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The Georgia enterprise
VOL 41 NO 27.
COVINGTON WINS
fast came ball.
Defeats a Picked Nine From At
lanta in One of the Prettiest
Games of Ball Played
on Local Ground.
Before one of the largest and
st enthusiastic crowds of the
jno applied the
season Covington
w hite wash brush to nine young
men from Atlanta at the new ball
pa r k Wednesday afternoon.
Covington 2, Atlanta 0.
It was one of the prettiest co.i
tests of the year and was distinct¬
ly a pitchers battle.
Alrnand, for Covington, pitched
|a magnificent game, and like
[jack fVVaddell Chesbro, other Cy Young, celebrates Rube of
and
khe firing line, he won his game by
two singles in both instances scor
ing Burt Davis. Besides this feat,
L retired fourteen batters at the
[late and did not hit a batter or
talk one.
1 Smith, the city gent, who es¬
sayed to do the twirling for the
Atlanta crew-, put up a fine article
[f ball. While not found a strike-out trouble
pitcher, [ the locals Invaribly
n batting the ball out.
[hey would pop out on an infield
ball or send an easy grounder right
Into the fielder’s hand. He struck
but 6.
! Henry McCalla made a sensa
iotial catch of a high fly over
[hort in the fifth that looked safe.
,e was roundly applauded. Gray
but up a star game at second, ac¬
cepted five chances without an
furor. Rice, Atlanta’s little short
top was easily the best on the
km. Besides h ading the team
it the bat, he scooped up every¬
thing going down his way.
Irb Norman was out of th« game
Caused by a wrench of his left leg
n Madison. He umpired the game
[o the satisfaction of both teams.
Score by innings. r h e
10V. 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0—2 4 2
lTL. 000 000 0 0 0—0 7 4
Covington met and defeated
iladison in Madison last Thursday
|efore fee one of the largest crowds of
season. The score was 4 to 8.
At the beginning of the ninth
fining tho score was 8 to 2 in favor
[f hu the Madiaonians. Covington
the game in this inning as she
often done this season.
Norman and Franklin constitu
Covington’s battery and their
was gilt edge. Franklin’s
to second was one of the
while Norman was con
fifteen strike outs to his
Bradshaw made three hits
°f five times at bat, which is
some.
Broughton and Hall constituted
H °b- Hoke Smith, candidate for
Jus. R. Gray, editor of
Atlanta Journal, and many
notable Georgians viewed the
:
oc o eby inning; r h e
0v '- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2—4 9 5
Ar,:2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0—8 8 5
°AK HILL HAS BIG CROWD
Celebration on The
Fourth of July.
Annual Sunday School cel
la 'i° u a t Oak Hill on the Fourth
!ar f?ely attended, over two
,is 'nd people in attendance,
hood music and good speaking
r ‘ s the order of
the day Col I
Vln Rston. Hon. Madison BHi
( Hg and Rev. L. I. Echols
e . peeches in the afternoon
l‘ nh » normng- exercise eon-
7 the Sm,da y Schod ad
/ Miging - v Hon. C. D. McKinney
contests between a
' er of Sunday
Scboois.
COVINGTON, GA. FRIDAY, JULY 7 , 1905 .
THE STATE WILL PAY 16,500
FOR MOB OF LINCHERS.
State Will Pay $500 Each for First
Five and $200 Each for Re¬
maining 70 Men Who
Took Prisoners
From Jail.
Atlanta, Ga., July 1.—The
first act ot Gov. Terrell today, af¬
ter being inaugurated as governor
of Georgia the second time, was to
take up the matter of the lynching
at W atkinsville and offer a reward
of $500 each for the first five and
$200 each for all the other metn
bers of the band or lynchers ap
prehended and convicted.
This constitutes one ot the lar¬
gest, if not really the largest re¬
ward ever offered by the state of
Georgia. For the first five men
apprehended the state will pay
over to whoever may capture and
convict them the sum of $2,500.
It is generally understood that
the mob who took the prisoners
from the jail and lynched them
numbered 75, which would leave
70 men for whom a reward of $200
each has been offered, or a total of
$14,000, the grand total offered
for the entire mob being $ 16,500.
The amount of the reward, be¬
ing as it is in the nature of a con¬
tingent fee, will beyond doubt at¬
tract some of the amateur and
professional sleuths of the state,
and very likely those from with¬
out the state, and it is believed
here that there will be some pretty
active detecive work developed at
Watkinsville and vicinity in the
next few days. The reward will
be pa : d when the prisoners are
turned over to the sheriff.
THE INAUGURATION TODAY.
Governor Terrell was inaugura¬
ted this morning for his second
term of office as governor of the
the state of Georgia, being sworn
in by Chief Justice Simmons.
In his inaugural address he re¬
ferred briefly to his past adminis¬
tration and pledged his most earn¬
est endeavors in the interest of the
people future.
There were a great many people
present, at the ceremonies, includ
j U g myiniwi'8 °f the senate and
j louse
After lie was inaugurated the
governor swore in the state house
officers.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRA
TION AT SNAPPING SHOALS
Programme Entirely New—Elo¬
quent Speekers to Be
Present.
The Enterprise is requested to
call attention to the annual Sun
day Scbofol Celebration at Snap¬
ping Shoals, which will be held on
Saturday,July 15th.
In speaking of the celebration >
Mr. H. A. DeLoach said: We
are going to make this the biggest
celebration of recent years. Our
program will be interesting, some¬
thing entirely new. There will ho
a competitive Sunday School sing¬
ing for the new banner, recitations
eminent speakers and a charming
elocutionist. All who come will
get a big dinner and a happy day.”
Hon. Hoke Smith has been in
vited to speak on that day. His
answer is being awaited with more
or less interest owing to the fact
that he has entered the race for
governor and there are a lot of
people in the county who
be P leaspd to hear him s P eak * His
decision will be known within the
next few davs<
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Joe C. Greer represents the
Gainesville Steam Laundry. All
work is guaranteed, either gloss
or domestic finish. Next door to
Post Office. A trial will be ap
predated.—4t.
NO SPECIAL TERM
TO TRY WALKER.
Petition Signed by Two Hundred
and Fifty Newton County
Citizens is Declined by
Judge L, S. Roan.
The petition to Judge Roan,
signed by some two hundred and
fifty Newton county citizens, ask¬
ing for a special term to try the
murderer, Lum Walker, has been
declined by the judge.
There are several reasons why
the request was not granted, prin¬
cipally because of the illness of
Mr. Howard, the solicitor general.
Mr. Ploward’s health has been very
bad since the adjournment of March
term ol court and is now confined
and undergoing a system of treat¬
ment at a hospitial. His condi¬
tion would not undergo the strain
of a heavy criminal case.
Judge Roan gave the petition
due consideration and would have
been glad to have acceded their
wishes.
The case will be tried at the
September term of Newton Super¬
ior Court.
WYATT BAILEY KILLED.
Negro Frolic Near Mansfield Re¬
sults in One Death.
Wyatt Bailey, a highly respect¬
ed and well to-do negro, was shot
to death Tuesday night at Mans¬
field by an unknown party.
Bailey was attending a party at
Charlie Preston’s. He walked out
into the front yard when au nn
known party fired in the diiection
of the house from a buggy in the
main road, the bullet hitting Bai¬
ley and producing death.
Coroner Peek went down Wed¬
nesday morning and held an in¬
quest over the negro. The coro¬
ners jury returned a verdict that
Wyatt Bailey came to his death
by a pistol shot in the hands of an
unknown party. The jury con¬
sisted of W. B. Hurst, foreman,
B. F. Roquemore, F. Ozburn, F.
S. Henderson, J. L. Hays and J.
E. Taylor.
WOOD RELEASED ON
GIVING BAIL OF $1,500.
Bond Signed by Robt. R. Wood
And Mr. Wood is Given his
Liberty Wednesday.
Cary Wood, the prominent At¬
lanta business man, who Ins been
confined in the Tower for several
weeks past on the charge of arson,
was released from custody Wed¬
nesday on a $1,500 bond.
The bond was signed by Wood’s
brother, Robert R. Wood.
Wood is accused of firing his
shirt manufactory in West Mitchell
street some lime ago. This offense
is not a capital crime, as the build¬
ing burned was not a residence,
and this gave Wood the privilege
of bond.
Wood's case was called at a re¬
cent session of the criminal super¬
ior court but was postponed «n ac¬
count ot his illness.
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Mr. Millard F. Dabney Dead.
j
Mr. Millard F. Dabney, a well
known traveling man, died in Ox
£ or(1 Tuesday night at the home of
jjj g Brother, E. H. Dabney,
Mr. Dabpey came down Tuesday
morning on a visit to his brother.
jq e p asse d a very pleasant day.
and renewed a number of old ac
qua j n tances. About supper time
he complained of not feeling well
and his death resulted a few hours
later.'
Death was probably caused by a
stroke of paralysis. He was a
man of means.
His body was taken to Conyers
Thursday morning for interment
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Mob of Masked Men Entered Jail
and Demanded Keys of Sheriff
at the Point of Guns.
On the moaning of June 29th
nine prisoners were taken from the
H atkinsville, Oconee county jail
and all, save one, was shot to death
by a mob of masked white men
within two hundred yards of the
center of the town.
The prisoners taken out and
lynched were:
Lon. J. Aycock, white charged
with the murder ol P. M. Hol¬
brook and wife, of Oconee county,
and seven negroes, Rich Robinson,
Lewis Robinson, Claude Elder,
charged with the murder of the
Holbrook couple, Sandy Price, a
yjung negro, charged with at¬
tempted assault upon the person
of Mrs. Weldon Dooly; Rich Al¬
len, a negro convicted and under
sentence of death for the murder
ol Will Robertson, another negro,
charged with burglary of a rifle
from Mr. Marshall, and Bob Har¬
ris, a negro charged with shooting
another negro.
Joe Patb-rson, negro, feigned
death and the mob left him, think¬
ing he, too, had been riddled with
bullets.
The mob formed quietly just, af¬
ter midnight Thursday morning
and marched in order to the jail,
where the keys were demanded of
the jailer. The demand was made
at the point of drawn rifles and
pistols and the jailer quickly real¬
ized that resistance was out of the
With the keys in its possession,
ufe mob opened all the cells, or¬
the trembling inmates out
then lined the men up in sin¬
flle, tying them securely with
The piisoners, nine in number,
marched to a corner lot,
within two hundred ynrds of the
and in the very heart of the
town, where they were bound to a
feuce with their hands tied behind
them.
The work had been so quietly
that the sleeping residents of
the town had not been aroused.
Lon Aycock, the white man who
it is claimed, engineered the Hol¬
brook murder, protested his in¬
nocence to the last, and Rich Rob¬
inson, col., implicated three other
negroes in the same horrible deed,
but this did not quell or check the
infuriated mob in their death
dealing work.
LOTT’S RAPID STEAM WASHER
Does Perfect Work and Fills a
Long Felt Want—Endorsed
by Prominent Citizens.
We, the undersigned cit izens of
Covington and Newton county, Ga.
have seen Mr. Manning demon¬
strate Lott’s Rapid Steam Washer
and find the work perfectly done,
and believe it to be an article that
fills a long felt want.
J. F. Lunsford, Tax Rec'r.
W. S. Ramsey, Tax Col’r.
Jno. B. Davis, Clerk Sup’r Cr’t.
S. M. Hay, Sheriff Newton Co.
J. H. Carroll, el’k Ord’y office.
Rufus Cruse, N. P. ex off. J. P.
S. F. Headen.
Demonstration of the Washer
will be made near Court House
next Saturday, July Mil. Public
invited.
Notice.
The Covington and Oxford
ters U. D. C. will hold no meetings
during the nonths of July and
August. A full attendance is re
quested on the second Wednesday
iu September. GODFREY, Pres.
MRS. P. W.
MBS. W. D. TRAVIS, Cor Sec.
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