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For Newton County and Her People.
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VOLUME 13, NUMBER 4.
COMMISSIONERS •,
IN SESSION
important issues at second
MEETING OF COUNTY
BOARD
The Saturday meeting of the County
Board of Commissioners called for a
number of appointments, and rules
for conduct of the county’s business.
Notable among the appointments was
ihat of J. H. Redmond to the position
,.£ superintendent of yoads. The same
gentleman was also appointed county
warden. Mrs. .1. H. Redmond was
elected superintendent of (the pauper's
home.
It was agreed by the Board that 'ac¬
,
counts of current expense he taken up
for approval at the meetings on .tfho
lirst Tuesday* of each month, and at
no other time. TJte exception Jtof this
rule was made in ease of C. O. D„
shipments, the accounts -of Which
might be taken up at other times
than the first Tuesday meetings.
Chairman Ballard and Mr. Boyd
were directed Jto arrange for the
ing of the road hear McGuirt’s bridge.
Bach commisisoner was instructed to
give attention to road repairs in his
respective district.
Other important matter coming be¬
fore the Board was that of declining
whether the people wish- to retaiiT the
Farm and Home Agents. D, Hi .Up¬
shaw and W. C. Pope were directed to
get a report from the Grand Jury
Committee on this matter.
Chairman F. D. Ballard presided at
the meeting. The next meeting will
lip held Friday morning at nine o’clock
January fourteenth.
KEEP OUR DEMON¬
STRATORS,” SAY PEOPLE.
Representative Farmers’ Com
mittee Goes Before Board
of Commissioners
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A influential committee, composed
of practical farmers from most every
section of the county, went before the
Board of County Commissioners Sat¬
urday morning in the interest of the
Newton County Farm Demonstration
Agents.
The personnel of the committee, rep¬
resenting the county in the fight for re¬
tention of the agents, showed that the
leading farmers appreciate the valu¬
able work done by the agents. The
committee expressed itself as being
more than anxious that the work con¬
tinue, and declared that the need.for
this work is even greater now than ev¬
er before, and a discontinuation of the
work at this time would; indicate- a
serious set back to the interests of the
farmers.
It was hoped that if a -representa¬
tive set of men declared for retaining
the agents, then the Board would agree
and the work would go oh. The News
takes a stand with the represen fa
mass for continuation of this valuable
work. 1 .. •
ED. SWITZER ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE
Ed. Switzer, charged with the mur¬
der of the 16 year-old hoy, Jim Dick,
near the convict camp during the holi¬
days, was acquitted by a verdict r<
turned in the court this morning.
There was a failure to. establish suf¬
ficient evidence to Convict.
M KNTRAL OF GEORGIA
OFFICIALS HOLD MEETING
At Macon January 7th, several hun
dred officials of the Central of Geor
Sia Railroad met at the Dempsey
Hotel where the matter of better
transportation of frieglit was discuss
led. Fhe purpose of the meeting was
jto lloss seek out ways, to prevent •the
and damage to freight ove r
■this road, ;
and hear suggestions 'as to
better shipment.
•’tom this city were D. M. Rogers,
And 1- L. Trapnell, agent at Porter
iale.
Something After All.
rh, ‘ lioh k'ti was haughtily lording
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OVer 'he poor girl.
"We’ve got four ears six horses,
lig h °use plenty of money and
'f servants,” she declared.
mve >'°ur people got?
T he poo,- girl, with
tudi„d downcast
hard a moment.
Hl| h she snapped. "We
illnk j
un der our barn.”
r Up ®* Ven if cloud
J j ver 1'ning. ‘ your has
u it had, it would
- v drop to the p f»rth, anyway.
STEALS OWN WIFE
ELOPES WITH HER
Couple Marries, Marriage is Annulled
Oil Account of Tile Bride’s
Age.
Opthbert, Ga.. Jan. 3.—The old say¬
ing that “loVe laughs at locksmiths”
wgs claarly .Remonstrated here a few
days ago. On January 3rd Miss Pan
line Goran and Mr. Elijah Shellhouse.
living near Cuthbert. came into town,
procured .a iparriage license from Ordi¬
nary G. G. Ware, and were joined in
wedlock that • official, and the young
couple went their way rejoicing.
On Monday following, the parents of
the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Coran.
took steps, to” have the marriage an¬
nulled on the grounds of their daugn
ter's, age. which: they claim, is under
it. ’ 'A habeas corpus proceeding was
•issued, And tried before J.udge G. G.
Ware, ordinary of the county, and af¬
ter hearing evidence on both sides,
turned the bride over to her parents,
pp the. .grounds ’that she is*, under. .14
years of age, and therefore, under Un¬
law of the state cannot legally marry.
Two days later, at night, the bride¬
groom went to the home of his young
bride, and secretely stole her from her
parental roof, and eloped with her, and
Went; ,to parts unknown, presumable
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to . poipt in Alabama. m
some
When the girl’s parents learned of
her elopment they swore out a war¬
rant ggairist Shellhouse charging kid¬
napping and..placed fhe warrant in the
hands of Sheriff W. E. Taylor, but so
far the eloping couple have eluded the
officer.
This is an unusual case, so far as
this section is concerned, and the tilth
iyaJt.e iUwffl. 'be- ^rgtetfed wlt-h
keen interest.
FIRST NATIONAL DECLARES
SEMJ-ANNUAL J DIVIDEND *>* f''
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1921 Officials Elected By Thriving
Rank
Another Covington bank proves its
prosperity, when at the annual meet¬
ing Tuesday afternoon, the First Na¬
tional declared a semi-annual dividend
of four y>ef dent, payable January 15th.
Bank statements and dividends are the
truest index to the financial condition
of a community.
The prosperity of the First Nation¬
al hank is of gratifying interest to the
public. The management is congratu¬
lated.- aii>nn - irs.’. successful 'operation
through a.most difficult season. Every
one is glad in the fact that we can
Ttiok to the bank and tell our financial
boat is. hcadeiL.fpr' good waters.
At the Tuesday meeting officials for
1921 were elected as follows:
. N. K. A'llderson. President.
W. B. R. Pennington, .Vice Pres.
R. E. Stephenson, Vice Pres.
• IL L. -ftit7-hcock ? Cashier.
Jas. C. Anderson, Asst. Cashier.
r * E. BVRogers, bookkeeper.
.‘Directors aw as follows:
X. Z.. Anderson, A. J.. Belcher, C, C.
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Brooks, J. ,i. Clark, H. I- Hitchcock,
M. Levin.' C; ft. Rhgers. R." E. Stephen¬
son. J-.G. Splith. W! B. R. Penning¬
ton. -yp'
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DONATION TO THE
COVINGTON LIBRARY
Mr. J. P- -Stewart, presideht of-the
Citizens National Bank of Louisville,
Kentucky, a former Covington resi¬
dent, expressed his .lasting regard for
our town and people in a donation of
$100 to the city library.
Mr. Stewart heard ..of. the recent
work in the interest of the library and
came In, without reqliest. to boost
this .excellent cause.. -The donation
was made through ,Mrs. W, C. Clark.
This city thanks the thoughtful friend
f 0 g; t Ke gift-.
ARE YOU PREPARED TO
MEET YOUR—ACCOUNT.
Dear Comrad:
I received your letter about what
1 owes you.
Now No. 3 be pashent. I ain’t for got
you. and as soon as folks pay me I'll
pay you. but if this was judgment day
and you was no more prepared to
meet your God than I is to meet your
count: then you would sho go to hell.
How about it? Good by.
Hard Times.
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Remember that our expert optome¬
trist. Mr. Chas. A. Green, of the Chas.
A. Green Optical Co., Atlanta. Ga.. is
to be here again on Saturday. January
22nd. J
i Geor. T. Smith Drug Co., Covington.
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1921.
WHAT THE
PHILOSOPHER SAID ¥f V
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When the old philosopher said, “Marry Your
Neighbor’s Daughter,” he was driving at the
idea of community support. The social and eco¬
nomic life of any community, he knew, hangs in
the balance of belief in your neighbor. A
belief in one another makes a happy, safe, con¬
tented and prosperous people. Mutual support
shall ever be the key-note of permanent com¬
munity prosperity. ^
If the old philosopher had been more of a com
mercialist he would have said, “Buy at Home.”
Buying at home is the truest indication of belief
in the community, and of willingness to support
it.
Every time you buy a pair of shoes, a ginghams
dress, a pair of sox, or a coffee pot in Newton
county you put a support under our industrial
and commercial structure. This structure can
not be maintained, can not be built up, unless
you keep your money in the county. The man
who keeps his money in a New York bank is no
less a knocker at the life of the community than
the man who buys his shoes and silverware from
a Chicago mail order house.
Tell your merchant that .^tu are back of him—
let him know you are keeping your money at
home—that you are a “Money-at-Home-Booster”
—and you can bet he will ^ive you a square deal,
and every advantage that a reasonable profit w’ill
permit.
This appeal is made in the interest
of Newton County, and without a
word of request and without a
cent of charge.
Respectfully,
THE COVINGTON NEWS.
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see us this week.
COVINGTON NEWS.
SCHOOLS CLOSE
AFTER MAD DOG SC ARE
Tamp. Fla,, anuary 12.—Reports
a mad dog in the residential sec¬
of the city had bitten several
resulted today in the city
taking steps to close all
days and the issuance of an
nW loose dogs should he killed.
Losing Experiment.
“Had yon a hard time at the hos¬
“Had I? I lost weight, they
me a weigh the first thing, and
even took my temperature.”
PREACHERS MUST PAY MORE
TO RIDE ON CENTRAL TRAINS
The high cost of living may be com¬
ing down, but the cost of riding on
railroad trains is not included in the
list of articles—for the preachers; not
on the Central of Georgia railroad sys¬
tem. at all events, for that road has
announced that ministers of the gospel
will have to pay more than they have
been paying for the privilege of riding
on its trains.
Heretofore, for many years past,
ministers of the gospel have been giv¬
en what were known as ministerial
rates—one half of the regular rates
charged passengers. But during the
year 1921, according to announcement
made by the railroad authorities at Sa¬
vannah, the rate is increased to two
thirds of the regular fare.
