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«SS VOTE ON
0 COUNTY
, Agreement Between
l! V to Controversy Opposi- Are
Leaders of
Countv.
Atlanta Constitution)
feovM'n° Hardwich Tuesday
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recanvass returns in the
t0 leaders of
1 ref( endum,
the new county Tuesday
Ideally Lched denied agreement reports that for
any
t settlement of the matter’*.
■minty lost in the general
ember 7 by approximate
;' said J. B. Guerry, of
ltes of the
one of the leaders
the proposed county, "and
to end
fight to the bitter any
Jill tend to change the vote the
ple Any irregularities in
.
pre purely formal, and were
| t corrupt ends. They also
a
In every race on the ticket,
| |s s for county stati- amend- offices
the Peach
l-e reached no agreement of
[with support- rs of Pem-h
| w m oppos.- any change of
l(
We are •onfident tli.it
jhe claims of the opposition
j peach county would still be
en,”
Invars will be conducted un
lection of Secretary of State
,t>ndon. It was learned at the
he secretary of state that it
iveral days before the recar
nished.
limed by th - faction seeking
Peach county created that
irregular county results are
it, a majority in favor of the
nty amendment will he shown
majority is shown, and the re
| >. he wi'i
niation declaring that the
l.t carri and that the o- ti
I created.
i'esuii -h...' -hat the arnend
i defeated, no proclamation by
Iru. - i. <e<ary. It was re¬
nt citizens of Houston county
■the t ..--y in h: included in
founty were preparing to have
[election in that county to re¬
county seat from Perry to
I- TI . claim that the Port
|i. i of tin county contains
thirds of the population of
(county.
1 ' i he Fort Valley section
working for several years
| a new county created with
(ey as the county seat.
1 MAKES APPLI
TION FOR MEDAL
1 1 Adams is in Atlanta today
IK with IP s. David C. Barrow.
M. M. Parks,
l "" 1 Bui'i.: and W. a. Sutton,
| lie Schools,
filing is for the purpose of
[ a Carnegie Lassiter medal to be given
Grant, in recogni
f | er ^Idendid heroism in the re
h Point fire.
LEGGIER BEGINS
LONG PRISON term
^ lif ,>w '- 13.-—-Edward
lyn ' Done*
r bootlegger, who claims
- .........
wa * ^ken Wednesday to the
I federal prison to begin serving
> for ■ and rand lar
a
J e ; ' Vas tined ?6f*,000. Donegan
[ 1! plotting to steal
gov
wciiments that would have
r ,M in his- bootlegging.
Hf S E AD’ PICTURE
POSTPONED
1 lllc 01(1 Homestead”,
L. h ts
d] lvar at fhe Lyric on
r thl< will
not be here as
1 a " °unt of
Wing an error in
iPb-arV' ar 1 at tUm some by future the a & enc y
■tally date.
g0od Picture has been
[to be Vn Fl 'ulay
II; night, in
' ‘ ‘ “ a ' 1 - is featured.
^ J " <Hy only,
Dr. O. J
. « Atlanta,
lasses St - John ’ s day.
, <ha nKing,
Tl don’t
December 19.
*atit to Se11 that farm?
would Po
, iu ‘ " l " dispose of
|0id i ot 1 U '"‘ is
t trie, 1,0 Better
- han - -
iand rt to sell it. J.
II Gr , -ady Smith.
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TEACHERS INSTITUTE
HELD AT SCHOOL
AUDITORIUM
One of the best institutes of the year
was held at the Covington school audi¬
torium on Saturday, December 9th,
with an attendance of aljfout sixty
teachers.
Prof. J. O. Martin addressed the body
in an opening speech. A reading dem¬
onstration followed, in which twelve
children from the various county
schools participated. County Superin¬
tendent Adams gave a helpful talk.
The session was concluded with a
talk from Mrs. J. N. Wagner, principal
of the High Point school. When Mrs.
Wagner finished her description of the
fatal fire, not a dry eye was to be seen
in the audience.
Mrs. Wagner, Misses Stiles and Mary
Sue Ramesy, the teachers of the High
Point school, were asked to stand, and
were given a rousing cheer for their
courage during the trying scenes of the
fire. Tender tribute was paid to the he¬
roism of Mrs. Sadie Grant, who is still
in an Atlanta hospital.
Prof. Martin was assisted by- Miss
Lurline Parker.
