Newton County GaArchives News.....TOWN AND COUNTY, EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY August 1, 1889 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 August 10, 2005, 7:39 pm The Georgia Enterprise August 1, 1889 ~Mr. Walter E. Lee returned from Brunswick on Thursday last. ~Mrs. S. W. Hawkins is visiting dear ones in Oglethorpe County. ~Elder J. G. Eubanks preached an able sermon here Thursday night. ~Major Jno. B. Davis has been elected a member of the city council to succeed Gen. Scott who resigned. ~Dr. Bockman preached several very able sermons at the Presbyterian church here this week. ~Rev. Dr. Andrews delivered two able sermons at the Baptist Church Sunday morning and night. ~Mr. James Francis is recovering from a severe and dangerous spell of sickness. ~Messrs. James F. Peek and David H. Roberts always remembers the poor during the watermelon season. Thanks, kind friends. ~Mr. H. H. Wilcox, Agent N. Y. Mutual Insurance Co., who has made many warm friends here, left on Monday to be absent several weeks. ~We are pleased to learn that our friend Col. J. W. Anderson is recovering from a brief but serious spell of sickness. ~Mayor Middlebrook, and Mr. W. D. Elliott attended the Alliance picnic at Smyrna, Rockdale County, Saturday. ~Dr. Carroll, chairman of the street committee, is urging that Covington have water works and electric lights. ~Mrs. Addie Chestnut, of Savannah, is visiting Covington as the guest of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Wright. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/newton/newspapers/townandc717gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb