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VOL. IV. NO. 17
RECOMMENDS FOUR
TERMS OF COURT.
grand JURY thinks it advisa¬
ble to HOLD FOUR TERMS
OF SUPERIOR COURT AN¬
NUALLY IN NEWTON.
In tlie recommendations of the
grand jury which appear in another
column of todays’ issue of The News
four terms are recommended as a
solution to the court situation in
Newton county. The grand jury
which called attention to the recent
abolishment of he city court of Cov¬
ington deemed it wise to hold quarter¬
ly terms of the superior court in or¬
der that both the civil and criminal
departmnst of justice would not be¬
come clogged.
The grand jury suggests: that while
four terms of the court will be neces¬
sary to transact the business, that
only two sessions of the grand jury
need be held; or, in other words,
the same as now pretains. ,
Just what effect this recommenda¬
tion will have on the matter is not
yet known, but it is believed that a
strong effort will be made by the au
tiorities to have the court convene
as desired by the grand jury, and that
ultimately this will be done.
The fact that the grand jury took
up the court situation is meeting with
the hearty approval of the people gen
arally, who believe that since the city
court was discontinued business in¬
terests as well as justice to law
breakers will suffer unless some
measure, is adopted to relieve the sit¬
uation. There is nothing more ef¬
fective in meting out justice than a
speedy disposition of the case against
a person, and if guilty pass sentence.
We believe the grand jury has struck
the key-note to the welfare of so¬
ciety in their recommendation for
four terms of the superior court, and
believe that it will be carried out.
Last Lyceum Number of Season.
1 wish to announce to the subscrib¬
ers that the next and las" of the se¬
ries of musiicau attractions of the C.
W. Best Company has agreed to come
on next Friday night instead of Sat-1
urday night, as scheduled. This!
change has. been secured to meet the
convenience of the business people,
w o find it inconvenient to come out
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the realm laid aside to insure ammunition
and arms when the wolf knocks at your
door.’’
f- ver stop to think of the it- ‘'when
the wolf knocks?”
1 51 it time to stop and consider the future what it
Shau now—
be t° r you and yours?
Lank extends the open right hand to you. It will lend
y assistance to insure happiness for them, and contentment
•°r you.
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J. A, CATHEY Cashier
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! CENTRAL RAILROAD
ADDS NEW TRAIN.
people of this BRANCH of
CENTRAL NOW HAVE DOUBLE
DAILY SCHEDULE TO AND
FROM MACON.
The new train has been placed on
the Central railroad and the people all
along the line now have the advan¬
tage of a double daily schedule to
and from Macon to this city. The
train was put on. Sunday and made
its first trip from Mcaon to this
city on that day.
The schedules, while not as good as
had been hoped for for this city, are
meeting with hearty approval all
along the line and the people have
already begun to avail themselves of
the opportunity to come in on the
train which arrives here at 11:08, and
go in to Atlanta.
The schedules at this point are
as follows: No. 15 arrives at Cov
: ington from Macon at 11:08 a. m.,
and leaves' for Macon at 5:27 p. m.
This 's the new train. The old
schedule has been changed somewhat.
It leaves Covington in the monring
at the same time as formerly, 9:01
a. m., but instead of reaching here in
■the afternoon at 4:10, it does not get
in until 9:30 p. m.
The new train, however, gives the
people of Mansfield, Newborn, and
in fact all the towns along the line,
the advantage of making connections
here for Atlanta and also to come to
this city, transact their business and
go back home in the afternoon of
the same day. Heretofore that was
■ impossible.
The people of the section traversed
by this branch Jiave been at work on
arranging for a new train for several
years, and the fact that it has been
put on is very gratifying to them.
on Saturday evening.
There are three people in this com¬
pany: Miss Marguerite Austin, violin¬
ist; Mr. Raymond Martin, pianoist.
and Master Arthur Alexander, boy
soprano. They- will be assisted by
six of the most clever boys of the
high school. Their program promises
to be interesting and entertaining.
Popular prices will be given this time.
The entertainment will begin at 8
o’clock. J. C. UPSHAW,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Mar. 27, 19)2.
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS OF GRAND JURY
NEWTON SUPERIOR COURT, MARCH TERM.
We, the Grand Jury chosen and
sworn, for the March term 1912 of
Newton Superior Court respectfully
submit the following General Present¬
ments':
We have examined the books of all
the County officers as thoroughly
as possible in the limited time at our
command and have found them neat¬
ly ard as fhr as we can ascertain, co -
rectly kept.
We find the Treasurer with a bal¬
ance on hand in the various depart¬
ments of Thirteen Thousand Two
Hundred and Thirty-Nine Dollars and
Two Cents. We find the County owes
bills payable to the amount of $31079.
10; deducting thee amount on hand,
$13239.02, leaves net indebtedness of
$17840.08.
We find the records of the J. P.
and N. P. Ex. of J. P., comparative¬
ly correctly kept, hut would suggest
to some of these officers to use a
little more care and neatness in the
keeping of their records. The records
from Mansfield, Newborn, Hays,
Brewers, Gaithers, Leguin and Downs
Districts have not been brought in for
examination.
Our committee on public buildings
reports as follows: Jail and Court
house both in good condition. Most
of inside work has been freshly paint¬
ed and we find the Court Room has
been thoroughly renovated and newly
carpeted. We wish also to commend
our County Commissioners for their
thoughtfulness in recovering +he ta¬
bles and desks in the Court Room
which adds much to the. neatness of
their appearance.
We find at the Pauper Farm 8
inmates, two males and two females
white, three males and one female,
colored. All appear to be well fed,
comfortably clothed, contented and
satisfied. The buildings and yards
are neatly and cleanly kept and the
inmates appear to have every nec¬
essary attention, for which we ren¬
der Mr. and Mrs. Watson due praise.
At the convict camp we find 36
convicts, 14 white and 22 colored.
We find 31 mules, 10 two-bovse
ons, 1 one-horse wagon, six camp
cars, one fed car and three tents,
all in very good condition, also 2
2 hogs and one cow. We find build¬
ings and grounds in very fair condi¬
tion, excepting the mule lot, which,
owing to the extremely bad weather,
is 'n quite a deplorable condition.
We would suggest to our Commission
ers that as soon as practicable this
mule lot be filled in with dirt and
ditched around so as to prevent a
reoccurence of its’ present condition.
The convicts all appear to be in good
health with one exception, this man
is a new arrival unused to manual
labor and the hardening process goes
a little hard with him. All convicts
seem to be well cared for and con¬
siderately treated in every way. We
also note with pleasure that cur com¬
missioners and espeeieally the Supt.
Mr.- Parmer, seem to realize that
simply because these men are con¬
victs that their punishment must be
made as heavy as possible, but that
not only humanity, but Society de¬
mands “That Justice be tempered
with mercy’’; and although the dis¬
cipline is firm and strong yet it is
just and considerate and in many
ways kindness and thoughtfulness
for the welfare of these convicts are
in evidence.
We find that ail the drug stores
of the county are ’ keeping a record
of poisons sold, and as far as we are
able to ascertain, these records are
correct, yet we can not help but feel,
that in, at least, one or two instances
the druggists have been too careless
in this respect, for their records of
poisons sold does not begin to com¬
pare with the volume of business don
and we urge upon them to be
more strict and careful in the fu¬
ture.
There being two vacancies in our
County Board of Education to fill
we have elected to fill these vacan¬
cies Mr. G. C. Adams and Mr. S. R
Ellington.
We are very much gratified at the
report given us by the County School
Superintendent. This report shows 2t
schools for white children and 21 for
colored with an attendance of 1717
white and 1357 colored children. The
financial report of the school funds
for the past year is as follows:
Moneys received......$25,772.19
Disbursements...... 24,860.00
Balance on hand......$912.19
One of the most gratifying fea¬
tures of this report shows that our
County has now an unusually strong
corps of teachers who are doing all
in their power for the educational
advancement of Newton county, and
we wish to heartily commend Prof.
Martin and his teachers for the ef¬
ficient work they are doing.
We reccomend the appointment of
the following N. P. and Ex. of J. P.:
Ear the 1522nd. Dist., G M. (New¬
born) W. A. Aiken. 456th Dist. G
M., (Gaithers,) R. F. Dick 547th.
Dist. G. M. (Downs,) P. W. Turner.
1513th. Dist. G M., (Leguin,) E. G.
Lassiter. 567th Dist G. M., (Rocky
Plains,) S. H. Avery. 464th. Dist., G
M. (Brewers,) J. W. Pope.
Whereas, the Georgia legislature,
a't the request of our citizens through
our representative, has abolished th
Newton County City Court, and where
as, a spring and fall term of the Su¬
perior Court is not sufficient to keep
either the civil or criminal docket
from becoming congested,
We, therefore, recommend that in
the future there be held four quar¬
terly terms of Newton Superior Court
but that the Grand Jury convene only
twice a year, as at presen* at the
(Spring and Fall terms of said Court,
except when ofterner called to con¬
vene in cases of need or emergen¬
cies.
We find no changes to be made in
the Pe «ion list as it now stand®.
Although we very much deplore the
condition of our county roads, yet we
have no harsh criticisms o offer; for
the past winter has been exception¬
ally severe, and we beli ve our
County Commissioner have faithfully
discharged their duty in this respect
as. best they could under the circum¬
stances,—yet, after carefully going
over the “status of affairs,” we wish
to recommend to our Commissioners
| the advisabiiliy cf placing a perma
nsnt squad of convicts to working
out and building up *•’ e several coun¬
ty roads beginning at the Court
House or public square, working from
there out several miles from the city
limits, the balance of the convict
gang working as heretofore in por¬
tions of the county where commission
era deem best.
We i- , i that in this way Hie great¬
est good can, and will be, obtained foi
all of our citizen® in every part of
the county.
We feel that in every possible way
the expenses of the county should be
leut down, for State and County Tax¬
es are beginning to become burden
Borne. We have noticed for some
time that, with the enhanced values
of farming lands, our County, in our
opinion, has more capital tied up in
the Pauper Farm than the benefits
derived from it will warrant, and we
recommend to our County Commis¬
sioners for their careful consideration,
the sale of this piece of property.
This, we believe, to be a sound fi¬
nancial, business course to pursue,
and one that will meet with the ap¬
probation of quite a majority of our
citizens. The County has other prop¬
erty whereon to care for her Pau¬
pers, also we are sure that should it
appear best not to place these pau¬
pers on this property, yet the sound
business judgement of our Commis¬
sioners will guide them in this re¬
spect.
We recommend that the Grand and
Traverse juries be paid Two Dollars
per diem, that Balifff® be paid Two
Dollars and riding Bailiffs be paid
Three Dollars per day.
We wish to express our hearty
thanks to Judge Roaan and Solicitor
General, Reid, for the assistance they
have rendered us, and for the able
and efficient manner in which they
have discharged the duties of their
respective offices.
We recommend that these Present¬
ments be published in The Covington
News and that the sum of $10.00 be
paid for the same.'
Respectfully Submitted,
JNO. F. HENDERSON Chair.
W. T. MILNER, Clerk.
Ordered that these General Pre¬
sentments be received, entered up¬
on the minutes and published as re¬
quested. March 21, 1912.
L. S. ROAN,
J. S. C. St. Mt. CL
Paving Commenced.
Mr M. M. Marshall, who has the
contract for paving the streets lead¬
ing out from the public square for
several blocks, has alreaady begun
the work, and is moving along as
fast as the rough weather we have
been having will permit. The first
street started is Clark street on the
south side, whicn will be paved as
far west as Railroad street. We un
Icrstand that Floyd street will be the
next one, and that it will be started
thi® week.
