Georgia Historic Newspapers

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“GUILTY” SAYS JURY
TO P. E.
RECOMMENDED MERCY OF THE
COIKT—DISPOSING OF OTH ‘
ER CASES
The case of P. E Webb, charged
ff ith the killing of Boykin Wander,
which occurred on the evening of
September Oth, in this city, has at¬
tracted more attention than any case
tried in the local court for many years.
Tuesday morning of this week the
case was called and after fhe exami¬
nation of five panels in selecting jury¬
men to serve on the ease the 'State
ami defense agreed on the fol i
jury: (! W Gober, J P Moseley, C R
Ellington, W M Pojx*, F S Henderson,
ORWomac, E M Hays, Paul Cowan,
C T Williams, J O Hitchcock. E P
Loyd. .T A Middlebrooks.
Sometime in the afternoon the State
began offering testimony. A score of
witnesses were examined taking all
of Wednesday, ami part of Thursday,
and after the attorneys, two for flic
State ami three for the defendant,
made their speech to the jury, the
charge was given by the Judge and
the jury went to their room to decide
their verfict at 7:30 that evening.
Thursday morning a verdict of “guil
ty" was rendered by the jury recoin
mending the mercy of the court, and
a life senenee was given the prisoner
The defense has made no motion foi
anew trial up to tlie time of going to
press.
The trial attracted -great attention
nd the court house was filled to he
doors each day. several women being
jin the audience. .
Representing the State were «Wil¬
liam S. Howard and Col. Geo. M. Na
ier. For the* defendant, King &
jkhugon, each side making celebrated
appeals to the jury, and was hard
fought V
The first of the session was occn
ied with the work of the grand jury
nd disposing of certain of the crimi
"1 eases an dtrving unimportant civil
.ses. The grand jury in this session
rued out 47 (rue hills, adjourning
Wednesday and will meet again on the
"h Monday in November, Most of
he cases were for having intoxicating
*quor in possession and for carrying
tools. ' •
Lucius Lackey, reckless driving
40.00 fine.
John Bostwick, fine of $200.00 and
k months in chain gang for .shooting
t another negro.
Charlie Brooks, five years at State
raining School for stealing amour’
Of.
J'.UipRobert Hardeman, eight year.
tState Training School for Boys.
Oscar Stroud, $150,00 fine for enr
Jing pistol.
®Rou Curry, five years and nine
'Withs -enteiiee for snatching pocket
°»kof T. E Ellington a few weeks ago
this city. *
Hubert Armour. $’200.00 fine, and 6
Mhs fi.r Carrying pisjol.
Luther Williams, $20(1.00 fine .for
Ihpior in his possession.
^Rny Anderson, $150.00 flue for
pistol.
^ l0 v Walker, on year pnd foui
- e
Whs *n the pen for assault and
pistol.
WAR BRICES ARE
ANNOUNCED for fords.
kl a statement given out by the
"i -Witfir Company Tuesday, a
on
' 41 t * 1<1 Iff ice of Ford clirs, trucks
! haetois was announced, which
1 l; fing fhom down
to the pre-war
V ^'p following reductions wore
ade ;
•%!*><] ( basis from $525 to $360
uoabouts from $550 to $395.
" Unns <*»«' from $575 $149
T to
'"' k ‘hassis from $640 to $545.
ttpe fr(J "i $K50 to $775.
T j S 8 **° v prices
* went into effect
,
fwfia.v of this week and are for
jj°- *»• Detroit.
1 1 •* Rogers. Ford dealer for
toiC t * 0n ’ in farl this ' ls a half-page an
issue of the News
rpf iuction in the Ford products.
Wans
FINE MULE KILLED BY
ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRE.
A tine young mule belonging to Mrs.
E. V. Moore, and used in the heavy
hauling in the construction of tiie
itildi Manufacturing Company's big
new mill at Porlerdah*. was killed on
Hie streets of Covington Thursday af¬
ternoon as it was being brought in
from the day’s hauling. Two mules
wore hitched to the wagon, but one
of them escaped injury.
FORD BLAZING A TRAIL.
In Wednesday morning papers was
the announcement that the Ford Motor
Company would go back to pre-war
prices on all products of that company.
This is the most hopeful and sub¬
stantial sign of the end of tile war
profiteer and a return to stable busi¬
ness conditions yet heard by the coun¬
try*. Henry Ford lias often been of
incalculably Service to iiis country, but
no previous effort of his will do more
for all the people than this radical re¬
duction in tiie prices of his products.
. Not that putting automobiles within
the reach of more people will benefit
the country at large, hut the fact that
the Ford Motor Company? can reduce
its product from 14 to 31 "per cent and
not reduce tip. wages of a single em¬
ploye will explode the statement of
many manufacturers, that wages is the
item that keeps everything at war
prices.
The tendency of many lines of nec¬
essities is downward and the action of
the Ford Motor Company will blare a
trail for all other manufacturers to
follow. ~~
Discussing business conditions. Mr.
Ford said:
There is no wisdom in trying to
maintain an artificial standard of val¬
ues for inflated prices only retard
business.
There is a lull in business generally.
People in every walk of life are wait¬
ing for prices they know are unnatur¬
al. to become lower.
Manufacturersng plants are being
shut down all over the country and
in every line there is. a growing inac¬
tivity because the volume of consump¬
tion is growing less and less through
the self-denial ot people who realize
ill,, injustice of the situation.
Labor is being thrown out of employ¬
ment hut notwithstanding this, there
has been little changes in the cost of
living.
Although rich in natural resources,
the country's progress is being held
nractienlly at a standstill through the
greed of profiteers. Now is the thue
to call a halt to war methods, war
prices and war greed. It may be nee
ssary for everybody to sacrifice a
little but in the end it will be most
profitable for flic sooner we get the
business of the country back to pre
r conditions the sooner will the lives
xv a
( f our people became natural and pmg
s and contentment be restored.—
Wasliinghm-Nows Reporter.
NOT MONEY ALONE.
Ii isn’t wages in the city alone that
fakes young men away from the farms.
The unending routine of work and the
absence of any form of healthy recrea¬
tion and amusement, have more to do
with if than anything else.
On,, of these days fanners will see
tin wisdom of maintaining a commu¬
nity social center, where young men
and women can hold frequent gather¬
ings and enjoy the clean forms of
amusements which today are too sel¬
dom found in the country district*.
A club house in a farming district
for such a purpose would not cost a
fortune, but its practical value to the
community would he beyond estimate
- Exchange.
Candidate* for Bralrutorma.
Once we were young and now we
a re older, but never yet have we seen
disciple of wind-blown doctrines
a having brain
who didn’t end by a
storm.—Dallas News.
For Newton County and Her People
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1920.
NEWTON COUNTY FAIR
THREE DAYS
Tb e Newton County Fair for
is with us and we are glad
our county has been such as to give
us the wonderful display of
tural products, live stock, poultry, etc.,
\ that will be found there. Just
| days off.
Fairs throughout the state has
proven of much value to the
iu which they have been Held. They
have brought a realization to the
j of peoplgtbat could not be
' gotten only through tiie
means of the
county fair.
Newton county will have an exhibit
that will astonish those that are not
acquainted with *that this county can
do iu an agricultural way. It will he
most interesting to/ the farmer, busi¬
ness man. professional man, and visi¬
tor
In connection with th e fair there will
be many high class amusements that
will interest many of us. One thing
that is being considered in the list of
amusements is an aviator for a day or
two during the fair. At this season
of th,> year when so many fairs are un
pler headway if i sa little difficult to
get an aeroplane on account of their
previous engagements, hut if the fair
association can locate an aviator that
is at liberty to come and h e with
they will do it.
Tell your friends to meet you at the
fair, as il has- been said “the lights are
fiiining nowhere but there.”
AUTOMOBILE LICENSE
REGISTRATION INCREASE.
Near Two Million Cars jSo*v Used in
the United States.
The „„ latest .... statues .. eererm^ , ..
registration by states of motor ears
and trucks in the United States shows
a grand total of 7.904.271 vehicles.
These figures are as of July 1st last
and represents an increase during the
previous twelve mouths of over twenty
five per cent. It is estimated that the
fees derived from all the States from
license tax this year will approximate
one rundred million dollars.
This vast sum is being used in the
development and maintenance of the
highways systems of fhe country. Its
effect in the constant increase of rural
and farm values is marked. Besides,
it clearly indieiTtes tin* almost univer¬
sal use of the motor vehicle for tiie
business activities of the nation.
Registrations to July 1st, 1920, show
that in the States of Georgia. North
and South Carolina, Tennessee, Ala¬
bama and Florida there are now in
use more than 570.000 vehicles of the
gas-propelled variety.
Ohio leads the list of States, yet
Georgia is only nineteenth in the col¬
umn, with North Carolina twentieth,
Tennessee twenty-sixth. South Caro¬
lina twenty-eighth. Alabama thirty
first and Florida in the thirty-third
place. Thus it is that the South¬
eastern States are not. behind in the
use of the motor car.
Tbf. automobile business will grow
in tbe future as it lias in tbe past,
«ays Mr. Estes, of the Covington Ruick
Motor company, local Buick dealers,
“for tbe reason that it is today an
essential attribute of the life of the
busy business man. professional man
md farmer.” “Wo are enjoying the
usual large Buick demand thruout this
section, and are looking forward to
our best season in business."
‘The nineteen twenty-one line of
Buick models is, in my opinion.” says
Mr Estes, “tbe most complete we have
ever offered: it comprises seven dis¬
tinct models, from the roadster to the
seven-passenger sedan ; many improve¬
ments are noticeable which, with the
celebrated Buick valve-Ui-the-head
motor, insures satisfactory service to
the owner.”
PROTRACTED SERVICES AT
NORTH COVINGTON
Every evening this week at
o’clock there will be services in
jjorrh Covington church. The
Rev. W. W. Carroll, will lie
by the Presiding Elder of this
Rev. II M. Mays, and the public
cordially invited to come to
THE LYRIC PUTTING ON
HIGH CLASS
Did you ever stop to think just
a disadvantage it would be to a
not to have an up-to-date “Movie
t heatre. Every place of any impor¬
.
tance, and some places that is not
important have a picture show, hut
theatre is susally like the town, conse¬
quently fite slow backward place lias
amusements very much in keeping with
it.
Tiie city of Covington is unquestion¬
ably above (lie average in business and
general hustle, to state briefly if is a
place that brings words of praise from
every visitor that comes her e on ac¬
count of its advantages that cannot
he found in many other towns its size.
One of the valued amusement places
of our city is the Lyric Theatre. This
show is run in a way that would do
credit to a city of 25.000 population, it
carrys the best and latest pictures and
not only gives you a big featur e of
several reels constituting its program
for tbe evening, hut most of the time
when not a special picture the program
is made up of a variety of three or
more separate pictures.
The writer has visited a few picture
shows in other towns, and can truth¬
fully say that the city of Coviqgton
has a well, arranged modern theatre*,
run on city style, catering to an ap¬
preciative class of people—the people
>f Covington and Newton county. This
liaper takes pleasure in making men¬
tion of any public institution that
takes care of its patrons as well as
the Lyric Theatre of Covington. One
great and honorable credit to tiie
“Movie Fans'' is the fact that since we
have been in Covington, we have never
seen a man spit on the floor of this
theatre. If you dont know if, there
are some show houses north and south
'hat arepoorly managed that some
parrbfts rhdfffgp m ruis nitny
habit to such an extent that one al¬
most has to swim out.
We should, and do appreciate our
local theatre.
GEORGIA PRESS DAY AT
SOUTHEASTERN FAIR
.T. Kelly Simmons, of the Georgia
Press Association has named Friday,
October 22nd. as Press Day at tin/
Southeastern Fair, and a formal letter
lias been mailed out by Jack Putter
son. Exchange Editor of the Atlanta
Journal, telling the boys som e of the
preleminaries of tluit day.
The Southeastern Fair Association
gives the country press of Georgia
more credit than any other single
force, for tiie great success of the
Southeastern Fair,, which opens Oc¬
tober 16th and continues through the
26th, with a program that has never
been exceeded by any Southern F^ir
In app"ec’intion of this help by trie
press of Georgia, Secrebtry Striplin
endeavors annually to express appre¬
ciation by inviting evetv editor in the
State to be the guest of the Southeast¬
ern Fair on Press Day. Complimenta¬
ry tickets of admission have been
mailed to all the newsfpa tiers of the
State, but if any fail to get them, all
the editor has to do is come, bringing
his wife or best girl, and by identify¬
ing himself at the entrance he will
he provided with a guest badge which
gives him permission to do about as lie
pleases except- to carry off “Stella, or
go “Over the Falls” without a bathing
suit.
Secretary Striplin says that the
fair will he complete in every respect
Saturday. October 16th. This is pos¬
sible because of the fact that there is
week intervening between the clos¬
a
ing of Hie Alabama States fair and
the opening of the big "how at At¬
lanta. so that it will be complete from
the openinfg to the closing.
PI SHING PRICES UP.
Inglewood, Colo.- The Inglewood
News has announced that on and after
January 1, 1921- the price of the sub¬
scription to the News will be $2.50 per
in advance, and that after Janu¬
year advertising rate of
ary 1. 1921. a flat
25 cents lier inch net will be charged
for all display advertising.
*rt Ideal*.
Movie Adtor—Gee, Qneenle, the
leript la rotten! I’ve got to wear the
■arne clothe® in two sets—From Life.
j EVERYONE IS WORKING
FOR A BIG
In practically every section of the
county there is a good deal of interest
being taken in the fair. Rocky Plains,
Leguin, Hays, Brick Store, Almon,
Downs and Gum Creek districts have
already begun work on their district
displays at the fair, and veryone in
these districts are at work getting up
••in exhibit, and from ail indications
there will lie be quite quite a a contest for the
first prize between these districts. If
you live in either one of these dis
rriefs and haven’t arranged to bring
something to the fair, get busy and
find something around the farm and
bring it to the fair.
The live stock exhibit at the fair
promises to he better than ever. New¬
ton county is noted for its fine Jersey
cows, and has the reputation of having
the best Jersey show at tbe county
fair of any county in North Georgia.
We are, of course, expecting the Jer
s-e breeders to live up to this reputa¬
tion and really expecting a bigger
show than ever this year.
The hogs are going to b e here strong
this time, for there are over thirty
pig club boys that are going to show
their pigs and they are certainly go¬
ing to show something worth seeing.
You can’t afford not to'se ( , these hogs
for it will he a living example of what
we can do with hogs if we feed tnem.
Mr. Carl Wallace. State Pig Club
Agent, will judge these hogs on Thurs¬
day. October 7 th.
W P are planning to have a good
poultry exhibit. Exhibitors must fur¬
nish coops and 19c will lie given him
per coop to help defray expenses.
The corn club hoys, fifty in number,
will each bring in ten ears of corn,
which will he a fine site to see .
Thirty sweet potato club boys will
bring ip one j*eck of potatoes a piece
puLTip fliaT vvp~liave "" some "
other cash crop we can grow.
The girl’s canning club exhibit will
be a fine display of wlmt girls can do.
There will lie about 30 exhibits in this
department. No one who visits the
fair should overlook this important
phase of girls* work of H. H. training
—equal training of Head, Hands,
Health and Heart.
Tiie woman's department promises
to surpass their splendid showing of
previous years. The women’s clubs
will exhibit from Hie following dis¬
tricts: Rocky Plains, Brick Store.
Leguin, Hays, Pin e Grove. Gum Creek
and Fairview.
If you are not lined up with this
crowd of workers you should get in
line, for it will do you good to he lined
up with these progressive farmers
and farm women.
WOFFIE FLOYD Home Deni. Agent.
T. K LUCK. County Agent.
WHAT IS YOUR BRAVEST DAY?
A great many persons have what
they regard as their “lucky” ami
••unlucky" days of the week. Whether
any significance can be attached to
particular days in tliat manner is a
matter of opinion, or.' perhaps, of ex¬
perience But anyway, it is proved
by cold, hard statistics that certain
events do happen most frequently on
one given day.
Thus tin* greatest number of the
premier awards for gallantry have
been won on Monday. No other day
can show anything like the sam e rec¬
ord. though Friday stands out notice¬
ably.
Tuesday i* the bad day of the week:
calamities are far more common on
tliat than on any other day. Railway
disasters, fires, street accidents—the
record in each case is held easily
by Tuesday And it i* the day most
favored, too. by those who desire to
put an end to their existence.
