Fifteen hundred jobs proved to be too many for the Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce's monthly ring the bell event, as the bell's rope broke in the middle of being rung 1,500 times. A surprised Tim Fleming, a Newton County commissioner, held the rope up after it broke off in his hand, eliciting laughter from the crowd. The symbolism was appropriate as local officials were impressed by the sheer number of jobs being brought to the area by Baxter International, a medical manufacturer which announced Thursday it would be locating in the 1,620-acre Stanton Springs industrial park,