£M WANAMAKER
DIED ON TUESDAY
Philadelphia, Dec. 12.—Funeral ser¬
vices for John Wanamaker, interna¬
tionally- famous merchant and former
postmaster general, who died today,
will be held Thursday afternoon at 2
o’clock in Bethany Presbyterian church
located in a neighborhood once pros¬
perous but no longer suggestive of ei¬
ther beauty or wealth. In that edifice,
which long has been known as “John
Wanamaker’s church’’ the body- of the
merchant prince will lie in state from
10 o’clock until noon Thursday. The
interment will be private, in the family
vault in the cemetery of St. James the
Loss. Rev. A. G. McLennon. pastor,
will conduct the services both in the
church and at the vault.
Mr. Wanamaker, who was in his 85th
year, had preserved himself in a re¬
markable manner, his active participa¬
tion up to a few months ago in affairs
civic, political, industrial and religious,
having been regarded as almost with
out parallel. Although he has not been
in his usual vigorous health in the la- ,
year, Mr. Wanamaker was identified
prominently with the movement to cel¬
ebrate the 150th anniversary of tin
signing of the Declaration of Indepen¬
dence with a world exposition in 1920.
he having been a leader in the expo
sit ion of 1870 which marked the centen
.
i nial of that same event.
FUNERAL OF MRS. FRANK
HORTON
The remains of Mrs. Frank Horton,
who passed away in Atlanta Wednes
day-, were brought to Covington <
Thursday. The funeral took place >n
the Methodist church, and was con¬
ducted by Dr. W. B. Dillard. Interment
was in South View Cemetery.
Mrs. Horton was Miss Beatrice Ram
sey- before her marriage. She possesst
many admirable traits that endearc
her to a large circle of friends.
She is survived by her husband, one
Brownville, Tenn.. and Mrs. S. J. A 1
ants, of Camp McElroy.
MR. TOM HARRIS BURIED
LAST FRIDAY
Mr. Tom Harris, aged 74. died last
Wednesday nigth at his home near
Jersey at about 10:30, having been ill
for some days with bronchial pneumo¬
nia. Mr. Harris was one of the mo-t
prominent and influential planters of
Walton county.
He is survived by Mrs. Koquemore.
who made her home with her father,
near Jarsey, and Mrs. J. A. Brodnax.
of Walnut Grove, one son. Parks Har¬
ris, and a number of other relatives.
The funeral was held in the home
Friday morning at eleven o’clock, and
interment was in the family cemetery,
near the home.
Day by day, in every way.
We are getting bigger and bigger:
We chant and pray, a la Coue,—
“Day by day, in every way,
We wish for smaller bills to pay"—
But it isn't worth a jigger!
Day - by - day, - that is to say.
’ We are getting bigger and bigger!
-Ernest Cruaon
For Newton County and Her People.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11,
SENATE TO HONOR TOM
WATSON’S MEMORY
Washington, Dec. 13.—Upon motion
of Senator Harris of Georgia, the Sen¬
ate has fixed Sunday, January 21, for
memorial services for former Senator
Watson, of Georgia.
CITY ELECTION NOTICE
An election will be held on Monday,
December 18. to name three members
of the City Council and two members
of the School Board for the ensuing
term.
(i. T. Wells, c. A. Sockwell,
He Clerk. Mayor.
THE SELLING OF CHRISTMAS SEALS
Several citizens of Covington met in the City Hail last Tuesday
evening to devise plans for carrying on a campaign to sell Christinas seals
during the holidays. Within a short time all the plans were made, and
literature and advertising cards were made up into packages to be
distributed in various sections of the county. In Covington the seals will
be on sale at the drug stores, and as the Postmaster General has issued
an order permitting the seals to be sold in the postoffice lobby, an effort
will be made to have some young lady offer seals at this place. These
seals are one cent each, and the proceeds will be used to fight the most
dreaded disease of the day—tuberculosis. Incomplete returns for this
state for. last year show 2,543 deaths from this disease. Do your duty In
buying Christmas seals to help stamp out this deadly menace. Every
pei son who sends a letter or card of greetings should see that one of these
pretty seals is placed beside the stamp which is required to carry th -
same, and not a package should be mailed without one or more stuck
thereon.
Honor these Seals
A nation-wide movement is carrying on
a warfare against the scourge of Consump¬
tion. In saving over 100,000 lives last year,
it actually cut the death rate from tuberculosis
in half . these organizations _ sell Tuber¬
Each year proceeds from
culosis Christmas Seals. The
these sales are devoted to the work of caring
for and curing tuberculosis patients and to
educational and other work to prevent the
dread disease.
Buy these Seals and urge
your friends to buy and use
them. To do this is both
Charity and Patriotism.
