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4 NEGROFS i.Yh.7 ID
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I)VN rakbek and ins child
|. KN H\I) beat police wil
I j \\IS AM) ALL FOLK HUNG
j HI ’iSDAY NIGHT.
’l l,,, s nc liiti.if of Dan Earlier, his
j.,,.,, daughters, Eula Charles and Ella
all ,l s ,,n .Jesse, was the result of a
raid made on Jtarl>er’s house Wednes¬
day ui-hi. when Chief of Police J ,P.
William - went there to raid the lions*
f( , r ai; alleged “blind tiger.” When
,I M , i■ j,j,•: attempted to arrest Barber
lilj v , attacked the chief with a
C ] U 1 , and the other three children
joined in beating the chief. When
Williams fell to the floor he fired thro*
shots, all hitting Matilda, the wife of
Barker.
A nemo passing notified the newly
commissioned sheriff .Mr. ,lim Ezell,
that something was going on at the
Barker home, and he went immediate¬
ly and arrived on the scene a few min¬
utes after Williams was knocked to
the floor. I’.arber then attempted to
shoot the sheriff, hut the sheriff was
the quickest of the two and snatched
the pistol from the negro’s hand, lie
then lined the negros up in a corner
and helped Chief Williams up from
the floor. The chief was bruised con
siderahly. but not seriously. They
then marched the negroes to the
comity jail. Bn flier’s wife was left
heliiml in a critical condition from
the chiefs shots.
Thursday night about nine o’clock,
a crowd estimated at about two hun
ilreil, to the jail . and demanded
came
the keys of Sheriff E:ell. They
snatched them out of his hand, in
ttirting a skin wound and quietly took
the four negroes out and marched
them to Washington Park, a negro
settlement near town, where the four
were strung up and riddled with bul¬
lets. The two negro women were hung
first, the hoy next and Dan Barber
last. The first three lynched were
dropped down from the limb of the
tree and the last one left hanging.
Dan Barker’s wife died from the
wounds she received, last Saturday
morning. <
JARMAN GOES TO ATHENS
Mr. L. W. Jarman left yesterday for
Athens w here he goes to deliver an ad¬
dress on "Five Years Experience with
Draft Horses." before the Live Stock
and hairy Association in session there
Monday and uesday.
COVINGTON, GA.
Capital & Surplus $60,000.00
Presiden N. Z. Anderson
v • Pres., E. W. Fowler, W. B.. j
II. Pennington,
wash nr P. J. Rogers
pet cent. Interest on Time
Deposits.
4 teach yolk children
^- TO SAVE THE! 11 DIME<
AND THEN
TO SAVE THEIR DOLLARS f
US BANK THUS FOR
ORGANIZED THUS FOR THE
A AMD Life
0 Hilled by Financial School of
They Marticulate as Scholars
aXp ( A- SMALL WELCOMED SAVINGS ACCOUNTS HERE
JnMPgj .UMiMOflP
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
are Steadily Growing-Come and Grow With us,
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jANOTHER MISTRIAL
IN JUSTICE CASE
AFTER STAYING OUT forty
ligiit hours the JURY DID
NOT AGREE ANI) A MISTRIAL
U AS DIRECTED FRIDAY Vi
NOON.
dim Justice, twice tried for mu dor
>f Robert Hftrville. was put on trial
again in the Superior Court here
lust week, he trial iieg.-ni Tuesday
morning and the evidence and uie
speeches were finished Wednesday
morning. .Judge Reid finished ii.,.
_
ing (lie jury at noon and they vent la
lunch.
T hey asked further instructions late
Wednesday afternoon. No more was
heard from the jury until .Indue Reid
called them before him Frida.. just
before noon, and the fen man inform¬
ed the judge that a verdict con d not
he reached. It is stated that the juiy
stood four for conviction and eight
for aiquittal. The judge and Solicitor
General Napier conferred and he v as
allowed to make bond in Cue sniu of
$2,500, which lie did.
The trial last week attracted an
j unusua’ was tried amount in the of September attention. .Justice of
rerm
j court. The jury, after staying out a ■
day, made a mistrial, rt is reported
that the jury stood six for acquittal
! and six for conviction. Week before
j last he was placed on trial and the
jury after staying out some lime
made another mistrial. The report is
that the jury stood eleven for acquittal
, and one for (onvictlon. The last
Jm . y stayM ()Ut forty-eight a mrs and
failed to agree.
