
will never regret it when you receivi
i,no of the splendid awards Januari
8th.
MR. AND MRS. B. BURNHAM
LOSE INFANT DAUGHTER
The fourteen-months-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. Burnham died at their
home near Porterdale Monday night.
The funeral and interment were at
l.iberty church Tuesday afterno« n at
3 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Burnham have the
sympathy of a host of friends in their
bereavement.
FOIt SALE.
Dr. Dickey having moved to Atlanta
left his fine combination horse with
me to sell. This horse is one of the
lest in Georgia. Perfectly gentle, yet
a good driver and saddler and will
I'low and pull a wagon. He is as pret¬
ry ns a picture. Will sell far below
Ids value. J. C. KITCHENS.
Adv) Oxford. Ba.
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Cut out u "CHK1STMAS being
rervone who asks you to load him moi ’
ou want to lose u friend , lend him " 10 " ’ /
him for it, yon will lose hot
i hen you ask
our friend and von** MOS .
BAX* your money. who Dio.
X UR FAMILY ore the ones
t hat you earn.
no YOUR hanking with I S.
Bank of Newton County
Covington, Georgia
i||)t Commit cm
MR. R. T. COLLUM IS
GALLED BY DEATH
EXCELLENT CITIZEN OF PORTER
DALE PASSED AWAY AT HIS
H O M E F R 11) A Y
NIGHT.
Mr. It. T. folium died at his home
at Porterdale Friday night.
He was 50 years of age and was
one of Newton county’s best citizens.
He has friends in great number and
they join the bereaved family in
mourning his death. *
i he funeral and interment were at
Liberty church ,Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock. The Rev. J. B. Gresham,
of Redan, conducted the services.
Mr. Collnm is survived by two
daughters. Miss Belle Folium, Miss
Collnm: and three sons, Messrs \V. D.
Collum, Oscar Collnm. and Charlie
Collnm.
COVINGTON W. C. T. l.
WILL CELEBATE CHRISTMAS
The Covington VVOman's Christian
Temperance Union will celebrate
Christmas in the spirit of Christ.
It is planned by them to remember in
some substantial way every inmate of
our jail and poor house and chub
gang.
Wherever men are lonely and foi
gotten by everybody else, there thes
noble women are found with the balm
of comfort and healing in their hands'.
THE BEST FRUIT TREES.
1 have them. 1 represent the Jack
son County Nurseries, who are the
sole growers of the Malcolm peach tree.
1 have the exclusive agency for New¬
ton county. It. B. HAYS,
1-12-2. ) Covington, Ga.. It. 2.
QUARREL DYER DEBT
RESULTS IN KILLING
Information was received here Mon¬
day that J. C. Ferguson, an employee
of the Cline Realty company, of At¬
lanta. was shot and instantly killed
early Sunday morning by H. N. Maxoy,
a merchant of Barnett. Ga.
The shooting was said to have taken
place at Walnut Grove, resulting from
a quarrel over an old debt.
After the shooting, Maxey called
Sheriff Gibson at Monroe and waited
for his arrival at the home of John
Smith, where he gave up.
Ferguson is survived by an invalid
wife at Barnett, a daughter, and sev¬
eral brothers.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA December 22, 1915.
LAST WEEKLY SPECIAL
OFFER STARTS TOMORROW
NEW FEATURE ADDED CAMPAIGN J
Chance Plays No Part In Big $2,000.00
Auto Club—Energy and Determination
Alone—Deciding Factors In Race.
The last weekly clubbing offer will
go in force to-morrow, also the Gold¬
en Voucher offer is announced in this
issue.
The weekly dubbing offer will dose
January 3rd, but the Golden Voucher
offer will run straight through until
the close of the campaign.
These two special vote offers afford
a splendid opportunity for all candi¬
dates. No one who has their own in¬
terest at heart can afford to pass up
this opportunity to secure thousands of
extra votes.
The contest department lias also add¬
ed a new feature to the campaign-—we
are going to give 550,000 Free Votes
and three cash pries to the three can
didates who secure the largest number
of new subscriptions between now and
January 3rd. the closing date of tin
last weekly special clubbing offer. See
the page advertisement for. explanation
of this and also of the special offers.
The absolutely fair and impartial
plan adopted by The News is a stimu¬
lant to fairness, consistent and enthu¬
siastic effort. Chance can play no part
in your winning, if you lose, you your
PRESENT STANDING
OF AUTO MEMBERS
DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. j
Includes all of the city of Covington, ;
Porterdale and Coviugt^. Mj]ls. All
candidates living in town la either of
these three cities will be in District
No. 1.
in order that full credit may be given
those in the various sections of the
county, UU IllUJ f as «)' well " Vi* as MU those ' ‘■'■u Su -- the city •
of Covington ,we have divided the ter- !
ritory as follows into two districts. | j
After the two grand prizes have been
awarded, a beautiful $75.00 Diamond
ring and a handsome $25.00 Elgin
Wrlst Watch Bracelet will be awarded
to the two candidates having the high¬
est standing in this district.