Stamp Out Tuberculosis
with Christmas Seals
THE MONTH BEFORE CHRISTMAS
(With apologies to “The Night Before Christmas)
Tis the month before Christmas, and all through the land.
The Christmas seals wait, a big, happy band.
For winter’s cold blasts they care not a raj).
Nor a minute have they to seize for a nap;
-Cause all round the land they must make such a clatter,
That folks will all wonder what can be the matter.
When shoppers for Christmas begin to appear.
And thoughts are all centered on Santa’s reindeer,
These busy little seals get lively and quick,
On all Christmas mail they SO want to stick.
If folks will just use them, how happy they’ll be,
They’ll all feel like dancing and shouting with glee.
rapid than eagles theyll come if > ,lU <J 1
More
By spending for each a penny so small;
If manv you’ll use, the pennies will mount
•Til the number of them will be hard to count.
And the higher the pile of the pennies, you see,
The less will the hosts of the T. B. germs be.
then, this Christmas, to stick on your mail.
Be sure. sale.
The seal of Good Health that you find now on
The money you spend will not be a loss.
But will help the great cause of the double-barred cross.
And the seals will unite in wishing for you
happy Christmas, and glad New Year. too.
A most Cheney.
—Patsy
TO USE PLANES IN WAR
ON MOONSHINERS IN
KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS
Covington, Ky., Dec. 13 .— Prepara¬
tions to mass five hundred prohibition
agents equipped with bombing planes
and machine guns for an onslaught on
the mountain stronghold of Bob Bal
lai (1 s gang of Menifee county moon¬
shiners are being made by federal au
Iboi .ties, according to three officials rt
-
turning here from Mount Sterling. A
posse of fifty agents are now seeking
the slayers of two prohibition agents.
The three officers said they would ap¬
peal to the government for planes to
drive out the moonshiners.
STA1E MEETS AN
UNUSUAL FINAN¬
CIAL
Atlanta, December 12.—An entirely
new and intricate problem in financing
has just been presented to Comptroller
General William A. Wright, and despite
his long and capable service to the
state, he is wrinkling his brow and
scratching his head.
A small public service corporation
upstate sent in a check for nine cents
as its annual assessment for the main
tainence of the Georgia Public Service
Commisssion.
The minimum evchange rate charged
by tne Atlanta banks for the collection
of out-ef-town items is ten cents. There¬
fore, it the check is deposited in due
form and its receipt acknowledged, the
State will be out of pocket three cents,
not counting letterhead, envelope and
stenographer’s time.
On the other hand, if the check is
sent back with a request for stamps, it
would be very difficult to preserve the
complete record of the transaction, as
all monies must pass through the State
Treasury.
General Wright took the case under
advisement.
revIrMmad
DRESSES CIYITANS
The feature of the weekly luncheon
of the Ch iton Club of Atlanta, Friday,
was an address delivered by Rev. Hen
y Branham, of Covington.
Mr. Branham was introduced by Mr.
Julian Boehm in a speech which was
rich with humor.
The talk tiiat followed was full of wit
and wisdom, moving with rapid charm
from the gay to the grave.
A number of Atlanta notables were
present, These weekly occasions inspire
good fellowship arid higher ideals of
. it' wi-shi ■ in the i:-a v\% of the members
of the organization.
,T1 TSiS OF STATE
fill
TG E J LYNCHING
Duly a* Church to Sound its Death
Knell. No Exceptions Recognized
Atlanta, Dec. 9. (Special)—The Geor¬
gia Baptist Convention, in session here
this week, adopted by unanimous vote
one of the most scathing denunciations
of lynching on record, and called upon
the good citizenship of the country, as
represented in the churches, to sound
its death knell. Whatever the pretext,
said the Convention, lynching is mur¬
der. barbarous, heathenish and diaboli¬
cal. a cancer on society, and a disgrace
to civilization. Mobs it denounces as a
menace to government, society and the
church.
The statement was presented by Rev.
L. A. Henderson, of Columbus, Ga.. as
part of the social service report, and is
as follows: »
“The perpetuity of free institutions is
conditioned upon obedience to law, and
proper respect for constituted author¬
ity. The most barbarous, heathenish
and un-Christian form of lawlessness
with which we have to deal is lynching,
or mob violence. It is a cancer on our
body politic, and a disgrace to our
Christian civilization. How any man
can muster up enough audacity to say
he is a Christian, and join a mob and
assist in. or even approve, the murder¬
ous taking away of human life, no mat¬
ter on what pretense or reason, is in¬
comprehensible and preposterous.
