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VOL 41 NO 31.
NTENCES of death
are given to three.
Lings and Two Sons Are the to
Tlang, One Going to
p e n—Moore and Tur¬
ner to be Sentenced.
[Valdosta, Ga., July 31.— Judge
G. Mitchell, at 8:45 tonight,
L se d sentences on J. G. Rawlings
id his three sons, Milton, Jesse
h Leonard. The scene was one
the most touching and dramatic
er witnessed in a court in this
y- sentenced
Xhe first three were to
hanged September 15th, and
onard was snteutencep to life
prisonment. Rawlings
When the elder was
(e d if he had anything to say
iy sentenced should not be passed
on him, he arose and said: “I
[ve a conscience that stands cor
fct. You can no more pluck it
Ln you can the brightness of the
n. Your Jsentence can do uo
bre than kill. Pass it.”
Milton recived the sentence
bically and never opened his
butli. Jesse and Leonard burst
to tears, and both of them said :
[ am innocent.” Mrs. Rawlings
d her two dtmghters were pres
t, and on them the blow fell
th crushing force, all of them
boding bitterly.
[The jury in the case of Frank
[truer brought in a yerdict of
ilty, with a recommendation to
tercy at a quarter after 8 o’clock,
[d the sentences on the Rawlings
ere passed mimidiately after on
e request of their council, Hou.
ihn R. Cooper. Mr. Cooper im
ediately moved for a new trial,
hich will be beard on August 9.
The prosecution put up many
finesses. W. L. Carter and his
Ife and daughter were the first.
Ihey testified to the facts of t! e
lurder, giving the same testimo
w which they had given during
Ic trials last week and the week
Ifore.
I Alf Moore, convicted as one of
leprincipals in the assassination,
liS sworn and said that Turner
Id gone to him with a proposition
l> kill the Carters, saying that
lawlings wanted to hire a man to
|o the work and would give him
IMoore) $100 it he would do it.
I Mitch Johnson, colored, swore
liat Turner told him that Raw
legs would give him $125 to kill
Fitter and his family.
I Joe Gaddy, white, testified that
p a conversation in his field one
lay with Turner and Gaddy Raw
fugs turned to Turner and asked
piif lie thought old man Carter
f"uld lad live to see the next frost,
witness said that Turner re¬
plied that he didn’t know anything
Rout whether iie would or not.
I J>>e Bentley swore that he saw
furner and Alf Moore in conver
ation at Hahira on Saturday
uglit betoro the assassination on
Tuesday night, this being the time
it which the the state claims the
fade was made with Moore by
turner to commit the crimes, the
latter acting as an intermediary
br Rawlings. The witness 8ai d
tuyt Rawlings had some time
viously offed him $125 to knock
out Carter
The defense put up no witnesses
M had Turner go on the stand
p-nd make a statement. He de
•Uf-d any connection in the matter
and said while he had worked for
nawlingg, and knew of his trou
r * e8 w >th Carter, lie had endeavor
pi pection always with to keep the troubles clear of anvcon- of the
ph'to pat he people. in He the told hands, the jury that
was : r
I‘-eh ad doiie what lie could to es
pblish P de with his him innocence and told them
as they thought
biidgH Mitchell was brief in his
•tmarks during the passing of the
I - n fences. They were very touch
p. but fell with force on the ears
he large crowd packed into the
\ c om house.
COVINGTON. GA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 4. 1905.
COVINGTON WG.
BOTH FROM T ,NROE.
Local Ball Team Victorious in
Two Fast Games on Home
Grounds—Big Crowds
Attend All Games.
Covington won a fine game of
ball from Monroe Monday. The
score stood 6 to 4 .
In the early part of the game
Monroe succeeded in getting in the
lead which made local interest
more intense towards the last
when the winning runs were made.
The special features of the game
was a long running catch of King
for Covington and of Locklin for
Monroe.
Merrill was on the rubber for
the visitors and a Mr. Paschal did
the stunts behind the bat.
Tuck Griffin started in to pitch
for Covington but was relieved in
the fifth owing to a sore arm.
