MISSIONARY GLEANINGS.
Deep interest is felt in the mission
established a year or so ago by Bishop
Lambuth in Africa, and rightly so,since
/ America is sending them rum that is
V ruining them soul and body. It is
J time we were sending them missionar¬
ies to teach them the way to be saved.
But while doing what we can to save
these, we must not neglect the colored
people at our own door.
Before the war some of our noblest,
best preachers—among them Doctor
(afterwards Bishop) Capers—carried
the gospel to the big plantations, and
preached it to the negroes. Many of
p them were converted and doubtless are
rejoicing in Heaven today as the re
suit of this w r ork.
Many Christian masters called their
servants at night into the “big house”
and had family prayer with them.
Oh, that all had done this! There
were many faithful “black mammies,”
who were devoted to their “white chil
lun,” and their “white ehillun” devo¬
ted to them . Southern women w T ent
fearlessly any where.
But the war changed all this. North
teachers came and estranged the
whites and the blacks, and the whites
ceased their efforts to give them the
pure gospel, and turned them over to
the “carpt baggers.” Is it not time
we were taking up the work again and
being missionaries in our own homes?
If love of Christ and souls does not
constrain us, should not self-interest?
We pick up a nurse from the street,
and often knowing nothing of her mor¬
al character, trust our little darlings
at their most impressionable age to
her care; allow 7 her to take them out
of our sight, not knowing what vile
conversation they may listen to, or
what profane w T ord, or vulgar expres¬
sion may find lodgement in their in¬
nocent little minds that will, or may,
darken their future lives, for I hear
that some of these little nurses curse.
The negroes are naturally an affec¬
tionate, emotional, religious race.
Should we not make an effort to save
them by practicing the “Golden Rule
setting them good example by keeping
all of God’s commandments ourselves,
letting our “light shinemaking an
earnest effort to lift them to a higher
moral plane by showing them the enor
# mity of sin and its consequence; read¬
ing the Bible to them; telling them the
plan of salvation; urging them to seek
the Savior, and praying for them?
Will not God hold us responsible for
this opportunity to serve him. and save
souls?
Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of
the least of these, “ye did it not to me.”
How 7 many of the servants of your
home have you tried to save?
MRS. A. M. TRAVIS, Press Supt.
W. C. T. U. NOTES.
While the New 7 York Tribune is re¬
fusing to accept liquor “Ads,” and the
Louisiana Legislature is considering a
prohibition bill and a measure to end
the red-light disgrace, and the United
States seems to be moving prohibition
ward, let us not deceive ourselves by
supposing the fight is won.
The liquor men might get drunk,
shoot up the town, beat his wife and
children, resist arrest, and not be call¬
ed upon to tell where he got his liquor.
They are doing all in their power to
prevent indictments of violators of the
law. Look at the Border’s trial in Ma¬
con. Several women testified to the
tricks by which Borders sought to keep
them from testifying. A night session
was held Friday. Water was given
the jurors at a late hour at a hotel. No
other guests w 7 ere affected, but the ju
rors became ill immediately, and were
so ill next day that a mistrial had to
be declared.
The good results of prohibition are
seen in Atlanta. The shortage of con¬
victs is 250, and the shortage is still
growing. One convict camp has been
abolished, and two more will soon be.
The shortage in the opinion of the
commisioners is largely due to prohi¬
bition, and that five instead of eight
camps will be sufficient. It is estima¬
ted that this will reduce the county
pay-roll at least $1500 per month.
A missionary in Africa says: “I
have traveled up and down the coast
of Africa on boats that were simply
wholesale liquor houses—rum in hogs¬
heads, rum in casks, rum in barrels,
rum in kegs, rum in demijohns, rum
in stone jugs, and the vilest rum that
ever burned its w r ay down human
throats.
What an awful charge the vast
crowd of butchered African witnesses
will have against'the civilized world
in the day of judgment! Africa robbed
of her children, rifled of her treasures,
lies prostrate before the rapine and
greed of the Christian nations of the
world.”
MRS. A. M. TRAVIS, Press Supt.
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Preventing Forest Fires
J. B. BERRY, Prof. Forestry, State
College Of Agriculture.)
The exceedingly dry spring, togeth¬
er with the ignorance and careless¬
ness of people in the forest, is respon¬
sible for the great fire damage this
year. Everywhere throughout south
and central Georgia, the air is hazy
with the smoke from many small for¬
est fires. Thousands of acres of tur¬
pentine orchards have been burned
over with corresponding loss in trees,
cups and equipment. In the swamps
the fire has eaten down through the
humus often times many feet to the
mineral soil, destroying in a few days
the slow accumulation of many years
of fertility.