Very little new evidence was brought
out by either side in the last trial
by ei her side. The solicitor, Col.
Napier, was firm in the belief of the
negro’s guilt. The law firm of Rogers
& Knox, who defended Justice was
just ns firm in the belief of the ne
gro’s innocence of the crime, setting
forth that he was justifiable in kill,
ing Harville last August, and say they
are ready for tidal any time the ease
is called.
I It is not known whether or not 1 he
j ease will he called again in the March
: term, though many think it is not
! probable.
MILdl (OWN WANTED
Want 25 milch cows with young
calves. Must he good milkers. See J.
(’. King at It. E. Everitt’s, Covington.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA Jan. 20 1915.
AGRICULTURAL DEPT.
TO HELP THE FARMER
Propose to help Southern I eachers Bring the
School Closer to the Farm.
Washington. I>. C., Jan.
the object of helping rural teachers
the South to make their instruction
lore practical value to farm
nd therein increase the interest
these children in the common school
branches, the educational
• f the Department of Agriculture will
shortly publish Department Bulletin
’• J-T 2 , "Correlating Agriculture with
the Public School Subjects in the
Southern states,”
T he purpose of the bulletin is to
idy teifchers with methods of orga¬
nizing agricultural clubs among their
.•hi’dren, and to give them suggestive
material whereby the facts and ac¬
tivities of farm life may be used ef
fe-lively to vitalize and make of ini
iiied'ate] use the school courses in
arithmetic, language, nature study,
history, geography and drawing. The
:.....in lists believe that such a cor¬
relation can he made an effective
agency in increasing the regularity and
'ength of attendance of rural children
and by making school work a more di¬
rect means of teaching farm econ¬
omy. will increase the readiness of
rural parents (n improve and support
I he local schools.
Inasmuch as the correlation recom¬
mended is to he made effective large¬
ly through the establishment of chil
Iren’s clubs, the bulletin gives the
teacher complete details for the es¬
tablishment and organization of juve¬
nile clubs. The data supplied includes
a sample constitution and by-laws,
forms for necessary blanks score
aids for rating the products raised by
the clubs, methods -if awaniing i rizes,
and details for developing school gar¬
dens. holding school exhibits, con¬
ducting practical work in seed selec¬
tion, storing and testing.
The bulletin then supplies outline
courses for school or club work arrang
cd in two groups, (he first group show¬
ing how nature study and agriculture
may he combined each school month
with tlie public school studies of
grades 1 to 5; and the second group
showing similar applications for
grades fi to 8. This syllabus takes
into careful consideration the differ¬
ence in ages and interests of the pu¬
pils in the two groups. The purpose
of the syllabus is to supply the teach¬
er with practical problems in fann
arithmetic and seasonal farm mater¬
ial to he used in language, history.
geography, drawing and nature study
work, as a substitute for the unprac¬
tical or remote problems and illus¬
trations found in textbooks designed
largely for city schools.
The following is a sample outline
for language lessons during the month
of .Tanuarj in the lower grades:
Conversations concerning the use of
fertilizers, the quantity required, and
for wlmt crops, should he engaged in
with the younger pupils. Oral and
written accounts of visits to fertilizei
plants, methods for distributing fer
tilizers. and methods of mixing should
Ik* required of the more advanced
pupils of the group. Descriptions of
fertilizer distributors, fertilizer mix
ing boxes, and the different brands of
fertlizers should constitute work for
the still more advanced pupils of this
group.
The drawing work would consist <-t'
outlines of fertilizer sacks, mixing
poxes, horns, tools used in mixing fer
tilizers. and sketches of improved fer
tilizei- distributors.
The arithmetic, following the same
general plan, would deal largely with
the number of sacks of fertilizer used
!U ul eomputatation as to the amount of
fertilizer and cost per acre or farm.
The following month the dork would
he supplemented by practical observe.
LETTER FROM DIRECTOR HAR
HIS TO INSPECTOR CAMPBELL.
