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JUMPED IN RIVER?
.-LANDED IN JAIL.
roe citizen said he in
moN drowning, but
tended CONYERS
H E LANDED in
JAIL instead.
ripu! of excitement was caused
Friday nigM and early Saturday
we JUw <* tamel1 ,f
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Soad ItFiBgteeetherwitH which a note on Yellow the
bridge crosses
near Vlmon, The clothing be
iver 1’hillips, whoso
1()n eJ to- a Mr. W. L.
,
is at Monroe, and the note to
home with them stated that
■ U is wife found
^ in tende;l to- commit suicide by
jumping in tiie r ^ vei •
The di'drng and note were found
Mr. Charlie Neely and were im¬
bv brought this city and
mediately to
Sheriff Sam Hay notified. He called
the authorities at Monroe and found
that Phillips’ home was there, and
'Ms wife was notified. There seemed
\r be 'little surprise there that he
jiid suicided.
Following is the note found with
his clothing:
"Mrs. Ada Phillips: Darling be¬
loved. 1 am going to commit an act
tonight 1 hate to do. My life is no
pleasure to you. I had rather be
dead I am going to river tonight
and drown myself. I -have got one
thousand dollars insurance in the Ma¬
ryland Life, and the policy is in the
Bank of Jouroe, and I hope you
will get all of my insurance, and I
hope you will forgive me. Get soma
one to -pay your note. I have sent
mother all of her money and left the
rest in the bank except what .1 got,
and I lost it somewhere today. And
I had rather die than to bother you
any more. Good bye.
W. L. PHILLIPS.”
Just about the time the sheriff and
others wore arranging early Saturday
morning to drag' the river a telephone
message was received from Conyers
that Phillips had been arrested in.
that city, and that he appeared to
be crazy and was acting queer.
There was considerable conjecture
here as to the cause of his having
left the note aho-ut suiciding, and the
general opinion is that he is either
crazy or was trying to work the in¬
surance people tor the policy, which
was in the Bank of Monroe
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@hfi (Emingmn NEW
BIG MISSIONARY
MEETING HELD HERE.
OXlFORD DISTRICT MISSIONARY
WORKERS HELD THREE DAYS
INTERESTING SESSIONS AT
METHODIST CHURCH.
The last few days have witnessed
a rather unusual meeting at the
Methodist church in this city. For
two mights and three days a meeting
was held and the entire attention
and thought was devoted to the stu¬
dy of Christian missions. The work
of missions was considered from ev¬
ery standpoint of view, and as a re
s of the studies made there is a
much stronger and more enthusiastic
missionary sentiment in this section
than ever before.
The meeting was under the direc¬
tion of Dr. J. W. Quiliian, presiding
elder of the Oxford district, other
workers in the gathering were Dr. W.
W. Pinson, general secretary of mis
sions, from Nashville, Tenn., Miss
Mabel Head, educational secretary of
missions, from .Nashville, Tenn., Rev.
John S. Jenkins, North Georgia Con¬
ference secretary, from Atlanta, and
Mrs. A. L Campbell, from Korea.
Together with these were twenty
three of the twenty-five ministers
who serve charges in the Oxford
district.
In this mission institute just
closed the speakers were greeted by
good audiences at each service, and
the addresses delivered bore the
strong marks of spiritual power and
earnestness. The laborers direct
from the foreign field could make an
appeal that would win its way to the
hearts of the. hearers. And as a
result it. "was openly declared by
the visiting workers w-ho have just
been in other mission institutes that
this one w r as by far the best so far
from every point of view.
In addition to the great amount of
information given out, and enthusi¬
asm created, a definite fruit of the
organizing of a campaign to conduct
additional missionary institutes at
each church throughout the Oxford
district. This means that some eigh¬
ty or more.campaigns along the lines
of mission work will he made this
spring in this immediate section of
the North Georga Conference. It is
(Continued on last page.)
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Apr. 3, 19)2.
FINCHER GUILTY OF
MANSLAUGHTER.
JURY RETURNED VERDICT OF
VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGH¬
TER AND JUDGE GAVE
HIM EIGHT YEARS.
Young Mr. Arthur Fincher, charge
ed with the murder of Homer Stubbs
in, the early part of last December,
was tried and found guilty of volun¬
tary manslaughter in the superior
court Thursday. Young Fincher is
from one of the most prominent fam¬
ilies in. the county, as was also the
young man killed, Mr. Homer Stubbs.
