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HE l0NG AGO
iei irishman accused of beating a
. butcher
the head with a
ife vocation almost ^ade killing t.u^ hto.^without
after the court hia
■ge the jury;
to jury this is . Kirk, ,
■Gentlemen ! of the
J Z far as this trial is concerned as
him individually, it would make but
reference as to what of the your best verdict blood
"the i, u t some
country flows in Kirk’s veins,
&&'*&&&; disgrace for such
tave a little boy named Tom, He s,x j
*ak old. “The”Boy"Stood and at home sick. can 1
.would on the Burning into j
, c k ” until tears come
ur'eyes, and but here for to his have sickness made he
uld have been a ,
3eeh in my behalf. To convict the
— , , .
her of such a bright boy, send him
the penitentiary, would be a blight
on his whole life. I know, gentlemen
the jury, that none of you desire to
jict punishment and bring disgrace
on good and innocent people. It is
this that you should spare Kirk,
it understand, to convict him. and let
e court send him to the penitentiary,
't Iks. it would disgrace a lot of good
After all Ki' k is net > uch a bad
ilow at heart. He takes his grog and
will fight, and many have been the
ody eyes that have been sent away
id carried off. Kirk is as good a fel
t as Bill Smallwood, he is. Bill is an
kul drunkard and a vagabond too.
Spurred, d we were drunk when this difficulty
and Bill is as -mean a man as
ii be and as sorry a fellow as Kirk.
'(1 you all know it. Kirk has done
sue good things, and Bill never has
’ne anything.
‘•Now, Dick Hatfeld. you remember
e night after the bloody battle at
‘leers’ creek, you do. you were sent
it on picket with nothing to eat. Kirk
ew it and went to a neighbor’s
use and borrowed some corn in the
ual way soldiers borrowed things,
;d he roasted it and carried you three
rs and took your gun and stood at
ur post, he did, while you stepped
Me to eat the corn. When you had
it the second ear and dropped the
b, the noise you made attracted the
emy’s picket and he cut down on the
und and come near hitting Kirk
!hen it should have been you. You
tre in a tight then Dick and Kirk
ood by you. Now, Dick, remember
at Kirk is in a tight, he wants you
stack, he does, (slapping the juror on
knee.) Then he said: ,
"Bill Underwood, you ^member
hen you were at Pt. Lookout, a pris
er, sick and lousy Kirk then waited
you the best he could, he set by you
M brought you through, and you are
f re how, you are. You were in a tight
en. Bill, you were, and Kirk stood bv
M h e did. Remember, Bill, that Kirk
m a tight now, he is, and he wants
to stack (slapping the juror on the
lee.) Then he said:
Seal) Fountain, you remember when
u "’ere marching to Corinth after
e battle of Shiloh—you remember
hungry and feetsore we all were
TY y °, u said: ‘Kirk, I am about
a 'ted. hut all things I want worse is
iricT'kv of tobacco; have you one,
C’ ont say no.’ Kirk took from
s pocket , his last chew, he did, and
o you, 'Scab, this is my last one,
Ve h ““ n sav >ng it all day until
U( ‘ , k ca, that I
L U nP may lay down
L„ n» i! ’° oked , , at nf it ,ny back pitifully. and enjoy it.’
so Seal), and)
so hard until 1 gave it to
" ithout meself. You
f then and Kirk stacked.
L A rk ls in a tight and he wants
|0u ou to stack. , Then he said:
jumped n S ’i/° U remem ber when we
at “A -n Dalton . in the winter of 1863.
mi do 0U had missed luck
one hrot your and
n( i ° f chuck iuck
fe take wL't vo d ri d and ? lrk 1 ioaned and hegged for and a
''; vay ’ and ye one,
denIV aW fame hack with
hat loan \ din d d me and said ’ Kirk -
avoru me more sood than any
P h V6 'T’ 1 ' receivpd and I shall
emember v for it- Now dim,
’ er e in n ht th - you
Kirk stuck l p Rem n and brokp ’ and
tight an<1 fmber wants ^ that Kirk is in
ure Tim y° u to stack
■ionarv igh, P th': tun' h r n y ’ was you dr iven femember from the
,5 Mis
hf e ’ y° u do how cold it was
next outanW^ yoU - do:
lin nst y °u had
bareheaded d , your hat and was
’am,, to Kirt Sblvorinf , . t trom cold and
drink ? n <i said; ‘ r never wanted
•' . ad
an who m my i^ e and anv
hn ba ” an V and will ’ let
are it j h.il aot unly me
^tand b v t0 the pay him but will
T ° e Kirk ,ast -’ You said it,
- i ■ canteen
,-n, he did and he told you
fr !,ake ut handed voi, P i?- b Ur f canteen U ° lIt in a s P°°n.
a er.nd and let you
/ante near drink/ 11 *’ &nd beprad y °u
ZT drinking up the bulk of - the
Jrihing Kirk X ?*' nU were and 1 in charged 'ikht you
' a and
stacked hf' Romomb< ' r Kirk is in
and Wants a
Joe you t0 stack. Yes.
1 (Haying- Alfred tt„ a ii *’ you always
f ( .n Werp a
tf) 'hen Rethp r enh-' V ", ./? hen nd a Kirk fight did not ™n
we W( r was up and
“amp night aft. r W ° ",' battle 11 '’ ^ ou of '’“member Rosacea, the
:! to pi i linc vou
,a “ k and saw Klrk ° Ur had fallen
behind ether ’ wounded - m >' brother is left
or killed,’
a nfl fo him" ,,, itT of his life Kirk
t°°k °n „ the l morta lly wounded. He j
shoulder and carried
THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINGTON, GKUkgia
for into a lines, mile or laid more him down and brought and j
we
him dye. Now, Alfred, you thanked
for that kindness and said you
always remember it and if you
ever do him a favor you would.
you think well of that Alfred, now
is in a tight, he wants you to
Then he said: “Bart Stephens, you
the night the army fell back
Kennesaw Mountain across the
river you were sick, you
could hardly march; you begged
to stay with you, you did. Kirk
so and carried your gun and knap¬
all night for you, he did; and the
morning you thanked Kirk and
the captain what had been done
you, and you promised- that you
? sw r
ou. stack.
Sdm Hatfield you remember in the
of Atlanta what a bloody battle
was, you got wounded, you did. We
to fall back and form a line and
called to Kirk, ‘held me, don’t leave
alone_ here—the Yanks . will ... get me.
said, ‘Sam, begorra, I will do it,’
did; took you on his back and car¬
you to a place of safety in the new
You thanked him, then and said.
I can ever be of any service to you,
call on me.’ Now, Sam, Kirk don’t
that he has ever called on
before, .but understand, he is call¬
now; is in a tight, and wants you
stack. Then he said;
“.Tess Arrington, you remember
on the return after the bloody
of Nashville in December, 1864.
it was sleeting and snowing and
and you were barefotted, you
It was a terrible day; you and
soldier of some other command
into a scrap over a pair of shoes
by the roadside, and about the
that Kirk came up the other fol¬
was about to get the better of you.
was, Jess. But Kirk reinforced yon
we soon put hint to rout and held
the shoes, we did. Then you sat
and put them on and as you went
your way yau were saying, ‘Kirk,
Shoes, make my feet feel so much j
and if it had not been for you 1
would fellow would have have them defeated his me |
now on own
I assure you that I appreciate
assistance and whenever an oppor¬
i suffered I certainly will stand
you.' Now, Jess, Kirk has never
on you before, but he seems to
in a tight now and is calling on you
begorra. he wants you to stack.
“You other gentlemen of the jury,
names Kirk cannot recall, if I
not been of any service to you do
blame Kirk for that, for it was only
want of an opportunity and your
for not b»*VY with Kirk,
he certainly would have divided his
chew and his only drink with you
a chance come in the way to have
so. Kirk is nothing but a drunk¬
old Irishman who has lost all the
that blood and family gave to him
he carried a big heart and a for¬
spirit. He loves mercy and his
for humanity. It is only when
has lost his head from drink that
is vicious and wants to fight. He
sorry that his neighbor was hurt;
was not Kirk that hurt him; it was
grog that he was carrying that he
up against and got hurt. Now, if
gentlemen of the jury who know
and for whom he has done some¬
are willing to stack for him and
him and his good kin folks and
all his bright little fellow from
then stand for Kirk and
to him.”
VYhen Kirk took his seat the jury
the whole .audience were deeply af¬
and manifeseted great sympathy
Kirk.
The jury filed out of the box and re¬
Within a few minutes with their
handing it to the solicitor-gen¬
who announced aloud: "We, the
find the defendant not guilty.”
Thus ended the most important de¬
ever made by a defendant in any
in this state.—News, Milledge
Ga.
I DON’T.
father taught me not to smoke.
1 DON’T
listen to a naughty joke,
I DON’T
made it clear T must not wink
At pretty girls or even think
intoxicating drink
I DON’T
dance or flirt is very wrong
I DON’T
youths chase women, wine and
* Vl
song
kiss no girls, not even one
I do not know how it is done
You wouldn’t think I’d have much fun
I DON’T
MALICIOUS TAMPERING
CAUSED TRAIN WRECK
Atlanta, Ga., May 3—Malicious tarn-j
pering with track caused derailment of
a train near Woodbury, Ga.. March 22,
in which three employees were killed
and onp injured, according to a report
filed by the Bureau of Safety Interstate
Commerce Commission, says a M ash
ington dispatch just received in Atlan¬
ta. The report stated that official in¬
vestigation revealed that spikes and
angle-bar bolts had been removed and
rail displaced, causing the engine
c “ rs,odro ° ofr
touKA ,
division, and confirms the,
view expressed by Receiver B. L- Bugg:
at the Atlanta offices of the road. j
TO HARNESS
STREAM IN GEORGIA
Power Company Will Issue Bonds
for Immense Improvements—Rail¬
road Commission Gets Petition.
Atlanta, Ga., May 3.—Plans for the
of $2,523,300, by the Geor¬
Railway and Power Company in
their power service, were
here when application was
before the Railroad Commission
the authorization of a bond issue
finance these Expenditures.
The work on which the money real¬
from these bonds will be spent
WinderfMonroe Transmission line,
$45,500.
Tallulah-Toccoa Transmission line,
miles. $90,000.
Tfoccoa-Royston Transmission line,
miles, $150,000,
110.000 Volt sub-station at Toccoa,
Changes in Atlanta-Newnan Trans
line, 40 miles, $114,155.
Proportion of cost of Lindale-Tennes
Transmission line, $175,645.
at Morgan Falls Generating
$400,000.
Proportional cost of Tugalo develop¬
$1,500,000.
110.000 V%lt substation- at Commerce,
, .
The bonds to care for these expendi¬
amounts to $2,117,500 of Georgia
and Power Company first and
mortgage 6 per cent 40
Sinking Fund Gold Bonds to be
under the mortgage & b on account
after acquired .property.
These bonds are to be issued in ad¬
of the actual construction and
of improvements, extensions
additional properties work on
is either in progress or about to
undertaken. t *
The total amount is to be deposited
a trustee and paid out from time
time on vouchers to pay for tho
as it progresses.
Rig Work at Tugalo
The largest single item in the $1,500,
for the work at Tugalo, where a
dam and power house are now' in
of construction. This, by no
represents the total expendi¬
on this work, the great amount
spent on this work not being
The million and a half
merely to compfete construction al¬
under way.
In addition to this improvement bond
the Georgia Railway and Pow r er
also applied for the authori¬
of an issue of $933,00(f face value
Railway and Power Company
and Refunding Mortgage as issu- 1
under the mortgage of the company
April 1, 1914, on account of af¬
acquired property and for the pur¬
of reimbursing the company for
already made for addi¬
extensions and improvements
or acquired prior to April
1922.
Further application is made for the
of $3,500,000 Georgia Railway
Power Company’s General Mort¬
six per cent 25 year Gold Bonds,
of 1922 to be dated April 1, 1922
to mature April 1, 1947, bearing in¬
at six per cent. These bonds are
be issued under the general mort¬
of the company dated November,
The bonds are secured by a gen¬
mortgage and by the deposit as
of $3,500,000 First and Re¬
5 per .cent Bonds. The petition
that 5 per cent bonds would have
be sold at too great a discount, so
are put up as collateral and a like
of six per cent bonds issued
» amst them ’
The petition states that these six per
bonds have been sold, subject to
approval by the Commission and the
price at which they were disposed of
will be disclosed to the Commission at
the hearing.
he was cashier. His bond w r as fixed at
$5,000 when he was first arrested but
was later reduced to $2,500. Ho made
that bond and was released. going
hack ««* to •» Ty •■■>• Ty. He was 7 “ later -7 arrested
on another charge and hayl been m jail
a j n( . e _
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