m’elvegfages. Sflfliiflhmfle
HI- NO- ‘
IDES FARMERS id
HOLD THEIR cotton.
"hS B
s ’ ™' 0N makes
statement to all the
farmers and members.
statement recently issued on
^tton situation. President Bax
* Parmcrs’ Undo© says the
|* f the members of that
of the or
T*. ^ are holding cotton and that
E trs generally with them, in the prices south will will
concert the level
L, .tliis time ascend to
Lfjel by the intrinsic demand of
L L staple
Barrett's statement follows:
ftfo Liners’ the officers Union and and members Cotton of far- the
Igsrs E generally. Union has outlined
Linite Farmers’
program Inking to the
Lg Luting of the cotton and it is majc* thus
with success. The
Ljre, Lour members in the southern
I think I may state with
JL holding back such their time cotton from the
JTjarliets until as
^corresponds with the value of
. 5^ to civilization. Even
L cotton has been sold by the
Iff, it is. as a nily, being held
■tie local merchant who realizes
1 price tendency will be upward
I, to is determined to reap a
St on the transaction.
If non-members will co-operate
| the Farmers' Union and refrain
i selling their cotton at present
its. the campaign to secure a just
|e will be an unqualified success.
I is needless to state that the
tints now prevailing are far
r tie actual worth of the staple
I toy are also sufficient to show
planner in the south, whether
ik is affiliated with the Far
f Union, the advantages of com
|: with us that we may win the
[interest is mutual. The bus¬
man who has bough* or will
Ikon, the Farmers’ Union mem
I® the non-union farmer who
■cotton all have millions to gain
lifting from civilization what the
! is actually worth. You can
Inured someone is going to reap
jpfit. Logically, that same one
he the man who raised the
I®' His has been t’ e labor and
MMHILL10N-B0LLARS
IpT Ir stands everyone can do that the the same, of course,
to reason more you
‘ ow the plans of those who have, the
1 51016 successful you will be.
^ Ver ^° y rtUne man who art, is more hank; than ordinarily the fact prosperous, that they have owes been his
will P y *° to
loan him money, for it takes money to make money.
^ e make short time loans on personal property or secu i y.
j J times this accommodation will enable a farmer to double
i P r ofits by holding his stock longer and by doing business on
|5 %r scale.
! Y tl ! 1111151 rea ^ that in making loans take into considera
tion ze we
. e success of an enterprise. Having made a study of fin
matters, you can realize the fact that our advice in itself
^ very valuable to you.
heresy nes '! ate to as k us about any matter in which you are
a nd in which we can help you in any way.
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TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
AND SCHOOL RALLY.
PATRONS, TEACHERS, TRUSTEES^
STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTEN¬
DENT AND OTHERS WILL
BE HERE.
A meeting of the Board of Educa¬
tion of Newton county, the teachers,
trustees and partons of the schools
of the county will be held at the
school building in this city Saturday,
Oct. 27t.h, from ten to. twelve o’clock.
At this meeting the county superin¬
tendent, Prof. J. O. Martin,, will make
an address, and he will be followed
by state school commissioner, Brit¬
tain, of Atlanta.
On the program for addresses is
Prof. A. H. Foster, of this city, Prof.
G. C. Adams, of Mansfield, and Prof.
W. C. Wright, of Eatonton, all for¬
mer school commissioners of this
county. These gentlemen are all too
w r ell known to the poeple of Newton
county to need an introduction at our
hands, and the address of each will,
without d ubt, be well worth your
while to hear.
Besides these gentlemen there will
be addresses by the trustees of the
different schools of the county, the
teachers and by the citizens. It is
planned by the county superintendent
to convert the meeting into a rally
for the rural schools of the county
and tiie patrons from each of the
school districts is given an invitation
to meet with them.
ONE PLUG OF PENN’S CHAMPION
tobacco bought from Fowler Bros.
Co., will convince you that it is
the best 10c plug on earth.—S-27-4,
waiting and his should be the re¬
ward.
“It is from a solid business motive,
therefore, that we ask m ,he co¬
operation of all- elements in the
southern states in this important cam
paign. The price of cotton is going
up as certain as the sun rises. It re¬
mains only to be seen whether all the
farmers will get the advantage of the
rise, or whether they will thoughtless¬
ly sacrifice their rights.
