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THREE HliS INJURED^ AN AUI QNNSBILt TRAIN
► John M. Hearing, one of Covington’s
best known citizens, and three children,
Rosalie and Margie Hooten and l’au
! line Piper, exeprieneed" a most miracu¬
lous escape from death Monday morn
I ing, when an automobile driven by Mr.
■ij Dearing, who is deaf, was struck and
■ almost completely demolished at Floyd
street crossing by a Central of Georgia
‘ train Monday .morning arriving in the
city from Gordon.
The little girls, who had been to
M school, were riding home with Mr.
Hearing and none of the occupants
the ear seemed to see the
train and witnesses stated that efforts
; , were made by the engineer to prevent
' the accident.
|ij # One of the girls was thrown under extri¬
the train, from which .she was
cated by the conductor. Mr. Hearing
-Icaught Pauline Piper in his arms, who
; escaped injury.
None of the occupants of the car
! were seriously injured.
Statement of the Ownership, Manage¬
ment, Circulation, Etc., Required by
the Act of Congress of August 24,
1912, of The Covington News, Pub¬
lished Weekly at Covington, Newton
County, Georgia, for April 1, 1920.
‘ Name of Editor, Proprietor, Busi
j ness Manager ! and Managing Editor,
Jack L. Patterson, Covington, Ga.
| There are no known bondholders, mod
f agees or other security holders.
JACK L. PATTERSON,
Editor-Propriefor.
Sworn tosnnd subscribed before me,
| this 23rd day of March, 1920.
J. E. PHILLIPS,
Commercial Notary Public,
j My commission expires March, 1324-.
___LEGAL ADVERTISEM E NTS
|* j - CITATION.
j GEORGIA—Newton County:
In the Court of Ordinary of Newton
\j County, Georgia. Petition for Pro ini
i bate of Last Will and Testament,
i Solemn Form, of L. A. Stokes, De¬
ceased :
In Re: Fred R. Stokes, as Executor
i of L. A. Stokes, deceased, vs. J. P.
Stokes, R- S. Stokes, Mrs. Lee
Hodges, Mrs. Florence Tedder, and
the children of W. H. Stokes, de
ceawd, to-wit: Robert Stoke., E
Stokes, Jesse Stokes, and Mrs. Min
i nie Lee Vaughn:
l - Fred R. Stokes having applied, as
; Executor, for probate in Solemn Form
I of the Last Will and Testament of E.
A. Stokes, late of said county, you, and
each of you, as an heir at law of the
said L. A. Stokes, deceased ,are here
“■by required to be and appear at the
Court of Ordinary for said comity of
Newton, to be held on tly* iirst Mon¬
day in June,- 1920, when said applica¬
tion for probate will Jie heard.
This 3rd day of May, 1920.
A. D. MEADOR,
Ordinary, Newton Co.
4t-suc
CITATION.
Mattie Kelley vs. John Kelley, Petition
for Divorce. In Newton Superior
Court, March Term, 1920.
To the Defendant, John Kelley:
The plaintiff, Mattie Kelley, having
filed her petition for divorce against
John Kelley, in this court, returnable
to this term of court, and it being made
to appear that John Kelley is not a
resident of said county, and also that
he does not reside in said State, and
an order having been made fo rserviee
on him, by publication, this, therefore,
is to notify you, John Kelley, to lie and
appear at the next term of Newton
Superior Court, to he held on the 3rd
Monday in July, 1920, to answer said
complaint.
Witness the Honorable John B, Hut¬
cheson, Judge of the Superior Court,
Newton County. This May 4, 1920,
C. O. NIXON,
Clerk Superior Court
Newton County.
2mos-alt
SHERIFF’S SALE.
GEORGIA—Newton county:
Will be sold at the courthouse door
in said county on the first Tuesday in
June, 1920, within the legal hours of
sale, the following described property,
to-wit:
One 5-passenger Ford touring ear.
1917 model, levied on as the property
of C. It. Anglin to satisfy a mortgage
foreclosure fi fa issued June 9, 1919,
in favor of R. A. Norris, plaintiff in
fi fa, Newton Superior court.
This April 3, 1920.
S. M. HAY,
•Sheriff Newton County, Ga.
ORDER OF SERVICE.
GEORGIA—Newdon Cofinty:
Newton Court of Ordinary,
At Chambers, April 30, 1920.
Upon reading and considering the
foregoing petition, it is ordered that
Mrs. Lee Hodges, J. P. Stokes and it.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
SL Stokes, each of Newton county,
Georgia, and Mrs. Florence Tedder, of
Telfair county, Georgia, and the chil
dren of W. H. Stokes, deceased, to-wit:
Robert Stokes, Erma Stokes, Jesse
Stokes and Mrs. Minnie Lee Vaughn,
of the County of Cleveland, State of
Oklahoma, appear before the Court of
Ordinary to be held in and for the said
County of Newton on the first Monday
m j llne next, then and there to show
cugise, if any exists, why the paper of¬
fered for probate by the petitioner,
b red R. Stokes, a the Last Will and
testament of L. A. Stokes, Jate of
said Newton county, dett.t led, should
not be proven in solemn /orm and ‘ad¬
mitted to record as the Last Will and
; cstament of said deceased, and it is
further ordered that the said Mrs. Lee
Hodges, ,J. P. Stokes, R. S. Stokes anil
Mrs. Florence Tedder (the last name
by second originals) be served person¬
ally with a copy of the within
and of this order at least ten days be¬
fore tlie next June term, *1920, of this
^mrt; and that as the children of W.
iT Stokes, deceased, to-wit: Robert
Stokes, Erma Stokes, Jesse Stokes and
Mrs. Minnie Lee Vaugliq who are non¬
residents of the State of Georgia, lei
them and each of them be served by
publication of said citation and made
parties hereto by publication of notice
and citation once a week for four
weeks in the Covington News, a news¬
paper published in the City of Cov¬
ington, State and County aforesaid, in
which sheriff’s advertisements are pub¬
lished, before the said June term, 1920,
of the said Court of Ordinary of New¬
ton County, Georgia.
'I’llis. April 30th, 1920.
A. D. MEADOR,
Ordinary Newton County. Ga.
Vo the Citizens of tnr nrone Mountain
Judicial Circuit:
1 take this means of announcing my
candidacy for the office of Solicitor
General of the Stone Mountain Cir¬
cuit, subject to the State Democratic
primary of September, 1920.
My platform shall be a just and fair
enforcement of all of the laws of the
State arid I shall not favor friends,
nor punish enemies, and promise u
faithful and impartial administration
of the affairs of the "office.
I stand against petty prosecutions;
1 stand against the taking of cash
bonds in criminal cases! I favor the
salary system of the office of So¬
licitor General and will oppose any
move to put it back on the fee sys
iein; and I favor the salary system
for all county officers.
If time will permit and I keep my
good health, God willing, 1 expect to
I will certainly apreciate your vote
and influence in the September pri¬
mary’ for the ofice of Solicitor General
ot your Circuit. *.
ERNEST BUCHANAN.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All creditors of the estate of the late
Hulda Austin, of Newton county,
Georgia, deceased, are hereby notified
to render their demands to the under¬
signed according to law ,and all per¬
sons indebted to said estate are re¬
quired to, make immediate payment.
This April 2, J920,
C. O. NIXON,
Clerk of Superior Court of Newton
County, Georgia.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
GEORGIA, NEWTON COUNTY:
All persons are hereby notified that
ihe firm of Heard, White and Cojupa'iiy
is this day dissolved by mutual con¬
sent, G. It. IVbite retiring from said
firm, and F. E. Heard and T. W.
Heard and others continuing said bus
uess under .the firm name of Heard
Brothers and company.
All obligations due by said firm oi
Heard, White and Company are hereby
assumed by Heard Bothes and Com¬
pany*, and all debts due said firm of
Heard, White and Company to be paaid
by Heard Brothers and Company.
C. H. WHITE.
F. E, HEARD.
T. W. HEARD.
Petition to Surrender Charter,
Franchise, Etc.
GEORGIA- Newton County.
