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All Day Singing.
Editors Covington News: —
(tough [ I have been authorized to announce
your columns, that an all day
ging is to be held at Macedonia
iaptist church on the second Sunday
Ir November; the date is Nov. 12.
IProt Jesse Piper will lead -the si-ng
Iftg; besides him, several of the best
[singers [public of various counties. The
is cordially invited. Since
■there is to be dinner on the ground,
won't forget to bring well-filled bas¬
kets. H K. ELLINGTON.
If its First Class Job Printing you
hint, we do it.
Nowadays women may have
an individual bank account,
something should that no We woman have
be without.
provided a Lady’s Depart¬
ment, which will make it easy
for our feminine patrons to
maintain that which is so nec¬
essary in the to independence money
bank.
Tirst nationalist
are Steadily Growing-Coma and Grow With ns.
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ANOTHtR MOVEMENT
TO HOLD COTTON,
ALL COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICUL
TURE AND PRESIDENTS OF
FARMERS’ UNIONS NOTI¬
FIED BY PRES. WATSON.
COLUMBIA. S. C.—Urging the
holding of every available bale of
cotton until September 1, 1912, if
necessary, for a price of 13 cents per
pound and the reduction of the acre¬
age next year 1 to not exceeding 60 per
cent, of the arreable lands of the
farmers, telegrams were dispatched
from the office of E. J. Watson, pre¬
sident of the Southern Cotton Con¬
gress, to each commissioner of agri¬
culture and each state president of
fanners’ unions in the states- through¬
out the cotton belt. The plan aims
to effect an immediate and belt-wide
retirement of cotton from the mar¬
ket and follows an action taken: by
the farmers’ convention here.
In substfui-ce, the plan calls for
books of agreement to be opened in
every county throughout the belt in
which farmers will be asked to sign
pledges to hold a stated number of
bales of cotton until September 1 or
until a price of 13 cents is reached.
Other pledges are to be asked of the
farmers, that they will not cultivate
more than 60 per cent of their lands
in cotton next year. An assessment
of two cents per bale is called for
from cotton growers to pay expanses
of the campaign.
These -telegrams- were sent through¬
out the belt and action is beginning
in this state to carrry out -the plan
in every community of cotton grow¬
ers. The pledges will be published
daily in the state newspapers.
Registration Notice.
Notice is' hereby given that the
registration books for the City of
Covington will be open at the office
of the City Clerk October 1st, and
close November 20th 1911, remaining
open for 50 days.
GEO. T. SMITH, Mayor.
T. J. SHIELDS, Clerk.
WHY DO YOU SPEND YOUR MON
ey for inferior tobacco when you
can buy PENN’S CHAMPION from
F’owler Bros. Co., at the same price
the common kind will cost you el¬
sewhere.—S-27-4.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Nov. 8, 1911.
OLD BILL MINOR IS
AGAIN IN PRISON.
CRAFTY OLD BANDIT IS CAP¬
TURED AND HIS PARTNER
TOM MOORE, IS KILLED
LAST SATURDAY.
Tom Moore was killed and “Old
Bill” Minor captured at St. Clair Fri¬
day -night about 9:30 o’clock by five
citizens. Moore resisted arrest and
had to be killed by Mr. W. R. Salter,
one of the party.
Rumor had it for the past, week
-that Minor and Moore were -in this
section, but it was not believed, as it
was thought that Moore was -too
shrewd to come into the section
where he was known.
It was stated last night, by a per¬
son from near St. Clair, that Moore
had made threats to kill several peo¬
ple connected with his conviction,
and that possibly he was in that
section for the purpose of getting re¬
venge.
I. S. Peebles, Esq., who has been
attorney for Tom Moore stated last
night that Moore escaped at a very
inopportune time, as there had been
made application for his pardon, and
he had a good chance for at least
getting a parole. Moore was liked by
all the authorities ait £he state farm,
and had one of the choice jobs, be¬
ing a hospital -steward. On account
of heroic work at the hospital, during
a fire recently, he had won the es¬
teem of the officers of the institution
and strong letters urging his pardon
were writtten to the • pardon board.
The hearing in his pardon petition
was to be taken up next Tuesday,
but after Moore escaped Mr. Peebles
withdrew the application.
The -story. of the killing is best
told in the following account of the
affair which was written for The
Chronicle by one of the members of
the party capturing Minor* and kill¬
ing Moore:
* Story of Killing.
"Bill Minor was captured and Tom
Moore killed here Friday night about
9:30 o’clock by a party of citizens at¬
tempting to arrest them. Minor was
taken unhurt, a he surrendered with¬
out pu-ting up any fight.
, “Bill Minor and Tom Moore spent
Thursday night in a pasture near St.
Clair, and came up in town before
the residents were ou-t of bed. Moore
went through, being seen by one or
two who did not know him, and took
breakfast at a negro house about a
mile from town on the G. & F. Ry.
Minor stopped in St. Clair, and took
breakfast at -the home of Mr. J. R.
Swint. He offered to pay for his
breakfast, but was not charged. He
then proceeded to Mr. Swint’s store
to lay in a lot of canned goods and
crackers for two or three days’ sup¬
ply.
“On leaving town, he acted some¬
what suspiciously, and was chased by
Messrs. L. J. Smith, J. R. Swint and
J. R. Banks. They were on foot, and
taking a roundabout road, came upon
Minor just as he and Moore met on
the railroad, Mr. Smith being some
distance in advance of the others,
saw them meet each other and call¬
ed to the young man to stop that
old man, saying that ‘we want him,’
On seeing Mr, Smith and hearing the
call they ran for the swamp nearby.
Mr. Smith continued to chase them
into the swamp and was fired at
twice by Moore and returned the
shots, without effect. The county
dogs and a posse came out from Way
nesboro and was on the ground some
eight hours later.
Were Beating a Ride.
“The hunt was without results.
After being lost in the swamp they
began to make their way towards
Keysville, Moore’s old home. «ere,
they got in with a negro brakeman,
who allowed them to get in an empty
box car on the G. & F. Southbound
freight train. This train arrived at
St. Clair about 9:30 .p. m. Mr. J. W.
Whittle was out at the -train and
happened to hear the breakman ask
the question: “Is you all cold in
there?” On hearing this question,
Mr. Whittle asked t e negro who was
in the car. The negro said they were
two white bums. Mr. Whittle then
asked for a description of the men.
The negro’s description of his pas¬
sengers fitted so well the description
of the two men seen here the pre¬
vious morning that Mr. Whittle at
once ran for Messrs. W. H. White
and L. J. Smith. On returning they
asked the conductor to hold his train
for a while. They then sent for Mr.
W T R. Salter and proceeded to let the
.
men know that they were surrounded.
The brakeman was asked to see if
his passengers were still in the car.
He did so, and Minor at once aid,
NOTHING DOING
WITH TAX DIGEST.
CITY FATHERS HAVE SO FAR
HAD NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT
THE NEWS’ PROPOSITION
TO PUBLISH THE LIST.
-Last week The -News made a pro¬
position to the city and to the peo¬
ple of Covington that we would pub¬
lish, free of charge, the complete list
of tax payers of the city together
w-ith the amounts each of them pay.
The article and the proposition we
made seemed to have struck a pop¬
ular chord but up until the time we
go to -press the city officials, neith¬
er officially or otherwise, have had
anything definite to say regarding
the matter.
The people pf Coving-ton as near as
we can get at it, want to know a
little bit more about the financial
condition of the city, and -they want
to know also -the amount of tax money
the city raises each year to cover
-the expense. Just what the city in¬
tends to do about publishing the list
and other information we offered to
print if they would furnish the copy
we do not know.
When we made -the proposition, we
expected the city would either give
us the information to print or offer
some logical reason why it should
not be given the people. The News
-likes publicity in public affairs and i-n
our limited knowledge of the conduct¬
ing of the affairs of a city we can
see no sufficient reason why the cit¬
izens of a place have not the right to
know every detail of the municipal
government.
We might add, too, that we believe
the majority of the people of Coving¬
ton feel just as we do about it, and
they, too, would like to see -that -tax
list published.
HON. POPE BROWN
HERE TUESDAY.
SPOKE TO A LARGE AND INTEL¬
LIGENT AUDIENCE OF NEW¬
TON COUNTY PEOPLE IN
THE COURT HOUSE.
Hon. Pope Brown, prohibitionist
candidate for governor, addressed a
large and intelligent number of the
voters of this county in the court
house here yesterday and explained
in a satisfactory manner why he was
offering for the office of governor
on the prohibitionist platform.
His speech, while short, was -to
the point and he endeavored to show
the people why they should support
him for governor.
He was introduced by Col. James
C. Knox, a prominent young lawyer
of this city.
I-n the afternoon he made a trip to
Mansfield where lie was greeted by
a very large crowd of citizens from
that section of the county.
“We will come out,” which he did.
When on the ground, he was well
covered with rifles and commanded t
“hands up!” He at once put up his
left hand, but did not put up his
right hand until he was told to
“hands up” or be killed. He was
then captured and searched. He had
on his person two sticks of dynamite,
some fuse caps, a candle, a Savage
magazine pistol and about $2 in mon¬
ey.
Moore Opened Fire.
“While Minor was being tied,
Moore put his head out of the car
door, which was still being guarded.
He was at once covered with a Win¬
chester rifle and commanded to put
his hands. He, with an oath, said:
“Hold up your hands sir,” and fired
at Mr. W. R. Salter, who had a
true aim and returned the fire, which
resulted in instant death to Moore.