“Hold cotton! That should be the
keynote, in self-protection of every
man in the south remotely concerned
in raising and handling the fiber.”
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Oct. 18, 19)1
NEWTON’S EXHIBITS
ATTRACT ATTENTION.
JARMAN AND ODUM ARE DRAW¬
ING THE CROWDS TO THEIR
EXHIBIT BOOTHS AT the
STATE FAIR AT MACON.
The w r o ears of horses, caititle and
hogs carried to the state fair by Mr.
L. W. Jarman of Porterdale, and the
car of Jerseys carried down by Messrs.
W. P. and Henry Odum to exhibit
in the state fair now being held at
Macon 4s drawing quite a good bit
of attention, and the large crowd®
are loud in their praise to the quali¬
ty of their exhibits. In speaking of
their exhibits the Macon Telegraph
of last Thursday had the following to
say:
“W. P, Odum, of Covington, who
conducts the Avon-Indiian Jersey farar
has a fine display of Jersey cow®
and bulls. He ha® one bull, Oxford
Noble, son of the world-famous Noble
of Oakland®, who sold for $15,000,
which is also valued at 'that amount.
One cow, Savannah May, is valued
at $1,000. The entire h-rd is com¬
posed of selected Jerseys and they
are a beautiful sight to gaze upon.
Percheron Horses.
“The only exhibit of Percheron
maxes ever made at the State Fair
is being shown this year by L. W.
Jarman, of Porterdale, who lias five
head on the grounds. One of these
is a 3-year-old stallion, weighing 1,-
700 pounds, and the remainder form
two pairs of 3-year-old mares, weigh¬
ing 1,250 pounds each. These maxes
are being used for farm purposes
and brood mares as well.
“Last year Mr. Jaxmain went to In¬
diana and brought back a car load
of the Peroheroi^^breed to^Newton and they
were all taken county.
He expects to go to Indianapolis
within a month or so and this time
will bring back several car loads of
the same kind. He thinks the Per¬
cheron maxes are the best mares
Georgia farmers can use.
“The big stallion attracts much at¬
tention every time it is taken out
of its stall, which is about 200 times
a day, because everybody who comes
along wants to get a good look at
what is claimed to be almost a per¬
fect piece of horse flesh.
Fine Hog Exhibit.
“The display of breeded hogs at
the state fair this year is a remarka¬
ble one for Georgia, say experts
who have viewed it. The hogs at¬
tract as much attention as any other
feature of the fair and are displayed
in individual stalls in a building
erected especially for that purpose.
“L. W. Jarman, of Porterdale, said
yesterday that he considered it the
greatest swine show the state has
ever seen. Mr. Jarman is president
of the Georgia Berkshire Association
and he says thait the state fair show
is as good as any he has attended
anywhere. He returned from the
American Berkshire congress show at
Columbus, O., September 1, and says
the fair here is just as good from a
breeder’s standpoint as the Columbus
show.
“There are a number of breeds re¬
presented with Berkshire leading,
there being over 100 head of thait
breed on display. They axe a high
class lot with a half dozen prize win¬
ners from fairs in the northern states
among them.
“The largest exhibit of Berksbixes
shown at the fair is that of C. W.
Fowler, of Maxietta,, with L. W. Jar¬
man second.”
Awards Made Jersey Cattle.
W. Gettys, of Tennessee, who is
judging the cattle at the fair this
year, completed his awards in the
Jersey class yesterday morning. Mr.
Gettys has given entire satisfaction
to the breeders and fair association,
and they were glad to be able to
have so able an authority to pass on
the exhibits this year. Mr. Gettys
was one of the men who helped to
pick the herd to go to the St. Louis
fair to compete for the world’s rec¬
ord and the herd carried off the first
prize. In the judging of the Jersey
cattle yesterday he was assisted by
James T. Anderson, of Maxietta, be¬
ing disqualified in one contest. The
following were the awards made:
Champion Cow—Savannah May,
321672, owned by Avon-Indian Jersey
farm, Covington.
