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THE
CHATTER
BOX
LOCAL •COUNTY—STATE
BY THE OFFICE BOY
Just as we discard our overcoats
lor the nice spring weather the
birds start singing and daffodils
4 and violets e;art blooming along
comes old man winter to kill us
^ all. . . several in the community
develop “Flu”. So be careful and
don’t try to wear that pretty new
spring dress or suit. . . just cover
it up with the old winter coat if
you do. . . Dr. Luike Robinson,
Sr., has his first case of “Flu.”
We miss seeing him. . . miss his
cherry “howdy-do” and smile. . .
wonder bow many in Newton coun
ty would like to give him some of
his own toad bad medicine. Hurry
up Doc, take some of those nice
bitter pills and get out. . . we,
thousands of us are missing you
. . . Mrs. W. D. Travis is etill con
fined to her bed and we are miss
^ tag her cherry smile and wishing
her a speedy recovery. . . Never
saw so many pehtty valentines. . .
one prettty one we saw today was
dressed in a heavenly shade of
blue. . . just to match the same
kind of eyes. . . she wore a pink
gardenia. and speaking of
. .
valentines . , lil ole Jane Mc
Mullen is one of the cuitest. . . .
just ask the least of the Nat
Turners and Rubin Tucks what
they think. . . A press report says
that 425,000 auto license tag sets
were manufactured at the Stats
Farm in Milled geville during 1934
at 6c per set. . we’ve seen about
.
that many new' Fords already in
* 1935. . . don’t know where we
will park, or drive for that mat
ter, if they turn all the new cars
w made out the streets.
being ©n long . .
Dr. Hemy tells us that the
leaf pine has a good seed year only
once in every seven years and this
is the best seed year he has ever
known. . he urges the preven
.
tion of forest fires for the protec
tion of vSe seed and very young
trees. and with all his inven
.
tions its wise for Georgians to do
just that. . . Last week the Mys
terian spoke of a farmer buying
shorts for his mules. . . we heard
they were making cow-slips out
on another farm. . . this weary
world! Charming Mildred Sey
. .
dell paid us a visit this week and
of all times. we were not in
. .
why didn't you let us know
.
you were coming Mildred. . . I
hope next time I won t have Flu
so you can come to see me. . .
"f and speaking of flowers. . . calla Mil
dred says these beautiful
lilies we prize so are called “hog
lilies” in Africa. . . because they
grow wild in the fields and hogs
root down and eat the bulbs, .we d
kill the hog. . . neighbors or ns
neighbors. if they got in our
. .
prize liily bed bulb hungry. . . .
We are expecting a valentine. . .
the Kiwanis Club certainly got a
pretty one. it’s that (beautiful
. .
new gong. we saw it in the
. .
lobby of the Delaney Hotel. . .
They say the traveling public ad-j
^ mires it. . . so do the members|
they no longer have to use a
knife on a tumbler of water to call
the meeting to order. . . getting
Ritzy we say. and speaking of
. .
•hr cars. . there’s a beautiful new
black Chevy in town . . it’s not
half as pretty as that dainty blond® \
who drives it. we’ve eeen far .
. . whyj
too little of her recently. . •
don’t you come to see us sometime:
Valentines. did you get !
. . ,
the one you expected. . . we know
young lady who had a real
,, ,
heart handed her . . and she's:
wondering. . • well. . . which,
one to take. . . lucky girl she!;
So Dorothy Dix will really toe
at ... Athens on February be 20th!. asking . . |
Guess the Editors will j
her how to manage their wives
and what will the wives ask her? j
; ‘ ‘ B el ieve-I GO r-|No t ” Ripleyj
will be there. . . know fhere
be “Queer Doin’s” at that insti-j Rog
tute. Rumored that Will
.
ers will he there. . . me
Invited. . and nobo wants me
.
tfor their valentine. . . all the edi
tors will go and I’ll be. . .
SWEEPIN’ ‘UP.