Anderson succeeded him and not a
run was scored on him. Franklin
was behind the bat and put up a
good game.
Will Berggren was the star of
the game. At bat four times, he
got a clean single, and a two bag¬
ger, scored three runs and stole
third base three times,
Score by innings: r h e
COV: 0 10 10 13 0 x—6 G 3
MON: 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0—4 6 2
With the score tied in the ninth
inning and Frank Anderson on
second, Billy King drove the ball
over the center fielder’s head, win¬
ning this game. Score 5 to 4.
The game was fast and snappy
and was witnessed by a large
crowd. Many ladies were in the
grandstand when the umpire call¬
ed play and many came later.
Billy King pitched a splendid
game for Covington and knocked
in the winning run with a slash¬
ing two-bagger in the ninth. He
allowed but five hits and struck j
I the
out ten men. Ham, Monroe
star gave up twelve hits and fan¬
ned five men. Ham was hit hard.
He pulled himself out of a hole
three times with men on third and
second when it looked good for
1
;uus,
The Special features of the game
was the batting of Branham who
made three hits, two of them be¬
ing two baggers. Bradshaw and
and Anders: n were hitting some,
both getting two hits.
Carter Frankling caught a good j
game and his throwing to second j
was deadly.
Score by innings r h e i
COV: 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-5 12 4
MON 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0—4 5 6
Col. Livingston in Washington.
Col. Livingston is in Washing¬
ton city watching the outcome of
the investigation in the Agricul¬
tural department. It. "ill be re¬
membered that Col- Livingston
! was the first man vo ask for an
! investigation into the aftairs o the
i department slump last yeai (."tto.i t00n C. un | i
j great m '
I caused largdy by inflated reports
^ ie Agricnltuial departm n.
j This much can be said 111 favor
! Col. Livingston he is always on the
I sceii e of action lead} to I - a! i ' 1
1 P art and shoulder the t^pons!
bilit Y for his constituents. He
: thut t
bas sald b jr y ear9 ie
j ' artment was doing the south
J P injustice by
ern farmer a great
; their reports which were made at
the instance of the cotton brokers
of Wall street.
Land For Sale.
loOO acres ... land for sale , in - tra( tract- . ta
from 85 to 370 acre*, located in the
gray lands, the most prosperous
section of Greene county.
E. T. BOSWELL
4t. jjiloam, Ga.
ANNUAL CAMP MEETING
TO BE HELD AT SALEM.
Opens Friday, August nth—All
the Tents Will be Occupied.
Will Begin Cleaning Off
Grounds Monday.
Salem Camp Meeting will begin
next Friday night, August 11 th,
and continue for one week.
The probability L that no hotel
will be run on the ground this year
Most of the tents will be occn
pied and a large crowd is expected
to attend. Mr. W. S. Ramsey asks
that all tent owners who will not
tent to notify him as early as pos¬
sible.
On Monday, the 7th, the men
and women of the community will
meet and prepare the grounds.
BIG INCREASE IN TAXABLE
PROPERTY IN NEWTON.
County Worth Nearly a Quarter
of Million Dollars More Than
Last Year.
Tax Receiver Lunsford has com¬
pleted the tax digest tor the year
1905 which shows a big increase
over last year,
The showing made this year as
agaiust last year shows an in¬
crease of $234,941 in taxable pro¬
perty in Newton county.
In 1903 the taxable property in
Newton emuty was $3,088,533
In 1904, ? 365,214 and in 1905
8,600,150. In three years time
there has been an increase of over
a half million dollars.
The digest shows there are 9
lawyers, 20 doctors and 2 dentists
in the county.
There are 1684 white tax payers
1211 colored tax payers and 180
colored tax dodgers.
The value of live stock m the
county is an item of especial in
tere-t The returns for horses,
mules, hogs, sheep, cattle and all
other stock is given in at $196,818
for the whites and $51,027 for the
:o! red.
Cotton was returned for taxation
this year ami was giver, it at $- 8
per bale. In the coUon column
the whites returned cotton valued
at $120,218, the colored farmers
?t $5,096. From these figures
there were in the hands of Newton
ccunty farmers ou 1st of April,
the time set for making returns,
over four thousand bales of cotton,
The aggregate value of all prop¬
erty returned for taxation in the
City of Covington is $1,074,723,
as against $.1,268,085 for last year,
showing a net increase of over
$ 100 , 000 .