To the Superior Court of said
county:
The petition of the Porterdale Mer¬
cantile . Company respectfully to the
court shows:
FIRST—Petitioner is a corporation
|!uly organized under the laws of said
state, with its principal place of busi¬
ness or office at Porterdale, Georgia,
said county, under a charter legally
granted by this court on tlie 9th.
of May, 1919, and at chambers of
said court.
SECOND—At a meeting of the
stockholders of said corporation duly
called for the purpose, held at the of¬
fice of said corporation in the town of
Porterdale, Georgia, on the 17th day
of April, 1920, a resolution was adopt¬
ed by the affirmative vote of more
than two-thirds of the owners of
capital stock of said corporation, and
more than two-thirds of the
ing capital stock of said
(the stock voting for said resolution
being all of the 2500 shares outstand¬
ing) resolving and asking that said
f corporation surrender its charter and
franchise to the state, and be dissolved
us a corporation in accordance with
the statute for such cases made and
is hereto attached, marked “Exhibit
A,” and made a part of this petition.
THIRD—That such dissolution may
be allowed, without injustice to any
stockholder of said corporation or to
any person having claims or demands
of any character against said corpora¬
tion.
FOURTH-That all debts and obli¬
gations of said corporation have been
paid off and discharged, or satisfac¬
torily settled, and no claims or de¬
mands of any character stand against
said corporation to prevent the disso¬
lution thereof.
Wherefore, the premises considered
petitioner prays: (1) That it he al¬
lowed to surrender its charter and
franchise as a corporation to the state,
and he dissolved as such a corporation
In the order and decree of this court.
(2) That ibis court accept the surren¬
der of said franchise and charter. (3)
'That the court grant an order setting
llie time and place for the hearing of
this petition as prescribed by law.
(4) That direction be given that this
petition he iiled in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of New¬
ton County. (5) That such order di¬
rect that copy of this petition and said
order he published once a week for
four weeks in the newspaper wherein
the sheriff’s sales are published before
the day for the hearing of this petition.
KING & JOHNSON,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
GEORGIA—Newton County.
In person appeared J. L. Elliott, who
Being duly sworn on oath, says that he
is secretary and treasurer of the Por
terdale Mercantile Company, and is
aiso a stockholder of said corporation,
and that the statements of fact set
forth in the foregoing petition and
Exhibit A attached thereto are true.
J. L. ELLIOTT.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this the 20th day of April, 1920.
C. O. NIXON,
Clerk Newjon Superior
Court.
Exhibit “A.”
«
Porterdale, Ga., April 17, 1920.
Vt a meeting of the stockholders ol
the Porterdale Mercantile Company,
called specially for the purpose of con¬
sidering the question of dissolving said
corporation and surrendering the cahr
ter and corporate franchise of said
corporation to the state, held at the
office of said corporation in the town
of Porterdale, Newton county, Geor¬
gia, this day, there were present the
following stockholders, to-wit,:
O. W. Porter and J. L. Elliott, who
own the entire capital stock.
And whereupon the following reso¬
lution was offered and adopted unani¬
mously by a vote in the affirmative of
2,500 shares, and a vote in the nega¬
tive of no shares, to-wit:
Be it resolved by the stockholders of
corporation existing ’under a charter
granted by the Superior Court of New¬
ton County, at chambers, May 9, 1919,
of said court.
(1) That said corporation surrender
to the state of Georgia its charter and
franchise as provided for by the Act
of the General Assembly of said state,
approved August 13, 1910, and em
bodied in Code sections 2823, et seq
of Park’s Annotated Code of the State
of Georgia.
(2) 'That saitl corporation be dissolv¬
ed as a corporation as provided for hv
said Act.
(3) That the president of said cor¬
poration, together with the secretary
and treasurer thereof and. they are
hereby authorized and directed to
pluv counsel and to otherwise take the
necessary steps to carry into effect this
resolution and cause said corporation
j lo lie dissolved by decree of Newton
| Superior^ (4) That Court this resolution tie entered
on the minutes of said corporation
and of the stockholders’
t *
thereof.
GEORGIA—Newton County.
I, J. L. Elliott, secretary and
urty of the Porterdale Mercantile Com
puqfc and also secretary of the stock¬
holders meeting above referred to,
hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of a resolution
passed and adopted as indicated there¬
in by more than two-thirds of the
ital stock of said corporation at a
meeting called for the purpose, held
at the office of the Company on
17tli day of April, 1920, as
from the minutes of said meeting
the minutes of said corporation.