“The Christian church, surely ours,
must sound the death knell to anarchy
in all its forms; but more especially
when a band of men arrogate to them¬
selves the right to become government,
court, jury and witnesses, and thus pro
tv.-d to commit murder. It puts gov¬
ernment, society and the church at the
mercy of the hobgoblins of the under¬
world. It is diabolical. We must admit
i f no exceptions. There are none.”
CITY ELECTION TO BE
HELD NEXT MONDAY
The city election for three members
of council and two members of the
school board will be held on Monday,
December IS, instead of on the 20th as
was announced in last week’s news.
In this issue we carry the announce
t ments of two candidates for council,
namely Messrs. E. H. Lewis and D. M.
Rogers, and we are assured that a full
ticket will be put out for both offices.
Remember to vote Monday!
$1.50 Per Year In Advance
GEORGIA MEMORIAL
IN HALL OF
FAME
Atlanta, Ga’.. Dec. 13.—The Crawford
Yv. Long Memorial Association, organ¬
ized under a charter granted by the
state, has gone to work with a determi¬
nation to complete by January 1, 1923.
the fund necessary to place in the Na¬
tional Statuary Hall in the capitol at
Washington, a life sized bronze statue
ol Dr. Crawford W. Long, the discov¬
erer of anaesthesia.
In accordance with the resolution of
Congress, Georgia was invited by the
President of the United States more
than a quarter of a century ago to
name her two most distinguished citi¬
zens and to place memorial statues of
them in what has long been known as
I he Hall of Fame, in the national cap
itol.
In response to this invitation, the
Georgia Legislature named Dr. Craw¬
ford W. Long and Alexander H. Ste¬
phens, who was Vice President of the
Confederate States. There the Legisla¬
ture stopped, and although the matter
was brought up on several occasions,
not one penny has ever been appropri¬
ated to place these Georgia memorials
along with those from other states in
the national capitol.
Thousands of Georgians who have
visited Washington and have gone
through National Statuary Hall, have
been embarrassed over the fact that
while practically every other state in
the Union has made use of this privi¬
lege, and has put there the stautes of
its distinguished sons, the space assign¬
ed to Georgia remains vacant.
It is the purpose of the Crawford W.
Long Memorial Association to do now,
and do at once, what Georgia has failed
to do after this opportunity, extending
over nearly a quarter of a century, has
been given.
Th. memorial of Dr. Long should ap¬
peal to et cry Georgia citizen, and in
mean instances men and women have
volunteered their assistance purely on
the ground of state patriotism. Besides
this, the memorial makes special appeal
to physicians, surgeons and druggists,
because Dr. Long was a noted surgeon
and a good druggist. It also makes ap¬
peal to nurses, to patriotic women’s so¬
cieties, and to everyone who has been
relieved of suffering through the won¬
derful influence of anaesthesia.
It is generally believed that, in view
of these facts, there will be little trou¬
ble or difficulty in raising the $10,009
needed to place the statue. In fact, ap¬
proximately $2,500 has already been
raised or guaranteed, before the active
campaign was begun.
Those who feel that this state duty
should be per formed and wish to help
in the work, may remit their contribu¬
tions direct to the treasurer of the as¬
sociation, President W. J. Blalock, of
the Fulton National Bank of Atlanta.
No matter how small, all subscriptions
will be gratefully received and prompt¬
ly acknowledged.
The other officers of the association
are President, Dr. Frank K. Boland, a
well-known Atlanta physician, Vice
president, Dr. Joseph Jacobs, president
of the Jacobs Pharmacy Company, and
Secretary Fred Lewis.
EXCESS OF APPLE
CROP FOR SYRUP
Atlanta, Dec. !3.—Georgia apple men
are throwing away a lot of money ev¬
ery year by failing to use left-over and
off-grade apples for by-products, such
as jelly, preserves, syrup, butter, vine¬
gar, chutney and dried fruit, in the
opinion of Atlanta chemists.
Experiments have recently been con¬
ducted here with a syrup made from,
off-grade apples, and the product was
excellent. An analysis of this syrup bv
the State Chemist showed it to be of
exceptional food value.
FOR COUNCILMAN
I hereby announce myself as a can¬
didate for councilman for the City of
Covington, subject to the action of the
voters at the election to be held Decem¬
ber 18th. ‘ D. M. Rogers.
FOR COUNCILMAN
I announce myself as a candidate for
councilman to succeed myself, subject
to the election of December 18. If elec¬
ted. it is my purpose to serve the inter¬
ests of the city to the best of my ability.
Thanking you t or past support, very
truly, E. H. Lewis.