Forest fires are not a necessary evil!
They may be prevented even during
such an extremely dry season as this.
Many fires originate from live cinders
from a railroad or logging locomotive
or from a steam skidder. A good spark
arrester will take care of the situation;
only it is necessary that it be properly
ritted to the smoke stack and that the
engineer be held responsible for any
Poles punched in it. Many other fires
originate from deserted camp-fires,
•igarette and cigar stubs, live coals
from a pipe and matches which are
hrown away without being fully extin¬
guished. Surely a hunter or fisherman
Jiould have enough gratitude for the
.iriviiege of using another man’s land
o do ail he can to prevent fires on
the property. Still other fires orig¬
inate in the neighborhood of farms,
especially where fire is used in clear¬
ing land. Naturally, this w r ork should
be deferred until a safer season.
All forest fires have small begin¬
nings. In the history of every fire,
here was a time when it might have
been controlled with one pail of
water or one shovel of sand, if ev¬
ery one dfd his duty at such time,
there w 7 ould be no forest fires. There
are, however,
which every forest owner should take.
A fire line consisting of three or four
furrows may be plowed about a wood
lot, or, in the case of a larger tract,
a number of lines may be run through
the forest at right angles to each oth¬
er. Even a double furrow cutting
down to mineral soil will effectively
check a ground fire. After a fire ha:
started it is often possible to get our
with a small plow and prevent its
further extension. In the case of a tur¬
pentine orchard the needles and othei
inflammable material should be kept
raked away from the trees at all sea
sons of the year. Along railroads there
should be a double fire lane on each
side of the right of way, the first at t
distance of 50 to 60 feet from the
track, the second at a distince of 100
to 150 feet. If such simple prevents
five measures are taken, and every
one extinguishes the small fires, there
will be no great loss through the agen
ry of fire in the forest.
FOR LEAVE TO SELL.
State of Georgia, Newton County
F. H. Franklin and N. Z. Ann. .>.ni
Administrators on the estate of R. S
Franklin, late of said county, deceas¬
ed, have applied for leave to sell all
the real estate, stocks and bonds be¬
longing to said deceased for the pur
l>ose of paying debts and distribution.
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to show 7 cause, if any they
can. why said lea 7 e should not be
granted, and said application will he
heard on the first Monday in July,
next, 3916.
This June 5th, 1916.
6-29, 4. A. D. MEADOR. Ordinary.
Go to
Tybee Off a Coast, Savannah the Georgia near
i “Where Ocean Breezes Blow.”
Low Ten Day, Week-End, Sunday and Season Fares.
Central of Georgia Railway
The Right Way .
THE COVINGTON NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1916.
PETITION FOR AMENDMENT
CHARTER.
To the Superior Court of said
The petition of L. G. Neal of
County of DeKalb, P. G. Walker, J.
Terrell, and C. D. Terrell, of the
ty of Newton, all of said State,
fully shows:
1. Your petitioners are the
and stockholders of the Newton County
Oil Mill located in the City of Coving¬
ton, of Newton County, Ga., with Of¬
ficers and Agents therein.
2. That said Newton County Oil
Mills is a corporation chartered under
the Superior Court of Newton, ou June
24th, 1908, with a Capital Stock of
$40,000.00 divided into shares of par
value of $100.00 Dollars each. That
all of said Capital Stock has been paid
in and that said Corporation is now
in active operation.
3. That on June 10th, 1916, a stock¬
holders meeting was held by said cor¬
poration and the officers and ageuts
thereof, was instructed and authorized
to change the name of said Corporation
from Newton County Oil Mill to “COV¬
INGTON COTTON OIL COMPANY,”
as will fully appear from a certified
copy of the book of minutes of said
Corporation, which is hereto attached
and made a part of this petition.
4. That in pursuance of said au¬
thority your petitioners ask that they
be permitted to make said change, to
wit: From the Newton County Oil
Mill to “COVINGTON COTTON OIL
COMPANY.”
Wherefore they prey and order
amending their charter as aforesaid
to enange said name from the said
Newton County Oil Mill to “COVING¬
TON COTTON OIL COMPANY,” and
they further pray for such other re¬
lief as maybe necessary under the law
authorizing said change.
A. D. MEADOR,
Petitioner’s Attorney.
M tiute and Record Book of the Newton
County Oil Mills Baled June
10th, 1910.—Page 28,
Part of minutes of regular annual
meeting of stockholders June 10, 1916.
At the calling of the roll there was
found to be live Hundred and Four
teen (514 1 shares of stock represented.
