Newton County GaArchives News.....TOWN AND COUNTY, WISE AND OTHERWISE November 17, 1892
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The Georgia Enterprise November 17, 1892
TOWN AND COUNTY

~Mr. JAMES T. COOK is slowly recovering from a spell of fever, but is yet very 
weak.

~Mr. BEN ANDERSON caught a 27 pound cat fish on his trap in Alcova River 
Thursday.

~If you owe Messrs. COOK & HAYS for guano go and pay them at once, as they must 
have what is due. See notice in this paper.

~The man who failed to vote the straight Democratic ticket in the Presidential 
election should not be allowed to vote in the primary on November 25.

~The Middle Georgia Progress, of Sandersville, Washington County says: Three 
cheers for BOYKIN WRIGHT, the matchless campaigner! When  BLACK is sent to  the 
Senate, WRIGHT will succeed him in Congress.

~Covington buyers take delight in paying the top of the market for every pound 
of cotton brought to this town,  and the farmers in Middle Georgia are finding 
this to be a fact. Bring along your cotton.

~Wednesday, Dec. 7th, near Starrsville, on the farm of A. M. WRIGHT, dec’d, a 2 
horse Baxter engine and a 2 horse Eclipse engine, besides a very good Winship 
gin, with feeder and condenser, will be sold at public sale by W. J. WRIGHT, 
Administrator.

~On Friday last, Hon. J. H. RICHARDS introduced a bill in the legislature to 
change the registration law of Newton County. Public sentiment will soon demand 
a general registration law for the State, although the Georgia Senate defeated 
such a measure Saturday.

~Everybody in Newton County has been talking election news for a week. The 
Democrats are all happy, the Republicans look sad, the Third partyites are 
bewildered and National prohibitionists don’t seem to care a snap of their 
finger about he result.

~The names of Messrs. JEMES M. LEVY, GEO. T. WELLS, WILKINS WILLINGHAM, JOSEPH 
OSBORN and JOHN C. FLOWERS have been spoken of in connection with the 
Postmastership at Covington, when the Democratic party comes in power, after 
the 4th of next March.

~The names of Messrs. T. C. SWANN, A. J. BELCHER, T. A. PERRY, GEO. B. STANTON 
and W. S. RAMSEY have been sent to this office with request that they consent 
to allow their names to be voted for at the coming primary election as 
candidates for County Commissioners.

~NOTICE, A meeting of the Board of Physicians of Newton County was held on the 
first Tuesday in Nov. and decided that all who was in arrears with them, after 
the 1st Tuesday in December, would be put on the Black List. So pay us and be 
happy. So govern yourselves accordingly.
G. G. GRIFFIN, President
NEWT. ANDERSON, Secretary

WISE AND OTHERWISE

~Miss JULIA WILLIS, one of Madison’s most charming young ladies, spent several 
days of this week visiting friends here, as the guest of Miss JACKIE STEPHENSON 
on Floyd Street.

~Mr. T. C. SWANN says it is impossible for him to serve as one of the county 
commissioners even if he was unanimously nominated and elected.

~Covington will elect city officers, a Mayor, and Six Councilmen, on the third 
Monday afternoon in January. Of course a meeting will be held and a ticket 
nominated.

~The names of Messrs. J. W. ANDERSON, T. A. PERRY, J. W. SOCKWELL, of the 
present Board, and W. C. NOWELL and S. H. STARR, JR., have been mentioned as 
suitable men for the county commissioners.

~Col. EMMETT WOMACK was confined to a bed of sickness several days last week. 
He had worked himself down in the campaign and when the excitement of the 
election wore off he found himself almost prostrated.

~Capt. BECKER, of Snapping Shoals, who owns and operates the best knitting 
factory in the south, spent Monday and part of Tuesday in Covington. We wish he 
could be induced to move his plant to this city.

~Mr. HUGH WHITE tells us we were in error about White’s Factory giving away 
thread during the war. The drawings came off, but the people gladly paid for 
all the thread they could get, for Confederate money was plentiful during those 
times.



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