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VOL 42 NO 21.
CONFEDERATE HEROES OF
NEWTON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
duty of the Historian i
is the
very Chapter of the U. D. C’s.
ollect and preserve all records
incidents of the Confederacy
its glorious war; Especially
part which her own state and
nty took in that great period
he worlds history. Thi9 duty
pressed upon every Chapter
one of the paramount objects of
grand organization, The His
ian should consciously remem
that as these papers are to be
ided down to future generations
records of the uncrowned heroes
the Southland, in those pages
re shall be no fancy sketch, no
fting on fancy firy dream
IRS. The Historian deals with
its, not fancies, with the past,
\ the future.
[t is the stern duty of every his
>ian to record only facts and
ith, for truth, eternal truth is
■ever the high Priestess at the
due of History. That which is
itten in the hook of your His
ian, we should never entirely
nerober, has been written in
den letters by the recording
rel.
■Newton county furnished over
JoOsoIdiers Ir. for the Confederate
Among the forest crowned
■ is and fertile valleys of Newton
fcinty over 44 years • ago, the
let brave defenders of the South¬
ed from this county were organ
id into a Company which re¬
lived the name of Young Guards,
pis company was enrolled in the
p Ga. Volunteers, Capt. A. Lee
kpt. later he became Majof of
fe 3rd Ga. Lieut. John F. Jones
len became Captain of the Young
uards and finally Major of -the
[giment. [rough Mnj. served
the war and is now living
I Hogansville, Ga. Lieut. Henry
lar then became Capt. of-—
b. and made an excellent soldier,
kpt. Starr died recently in N<?w
in cjunty. The Lamar Infantry
as the 2d company from Newton
[unty. Capt. Jeff Lamar was
le first commander, afterwards
fcpt. Lamar was the Major of
lobbs Legion. Major Lamar was
[brave feme and gallant soldier his
is held in loving memory by
ke Jefferson-Lamar Camp, of
[ewton [r county which was numed
and in honor of him. Major
lamar was killed at Cramptous
|ap hi Maryland in September
p62 just before the battle ot
harpsburg. The gallant "Tige”
nderson and Ed Thomas both
ent from Newton county, be
me Brigadier Generals served
trough the Mexican and Confed
ate wars. In the spring of 1862
f-vo joined companies from Newton coun
p' the 42 Ga. vojunteers.
I- T. Mercer wa9 Capt. of one and
[apt. SimmB of tho other. Rob
kt Henderson was elected Col. of
foe 42. Col. Henderson made a
plendid officer, brave gallant and
cloved, he served through the
rar and became a brigadier gener
b The third noble son which
Newton county gave to that high
'See.
Two companies from Newton
< ined the 58rd Ga. regiment, Capt
am«s Simms, of Covington was
ommaiuler of one and Dr. Thos
1 mms of the other. Capt. James
mi 111 s became Major of the 53rd
<a • and finally colonel of the regi
pient. Col. Simms served gallant¬
ly throughout the war and became
prigadier General. Geu. Simms j
as the fourth Bridadier general
rom Newton county and we are
re justly proud of the brilliant
ecort b *
Capt. J. M. Pace served on the
all of Gen. J no. B. Gordon.
* »n. \\ illihm Clark, the father of
lovington’s banker Mr. W. C.
Hark, served his country in the
'onfederate congress.
Lieut. G. S. Porter though not
The Enterprise
COVINGTON, GA. FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900.
a Newton county man served brave
ly in Cobbs Legion in a Newton
county company.
In the spring of 1862 a cavalry
company was organized in Newton
county. To this cavalry Capt.
John Webb the graudfather and
ancestor of many of Covington’s
best sons and daughters gave mu
nificent donations of money and
heroes for the cavalry.
This first cavalry served some
time with the far famed raider
John M. Morgan. A bright and
shining list is recorded of the no
ble names of those who served
their country in the 5£rd and the
42d the 16 Ga. Battallion andoth
ers during that great war for state
rights, Lieut’s. Grant Davis, Joe
Heard, Lee Stephenson, A. J. Lee
were gallant officers in the 42 reg¬
iment. Capt. Sanford Glass,
Lieut. Brown in 58rd. There are
many others unknown to the writ¬
er, deserved to have their names
enrolled upon the pages of history.