In other words, where they have
been paying at the rate of about one
and five-tenths of a cent a mile, they
will this year have to pay about two
and two-thirds cents a mile, and war
tax in addition.
The way to avoid serious Eye trouble
is to give your eyes prompt attention
whenever you feel any strain. Have
our expert optometrist. Mr. Chas. A.
Green to emamine your eyes and tell
you whether or not you need glasses.
He will be at our store again on Sat¬
urday, January 22nd.
If you require Glasses, why do you
keep putting it off? Often a slight
defect of vision of eye strain, if neg¬
lected, will assume more serious prop¬
ositions later. Have your eyes examin¬
ed by our expert optometrist, Mr. Chas.
A. Green. He will be at our store
again on Saturday, January 22nd.
Geor. T. Smith Drug Co., Covington.
RACE WAR HOVERS
OVER HALL COUNTY
Negroes Fleeing By Hundreds From
Farms and Factories to Seek
Protection.
Atlanta. Jan. 11.—Threats made
against negroes in Hall county has re¬
sulted in hundreds of them seeking re¬
fuge in Gainesville the county seat and
threaten an industrial and agricultur¬
al crisis in that part of the state, ac¬
cording to reports made today to Gov¬
ernor Dorsey by citizens of Hall coun¬
ty. No actual violence has been re¬
ported.
When the situation became known
tonight the governor stipulated that
the names of his informers should not
be made public but they were describ¬
ed as some of the leading men of the
county and were declared to say that
no over act by negroes had precipitat¬
ed the latest series of threats.
There was some trouble in Hall
county early last year .when negro
lodge halls were burned and again last
fall which there was brief trouble when
warnings were posted that “no neg¬
roes will be permitted to remain north
of the Chattahoochee river in Hall
County."
Efforts to drive all negroes out of
the county have been resumed in
threats, according to information
reaching the governor and while hun¬
dreds of them have abandoned their
homes and other valuables and fled
into Gainesville, others are remaining
under guard of white employers. It
was said that two large saw mill com¬
panies were operating with negro labor
under armed guard to protect them and
the Gainesville and Northwestern
railroad had been hampered by flight
of its negro laborers. Many planta¬
tions have guards to protect negro
laborers. The housing and food situa¬
tion among the refugees in Gainesvi
was said to be serious.
Governor Dorsey said he
tigating the situation but
cast his probable action.
COVINGTON HI Ql
WINS T!
Decatur Hi and Monj
Before the Locf
The local boys gave
School the second licking
Monday afternoon on ]
court by the score of
score was almost an es
of that made in the fall
met on the local cour^
*‘.at time being 34 to
The features of the
playing of Smith at
Childs at guard. Smitl
Covington's points,
Childs played a vondl
Five fouls were county
catur, three of which
good, while four fouls'
against Decatur and nej
The score at the end
was 11 to 4, but Coviij
her lead by running up)
in the third quarter.
The line-up follows:
Covington:
Smith R.F.
Adams L.F.
Martin C.
Meador R.C1.
Childs (C) L.G.
Substitutes:
McMaster for
Burgess.
Last Friday afternoon al
local boys stacked up tij
while Monroe laid up nin«
was slow from a scorinJ
while it featured in defer
Smith and McConnell feaJ
ing. Smith counting McConneJ elevel
ton’s total, and
eight of Monroe's total,
proportion held throughoJ follows!
Line-up was as
Covington:
Smith
Adams
Lunsford
Childs (Cl
Meador
Referee, David Butler.l
The Covington High
and girls’ teams will n !
Circle High School tearij
header Friday afternc
Circle. Give the teams!
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PIPER HARDWARE
BURGLARIZED
Nineteen Year Old Boy Arrested in
Atlanta; Goes on Trial Today—
Goods Stolen Valued at $500
The burglary of the Piper Hardware
store Sunday night led to the arrest
of a young man in Atlanta Tuesday
night who gives the name of W. C.
Anderson, and gives Claude Jones as
the name of his partner.
The young men had engaged a room
at the Fox Hotel, and the arrest fol¬
lowed when Anderson made a com¬
plaint to the clerk that the maid had
disturbed his room. The clerk went to
the room to investigate and found a
sack of goods under the mattress. De¬
tectives were notified and Anderson
was put under arrest and stated that
Jones escaped with the goods.
Local police were notified and An¬
derson was brought to Covington Wed¬
nesday. Watches and knives were
found on Anderson which were identi¬
fied by the Piper Hardware as part of
the stolen goods. The Grand Jury in
session, returned a true bill against
the young man Wednesday afternoon,
and he goes on trial today.
Anderson says he is nineteen years
of age and a.Teksonville. Fla., is his
home.
The young men' had enlisted with the
Sixth United States Cavalry, Tuesday,
The recruiting officer turned Ander¬
son’s enlistment papers over to the
local police.
The stolen goods consisted of knives,
razors, watches, flash lights, rifles and
shot guns, and were valued at $500.00.
The goods found on Anderson were
valued at $25.00. The entrance to tin¬
stone was made through the skylight,
and a lawn hose^wms^extended to the
floor b