The date on the label of your
paper shows the date to which you
have paid, or the time when your
subscription expires. Watch the
label and call attention at once to
any mistake in the date. All la
bels are marked in plain figures,
the first figure denoting the month,
the second the day cl the month
and the last the year the subscrip
tion expires. For instance, 4 - 20-05
would denote that the subscription
expires on the 20 th day oi April j I
1005 Apri being the fourth
,
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Cured of Brght’s Disease.
Mr .Robert O. Burke, Elnora. N. Y.
wr j teg . “Before I started to use FoleyV
Kidney Care I had to get up from twelve
to twenty time* a night .ml I
, and eyesight was
1 ed up with dropsy my
su impaired I could scarcely see one of
my family across the room. I had given
uri hope of living when a friend recoin
mended Foley’s Kidney ture- One 50c
cent bottle w orked wonders and before
I bad taken the third bottle the dropsy
^ gore> a8 wel , a8 a u other symptoms
^ Bright’s disease,
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See The Enterprise for first-class
' job printing
HE GETS A DOSE.
Tanked Up On Booze He Is Easy
Prey For Police.
In Mayor Turner’s matinee
Tuesday morning was a young
white man, said to be a traveling
salesman. He got more than his
share of the long range j<fy promo¬
ter and wandered to a home in the
city and lay down to rest. The
family returning home found him
ly* n o across the bed sleeping when
the aid of the police was called.
He was locked up and the mayor
fined him $5.70.
Covington vs. McDonough.
Covington will play McDonough
three games of ball on the local
grounds Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week.
These games are going to be
hard fought and a great deal of
interest is in the series.
Mad Dog Killed.
Sport, the big shepherd dog be¬
longing to Charlie Shepherd, w'us
killed by the city policemen Wed¬
nesday. The dog showed signs of
being mad and it was thought best
to end his career. Theie are iully
ten dogs in town that are being
chaiued during this mouth for fear
they were bitten by Sport.
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Gov. TerrcR Offers $100 Reward, j
Governor Terrell lias offered a
$100 re war k for evideucesuffieient
convict the person who on the
night of July 4th did shoot Wyatt
Bailey, a negro man near Mansfield
The shooting has been a mystery
the beginning and while sus
rest on one man, but there
is not enough evidence to author¬
an arre* t.
teachers Examination.
The next examination of appli¬
cants for licence to teach will be
held at Covington August 25-26,
beginning at 8 a.m.
The examination questions will
be based on Roark’s Method.
Page’s Theory and Practice, some
good history of education, 11 a! -
leek’s Psychology and the common
school books of the state. Outlines
for Teachers Institutes is a very
-uggostive little pamphlet for this
preparation, it can bo had free at
roy office.
All who need licence for the
coining term are urged to take this
examination, as a fee of $ 2.00 i?
charged for special examinations.
G. C. ADAMS, C. S. C.
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Jefferson Lamar Camp Meets.
Covington, Ga.. Aug. J, 1905.
—Jefferson Lamar Camp, No. 805,
U. G. V., met in the court house
at 2 o’clock this afternoon, with
the following officers present : J.
M. Pace, vice commander; G. D.
Heard, treasurer; Capers Dickson,
historian ; G. W. Webb, surgeon ;
W. F. Gay, officer of the day; and
Rufus Cruse, color guard.
The minutes of the last meeung
were read and approved. The
treasurei reported $26 27 in the
treasury. The monument commit
tee reported that the contract for
the erection of a monument to the
Confederate dead of Newton coun¬
ty had been closed w ith Butler
Brothers, of Marietta, Ga.
There being no t'uth*r business
the Camp adjourned until 2 o’clock
p. m . on the first Tuesday in
tember.
J. M. PACE, Vice Com.
CAPERS DICKSON,
WANTED—Lady of
for millinery department.
letter to H. Y., Covington,
care Enterprise office.
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