Dear Sir: The tabulation of the
separate returns from the ginners
January 1 report shows your telegraph
summary to he correct. There were
25.851 hales of cotton, counting round
as half bales, ginned in Newton coun
fi-om the crop of 1914 prior to
ary 1. 1915, as compared with
hales ginned prior to January 1.
You will please furnish these
to all of the newspapers in your
trict. being careful not to
in favor of any of them.
Very Respectfully,
Wm. J. Harris,
tinns of fertilizer mixing and applica¬
ble ; visits to fertilizer factories or
warehouses, etc. In February, the les¬
sons would he based on seeds and seed
testing, with practical work in test¬
ing seeds, observation of orchards,
pruning, etc.
Tlie same plan would lie attended
so as to take in more difficult subjects
in grades C to 8. For example, the les¬
sons in arithmetic for grades 6 to 8
for February would he based on tlie
following outline t
Problems on the value of selecting
and testing seeds of tlie various groups
should he developed for this month.
Let the exercises involve the value of
time spent in replanting, and the ef¬
fect of untested seed on the stand
and the ultimate yields. Let thes<
exercises as nearly as possible be
based on data gathered from tlie com¬
munity. These processes may he
multiplied to meet (In* needs of the
different classes in tlm subject of
arithmetic. Problems on tlie cost of
spraying materials, the time spent in
spraying, and the increased yield
should he developed. Comparison
should he made of the yields of spray¬
ed and unsprayed trees, and prob¬
lems developed on these as a basis.
The value of sprays in prolonging the
lives of plants should he estimated.
The same plan is worked out for
eucj] month of a nine-month course,
the bulletin covering the seasonal ap¬
plication of various farm processes in
the South. The bulletin also includes
material showing how to conduct prac¬
tical work in selecting, storing and
testing seed, developing school gar¬
dens, arranging school exhibits and
preparing score cards for different ag¬
ricultural products raised by children.
The score cards, among other sub¬
jects. eover the following: Bacon and
lard hogs, cotton plant, corn, potatoes,
tomatoes and apples; also butter,
liread and jellies.
The report closes with suggestive
problems ,in arithmetic to indicate
how the questions may he developed
in the other subjects.
The following indicates the praeti
ooal correlation of these questions in
arithmetic with the farm activities:
Quest oils in Arithmetic for February
1. Spraying materials usually cost
as follows: Lime, lc ]*er pound; cop¬
per sulphate, 10c per pound; Paris
j green. 30o per pound; arsenate of lead,
15c per pound: kerosene. 13e a gallon;
hard soap, 10c per piound: lime-sul
pitur 'mixture, 15c per gallon.
2. Find the cost of the following
formula:
Five pounds lime: 5 pounds copper
sulphate: 50 gallons water: total—.
3. Find the cost of the following
formula:
Two gallons kerosene: 1 pound hard
snap; h gallon water; total—.
1. Find the cost of the following
formula:
Three pounds arsenate of lead; 50
gallons water; total—-.
5. It takes three applications of 2
pounds of arsenate of lead and three
, days’ time, at $1.25 per day, to de
stroy tlie Colorado beetles on an acre
of potatoes, how many bushels of po¬
tatoes at 50 cents per bushel will be
required to pay for the treatments?
fi. A boy failed to select and test
the vitality of his seed corn and se
^
cured only three-fourths of a regular
j stand. Ills yield was 50 bushels.
What should it have been if his stand
* had been regular,
7. If two days had been required
to select and test the corn seed in
\ problem 6 and thereby secure a reg
j the ular value stand, of what would time have been
, the boy’s per day?
PREACHING AT BETHANY
BY REV. McMEENS SUNDAY
fi he Rev. IV. H. McMeems is exoeet
ed to preach at Bethany Presbyterian
< hurcli, in West Newton, next Sunday.
There will he two sermons, one at
lli 30 and one at 4 o’clock. The pub¬
lic is cordoally invited to come out on
the above occasion.
BROACH LOST
Gold broach in shape of flower.
Small diamond in center with fifteen
liearls around it. Reward if returned
i to Tlie Covington News.
RAYMOND ROBERTS
IS SOME “HIKER"
WALKS ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE
MILES ON A WAGER THROUGH
SOUTH NEWTON AND PULLS A
PERFECTLY GOOD WAGON ALL
THE WAY.
