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array.
Co ^ 1 Roan on on the bench and
s. ii appointed
C. S. Held, -lie newly
general, in the state’s box.
itor Roan presided with his usual
udge „i concise methods and aLl
/Jie g ft session jurist he displayed to winch that he
i so‘wide as a reputation. Col.
e a
W there were not very many
u ile L showed that he was
ous u.s’job. the fact that
Vfto llm w and
transactions he was positive
with both accused and ju
wve one the impression that he
r, utmost respect for the court.
thP law and that each person
j in to testify or hold to appear the same by
would have to
Nation that he did for the courts
Mice He made many friends
“ his first term, and won
this, of t.he entire citizen
confidence in law and order.
who believe criminal dock
. .bove Stated the
ms light and nothing of particu
importamce came np, but on the
, side of the slate there was much
h e settled and adjusted. The liti
ion as a result of the installation
the big dam by the Central Geor
Power Company was heavy and
eral of the cases were disposed of
far as this coin- was concerned,
i t j S expected that they will all
carried to the Supreme court, for
disposition. interesting
ossibly the most case
this sort was that of the settle
t with Mr. Evans Lunsford of
city. His interest was arbitra¬
ge time ago and the arbitra
gave him a settlement of $8,250.
power company then appealed to
ft, and the case came up last
t The mattter was presented to
jury and after deliberating over
contention of all concerned, gave
.Lunsford a verdict for $8,000.
he Court adjourned Friday after
and passed up several niisde
io-t cases to the C'lty Court for
number of true bills found by
grand jury was extremely light,
e being only about thirty. This
tier is considerably smaller than
been found here iu the last de
, showing the good order of our
nity.
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been earned, through confidence in
^ dockings, and tin cans, is greater than
ne unfamiliar could imagine. Put your
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MILL BURNS At
NEWTON FACTORY.
FIRE DESTROYED GRIST AND
ROLLING MILL SATURDAY
NIGHT. ORIGIN UNKNOWN.
LOSS $1,500.
During the early part of Saturday
night fire was discovered in the grist
and flour mill at Newton Factory and
when discovered the building was al¬
most an entire wreck, the roof hav¬
ing already fallen in.
The mill was owned at the time it.
was destroyed by the Central Georgia
Power Company, and was being oper¬
ated by Mr. "Kit” Jones, who had
had charge of it for a number of
years. The mill was an old landmark
and had been in use for years.
The origin of the fire is unknown
and is thought to have been the work
ol fire-bugs. There had been no fire
in it during the entire day and no
c use is known for the conflagration.
The building and machinery is a
total loss, besides about one hundred
bushels of corn and meal. The loss
is estimated at something like fifteen
hundred or two thousand dollars, with
no insurance.
Oak Hill S. S. Institute Meets.
The Oak Hill Sunday Inst’'uts will
meet at Hopewell church on Saturday
April 1st. Subject for discussion:
“What does Church Owe the World,
and What, is the Best Means of
Reaching it?” It is earnestly request¬
ed that all the Sunday Schools be
r< presented, and a cordial invitation
is extended to all who will attend.
C. Q. Livingston-, Pres.
C. O. Kimball, Sec.
CONGRESSMAN! HOWARD
HAS 10 LB. SECRETARY.
“Boys, I have a new secretary—his
name is William Schley Howard, Jr.,
he weighs 10% pounds, and -he ar¬
il ved this morning at 1 o’clock, mak¬
ing a speech for Canadian reciprocity
and free Lumber,” declared Congress^
man William Schley Howard, of the
Fifth district, Friday morning, his face
btanting with smiles, as he hand
auook a half dozm men gathered
down town.
Congressman Howard was congra¬
tulated all round on the arrival of
the new son and on his politics.
Mrs. Howard is doing splendidly,
and I expect to have her and the boy
join me in Washington in a few
weeks,” added the congressman.—
Atlanta Journal.
To Meet The Accomodation.
The management of the Covington
and Oxford Street railway company
will again put on the regular car ser¬
vice to the Covington Accomodation,
beginning the first of April. Cars will
leave Postoffice at 5:10 a. m.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. MAR. 19)1.
RECOMMENDATIONS
BY GRAND JURY.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COM¬
MENDED FOR ACTION RE¬
GARDING ROAD WORK OF
NEWTON COUNTY.
We, tlie Grand Jury, chosen anu
sworn for the March Term, mil, oi
Newton Superior Court, Deg to suo
mit tlie following General Present¬
ments:
We find the records of Sheriff, Tax
Receiver and Tax Collector ueany anu
properly kept, as far as we were auie
to investigate.
We tina books of former Treasurer,
G. 11. Harwell neatly aim (aeemjiugij
correctly kept, except we recamiueu-u
that wording of his baianc a be so
changed as to read "By balance car¬
ried forward to general fund” instead
of to J. W. Stephenson, except tne
final balance of $127.00 wfiicn was
the total amount on hand and pain
to J. VV. Stepnenson. We find the
books of Treasurer J, W. Stepnenson
neatly and seennngiy eorrevtty kept.
We recommend tnat a mouern sec
of books be installed in tnis ofiice.
We find the office of ordinary A.
O. Meadors exceedingly neat and well
kept. vve commend the action oi
CLunty Commissioners in installing
steel filing cabinets in -the ordinary’s
office. Ordinary Meadors has re¬
arranged and tiled papers lor 15 years
past, and any paper in this office is
easily found.
The books of the Clerk of Superior
Court are models at neatness and
seeming accurateness.
We recommend that tlie County
Commissioners install steel tiling
cases in this oftice as we iind they
could be used to advantage.
We iind tne amount Oc outstanding
notes against the county to be $26,
J06.78. Amount ol easn on hand ol
Treasurer $7,223,51, leaving net
amount of indebtedness to be $19,682:
2 7.
We find the records of J. P. &
N. P. and ex-officio J. P’s. correctly
kept.
We find the County School Com¬
missioner’s books well and properry
kc-pt. The schools generally are in
a nourishing condition, and the Com¬
missioner reports amount of cash on
hand to be $3,516.3‘»
The committee on public buildings
report the sanitary condition good
and premises well kept, but recom¬
mend that the exposed wood work of
court house, be painted, also that the
cuimneys on court house be fixed.
We note that these repairs were
recommended by the last Grand Jury,
out was not complied with.
There are two white males, two
white females, two colored females,
who are inmates of the pauper farm.
The buildings and premises are well
kept.
We recommend that they raise as
much feed stuff as possible on the
larrn to be used by county.
We find that the ciiug stores of the
county -have complied with law relat¬
to the sell of poisons.
An examination of the pension list
shows there were no changes to be
made.
We find 39 convicts in the camp,
10 of which are white and 29 colored
all in good physical condition except
two—one white and one colored.
The camp is in good sanitary con¬
dition.
We find 31 mules all in good work¬
ing condition except one, which was
little lame.
Mr. Farmer informs us that the
county has 3 road machines and 7
wheel scrapes, one cow and 5 hogs.
We recommend that the grand and
traverse jurors he paid $2.00 per
diem, and that tlie bailiffs be paid
$2 per diem and that riding bailiffs
be paid $3.00 per diem.
We recommend the appointment of
the following N. P. & Ex. Off. J. P’s.:
J. W. Brain ham, 1525 d-ist., J. C. Mor¬
gan, 427 dist., J. T. Elliott, 420 dist.
We find the condition of the roans
throughout -the county to be good,
but find tlhat in many places the far¬
mers are plowing to.) far in the roqd
and are throwing brush and rocks in
the road. We recommend that the
read overseers take note of such
things in their districts and report
to County Commissioners.
We commend the action of the for¬
mer County Commissioners, also the
present Commissioners in their ac¬
tions in opening new roads and grad¬
ing down hills on old roads, and while
it appears as expensive work, we be¬
lieve in the end it will be money well
spent. recommend that „ Represen¬
We our
tative in the next legislature active¬
ly support bill outlawing pistols.
We recommend that these present¬
ments be published in the Covington
News and that they be paid the sum
of Ten Dollars. Judge
In taking leave of this Honor,
L. S. Roan, we desire to express our
ti auks for his able and faithful ser
vice rendered us during the week
and especially wish to express our
appreciation and appioval of his able
charge, particularly that part relat¬
ing to whisky and pistols. We also
dtsire to express our thanks to our
Solicitor General Reid for his cour¬
tesies to this body, and the splendid
manner in which he has discharged
his duties as the prosecuting officer
of this court.
Respeetfullv submitted.
E. W. FOWLER, Foreman.
M. G. TURNER, Clerk.
Ordered that the foregoing General
T resentments be received and
spread upon the minutes and
ed as therein recommended.
23, 1911. ^
L. S. ROAN. J. S. C. SL ML
By the Court,
C 5. RIID, Solicitor M
150 PERSONS ARE
BURNED TO DEATH.
MANY LOSE THEIR LIVes BY
JUMPING FROM WINDOWS OF
FACTORY. DEATH LIST
FULL IN 20 MINUTES.
One hundred and fifty persons—
inue-tenths of them girls from the
East Side New York City, were crush
e' to death on the pavements, smoth¬
ered by sinoke or shriveld crisp Sat¬
urday afternoon in the worst fire New
York has known since tlie steamship
General Slocum was burned to -the
water’s edge off North Brothers’ Is¬
land in 1904.
Nearly all, if not all, of the victims
were employed by the Triangle Waist
Company, on -the eighth, ninth and
tenth floors of a ten-story loft build¬
ing at No. 23 Washington Place, on
the western fringe of the downtown
wholesale clothing, furnishings and
millinery district.
The partners of the 1'Lr.m, Isaac HaN
r ; s and Max Blauck, escaped un
soratehed from the office on the ten¬
th floor, carrying with them -over an
adjoining roof Blanck’s two youngest
daughters and a governess. There
was not an outside fire escape on the
building.
How the fire started probably never
will be known. A corner on the
eighth floor was its point of origin
ard the three upper floors were swept
On the ninth floor 50 bodies were
found, 63 or more were crushed to
death by jumping and more than 30
clogged the elevator shafts.
The loss of property will not ex¬
ceed $100,000.
Pedestrains going -home through
Washington. Place to Washington
Square at 4:50 o’clock were scattered
by the whiz of something rushing
through the air before them; there
was a -horrible thud on the pavement
and a body flattened on tlie flags.
Wafarers on opposite side of street
shaded their eyes against the setting
sun and saw tlie windows of the
three upper floors of the building
black with girls crowding to the
sills-. There were no fire escapes.
Four alarms were sounded within
fifteen minutes. Before the engines
could respond, before the nets could
be stretched or the ladders raised,
f’ve girls had fallen from the eighth
and ninth floors so heavily that they
bioke through glass and iron roofs
of the sub-cellars and crashed throug
the very streets into the vaults be¬
low.
'n an hour -the fire was out; in half
an hour it had done its work. Pro¬
bably the death list was full iu twen¬
ty minutes.
Jasper County Warehouse Burns.
The Jasper County warehouse at
Monticello was destroyed by fire Fri¬
day morning at 1 o’clock. About 100
bales of cotton were burned and from
four to tea buggies and about thirty
wagons.
T-here was some talk of the fire be¬
ing of incendiary origin, but it is pos¬
sible that it was ignited by fire from
a train which passed abo-ut half an
hour before the fire.
The entire loss will be about $12,
000, partially covered by insurance.
Dr. Dickey in Atlanta.
Dr. James E. Dickey, president of
Emory College, preached an eloquent
“home-coming” sermon Saturday
morning at the Walker Street Metho¬
d's! church, in Atlanta, an institution
of which he was one of the first
members. Despite the inclement
weather, many came out to hear Dr.
D'ckey’s message.
Taking his text from I. Corinthians,
iii, 9: “'For w r e are laborers togeth¬
er with God,” Dr. Dickey said that
the tendency of the present age is to
leave God out altogether, attributing
all progress in the world to the la¬
bors of men alone.
He reviewed the great advances
made in science during the + wo past
decades; the great growth of the
railroads, inventions of electrical ap¬
paratus and other improvements. We
are too apt to stand aghast at this
marvelous progress and say, “Man
did it.”
‘The thing that needs to be
preached today ” he said, “is the im¬
minence of God. He is not seated
afar off in space watching the devel¬
opment of a universe which He crea¬
ted and then let alone. He is direct-
1> taking part in the affairs of the
world today and every step of pro¬
gress that we xaake is due to His
help. We could not get along with¬
out Him.”
Dr. Dickey then spoke of ne¬
cessity of co-operation between a
pieacher and his congregation.
“If good work is to be accomplish¬
ed In a church,” he said, “there must
be sympathy between the pulpit and
the pew. Don’t be afraid to tell your
pastor that you like his sermons. Let
the preacher feel the heart-throb of
the congregation and if there is any
preaching in him, the congregation
w’il get it.
“The preacher must not be magni¬
fied at the expense of the spirit, how¬
ever. Just as soon as we begin to
admire the preacher himself too much
and forget that -he is nothing without
the help of God, we become carnal.”
Dr. Dickey then spoke of the many
organizations within the Methodist
Episcopal church and commended the
good results they were obtaining. He
was a little bit afraid, however, that
energy was being devoted to organiz¬
ing that could better be spent in other
directions. “There is a great dan¬
ger,'* he said, "of organizing the
church to death.''
Advertise your poultry and eggs for
sal* lu The Naira.
TRAIN JUMPS FROM
TRESTLE INTO RIVER.
EIGHT KILLED OUTRIGHT AND
EVEN DOZEN ARE INJURED.
TRAFIC TIED UP FOR
MANY HOURS.
Death stalked the Dixie Flyer on
its southward trip Saturday, and jus-t
at daybreak claimed eight of its pas¬
sengers in one of the most disastrous
wrecks that has- occurred in this stat
lor many years when five cars went
through a trestle over the Alapaha
river, three miles east of Alapaha
on the Atlantic Oast Line.