Saturday also has a had reputation:
its siiecially is murder; and fully half
the petty crime tliat is dealt with in
the police courts occurs on that day.
There i* nothing very distinctive
about Thursday beyond the fact that
it is a day upon which Hie birth rate
is highest: and Sunday is uorieeable
only for its low death rate.
Wednesday is. above all the rest, the
day for weddings. This applies to all
classes, and nearly as any marriages
are celebrated oil that day alone as
mum any three of the others.—Ex¬
change.
THE COVINGTON NEWS GOES
TO EVERY PART OF NEW
TON COUNTY WITH A HAP¬
PY WELCOME.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance.
j MR. ROBERT W. OSBORNE
ENTERS REST ETERNAL.
Mr. Roliert W. Osborne, aged 45
years,, died Saturday uighr, September
25th, after a very short illness.
Saturday afternoon he was taken
suddenly in a nd rushed to an Atlanta
hospital where he died within a few
hours after arriving there.
Dsborns was a splendid citizen,
.
and had been the Local expressman
j for the past fifteen years, being born
j of and Covington’s raised in this county. He was one
most popular business
men and his friends were numbered
by his acquaintances. He was liked
by everybody, and always had a
smile and a cheerful word for those
whom lip came in contact. He was
one of those citizeus of the town whom
everybody will miss from his usual
place of business.
About twelve years ago he married
Miss Carrie Moon, daughter of Mr. R,
M. Moon, of near Oxford.
Th e deceased is survived by his wife
and one daughter; one sister ,Mrs. ,T.
W. Alford, of Raleigh, N. C.J two
brothers. J. W. Oshorn3)Pbf Porterdale,
and E. L. Osborne, of Newnan, who
have the deep sympathy of the entire
community.
The remains were brought to this
city from Atlanta, and funeral services
held Tuesday morning in tbe Metho¬
dist church. The services were con¬
ducted by Dr. W. H. LaPfade, pre¬
siding elder of the Atlanta district,
and a life-long friend of the deceased.
The remains were laid to rest in West
View cemetery, this city.
CLUB DAY AT FAIR SET
FOR THURSDAY.
Thursday will b ethe greatest and
biggest day of the fair for the girls
and hoys of Newton county. Ail clOD
members will be admitted free to the
fair grounds on this day. A parade,
consisting of all club members will he
gin at 10 o’clock, starting from the
court house and going to the fair
grounds. For the largest representa¬
tion of club members from any club or
school in the county a club banner
will he given.
In fhe afternoon the club members
/
are going to have the opportunity of
seeing a great agricultural picture frep
of cost to them. The. picture or simi¬
lar ones have been shown In various
towns of the State, and has been of
much interest to all t.iaf have seen
them, and especially to club workers
These pictures are gotten out by the
United States Agricultural Depart¬
ment. which is a guarantee that they
arc not short in anyway of be’ug
strictly up to the minute.
Through the generosity of the Lytic
Theatre the picture wili be shown.
DR. YV. F. MELTON MEETS
WITH SERIOUS ACCIDENT
The many friends of Dr. W. F.
Melton, formerly of Oxford, now of
Emory University, Atlanta, will be
pained to know that he met with a
serious accident on last Friday.
He attempted to climb a wall to get
into Mr. Kellar Melton’s apartment
which was locked and in some way he
fell We understand that in the fall
_
his knee-cap was broken and the In¬
jury *o serious that the physicians
can not say just when he will be able
to walk again.
PRINT PAPER SITUATION
CAUSES DUELS IN SPAIN.
New York.—Dispatches from Madrid
.
half duels .
say that n dozen among
newspapermen of the Spaiush capital
have been arranged in consequence Of
the controversy over the newsprint pa¬
per situation. Several of the newspa¬
pers demand that the authorities take
action to prevent the duels, while the
Pre*s Association of Madrid has given
the authorities the names of the duel¬
ists and asked them to interfere. The
exact details of the quarrels are not
stated.
THANKS FRIENDS
I take this method of thanking the
862 men who voted, for me in the late
primary. I shall not forget them.
HENRY F. BRANHAM.