Exhibitors’ Herd—First prize,, led
by Golden Ora's Fern Lad, owned by
Avon-1 ndian Jersey farm; second
prize, Belmont Farm, Lor in g Brown,
Smyrna.
Aged Bulls—First prize and cham¬
pion, G. C. Selrnan, Anna Walker
Farm, DouglasvilAe, on Clement of
Oakland®; second prize, Avon-Indian
JUDGE EVE REFUSES
TRY LIQUOR CASES.
40
SAYS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET
A VERDICT OF GUILTY IN
AUGUSTA, REGARDLESS
OF EVIDENCE.
Judge William F. Eve created some
sensation in Augusta last Friday
when he refused to try any 'more
oases for violaitng of the prohibition
law-, giving as his reason the state¬
ment that it was impossible to find
a violator of the law guilty with a
jury in Augusta, regardless of the
evidence introduced. He said that
he would not be a party to such a
farce.
The following order which is un¬
precedented in this state, for post¬
ponement of cases set for trial was
verbally given by the Judge on Thurs¬
day afternoon:
“Have you any more prohibition
cases, Solicitor?”
“Some three or four otheons, your
honor.”
“I desire to state that the court
has been occupeid during the last
two days trying- three cases. In each
of these cases the evidence was
that whiskey was found at the place
of business of each of the defend¬
ants, and that they were engaged in
the wholesale and retail liquor busi¬
ness; further, that they had licenses
fox wholesale and rtail liquor busi¬
ness from the internal revenue depart¬
ment, which the law says would
nake out a prima facie case and place
the burden upon the defendants to
show that the liquors or beverages
which they engaged in selling were
not intoxicating.
“The defendants in their state¬
ments did not attempt to deny that
the good® that they handled were in¬
toxicating, anid that they had licenses
for wholesale and retail liquor bus¬
inesses and that they were engaged
in such business. In spite of this ev¬
idence three juries have returned a
verdict of not guilty.
“The only pretense or justification
made by the defendants were that
they had near beer licenses from the
state and city.
“The jurors were charged and the
law is plain and explicit, and the de¬
fendants knew when they applied for
these licenses and secured them, that
they were not authorized to violate
the prohibition law, but the only ex¬
tenuation or excuse that can be given
for the verdicts that were returned
were that they had these near-beer
licenses, and that they aggregated
some $2,000.
“Under the laws of Georgia, a hol¬
der of a near beer license has no
more aiuithority or right to engage in
the sale of goods prohibited than a
grocery merchant who takes out a
business license, or any other citizen.
“I feel that it is the duty of the
court to protect innocent men against
conviction, and when a verdict of
guilty is returned there is power vest¬
ed in the court to remedy that trou¬
ble, but when guilty men are turned
loose in face of the law and evidence,
the court is remedyless..
“All. that the court can do is to re¬
fuse to be a party to further putting
the approval or sanction of the court
upon a construction which can au¬
thorize or justify the violation of
law.
“I therefore direct that the remain¬
ing cases be passed fox the term.”
Jersey Farm, on Oxford Noble.
Bulls, 2 Years Old—First prize, M.
W. Hall; second prize, Avon-Indian
Jersey Farm; third prize, Belmont
Farm.
Bulls, 1 Year Old—First prize,
Avon-Indian Jersey Farm, on Avolen’*
Golden; second prize, Loring Brown;
third prize J. A. Flournoy.
Under 1 Year—First prize, Avon
Indian Jersey Farm; second prize,
AvonI-ndian Jersey Farm; third prize,
G. C. Selrnan.
Cow, 3-year-old—First prize, Avon
Indian Jersey Farm, on Savannah
May; second prize, J. A. Flournoy;
third prize, Loring Brown.
Heifers, 2 Years Old—First prize,
Avon-Indian Jersey Farm; second
prize, Yvon-Indian Jersey Farm;
third prize, Loring Brown.
Heifers, 1 Year Old—Avon-Indian
Jersey Farm.
Heifer Calf—First prize, Avon
Indian Jersey Farm; second prize,
Avon-Indiam Jersey Farm; third prize,
Loring Brown.
We have been unable to get the
official awards in the Berkshire hogs
and Percheron horses, but we under¬
stand that Mr. Jarman captured the
majority of the hogs and all of the
Percberons. He also cleaned up in
the Devon cattle class.