LIST OF NOMINATIONS.
Covington, Ga.
MISS ANNIE MAE BIGGERS 35,250
Mrs. Henry Branham........36,150
Mr. F. B. Hill..............37,700
Miss Claribel Adams.........34,200
Mrs. Vera Harper..........33,250
Coy Swann.................23,100
Mr. A. C. Heard............37,850
Mr. Henry Williams.........16,800
t'apt. J. J. Smith...........30,600
Oscar Hollis....................
DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
Includes Covington it. F. D.’s 1, 2,
3. 4. 5,; Oxford and Oxford K. F. D.’s
j, a nd 2: Porterdale R. F. D. li. 2. and
3; Starrsvllle and Rural Routes, New
horn, Almon and all territory outside
of Newton county.
After the two grand prizes have been
awarded, a beautiful $75.00 Diamond
ring and a handsome $25.00 Elgin
Wrist Watch Bracelet will be awarded
to the two candidates having the high¬
est standing in this district.
Oxford, Ga.
Miss Helen Williams.........36,100
Miss Annie Sue Bonneil......30,000
Miss Odissa Jordan..........2S.100
Newborn, Ga.
Mis* Maggie Tolar...........ls.OOO
Miss Lois Aiken...........21M150
Covington, R. I. D. No,, 4.
Miss Doris Wilson.........37,600
Miss Ceasla Skinner.........22.100
SUrroviSle, Ga.
Miss Ava Claude Epps... - .35,400
Miss Lizzie Lou Henderson. 34,625
Conyers, Ga.
Miss Merle Frances..........18,000
Covington, Ga., R. F. D. No. 1.
Miss Allie Mae Woodruff......18.600
.Mansfield, Ga.
Miss Addle I-ou Ozburn.......30,100
j Miss Winnie Sue Loyd........28.600
Porterdale, R. F. D. No. 1.
Miss Edna Holefield..........20,650
• Miss Ruth Boyd...........30,250
Porterdale. K. F. D. No. 2.
j Mr. Lon Brown...........36.050
Almon. Ga
I Mr. J. L. Dobbs...........22,150
»B»TH COMtTMMDU
ro UK FISH
UNIQUE CHRISTMAS
MENT PLANNED BY THIS
SPLENDID SUNDAY SCHOOL
FOR TUESDAY EVENING.
The North Covington Sunday
will celebrate Christmas in a
way Tuesday eveuing at the church.
From five to seven o’clock will be
open season for fishing in the
mas tish )>oud.
it is planned to have every bind
wholesome fun.
Each class will have a part on
program to be arranged by tire teach¬
er and the class, and not to be know",
to others until the time comes.
The following committee on arrange
ments and entertainment spent Wed
nesda.v in Atlanta, selecting the fish
tor the pond:
.Mis. R. P. Lester, Mrs. Henry Odum,
Miss Violet Gardner, Mrs. H. M
Smith.
MR. EDWARD L. REAGAN IN
AGAIN ELECTED MANAGER
“
1 In* friends here of Mr. Ed Reagan,
of McDonough,, who managed the Cov
ington Baseball < lub the later part of
last season, will bo pleased to learn
ager of the Griffin Baseball Club.
• Rip." ns he is familiarly known
among his friends, brought the Griffin
team out of the mire last sea son, and
we congratulate Griffin oil securing him
for another year.
Mr. Reagan is a brother of Editor
Frank Reagan, and is well known*
throughout the state as a competent
baseball manager as well as a star
second baseman.
CAESAR DAVIS
DIED SUNDAY NIGHT
Caesar Davis has paused away. He
died Sunday and was buried Monday.
Caesar was in the eighties and was
one of the negroes of the old school,
He was one of the oldest residents of
Covington and the oldest inhabitants
him as a fixture here.
His white friends also grieve at the
passing of this reminder of the old
times.
NOTICE
The annual meeting of the stockhold¬
of the First National Bank will be
held in the office Tuesday. January
lilth, 1016.
P. J. ROGERfi, Cashier.
self will he to blame. If you win, ii
will be because you have worked with
determination and have taken advan¬
tage of every opportunity to secure
votes and subscriptions.
Aren’t you beginning to feel that you
can win? Haven’t you a sort of pre¬
monition in those prophentic bones
that one of the Automobiles will be
yours on January 8th? And doesn t
tins feeling spur you on to greater
effort? Aren't you determined to pave
your way for winning.
Pick up a little more nerve and go
after one of those ears or other prizes.
To sit quietly by and let someone else
I lick oft' the prizes is simply admitting
that you’re a “has l>een" and a "down
and outer”-—-Remember, "It is better
to have tried and lost, than not to have
tried at all.”
As a last word of warning, don’t
overlook the two new special vote
offers. Remember too, about the extra
prizes we will give away January 3rd.
Someone is going to lie made im¬
mensely happy on January 8th. Why
can’t that someone he you? Start
now and determine to win one of the
OP.li.
ATLANTA NEWS TOLD
BY OUR REPORTER
Atlanta, December 20.—The State
Treasury will receive between $50.