Many of the brightest and best
of the young men of Newton were
only privates, they left home in
boyhood gave up their college
education and all that is so allur
ing in the bright morning of life
to serve their country.
Mr. June Branham, of Oxford
and Dr. John W. Lee, of Newton,
served through the 4 long years of
the war and received their diplo¬
mas from Emory college after the
war and that class of 1860 is
among the honored in the catalo¬
gue with a Confederate flag oppo¬
site their names.
Ail over the land the school
boys and college boys left books
for bayonets and thought only
nriva(es served their country
as bravely and nobly as the battv
scarred veterans of twice their age.
Judge Capers Dickson, Col. An¬
derson and Rogers served as brave
soldiers of the sixties
Many are the heroes whose
names should be engraved in gold¬
en letters upon the roll of fame
but as yet unknown to this writer
we hope for the help arid co
operation of eveiy daughter of the
Confederacy in collecting and
preserving these records. Every
Daughter of the Confederacy can
give us the blessed truth concern
ing their own fathers, brothers
and husbands—every living veter¬
an should give to us the precious
record of the noble deeds of their
comrade.
The great heroes of the confed
erancy. "Lest we forget; le9t we
forget.’’ Let uh remember what
they did for us in that noble cause,
They left home, mothers, sisters,
sweethearts, brides and all that
life held as dearest, brightest and
best, all was laid upon the altar of
this country. Some are with U3
still—dear to us are their empty
sleeves and silvered locks. We
cannot forget, our battle scarred
veterans, whose presence still links
the present, with the past. We
honor them for the lesson they
have taught us of patriotism, self
denial, and true heroism and to
them we render the homage of cur
grateful hearts.
Some have gone from earth foi
ever. The forms of those who
fought so bravely in the faded gray
are resting in the soil from Penn¬
sylvania to the Mississippi river,
from the borders of the Atlantic to
Camp Douglas, on Lake Michigan.
"They are freedoms now andfames
among the great, the immortal
names that were not born to die.’* > >
MRS. JOHN W. LEE,
Historian of Covington and Ox¬
ford Chapter of U. D. C.
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Kidney Cure to benefit or cure, or your
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50 cents by Dr. J. A. Wright.
CHARACTER.
One of the greatest mistakes that
the majority of mankind make ' is
the classification of all individuals
as either good or bad. We have
heard this doctrine propounded on
every hand—by both the ignorant
aud the learned. The ministry
have an especial tendency to fall
into the error, and one reason to
day that the Protestant church
has no greater influence on the
masses is the practical application
of the universal nation. There is
no middle ground they say—you
are good or you are not good, and
you cau be on either side if you
will.
What might be said is that cer*
tain associations are corrupting,
should be avoided, but no associa¬
tions can ever make one entirely
corrupt or entirely pure.
both the doctrine of total de¬
pravity and" sanctification, we
know, have been forages stubborn¬
ly insisted upon by contending
sects as true, but under modern
enlightenment they should by all
means be abandoned. They and
the classifications should be drop¬
ped, for, while it may appear harm¬
less to classify ourselves or others
into one, the two big divisions, it
certainly appears tons that it ten¬
ders to injure the idea of brother¬
hood, one of the most potential
ties of society.
"There is none good but God, f *
says Christ, and from this signifi¬
cant saying we have a right to in¬
fer that some human trait is left
in every one, however low or de¬
graded he may become, which
will in some way redeem him from
the utterly bad.
This view of human nature dis¬
tinguishes Shakespeare’s writings
troiu those of all others. His
conceptions are deep as nature
herself, and, since his tirne^ huv.e
stood the test of the most profound
analysts of the human heart. ’
If one should doubt the com¬
plexity of human character, let
him test his own. Let him imag¬
ine the effect produced on his
mind upon hearing some misfor
tunate persons are his relatives or
friends (very dear to him) would
not be likely to experience a sort
half pleasure in spite of him¬
self? * ’
We are glad to note that present,
sociologists aio giving the
ion of contradictory qualities
in human character much atten¬
tion, which is one of the best signs
social progress.
The man who tries to do busi¬
ness now-a-days without advertis¬
ing is two or three generations
behind the day in which he livgs.
—Americus Times Recorder.