Last Thursday night in conversa¬
tion with a number of friends Mr.
Raymond Roberts said that he could
walk twenty-five miles any day, even
if he did weigh about two hundred.
Several in the crowd doubted if Mr.
Roberts could take this walk as out¬
lined. through Leguin and Browers
district, and get back that night. Mr.
Roberts said that he could, and fur¬
thermore that he could take this walk
and pull a wagon with him all the
nay. Several wagers were placed
that he could not do it.
Early Friday morning Mr. Roberts
started on his round about six
o’clock. Some of the men who had
the wagers placed began to get cold
feet, They called up Leguin to find
out if Mr. Roberts had gotten there,
and were informed that Mr. Roberts
had passed that place about a half
hour earlier and had a good start to¬
ward Stewart. They, the In .
crowd j
town, kept up with Mr. Roberts by
telephone. lie was to get hack by
seven o’clock in the evening to win the
wager. About four o’clock Mr. Roll
oris walked in tmvn, having covered
the distance with three hours to the
and won his wager. When he
several who had been highly
interested early in the morning lost
interest in the joke—it was on them.
whgers were paid and when Mr.
says anything about walking
these days no one will dispute him,
for they believe that he is “some
walker.”
It might lie added that the wagon
that Mr. Roberts pulled was of the
‘express wagon variety used by chil¬
dren for occupying their minds and
time.
NEWTON COUNTY MEDICAL
SOCIETY CALLED FOR 23D
A meeting of the Newton County
Society is called for next Sat¬
January the 23d at the Court
at 11 o’clock.
All the doctors are invited to be
as matters of importance will
before the body at this meeting. The
of officers for tlie ensuing year
also take place.
S. W. Everett, Pres.
Many men have the unsafe
habit of carrying too much mon¬
ey in their pocketbo>ks—of hid
it about their homes—of leaving
it in flimsy safes, etc.
Why not keep a CHECKING
ACCOUNT with us and have
your funds really safe from
theft, fire, etc., and yet subject
to your instant demands.
Y r our money is in tlie safest
place, you are relieved from
worry and enjoy the convenience
and prestige that a CHECK
BOOK creates. Try it.
r
PATKON1ZE OUR j
ADVERTISERS— j
MENTION THE NEWS. |
$] A Year In Advance.
REVIVAL SERVICES
METHODIST CHURCH
WILL BEGIN THE THIRD SUNDAY
IN MARCH AND CONTINUE TWO
WEEKS. PRESIDING ELDER
FRASER TO CONDUCT SERV¬
ICES.
Regular revival services will begin
at the Methodist church tlie third
Sunday in March and continue for
two weeks.
Rev. B. F. Fraser, our presiding
elder, will do the preaching and Mrs.
Cunyus, who charmed us three years
ago with her sweet gospel songs, will
sing for us again. We are exceeding¬
ly fortunate in having two such con¬
secrated Christian workers to be with
us in our revival campaign.
Now let us as a church begin at
once to get ready for a great spirit¬
ual uplift. What we do from now
until the opening of the services will
have much to do with the success of
the meeting.
Let us begiu now to pray about it,
talk about it ,and to so arrange our
social and business affairs that our
hearts may be ready to receive what
ever God in His providence may have
in store for us. The blessings of the
Kingdom come to those who prepare to
receive them. Fraternally,
John G. Logan, Pastor.
SATURDAY AM) FIRST TUES¬
DAY ARE MEADOR S DAYS
Mr. I. NY. Meador, County Commis¬
sioner of the county, has set apart
every Saturday and the first Tuesday
in each month as his days in his of¬
fice in the court house.
If you have any business to trans¬
act with the commissioner you will
find him at his office on the above days.
He occupies the office with Col. C. C.
King, formerly occupied by the late
Col. Capers Dickson.
GRIFFIN DOES NOT WANT
ANY NEAR BEER SALOONS.
Atlanta,Ga.,—Griffin a city not far
from Atlanta lias broken the high li¬
cense record by clamping the neat
sum of fifteen thousand dollars a year
on would-be near beer dealers. The
city will not derive much revenue at
this rate, but it will have one prohibi¬
tion town which really is prohibition
according to members of the city
council.