Both young men were well thought of
and were friends and neighbors up
until within a few moments of the
tragedy.
The killing took place at the home
of Mr. Pope about nine miles south
of this city one night just before the
Christmas holidays, while a large
gathering of the young people of the
community were assembled for a so¬
cial dance. They were all having a
pleasant time until a trivial quarrel
between a brother of Arthur Fincher
and Homer Stubbs started. This led
to the killing of Stubbs in front of
the house a few minutes later. At
that time a warrant of murder was is¬
sued against Arthur Fincher and for
that offense he was tried last week.
The jury, it is supposed, found the
evidence too conflicting for the mur¬
der charge and returned a verdict of
voluntary manslaughter. Had the ev¬
idence not been conf licting they would
either have found him guilty of mur¬
der or acquitted him entirely.
Fincher was represented by Cols.
Rogers & Knox and W. H. W-haley
of this city and J. D. Kilpatrick of
Decatur. The state was represented
by Solicitor Reid, Cols. R. W. Milner
of this city, and Green Johnson of
MonticeUo. The array of legal talent
of both sides exhausted every effort
in behalf of their clients and state,
and the trial was full of intreest all
the way through.
After the jury returned their ver¬
dict Mr. Rogers for the defense, made
a statement to Judge Roan, telling
tom that while he had not talked to
Mr. Fincher’s father he had talked to
his client and his brothers and that
Young Fincher w'ould take his medi¬
cine and would not appeal for a new
trial, asking the judge to make the
sentence as light as he felt that he
could in. view of the good character
o the defendant. Judge Roan in
passing sentence gave Mr. Fincher a
mik first. He told him that his cose
had appealed to him more than any
case, he had tried in a long time,
sta' ‘ng that he had not slept an hour
the night before, pondering over the
situation of the two good families;
the two young men friends and last,
the tragedy. He advised him to do
the right thing in the fulfillment of
the penalty of the law, and advised
him and all other young men in the
court room to stay clear of whiskey
and pistols. After his talk Judge
Roan gave him the sentence of eight
years in the penitentiary.
People all over the county feel
keenly the tragedy, and sympathize
both with the family of the young
man killed, and likewise the family
to which the law in. its penalty has
bowed the heads of the aged parents,
and married + he career of the young
offender.
The two boys, Bryant Fincher and
Clarence Mask, held as accessories
in the same case, were released on
bonds of $1,000 each Thursday, and
their cases postponed until the next
term of court.
PRIZE QUESTION IS IMPORTANT
IN THE BOYS CORN CLUB.
There will he many prizes given
the members of the Newton County
Boys Corn Club this fall. The first
prize in Newton county will be $100.
The first prize for this congressional
district is $25, given by Congressman
Tribble. The boy who wins first in
the state will reoeive approximately
$500; while the youngster who cap¬
tures the first in the national con¬
test will receive $1000. The Central
railway has also offered, some hand¬
some prizes in the counties through
which its lines traversee. Besides
the prizes to county boys, if the win¬
ner in Newton county gathers as
much as $200 bushels from an acre.
Prof. G. C. Adams offers $2.00 per
bushel for the entire amount
There is only one rule, governing
the corn club, and that is that boys
must be between ten and eighteen
years of age. One acre is the space
allotted for contest. Any less than
that will positively not count.
COVINGTON GROWS
RAPIDLY SIN3E 1844,
FORMER COVINGTON MAN GIVES
SOME INTERESTING EARLY
HISTORY OF THIS CITY
AND HER PEOPLE.
To the News and Ye Covingtonians:
The cars began to run upon the
Georgia railroad to Covington in 1844.
There were about 200 Irishmen at
work on the rock section east of
the road that crosses the railroad on
the road out to the George Cunning¬
ham farm, afterwards owned by Dr.
W. D. Conyers, followed by Dr. Doug¬
lass. These Irish rock section men
became very troublesome and even
dangerous to the ladies and children
of the town—at that time it had not
donned its city robe. To counterbal¬
ance these men while filled up with
Old Dick Bryne’s Jamaica Rum and
corn juice, there were forty or fifty
young men of the town, as. gay dare¬
devils as ever wore a mask. They
organized a company of fantastics,
with John W, Goss as Capt. Boggs,
as their leader, a id Tom and Bill
Anderson, Mose (too go, Siam and
Luck Cunningham Dr H m. y Ran¬
som—called T mg3 on account of his
long legs—Ntok If a.iter I5:!l Ban-.