This the 20th day of April, 1920.
J. L. ELLIOTT,
Secretary and Treasurer of the Porter
dale Mercantile Company, and Sec
ret ary of the above mentioned stock
holders’ meeting.
At Chambers, Atlanta, Ga.,
April 21st, 1920.
The above and foregoing petition
being legally presented to me as pre¬
same, it is hereby sanctioned and it
ordered by the court:
(1> That a hearing be had on said
petition before me at the
in • Covington, Newton county, Geor¬
gia, on the 28th day of May, 1920, at
3:30 p. m., and that all persons int-sr-
ested then and there show cause,
any they can, why the prayers of said
petition should not be granted.
(2) That said petition and order he
filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Newton County.
(3) That a copy of said petition
and this order he published once a
week for four weeks next prior to the
date above set for the hearing of said
petition in the Covington News, the
same being the newspaper wherein the
sheriff’s sales in and for said county
of Newton are published.
Witness my hand and official signa¬
ture- this the 21st day of April, 1920.
JOHN 13. HUTCHESON,
Judge Superior Court, Stone Mountain
Circuit.
GEORGIA—Newton County.
I, C. O. Nixon, Clerk of the Supe¬
rior Court of Newton County, do Here¬
by certify that the alxsve and forego¬
ing is a true and correct copy of the
original petition filed in this office on
the 21st day of April, 1-920, by the
Porterdale Mercantile Company to
surrender its charter, etc., and the
same remains of file in this office.
Witness my hand and seal, this the
21st day of April, 1920;
\ C. O. NIXON,
Clerk of Superior Court of Newton,
County.
Notice to the Public as to Revision of
Rates Proposed by Georgia Railway
& Power Company.
Notice is hereby given that Georgia
Railway & Power Company has applied
to the Railroad Commission of Georgia
for the approval of a revised and in¬
creased scale of rates proposed by it
for electric current for residential,
commercial, industrial and municipal
power, the proposed revised scale to
apply in all cities and towfls and to all
industries supplied by the petitioner.
Said Company has also applied for
a’ revision in its gas rates in the City
of Atlanta and suburbs served by said
Company with gas for illuminating,
heating and cooking purposes.
The said Company has also applied
for the approval of an increase in its
street car fares in Atlanta and su¬
burbs, including the Atlanta and Stone
Mountain line, but excepting such fares
as are fixed by contracts between the
Company and the cities of Decatur and
College Park.
The proposed scale of rates and
fares are on file with the Mayors of j
each town or city where the Company
is serving the public and are open to
inspection by the public.
The above stated application will be
heard by the Railroad Commission of
Georgia, beginning at ten o’clock, a
in.-, on Tuesday, June 8, 1920, at its
offices in the State Capitol, Atlanta, at
which time and place interested parties
will be afforded the opportunity of
being heard orally or in writing. This
notice is published by order of
Railroad Commission of Georgia.
Georgia Railway & Power Company,
By P. S. Arkwright, President.
To the White People of the Eighth
• Cot gicssional District of Georgia:
I announce my candidacy for the
nomination of the Democratic party
for Representative from this district
in the 07th Congress, and ask your
support,
i declare my faith in the ancient
rincipli s of the party,'affirm my be
icf in the doctrine of America for
A: aerie an s, and pledge my adherence
to the old time policies of the ITepub
.U .
Your fellow citizen,
PHIL. W. DAVIS, JR,
Lexington, Ga.
April 10, 1 LAO.
Lillie Sorrough vs. Jack Sorrough, Di
v.H-cc XV. 71, Newton 'Superior
Court, January Term, 1920.
id Jack Sorrough: Y’ou are hereby
notified that Lillie Sorrough lias tiled
suit for divorce in which you are made
defeiidant. Y’ou are therefore herein
notilffl to he and appear at the next
term (third Monday in July, 1920)
Newton Superior Court, to answer this
petition, or the Court shall proceed as
to justice shall appertain.
Given under my hand and official
seal of .office, this February 10, 1920.
C. O. NIXON, Clerk.
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