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The The Macon News,
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convict system of the
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I, Hmit and counties will be
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Georgia needs immediate
UDt system. The
J,. frora the present
^ „ 0 t expressing an opinion
careful thought and study,
.,,, work
hiring the present system of
convicts on the public roads
the state, the wrtt
^ counties of the
ved in the capacity of county at
e r Georgia county,
la a South
had occasion in that capacity to
thoroughly conversant 'with
, me addition, to
entire system. In
experience, 1 have been making
inquiry for the past few
jent other counties,
th s from various
f ind their conditions practically
same as my own county.
The object in changing from the
system to the new system was in
[ faith by the legislators and the
>ral public, through their sympa
at the time the new system was
•ted, but the new system is not
ti cal and cannot stand much
er. in the change from the old
dot lease system to the new sys
and the demands leading up to
change, there was much a ssnti
t created through the press and
Notice Automobile Owners
11 New Tires and Inner Tubes are holding your car in your
garage you need not wait to order your inner tubes and casings
as 1 am carrying in stock sizes from 28x3 to 37x4 1-2 inches in
the red inter tubes and casings, manufactured by the Mitche’in
Tire Co., one of the oldest manufacturers in the country.
If you have an old tire that is half worn out and you do
not feel able to replace by buying a new casing, let me fit you
up in a R^d “Innershu,” guaranteed to be non punctureable. It
will prevent 90 per cent of all blow-outs and increase your mil¬
eage 100 per cent. I his Red "Innershu” Co., gives a certifi¬
cate of guarantee with each one purchased and if it fails to come
up to the contract, it will be replaced with a new one free of
charge. Blow-out patches, cheaper style. They are manufactur¬
ed by the Inner Shoe T ire Co., of Grand Rapids, Mich.
1 use a Steam Vulcanizer and if you have any inner lubes
and casings that need vulcanizing send them in. Nail holes in
inner tubes vualcanized at 23c and up.
FOR SALE CHEAP—1 six horse pow¬
er lasoline engine in a No. 1 condition. 1
12 inch fh t bur grist mil! in good condi
^i n at a bargain.
Covington Plumbing & Mach¬
ine Works.
Z R. Wilson, Prop Covington, Ga.
New Racket Store
S Pot ^ash! One Price! BIG VALUES!
v w goods of season arriving
y few days, many new
- s added more to follow.
otherwise, that the general public, as
a rule, entertains, the idea that all
convicts should be treated with a aim
ilaj- tender consideration that would
be due to a wealthy citizen in a first
class sanitarium, and at the time the
new laiw was enacted, the public de¬
manded such stringent rules and reg¬
ulations of the convicts of the state,
that it is absolutely impossible under
these rules for any of the counties to
work convicts on the roads and ge
enough work out of them to pay for
the actual expense of maintaining the
convicts. The rules governing con¬
victs require that they be kept in
camp until sunrise, and that they be
returned to camp by sun down, and it
building roads it is impossible to keep
the camps up with the work without
moving the camps practically every
day, and in addition to these restrict
tions, during certain seasons of the
year the rules require the convicts to
be given liwo hours for noon. So if
the convict gang should work three
or four miles from the camp, about
one-third of the time is lost in going
to and from the camps and at noon.
“The restrictions of whipping the
convicts and making them work have
been closely drawn, and the result is
that the character of the work you get
out of convicts is about half what the
average laborer 'would be expected to
do. The counties are required to pro¬
vide certain designated foods, medical
attention and medicine, to pay for the
wardens and guards, and in addition
tc this, it has become necessary, in
order that a gang might be properly
equipped 'or building roads, to buy
expensive road machinery, high priced
mules, wagons, and by the time we
figure all these expenses, together
with the feed for the teams and the
convicts, wardens and guards, the ex¬
pense becomes enormous. The work
obtained in proportion to the expense
is very little.
“Most all of the counties so far
have been engaged in working on the
THE COVINGTON NEW*, wt DN6SDAY, APRIL 23, 1913.
COTTON MILL SALE WAS NOT
CONFIRMED BY REFEREE.
Courts Fail to Confirm Sale As Made
Last Week.—Will Be Rt-Sold.
The courts failed to confirm the
sale of the Social Circle Cotton Mill
which took place in Monroe April 7th
and was knocked off to G. M. Duval,
of this city, as the highest bidder.
At a meeting in Atlanta last Mon¬
day of the purchasers and creditors
there arose several liens that had
not been previously understood and
it was unanimously decided to hole*
another conference of the creditors
and advertise the sale to be free of
all liens etc. This meeting will take
place the 25th of this month and the
property will again, be advertised and
another sale will be held in about
thirty days from date of this meeting.
lit was hoped by the citizens of tSo
oal Circle that the first sale would b>
confirmed and the mill would begin
operation immediately, but it will pro¬
bably be sixty days now before the
matter is settled.—Social Circle En¬
terprise.