The bullet entered just under Moore’s
left nostril and ranged upward. He
fell back into the car and his pis
tol fell out the door. He had on hi
person a Savage magazine pistol,
some dynamite caps, a bottle of tur¬
pentine, some cayennne pepper and
$6.50 In money.
“Mr. Salter's act ha met the hear¬
ty approval of everyone that knew
Moore, and he will likely be exon¬
erated. He has had many congra¬
tulations extended him for his good
tol fell out the door. He had on his
own life.
“Moore’s body laid in the waiting
room at St. Clair, still unclaimed, at
4 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Minor
has been safely delivered to the sher¬
iff at Wayneboro by Mr. J. W. Whitr
tie and Mr. Zed Salter. The proper
authorities have been notified of
Minor’s arrest and Moore’s death.”
LIVE STOCK SHOW
WILL BE HELD.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD,
HAS BEEN SELECTED AS
DATE FOR HOLDING BIG
LIVE STOCK EXHIBIT.
The Newton County Live Stock As¬
sociation held a meeting Saturday
-and decided to hold a showing of
live stock in this city on Thursday,
November 23rd, and Mr. Odum in¬
forms- The News that it i-s very pro¬
bable that it will be one of the best
ever held here. He say^ that a
large, number of people in the coun¬
ty who have not heretofore entered
their -stock w-ili be exhibitors -this
year and -that -there will be a large
array of thoroughbred cattle, hogs
and stock.
There is any quantity of very high
bred Jerseys and Berkshire hogs in
this county and the -shows held here
for -the past two years brought out
many of as fine specimen as could
be found anywhere.
-Remember the date for the live
stock show and bring your fancy
stock. You will have plenty of fast
competition when it comes to the
fancy points so you need have no
compunction about swiping all the
ribbons.
There will be no en-^ry fee or ad¬
mission chraged and everyone in the
county is invited to come out on
that day.
WEBB PROPERTY NOT SOLD.
The property in ‘■he southern part
of the county belonging to the -estate
of the late Mrs. T. S. Webb, and
which was advertised to have been
sold on yesterday was not sold, and
the announcement was made by the
administrator, Mr. W. B. Webb, that
it would not be sold. A notice of the
discontinuance of the sale was sent
by Mr, Webb to The News last week,
but through some error in the mails
it did not peach us. The News would
have carried the announcement last
week of the withdrawal of the sale,
but when we failed to get -the notice
it went in as it did the other three
weeks. It was the desire of the heirs
so Mr. Webb inform us, that caused
the withdrawal of the property from
sale.
A Swell
T urkey
Dinner
On
Thanksgiving doesn’t begin to equal the
savings made by the man who pays by
check instead of in cash. He hasn’t
frittered his money away like the one who
carries currency ^instead of a check book.
Open an account with the Bank of Cov¬
ington and you’ll find that a check book
doesn’t burn a hole in your pocket as
ready money does.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - N - $100,000.00
We Invite Your Patronage.
COTTON MARKET
As we go to press Tuesday
afetpnoon, cotton is selling
in Covington at
9 GENTS.
$1. A Year In Advance.
SPECIAL TERM OF
COURT IS CALLED,
BOTH SUPERIOR COURT AND
CITY COURT WILL HOLD AD¬
JOURNED TERMS IN DE¬
CEMBER.
Judge L. S. Roan, of the Stone
Mountain Superior Court, has issued
an order calling a special term of the
superior court to convene in this city
o-n the First Monday in December
to try such criminal and civil business
as may be before that court up un¬
til that time. His order appears on
page four of todays’ issue of The
News. |
The same jurors will serve who
were drafted for the regular Septem¬
ber term of the superior court, and
it is expected that the docket will be
cleaned up. At the regular term of
the court there was so much civil
business that it was impos-sifle to
finish up at that time, hence the ad¬
journed -term.
The City Court will also -hold a
special session on the second Monday
in December, and Judge Whaley has
already instructed the sheriff to re¬
summon the same jurors who were
used at the last term of his court.
There are several cases to come up
for final settlement in the city court
which were not disposed of the last
term, and Judge Whaley will hold
the court until his calendar is clean¬
ed up. This will be the last < ses¬
sion of the city court, as the new law
abolishing it goes into effect on the
first of January.
With both courts holding special
sessions in December it is expected
-that all legal matters will be cleared
up and the new year will stprt the
courts off with clean slates.
Rumage Sale.
The Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist
church and the Woman’s Club will
hold a r-um-ag-e sale Friday -and Sat¬
urday in the vacant building belong¬
ing -to Mr. E. O. Lee. The proceeds
from articles donated -to the Aid will
be used by the ladies of that organi¬
zation for church purposes-, while the
proceeds from articles donated to
the Woman’s Club will be added to
the library fund.
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