<>00 and $60,000 from the estate of
James M. Smith, of Smirbsonia, as the
result of Georgia’s Inheritance tax law.
Mr. Smith left an estate of approxi¬
mately $4,000,000 and under the law
one per cent must be paid on certain
property and more than one per cent
on collateral by the heirs. The in
heritance tax law, as well as the tax
equalization law, was one of the ad
ministration measures of Governor
John M. Slaton. Governor Slaton, per
sonally, drafted the inheritance tax
law and urged its jutssage so strongly
that it was readily placed on the st .
tide books by the legislature. The
in heritance tax will bring many thous¬
ands Into the treasury of the state; in
fact, it is estimated that .within a few
years time it may mean mn income
to the state of something like a half
million dollars a year.
Atlanta, December 20.—The pigs in
Georgia now number over two million
and represent over $16,000,000 accord
ing to figures on live stock and eroi>s
just prep.lieu by the bureau of crop
statistics at Washington for the Geor¬
gia chamber of Commerce, at the re¬
quest of Hon. W. J. Harris, of the fed¬
eral trade commission.The figures show
that Ceorgia is advancing in all kin 1
of live stock, but particularly in swine
and beef cattle.
WEEK OF PRAYER.
The Woman’s Missionary Society of
the First Baptist church will hold its
week of prayer for foreign missions
beginning Monday afternoon, January
3rd. and lasting thronhout the week.
Everybody Invited.
Covington, Ga.. R. F. D. No. 2.
Miss Maragaret Longshore. ..36.150
Social Circle, Ga.
Miss Ethel Maugham........35,700
Miss Odessa Adams...........34,600
Covington, Ga., R. F. II. No. 3.
Miss Henrietta Cheney........29,150
Remember each of these two dls
tricts will receive a first and second
prize regardless of the votes cast in
any other district. Each contestant
in each district also have au equal
chance of winning one of the Automo¬
biles.
Candidates are not hestricted to
their own district in securing votes
wish. AU votes will count and contes
tnats and their friends may solicit any
and subscriptions but they may get
them in either of the two districts, or
outside of the county or state as they
where so long as they abide by the
rule* of the campaign
COVINGTON, GA. Your
Capital & Surplus $60>OO0.(H)
President N. Z. Anderson
V. Pres., E. W. Fowler, W, B.
R. Pennington. New
Cashier P. J, Rogers
T. F. Aiken, Ass’nt Cashier Resolution
j pei cent. Interest on Time
Deposits.
Let your resolution for
the New Year be a firm re¬
solve to save every possi¬
ble cent you can against the
future. Money rules the
world and only through
THIS BANK money can you hope to gain
is ORGANIZED your ambition.
UNDER AND
CONTRCEbAEJi' by If you have not yet open¬
enactAei) LAWS fj ed an account come in here
AT / Ai,i to-day and let us start you.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Wa ari Steadily Growing-Coma and Brow With Us.
rill
COMMERCIAL AND
JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
$1 A Year In Advance
HON. E. W. FOWtER
ELECTED MtlOO
AT MONDAY’S ELECTION MESSRS
K. P. LESTER, J. L. STEPHEN¬
SON, AND JOHN TAYLOR ALSO
EJECTED COI'NWLMEN.
The city election was held in Cov¬
ington Monday. There were 104 votes
east, and the following ticket was
j elected Mayor, without opposition :
the Hou. K. W. Fowler.
Counoilmen: Messrs K. P. I,ester,
j J- I. .Stephenson, and John Taylor,
j Members of School Board: Messrs
| It. H. Fowler and L. D. Adams.
Mr. Fowler succeeds the Hon. R. E.
! Hveritt. the present mayor,
( Messrs Lester, Stepneuson, and Tay
| j | 0 r succeed Dr. Luke Robinson, Dr,
A. O. Hopkins, and Mr. Ed Stephenson.
j Messrs Fowler and Adams on the
School Board succeed themselves.
The new mayor and council will as¬
sume the duties of their offices ou next
I Tuesday eveuing, when there will be
a fireman * banquet, at which all the
city officials will be present.
All the men elected are splendid
j gentlemen and will continue the fine
| progress Covington has experienced
under the management of the present
city government.
MARRIAGE CEREMONY
PERFORMED ON CREDIT
Hannomnd, lnd., Dec. 20.—Charles
Solomon married Jennie Taylor. 70,
Judge E. II. Kenney officiating. At the
conclusion of the ceremony Solomon
said, “I’ll have to stand you off, for
I’m broke.” Kenney told the bride¬
groom it was not his custom to per¬
form marriage ceremonies ou tick.
"W«l|, squire, it will huve to be tiek
this time.” said Solomon. ‘‘You have
done it and can’t undo it.” The bride¬
groom said he did not know his age.
He *aid bis parents told him he wax
born before the war, but he did not
know whether they meant the Civil or
Mexican war.
The News extends to Its readers
a merry Christmas and a happy
and prosperous New Year. We
are not writing this to fill up this
sluice, but really we did need
these six lines.
