Newton County GaArchives News.....Hook and Ladder, Covington February 18 1887
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The Georgia Enterprise
  On the evening of the 10th quite a number of our citizens met in the court 
house and proceeded to organize a hook and ladder company for Covington. Thirty-
five or forty names were enrolled as members, the officers were elected and the 
organization put in shape to be perfected at the meeting Thursday night, Feb. 
17. 
  The officers are: 
J. G. LESTER, Foreman
J. M. DEARING, First Assistant
C. C. BROOKS, Second Assistant 
J. W. PEEK, Third Assistant
T. D. GUINN, Secretary
C. H. WHITE, Treasurer 
  Let every citizen who has the interest of the city at heart attend every 
meeting. Surely the city government will make a liberal appropriation to this 
neccessary and most worthy organization. When everything gets under full 
headway and the success of the enterprise is assured we will give a list of the 
officers and men who compose the company and have a great deal to say on the 
subject, but what we need now is solid work and substantial encouragement from 
the business men and the property owners of the town. Let not this neccessary 
move be crippled by withholding municipal aid from it. Appropriate committees 
have been appointed to look after and arrange matters and in a short while we 
hope to be able to announce to the world that Covington has one of the best 
equipped and most vigilant hook and ladder companies in the south. Our young 
men are willing to do the work and all that is now needed is a littel money to 
pay for the outfit.

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