30UNTY primary
FIXED FOR MAY 1.
COUNTY PRIMARY TO BE HELD
ON SAME DATE AS THE
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
HAS BEEN CALLED.
A meeting of the Newton County
Democratic Executive Committee was
held Friday, having been called for
the purpose of ascertaining the de¬
sire of the people as to the ques¬
tion of the two primaries so close to¬
gether. The state committee called
the presidential primary for May 1st,
and we had already fixed ours for
the third. It was decided to hold the
two on the same day—May 1—and
Chairman Knox issue® 'the following
order:
To the Voter® fo Newton County:
On account of the State Democratic
Executive Committee fixing May 1,
1912, as the date of hokl'ng the Pres¬
idential Primary ,in this state, and
in order to avoid the holding of two
primaries in such short intervals, the
County Executive Committee has fix¬
ed May 1, 1912, as the date of hold¬
ing the primary for nominating Coun¬
ty officers under the same rules and
regulations, and at the same voting
precincts as heretofore prescribed.
This March 25, 1912.
J. C. KNOX,
Chairman County Democratic Execu¬
tive Committee.
Mr. Ernest Black Returns Home.
Mr. W. E. Black, son of our popu¬
lar townsman, Mr. J. W. Black, will
arrive in this city within a few weeks
after a stay of several months in the
Panama regie -s. Mr. T ’’ack left this
city during 1910, and has been in
business there ever since. He has
been very successful in all his un¬
dertaking® there, and a few days ago
sold his holding® for $4,375.00. Mr.
Black intend® returning to Covington
to enter business here, and lias a
large number of friend® in every sec¬
tion of this county who will learn
with pleasure that he has decided to
again locate .in Covington, his former
home. It is not definitely known as
ye what ne of business Mr. Brck
will enter when he returns, but we
are informed by his father that he
will be located on the public square
o” is city.
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afetrnoon, cotton Is selling
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$1. A Year In Advance.
NEWTON SUPERIOR
GOUPT IN SESSION,
CRIMINAL DOCKET TAKEN UP ON
MONDAY MORNING AND A
VERDICT OF GUILTY IS
GIVEN TO KIMBALL.
The criminal docket of the March
term of Newton Superior Court was
taken up on Monday morning and the
first case set for tidal was that of
the state vs. Jim Kimball, charged
with the murder of Jim Me Cart in
this ounity just before Christmas. A
called term o* the court in January
tried Mr. Kimball, but the jury failed
to' make a verdict and a mistrial was
the result^
The qualifying of the jury took up
the forenoon Monday and the evi¬
dence consumed the greater part of
the afternoon. Kimball was repre¬
sented by Rogers & Knox of this
city, Ordinary Meador and Col. John
R. Cooper of Macon. Solicitor Reid
for the 'State was assisted by Col. R.
W. Milner, formerly solicitor of the
cPy court of Covington, and both the
attorneys for the defense and prose¬
cution put up strong argument,
The cose went to the jury at noon
and n about two hours a verdict of
guilty with a recommendation to the
mercy of the court was returned by
them. Only one sentence, life im¬
prisonment, can be imposed from a
verdict like this, and Judge Roan
asked the jury if that was their con¬
ception of it, to which they replied
that it was.
A motion for a new trial was made
by the attorneys representing Kim¬
ball and the date has been fixed for
May 11th, to he argued in Atlanta.
Mr. Perry to Speak.
Hon. H. H. Perry, candidate for
the United States senate i® in the
city and will address the voters of
the county at the court house at the
noon recess of court today, Wednesr
day. Mr. Perry is known to a num¬
ber of people in this city and .is a
relative of Dr. AC.Perry.
A Card of Thanks.
j We wish to thank our friends for
j their kindness and fSHiItri services
j rendered us during the sickness and
death of our infant son, James Henry,
Jr. MR. AND MRS. J. H. CAMP.