Alonzo Brown, Henry Crowder, Dick
King, Ben Mackay, John F. Jackson,
Ben Carr Dr. Bill Brown—called Pom
pey Smash—Dr. J. B. Hendrick, Geo
H. Daniel Coon Sherman, Henry H.
Hodge, Frank S. Womack, Jesse Bai¬
ley, John Tinsley and many more I
do not now recall to mind. Woe to
the Son of the Emerald Isle who
tarried in town after dark. You
would see a glimmer of phosphorous
and light and hear the blast of a
tin horn as the fantastics would ap¬
proach their rendezvous. The gentle¬
man from Ireland would be surround¬
ed and gathered in the strong arms
of five or six of the boys, taken out
on the road to the rock section and
ornamented with a coat of lampblack
and oB. When well dried in it gen¬
erally lasted for the next drunk.
One night Fiddling Dick Aycock—
Uncle Dick—'tarried at the old Jai
maica grog till late—at Frank Wom¬
ack’s grog shop— The state law at
that time compelled all dealers in the
ardent to have a bed for the accom¬
modation of his over-loaded custom¬
ers. That same night Old Sykes, the
fisherman, decided to rest over on
Frank’s hospital bed. The gang, led
by Add Harper, filled Uncle Dick
and Old Sykes up to the neck, strip¬
ped them, whitewashed them with
lampblack and oil, and put them to
bed. Well, the grog shop opened up
early next morning with a crowd of
the boys right on hand for the fun.
Frank Womack went in with a candle
lighted to w'ake his lodgers. Uncle
Dick rubbed his eyes open and looked
at his bed-fellow, and exclaimed “you
darned nigger” as he gave him a
punch in the short ribs. Old Syke’s
eyes opened in a flash, and he, too,
cussed the nigger for hitting him.
’Twas a gay fight. When separated
and rummed up a looking glass was
produced. Dick and Sykes paid for
the next dose of old Jaimaica.
Let us go back to the days when
Becky Williams ran the hotel and Pe¬
ter Grennel sold candy and things
next door, and call up Peter’s parrott
that would the minute it saw Becky
squawk out, “Becky want a crack¬
er.” The good old days of stage
coaches—six horses, ten miles an
hour. Seems to me I can hear the
bugles note as the stage whirled on
down the hill beyond the tan-yard
branch and can. see in my mind’s eye
the slow crawl up the steep bill be¬
tween Major L Grave’s house and
the one across the way, where Geo.
H. Daniel lived when the Yankees
shot him. Now the stage is up the
hill, the whip cracks, the horses
spring up the gallop and dash up
for some to eat. Again tbi whip
cracks and the stage whirls around
the court house fence to the post
office. The mail bags are thrown out
of the front boot and the driver gath¬
ers up his reins and whip. The pis¬
tol like report of the whip and the
coach and six trot off for the barn
and a fresh team. In those days a
stage driver was the equal of even
our "Teddy, the b’ar hunter and ex¬
president.” Will the majority of the
American voters keep him an ex.?
Can’t old Madam Democracy find in
the ranks of her sons a man who is
fit to be the gentleman of the White
House, and not have the Ex cow
punching, b’ar-hunting Ex. in charge
of Uncle Sam’s vast dominion?
My paper has run out—but this
will do for this time. Yours, etc.,
Wm. JESSE CAMP.
J Weiser, Idaho, Max. 26th, 1912-
MR. MASK WRITES
OF THEIR BIG LOSS.
IN SOUTHERN NEW¬
TON STILL THE SUBJECT OF
MUCH DISCUSSION—MUCH
MUCH DAMAGE DONE.