ESCAPED CONVICT
CAPTURED SUNDAY
WOODIE CARGIL WHO ESCAPED
From newton camp a
SHORT WHILE AGO IS
BACK ON GANG.
Woodie Cargil, who together with
another prisoner escaped from the
Newton eounty convict camp about
two months ago, was recaptured and
has been returned to the gang in this
county, where he will continue on his
life sentence. •
Caxgil was seiWRo the penitentiary
from Jasper county the first of the
year for the murder of a watchman
of the Central Georgia Power Com¬
pany at the big dam last fall, and
for which he was given a life sen¬
tence. He escaped with another
long term prisoner, Charlie Turner,
one of the train robbers sent here
in connection with “Bill Miner.”
Both are very dangerous men and
it was thought trouble would be had
if either was ever recaptured. Cargil
was caught by Warden Knight of the
Jasper county gang at his old home
in Jasper county, where it is said he
has been in hiding since his escape.
It seems that Mr. Knight had heard
that he was in hiding there and when
the moment was propitious he got
the drop on his man and placed him
in jail without the slightest trouble.
It is reported that Turner is also
in hiding in that vicinity and the be¬
lief is that he will be recaptured with
in a short time.
Considerable reward was standing
for the capture of Cargil, amounting
in all to about four hundred dollars.
He has been returnd to the county
gang here and has already been as¬
signed to his old duties with the pick
and shovel.
Foot Ball Season Opens at Emory.
We are requested to announce that
the Foot ball season opens at Emory
next Monday at 2 p. m., with games
every Monday for the fallowing six
weeks. All visitors from Covington,
or elsewhere will be cordially wel¬
comed.
HANSFORD’S BALSAM OF MYRRH
is highly recommended for sore
foot and sore mouth cows. Sold
by GEO. T. SMITH.—J. W. Wright
If You
Would
Carve
Out
Success in your business you must give
all your mind to it. You cannot afford
to give your attention to other matters
which others can attend to better than
you can yourself. Take the matter of
cash. Keep it yourself and you worry
and risk its loss. An account at this
Bank would banish the worry and elimi¬
nate all risk.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - - $100,000.00
We Invite Your Patronages
Twelve Pages.
Section One
$1. A Year In Advance.
NEWTON COUNTY HAS
NO VOICE IN CASE
JUDGE ROAN DECIDES THAT DAM
CASE CANNOT BE TRIED IN
NEWTON COUNTY TO ABAY
THE NUISANCE.
The case of the people of the 'south¬
ern section of the county against the
Central Georgia Power Go’s, pond,
they alleging that it is a nuisance,
and that it is causing malarial fever,
and damage to their property, and in
some cases death, which was to have
been tried before the ordinary of the
county yesterday morning did not
come up for triaL The power com¬
pany instituting proceedings to take
it out of Newton county and the
case was heard before Judge Roan
Saturday morning with the result that
the court ruled that Newton county
could not try such cases.
Thursday the power company,
through its attorneys carried a peti¬
tion to the judge which in legal par¬
lance is termed as a “writ of prohi¬
bition,” asking the judge to issue an
order to the effect that the ordinary
could not try the case.
The company set forth first in theii
petition that the ordinary could not
try the case, as is was out of their
jurisdiction, that Newton county had
no right to try the esae, and lastly
that the law under which the people
were proceeding was unconstitutional.
In his order the judge said in sub¬
stance that the ordinary did have the
right to try the case, that Newton
county had jurisdiction in the matter
of the nuisance, but that if the case
was tried and the people got a ver¬
dict there was no way in which they
could proceed to collect the damages.
Rogers & Knox, attorneys for the
plaintiffs, have already filed their bill
of exceptions and will carry the case
to the Supreme court for final adjust¬
ment. It is probable that it will be
argued within the next lew day®, and
they are confident tha* hey wiU ga n
their point before that tribunal. In
the meantime the people of the coun¬
ty are awaiting the outcome with in¬
terest.
PENN’S CHAMPION IS A RICH
man’s tobacco, but you can get it
at a poor man’s price from Fowler
Bros. Co.—S-27-4.