MISSIONARY NOTES.
The Atlanta Journal and other pa¬
pers are calling upon the nearly 2,
000,000 Southern Methodist to unite
in prayer for he release of Baron
Yon, now slowly dying in prison, in
Seoul, Korea. Not only Methodists,
but all Christians, should join in prayer
for him and the other innocent suf¬
ferers, confined in prison, the most
of whom are members of the Presby¬
terian church. 123 were arrested on
a charge of conspiracy against the
Japanese governor. The cesc mark¬
ed by some peculiar features; First
as to the character of the accused,
the most of them Christians distin
guished for quiet, peaceable, godly
lives. Second, that one hundred of
these men, including Baron Yun, con
fessed to the police that they were
guilty as charged of a crime punisha¬
ble with death! <iVas such a thing
ever herad of before? The third re¬
markable feature is that all without
exception, have withdrawn the con
Cessions! The fourth is that seven
teen, or eighteen Protestant Ameri¬
can Missionaries who are known the
world over never to meddle with poli¬
tics, much less to instigate (to murder
have their names on the procurator’s
brief accompliaces, by such acts as
taking charge of weapons, making
speeches, urging assassination., etc.,
and though they have asked for a
hearing, have never been brought to
trial. The fifth remarkable feature
was the absence of witnesses. Only
one was called and examined and he
a railway official who produced the
records showing the number of
passengers carried between certain
stations on certain dates. The pros¬
ecutor had asserted that bands of
thirty men and upward had traveled
by rail to various rendezvous on those
nates. The records showed an aver¬
age of only six or seven passengers
on those dates, in all, between, those
stations on those dates. The last re¬
markable feature is the explanation
given by the accused for confessing
them guilty of crimes of which they
now say they are innocent. Baron
Yun says he was tricked, and he real¬
ly made no confession; that he did
make certain, statements in reply tc
certain questions of the examiner,
but that he had no idea that he was
confessing to any plot of assassina¬
tion, the questions being so framed
that their real purpose was hidden
from him. All of the rest who con¬
fessed assert that the confessions
were dictated by tire police and that
assent was wrung from them by un¬
speakable torture. They say that they
were hung up by the thumbs, strip
ped, flogged until unconscious, starv¬
ed, burned with hot irons, scorched
w'th charcoal fires, stripped naked
in midwinter with ice water poured ov¬
er them for hours at a time, pricked
with knives, bound and left f«r sev¬
eral hours in half-stooping positions,
able neither to sit or stand, their
wrists bound so tightly and left ban¬
daged so long that pus issued from
the suppurating parts, and other simi¬
lar things too numerous and too hid¬
eous to mention.. Pray that God will
deliver them.
MRS. A. M. TRAVIS, Press Supt.
public roads between county sites,
and the roads in other sections of
the counties are practically impassa¬
ble. The expenses have been contin¬
ually running up. most all counties
have had to levy additional taxes, and
the people, generally, are complain¬
ing, and rightly so.
“Most all of the counties of the
state are already deeply in debt, and
are borrowing money to pay current
expenses, with taxes being raised ev¬
ery year. This condition cannot last.,
and the sooner the legislators de¬
vise some plan of relief, the better
it will be for the general public.
“I am not in a position to suggest
how adequate relief can be effected,
cr what laws it will be necessary to
enact to effect this object.
“My object in writing this letter is
to call attention publicly to the ten¬
dency of the present system, with
the hope that a change may be made
before it is too late.”
rjjuu rival
Lace And Embroidery Sale all
W. COHEN'S
Beginning today w e will offer our entire line
of Laces and Embroideries at greatly reduced
prices. This line is complete and consists of
everything desired in these lines for trimming
and making those dainty summer clothes.
Prices on the above are from 1 c to $4
per yard. We bought heavy in these lines
and want to reduce our stock and have
Reduced Them to Prices That Will Sell
If you havn’t bought your supply of Hats
and Dresses we have something that will
interest you---At interesting prices.
PEOPLE'S BIGGEST BARGAIN GIVER
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FORD Automobiles FORD
We have secured the agency for the FORD AUTO¬
MOBILE in this county and are ready t« show
them to anyone interested, we have a demonstrat¬
ing car here and will be glad to show you and tell
you all we know concerning the FORD UNIVER¬
SAL CAR, the car that has the record of going and
coming back, of running on less fuel, and of hav¬
ing a less tire expense than the larger and heavier
cars, so if you are interested and want to buy the
best car for the smallest outlay of cash, call in to
see us and we will be glad to show you.
Delivered Covington, Ga.,
Touring Car $642.80
Runabut $567.80
Heard & Rogers
Agents Newton County Covington, Ga.
T. W. Heard P. J. Rogers I
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