McDQNOUGH, Ga., Route 4, 10
from My Old Home Sweet Home.
notice in the Covington News re¬
some of Mr. a. C. Heard’s say¬
about the destruction of the
Dam, which has caused so much
Mr_ Heard is a man that
do to rely upon, and to my knowl¬
has always worked to the in¬
of the people in his county.
was one among the first to work
a consolidated schol in our neigh¬
although some kicked against
But it worked out nicely until
set in, which was caused
the back-water. I was one
the first to get sick on the pend—
the first of July—and haven’t
a well day since. Still have
five weeks I was not able to
out of the house. Had to leave
my home; leave my crop ungathered.
My family all sick. I realized but
very little out of my crop after pay¬
a dollar per hundred for picking
and selling at 6 and 7 cents. Debts
unpaid and people wanting their mon¬
but I can’t get it up. Oh! the
trouble I have seen about being press¬
ed to pay debts and nothing to pay
with. I wrote the president of the
Power company, Mr. Massee,
and tried to sell out to him, as he
had land joining me. I did this be¬
cause I wanted to meet my debts and
I knew back-water caused all the
trouble—which they claimed while
buying up the land—would cause no
sickness , for they were going to cut
all timbers and burn them. Did they
do it? No! Just fooled the people,
and murdered a lot of them; and did
no" they appeal for help? and as Mr.
Heard said: “Did they get it?” My
letter I wrote them, I guess was
thrown in the waste basket, as I got
no hearing from them. Life is too
short to be killing and robbing people
in any such way. I am .impressed to
say there will be greater suffering
in "he future for the Central Power
Company—which has caused so much
trouble—than we are suffering now.
There is a lot of people carrying a
(Continued on last page.)
When
You
Write A
Check
For the amount of a bill, that forever
ends any dispute as to its payment. For
the check is a receipt that cannot be rep¬
udiated. Checks are easier and cheaper
to send than cash too. These are only
two of the many benefits of having an
account» here.
The Bank of Covington.
Covington Georgia
CAPITAL - - $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits, $10,ooo.oo
=We Invite Your Patronage/
COTTON MARKET
As we go to press Tuesday
afetrnoon, cotton is selling
in Covington at
11 GENTS.
$1. A Year In Advance.
CORN CLUB HELD
MEETING SATURDAY
MANY PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN
TO NEWTON COUNTY BOYS
IN THE BIG CLUB CON¬
TEST THIS FALL.
The first meeting of the Newton
County Corn Club was held here Sat¬
urday and the attendance was good.
Several times before a meeting had
been called, but to each instance the
extreme weather conditions caused it
to be postponed.
Mr. J. K. Giles, w r ho was recently
appointed by the department of Agri¬
culture at the State University and
the Atlanta chamber of commerce,
and who is also acting under the gov¬
ernmental department of agriculture,
spoke of the importance of the or¬
ganization and what it meant espe¬
cially to the south. Hon. G. C. Ad¬
ams was the next speaker. Mr. Ad¬
ams is the originator of Corn Clubs,
having organized the first one in the
United Stat s, in Newton county.. His
address was largely in reference to
soil preparation and cultivation. It
was logical and very interesting.
Fo Rowing him were Col. A. H. Fos¬
ter, Prof. Farris, Prof. Edward Dan¬
iel, Mr. A Wilson and Mr. M. H.
Davis. The membership of the Club
at present is as follows:
Henry ElRott, Aaron Wallace, Mor¬
gan Ellioott, Cara Knight, Emory E.
Cook, Burton Skinner, Walter Allison,
Glenn Jones, Clyde Young, John Ad¬
ams, Katie Burnett, Charlie Adams,
Trixe Sockwell, Hunter Wilson, Lu¬
ther Overton, Lawton Skinner, Roy
Prestley, Willie T. Middlebrook, Roy
Davis, John Holden, Chester Mead¬
ors, Ernest Owens, Worthy Luns¬
ford, Charlie T. Dobbs, Tom Ellis, Ed
Dobbs, Pleasant Hyatt, Pleas Dobbs,
Chester Smith, Hugh King, Aaron M.
Moon, Walter Maloy, Leonidas Hicks,
Marvin King, Jones Savage, Norris
Hendrieks, Lamar Jackson Harold
McCord, Newt. Banks, Charlie Ogle
tree, Grady Brooks.
The Club wiR be open for member¬
ship until April 15. The next teach¬
ers institute will be held on April
13, and the corn club will meet imme¬
diately thereafter at the school audi¬
torium. Mr. Giles will again be in
attendance.
It is desired that every member be
present at this meeting.