Motion w as made duly seconded and
carried unanimously to change the
name of the Company (Newton Countv
Oil Mill) to “COVINGTON COTTON
OIL COMPANY.” Motion made, second¬
ed and carried that proper officers take
steps to carry out the above, take up
and re-issue new stock,
state of Georgia. Newton County.
Before me in person came J. B. Ter¬
rell, Secretary and treasurer of the
Newton County Oil Mills, who is
anown to me and who being duly
.worn deposes and says that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct
■opy of the extract of minutes of said
Newton County Oil Mills and that the
.ame is true and correct.
J. B. TERRELL,
Secretary aud Treasurer.
Sworn to and subscribed before me.
this 117 1 it day of June, 1916.
J. B. DAVIS,
Clerk Newton Superior Court.
State of Georgia, Newton County.
In person appeared before me J. B.
Terrell, who on oath says that he is
.lie Secretary and Treasurer of the
Newton County Oil Mills and also a
stockholder in said Corporation and
that the allegations as set forth in the
above and foregoing petition for a
change of the name of said Corporation
true.
J. B. TERRELl,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
; bis 17tli day of June, 1916.
JOHN B. DAVIS,
Clerk Newton Superior Court.
Filed in Office June 17th, 1916.
JOHN B. DAVIS, Clerk.
GEORGIA—Newton County.
Clerk's Office Superior Court of said
County.
I. Jno. B. Davis, Clerk of the Super¬
ior Court of said County, do certify
that the above and foregoing is, and
constitutes a true copy of an original
petition and affidavit now in file in my
office.
This 17th day of June. 1916.
JOHN B. DAVIS, Clerk.
What County Agents^'
Are Doingjn Georgia
Adding Wealth To Farming Sections
Of Georgia By Many Helpful
Contributions
(ANDREW M. SOULE, President Ga.
State College Of Agriculture.)
Last year the adult demonstrators
raised 15,105 acres of corn with an av¬
erage yield of 40.1 bushels per acre;
6,396 acres of cotton with an average
yield of 1,315 pounds of seed cotton
per acre; 7,712 acres of oats with an
average yield of 52 bushels per acre.
Compare these figures with the aver¬
age for the state and see the influence
for agricultural betterment which has
been conferred on these farmers
through the work of the county agent.
In addition, the agents were responsi¬
ble for the seeding under approved
methods of $2,639 acres of clover, 4,
013 acres of wheat, 1,085 acres of pea¬
nuts, 661 acres of rye, 3,040 acres
of cowpeas, 126 acres of vetch, 759
acres of soy and velvet beans and 750
acres of hay crops.
The agents also aided in the estab¬
lishment of 10,402 acres of pasture
iand, 10.953 gardens, in the prepara¬
tion of 62,200 tons of fertilizer, and
the pruning and spraying of 4,115
acres of orchards. They have encour¬
aged the stumping of 50,920 acres of
land, the terracing of 2,350 acres, and
the drainage of 600 more. They are
also largely responsible for the pur¬
chase of $500,000 worth of improved
machinery.
Through their efforts 1,569 pure bred
cattle, principally of the beef breeds
have been brought into the state. Ad¬
vice has been given relative to the
purchase feeding and management ot
thousands of beef and dairy cattle,
and hogs. At least 50,000 hogs have
been Inoculated with protective serum,
thus effectively controlling the spread
of swine plague, and encouraging the
development of this industry on a basis
somewhat commensurate with Geoi>
gia’s needs. One hundred and twenty
eight modern farm buildings have been
erected through their influence, as
well as 262 silos and 619 dipping vats.
Waterworks and lighting systems j |
have been installed in 350 homes ana
telephone connections placed in 300
more.
G imps of farmers have been organ¬
ized In 77 local co-operative clubs, 46 j
county or school fairs promoted and
255 special meetings held. The agents {
have made over 3,100 visits to the ]
schools and met personally 49,000
teachers, parents and pupils. They
traveled in their own conveyances
335,000 miles.
It Goes and Conies Back Too
—The Ford Does Both
The Ford car still sets the pace for a car which is de
pendable and does not sell for a small fortune.
Just $472.60 for a Touring Car, delivered at Covington;
or $422.60 for a Roadster.
We also have tires of the same splendid service aud en¬
durance. On TIRES AND SUPPLIES we pay the
freight or express.
And we guarantee the highest grade of repair work.
DRIVE IN—
and let us show your car the
character of our workmanship.
Ford Sales Company
P. J. ROGERS, Manager
\V Covington, Georgia J
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PAGE SEVEN
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