In addition to the dead, twelve in¬
jured are being cared for in the At¬
lantic Coast Line Hospital at Way
cross. One of these, at least, W. T.
Perkins, of Catlettsburg, Ky., will die.
It is believed that the others will
recover.
The baggage and express- cars, two
day coaches and one Pullman went
through the’ trestle and were com¬
pletely wrecked. The first car to
fall was -literally spitted on piling
supports of the trestle, and the others
falling on top were crushed as if they
were but egg shells. On top of it
all the remaining timbers of a good
section of the trestle were piled.
Several timbers were driven through
one of the express cars from the tap,
two of them pinning Express Messen¬
ger Woodward to the floor of his car
—one having been driven through hi-s
body and the other pinning his- hand
to the floor.
Railroad officials explain the cause
of the wreck as the breaking of a
driving wheel from its axle on the
left side of the engine. The re¬
lease of the axle resulted in the
trestle being torn up. The tender
went through first and into the river.
The other cars did not fall in the
water, but were piled up on the bank.
Engineer J. E. Green felt the wood¬
work under his cab give way as he
grasped the throttle and air-brake.
He held on by the two levers until
the engine -had -passed over the tres¬
tle and had been brought to a stand¬
still.
Most of the passengers were asleep
in the wrecked Pullman or were doz¬
ing in tlie seats of the day coach
-when the crash came without a se¬
cond’s warning. It was all over be¬
fore the victims had time to realize
what had happened. People seven
miles away heard the terrific noise
of the wreck. Afterward all was
still—the awful stillness which fol¬
lows such a tragedy of the rails. In
a few mamepLs, ; when the enormity
dawned on those of the Pullman pas
s ngers who were uninjured, the wo¬
men became hysterical. The men
scrambled out and began rendering
such first aid as they could.
Notice.
The Imp. I. O. R. M. Suwanee
A
Check
SL Account
Opened
At the Bank of Covington for your wife
will be a source of great convenience to
her. Should you be out of town on
business, she will have an account to draw
on and she can pay all bills by check, not
worring about receipts, for the canceled
check when returned will be a proper
voucher.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL $100,000.00
=We Invite Your Patronage
YOUR BUSINB68
Is known by the Stationery
you send out. Is Yours the
kind which will Inspire confi¬
dence in the receiver?
$1. A Year In Advance.
SWISS BELL RINGERS
THURSDAY NIGHT.
MUSICAL GEORGETTES WILL DE¬
LIGHT COVINGTON AUDIENCE
WITH MARVELOUS STUNTS
IN MUSIC.
Possibly the best attraction of the
season will he at the school audito¬
rs m Thursday night of this week
vvnen the Swiss Bell Ringers will pre¬
sent their varied program.
This company of musicians are well
known all over the country, and they
have made many warm friends and
admirers in every place where they
have given a perfomance.
They make their appearance here
under the auspices of the local chap¬
ter of the D. A. R., a per cent, of
the gate receipts to be used by them
for carrying out their plans for beau¬
tifying the property of the city at
the Academy Spring Park. They se¬
lected this attraction because they
knew it was clean, well up to the
standard, and that the program to
be given would be much interest to
the people of the city .besides- the fact
that their part of the receipts- would
be placed to a very important public
service.
The ladies plan to make a most,
beautiful resort at the Academy
Spring and this attraction will no
doubt draw a large crowd, by reason
of the above fact and also their un¬
usual ability as musicians.
They come to the city Thursday
and will give a preformance to the
school children at two o’clock, charg¬
ing the very small fee of ten cents.
Their regular performance will be
given in the evening, with the usual
charges. Tickets on sale at Smith’s
Drug Store.
Don’t miss- this, as it will probably
be the last of the season.
HANDSOME PREMIUMS
FOR 1911 STATE FAIR.
The premium list for the 1911 Geor¬
gia. State fair has just been issued,
and is being sent out all over the
south. More than 15,000 copies will
be distributed in this state alone.
A new feature will be the giving of
beautiful and costly silver loving cups
tc the special winners in the poultry
and swine departments, in addition
to the usual cash award® and ribbons.
Fourteen silver cups have been con¬
tributed to the fair Association by
local merchants.
It Is planned to make the poultry
exhibit the largest ever held in this
state, and arrangements are now being
made for the housing of 5,000 fowls.
Tribe No. 62, meet at their Haiil on
every frist and third Wednesday
eleeps of each month. Qualified mem
bers and visiting brothers are cordially
invited.
E. R. GUNN, Sachem.
LOUIS ZBTLIN, C. of R.