Local Civitans Play
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Monday night, Feb. 18, at 7:30
P m., in the high school gymnas
J ium, the Covington Civitans wi!l
play a basketball game with the
Monroe Kiwanis Club. Preceding
this game, the Covington Town
Girls will play the Monroe Town
Girls. The proceeds of the game
will be used for some worthy
cause Admission 10 and 20
cen , te
The game will be very funny,
although there will be some good
basketball played. Both teams
will substitute frequently, about
fifteen men of each .team partlci
pating in the event.
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LOCAL BOY IS
SAVED IN ‘MACON’
SEA
Franklin Carroll Picked
By the Cruiser U. S. S.
Richmond
--
ONLY TWO PERSONS
REPORTED MISSING
AFTER FINAL
^ g> Navy Department
Investigation of the
Crash
Franklin Carroll, well known
Newton County boy, was reported
uninjured in the wreck of the U.
S. Dirigible “Macon” which oc
curved near the California coast
Tue.-day night, He was picked
up by the U. S. S. Riclimond along
with 63 other survivors from all
parts of ihe country.
Mr. Carroll was given a post
op the dirigible as soon as she
was completed in March, 1933 and
has served actively up until the
present time, According to in
formation received, He was to
take a post on the U. S. Dirigible
“Akron” but was never placed due
to the crash of this ship which oc
curred off the coast of New
Jersey.
For a number of years, Mr.
Carroll and his parents lived in
Coyingtoll and lat6r moved t0
their larm home near Mansfield.
Around that time, Franklin eater
ed the navy and Look up aero
nautics. Several years later he
was given the jfost on the ili
fated Macon. Mr. Carroll has
several relatives living in Newton
County ai the present time.
This $2,60,000 dirigible was
named for the City of Macon, Ga.
and it was received with pride
throughout the state three years
ago that MuVp.i would be the
name of the new queen of the air.
That interest stirred up by the
honor bestowed upon this Georgia
city followed throughout the con
struction of this giant ship of the
air.
A group of Macon officials were
present at Akron when the nose
of the craft was placed in posi
tion on July 4, 1932, and a Macen
girl, Miss Susan Myrick, pulled the
whistle cord that set the construc
tion in motion.
At the christening by Mrs. W.
A. Moffett, widow of the late ad
miral who lost his life in the crash
ef the Akron, sister ship of the
Macon, a silver service was pre
sented officers of the dirigible.
Sunk in 250 fathoms the wreck-j
ed dirigible was a total loss. The;
navy contemplated no salvage
plans. j
Numerous inquiries into the dis
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Real Human , Interest ,
Story Applicable to
Every Weekly Paper : ;
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The article below *s from the
Onlooker, i
Poley ( A i a .)
A kindly gentleman, his should
ers somewhat rounded by honest;
labor, but as agile and young as,
ever, came into this newspaper of
fice the other day.
His visit was no different from
that of many of our other friends,
He had merely come in to pay his
subscription. He had come a dis
of 12 miles. But more than
just “paying up” for his paper, he
offered profound apologies for be
in arrears on his subscription
a little over nine months. Ashe
aid 'the $3.00 for two years he,
home “It is town a shame to owej We
for your paper.
all get it, read it, and enjoy it.
I knew I owed you, and recently!
told my wife I was going to put;
away a quarter, or dime, occas
ionally so that I‘d have enough
to pay up the next time I came
to town. Country editors should
be paid for their work. They
need It. Editors do a great serv
ice for us, not only furnishing
news about people we know, but
somehow we understood your edi
torials better than those we read
other papers. Reckon it’s
just because they are written so
plainly! Yes, sir, we all ought to
keep our subscriptions paid up
better than we do.”
And he went away smiling.
To have one of our friends speak
so knowingly of the actual work
and expense connected with pub
lishing even a small weekly paper,
and 'to thus pay tribute to oud
writing—
I n >, COVINGTON NEWS
Box B5
Volume 70
Hauptmann Found Guilty of First Murder
The Covington Star, Eat. 1874.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
! PLANS ARE MADE
BY COUNCIL TO
1 BEAUTIFY
I
Councilman George
is in Charge of the
Project
CITY BUYS 150 ROSE
BUSHES; SHRUBBERY
BEING
Garden Club Buys 1,000
Bushes to Plant Over
City
The public works department of
the City of Coving.on began plant
ing 150 rose bushes and trans
planting shrubbery around the
square this week. The council
voted several weeks ago to beau
tify the parks and streets over the
city'by planting flowers and shrub
bery. Cochran,
Councilman George R.
who is in charge of this project
ie pushing the work to
as fast as possible. Rose bushes
and shrubbery have already been
planted by White’s down store, the side Mil of str^t
Avenue by the Peoples Furniture
Company, on Floyd Street by the
City Pharmacy and Bennett and
Gofer’s Store, on Pace Street by
corner building near the
square and numerous other suit-1
able places.
The small park at the intersec
tion of Monticello and Church
Streets has been soiled and beau
tiful flowers and shrubbery plant
ed. Improvements have also
made Academy Park. I
been at
ed^somettam^go^fs^betag Irani
planted to a more suitable place
and is being evenly distributed
over the city. Much credit is due
Councilman Cochran and Superin
indent of Public Works H. O.
Welchel for their untiring efforts
; n this work,
The city also expects to make
the roadway between the ceme
tery and Church Street 8 feei ]
wider with a sidewalk entrance from of the Church ceme- j
Street to the
tery. At present there Is no side
walk at either entrance, After
this work is completed, a suitable
arch sign at the Church Street
entrance to the cemetery will be
erected.
The Garden Cluib has purchased
1,000 rose bushes which will be
planted in and around the city,
Covington’s civic clubs will also
plant hundreds of beautiful flow
ers and shrubbery on the Porter
Memorial Road between Coving
ton and Porterdale. Civic Or
ganizations at Porterdale are also
joining in the work and will take
part in beautifying this road.
A movement to plant dogwood
on the Covington-Oxford ro d is
also underway. The trees
be planted on the sides “
highway all the way from E y
Street to the center of the
of Oxford. It ls understood hat.
the Oxford civic clubs will well take,
part in this movement as as
the city officials and clubs of
Covington,
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J\eW Store TO /"v„ Upen
Tj0|-0 in Near Futlire i
.
Mr. G. O. Wynn, of Macon, will I
open a 5e and 10c store in the
Levin Building on the west side
of the square sometime within the
near future, Mr. Wynn’s son
will be In charge here.
Contractor Howard Piper, of
this city, is doing the remodeling toy| j
w bich he expects to complete
1st I
Mr pj per was a i s0 j n charge of
the remod eita? of Pierce’s new
poQl room
The Covington New§
WISHES YOU
A Happy Birthday!
February 18
MRS. VIRGIL PARISH
MR. PETE PARKER
February 19
DON SAVAGE
JAMBS HOLCOMB
ELLEN WATSON BARNETTE
ERNEST SMITH, JR.
February 22
H. A. PANNELL
EMMA LEE POLK
IKE HAY
ELIZABETH PIPER
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1935
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Above is pictured the electric chair at Trenton, New Jersey,
claim 3 runo r Hauptmann wha was sentenced to be
^ the murder of the Lindbergh baby. Hauptmann is pictured
he sat in the courtroom during the trial.
PALMER-STONE
LEADS
Tournament is Being Held
Oxford Gymnasium This
Week
The final rating of the teams of
the Yellow River Basketball league
which included all teams in this
ec j 0 n follows:
BOYS
Team Won Lost Tied
Palmer Stone 14 0
Jersey 10 4
Loganville 10 4
Mansfield 7 7
Covington 6 8
Social Circle 5 9
Conyerg 2 12
Livingston 2 12
GIRLS
Team Won Lost Tied
Palmer-Stone 13 1
Livingston 12 2
Jersey 9 5
Covington 8 6
Loganville 7 7
Social Circle 4 10
Mansfield 1 12 1
Conyerg 1 12 1
The first annual reurnament of
these teams began
(Thursday) at the Emory Junior
College Gymnasium with every
team in the League taking
Boys Tournament
Games played Thursday follows:
Palmer „ stone vs . Liviuget on, Con
yerg yg M , an . lfield (Winners of
h}g bracket play to _ da y).