Europe buys raw cotton in this
country, weaves it into prints and
sells it in China, $200,000,f00
worth annually where we sell $80,
000,000 But the Department of
Commerce and Labor has sent to
China and gotten a lot of the sta¬
ndard grades and patterns ot cot¬
ton and is arranging to send them
out in the form of card libraries.
There will be asampleof the cloth
a photograph of the pattern
and a technical description of the
goods. About a hundred sets of
eighty different cards each arc
being prepared and they will b 0
sent to all of the milling centres.
As there are not enough to go
round they will be returned at the
end of a certain time to the de¬
partment and sent out to fresh
towns. The sets of cards can be
had by chambers of commerce on
application.
Notice.
I am with Mr. J. P, Tilley this
season in the fertilizer business
will appreciate the patronage
of my friends. Always see me
before you by. Melville H. Davis,
at R. L. Loyd’s store.
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A WORD ABOUT
BREWER’S DISTRICT
A Very Fine Section of Newton
County—Many Prosperous
Farmers.
Newton is one of tho best COUll
ty of Middle Georgia, if not of the
state. This is the opinion ex¬
pressed by out-siders, who travel
her roads and observe the quality
of herjfeotl, and her carefully culti¬
vated fields. While we are yet to
see a district so generally well cul¬
tivated as the Oak Hill district,
yet on all roads one will see farms
that are improved and being im¬
proved which would do credit to
any county.
As we stated in one of the issues
of The Enterprise we intend, to
visit every district in the county,
and make notes of each trip for
publication. We intend to do this
for two Reasons: one for our own
information concerning the county,
and another with the hope that in
some way the articles may be of
some interest and benefit to the
people of tho different communities
about which we write.
One fine section of Newton coun¬
ty is Jia through which runs the
Monticello road. As you cross the
Aicova (put on the map9 as Ai
coufohatchee) river going west,
you t^me to the splendid farms of
Mrs. SiniaE Steele and J. A.
Bohannon. TKfse farms, though
about fourteen miles/rom the rail¬
road, are, on account of their
splendid state of cultivation, val¬
ued highly, and are paving their
owners handsomely. Farther up
the road are the farms of Messrs
Clint Nix and Louis Yancey.
These young men have taken hold
ot worn-out lands, but. through
persistent industry are reclaiming
theai, and are showing what
Middle GemgtS MiPvw4U-4a-uar(ei'
proper terracing aud plowing.
Stewart is a little village, around
which are some of the finest and
best cultivated lands in the state.
Messrs. F. D. andR. W. Ballard
are large land owners in this dis¬
trict, and, by judicious manage¬
ment, have put their farms in ex¬
cellent condition. Messrs. James
Pope, Will Ivey, and George Aiken
all have-splendid farms, and the
price per acre which they could
realize from the sale ot their farms
would stagger even a Covington
real estate dealer.
The Mixon High school is the
pride of Brewer’s district. The
attendance is more than 125 pupils,
The school building is new, capa¬
cious, and well arranged. The
community and Commissioner
Adams should have high commen¬
dations f'»r this excellent school.
Just above Stewart lives Mr. A.
C. Heard, one of the members of
the board of education. He has a
farm that is second to none in the
community. road!
Abotit a half mile up the
from Mr. Heard’s where the New- i
ton Factory road branches off, is
the site of an old house which has
recently been torn down, The
writer remembers that sometime
* n P ist U’ e l" l S ot Hie
year) he passed that. way, and saw
a m,v " wilh a frock coat ' n ’ hltch ‘
i il, &. a rather P ,)0r b <>Ung bay
horse to a rather worn-out looking
; b " K2 v - Some ln e 1,1 ; l wagon j,,Ct
. , . :
ahead . of us said that the man was a
preacher—a Methodist preachcr’bv I
the name of Jones, Sam Jones, I
remember seeing him get in thr
buggy and driv« off
I have since learned that Mr.
Jones in his paluiest days did live
there. A memeber of his flock
told me that they frequently sent j
him butter, chickens, and eggs as j
part payment for his preaching.
The old horse, buggy and house
are gone, but Sam Jones is with us j
yet and while he can now ride in
palace cars of his own if he choses,
yet we venture to say he very well
remembers these days, and remem¬
bers them perhaps with pleasure.
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