Newton County GaArchives News.....NEWTON COUNTY, Her Officers and the Advantages to be Found Within her Territory. March 2 1883
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The Georgia Enterprise
  It is gratifying to know that the affairs in Newton county are in the best
condition, and the indebtedness being rapidly canceled under the wise 
administration of our popular Commissioners who are faithfully serving the 
people without reward or the hope thereof. In, fact the county and city of 
Covington should be congratulated upon possessing able and efficient officers.-
Without an exception from our worthy Ordinary to the lowest Bailiff, we believe
they are strictly honest and faithful to every trust. It is a pleasure to live 
in a community where the officers know their duties and have the courage and 
manhood to see that the law is vindicated and good order maintained. Persons
from abroad who are desirous of making their homes among us will find a people 
that are refined and cultivated, kind and generous, and who will welcome to 
their homes any industrious person who comes with pure motives and honest 
purposes to assist in improving and building up the county. The location of our 
county is north central, with an area of 260 square miles. The surface is 
uneven, and the best of granite can be found in abundance. The soil is very 
fertile, and few counties in the State can claim better water power to drive 
machinery. We have three rivers, Alcova, Yellow and South, besides a dozen or 
more large creeks in the county. The chief products are cotton, corn, wheat, 
oats, potatoes, peas, butter, wool, honey, syrup, polk, live stock, cotton, 
yarn and thread, leather, lumber, melons, vegetables, fruits, etc. The 
population of the county is 13,619. Politically the county is Democratic with a 
majority of between two and three hundred votes. Monied men who desire to invent
their surplus cash would doubtless be well paid by making a visit to old Newton.

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