Bracket, Jersey vs. Social Circle,
Covingt0 n vs. Loganville.
of tMs bracket play
W i nne rs of the Games Friday
Finalg Sa , urd
Tourname nt games
Thursday follows: Palmer-Stone
vs. Loganville, Conyers vs. Cov
ington (Winners of this bracket
play Friday). Jersey vs. Social
Circle, Mansfield vs. Livingston
(winners of this bracket play first
bracket winners, Winners of
second bracke: play in finals Sat
urday.
Several Contracts
Awarded by Board
North Georgia got the largest
part of the highway contracts,
totaling approximately $400,000,
which were awarded Friday by
highway board.
All except two of the eight pro
jects are in the northern pant of
the state. Counties effected by
this letting include Clarke, Gilmer,
Effingham, Elbert, Hart, Polk,
Rabun and Sumter.
Tdo bridge projects calling
construction of four bridges in
Effingham county and one in Hart
county were contracted for, as was
the paving of six stretches of
highway, varying from 7 miles in
Gilmer county to .744 miles in the
city of Athens in Clarke county.
Services at Hayston
Presbyterian Church
Services will be held at the
Hayston Presbyterian church Sun
day, February 17\Ui. Sunday
School begins at 2:45. Preaching
services at 3:30.
GEORGIA EDITORS
TO GO TO ATHENS
For Annual Press Institute
Next Week; Extensive
Entertainment Planned
j 1 The editors of Georgia will hold
. their annual Press Institute at
the Univer ity of Georgia next
jfl'hujyday, Friday and Saturday,
r “Doro.hy Dix,” “Relieve It or
fy’ot Ripley” and Paul Mallon will
' le guests of honor and will speak
Amt he Georgia editors,
j I problems *3 table of the discussions Editors will of the be
| held daily. Leading editors will
be assigned to preside at the vari
ous meetings. The editor of
The Covington News will preside
during the discussion of circula
tion problems which will consume
the entire afternoon session Fri
day.
Following is the program - of
' public addresses and entertain
ments planned for the visitors:
Wednesday, February 20: 6:30
dinner in honor of Dorothy Dix—
| j host: 8:30 The University of Georgia
Opening session of the In
s'.itute—Address by Dorothy Dix.
To be introduced by John Pas
chall, Managing Editor, the At
lanta Journal.
Thursday, February 21: 10:30
Addree by “Believe It or Not”
Ripley, To be introduced by
Herbert Porter, General Manager,
The Atlanta Georgian, 1:30
Luncheon in honor of Mr. Ripley—
host: The Atlanta Georgian.
Friday, February 22: 10:30
Washington Day Address by Dr.
Walter B. Pitkin, Columbia Uni
versify, To be introduced by
President S. V. Sa|nford. 1:30
Luncheon in honor of Dr. Pitkin
—host: The Atlanta Journal. 6:30
Dinner (Women’s program) —
host: The Savannah Morning
News and Evening Press.
Saturday, February 23: 10:30
Add re e; by Paul Mallon, Wash
ington commentator.
Smi*k and Harvey
Indicted by Jury
Aubrey Smith, Leland Harvey
and James Randall, who were ar
rested in Richmond last week and
charged by Virginia authorities
with possessing burglar tools,
were indicted on robbery charges
toy the Fulton grand jury Tues
day, and warrants immediately
were dispatched to Richmond by
air mail.
Smith and Harvey, who were
pardoned by Governor Talmadge
while serving long terms for num
erous robberies, were charged In
one bill with holding up the
Schulte Cigar Store at Broad and
Marietta Streets on August 9,
1934, and escaping with $49. De
tectives declared that photographs
of the two have been identified
by two clerks in the cigar store.
Another indictment named
Smith and Randal! and charged
robbery and carrying pistols. The
bill accuses the two of holding up
the Winn-Lovett grocery store at
1036 Highland Avenue last De
cember 30 and escaping with $40.
5c SINGLE COPY
COUNTY AGENT
TELLS OF FARMS
IN THE COUNTY
Elections for Committeemen
of Cotton Reduction
Plan Held
LIST OF CONTRACTS
SIGNERS MADE AND
GIVEN TO CHAIRMEN
Cautions Farmers on Amount
of Cotton Allotted to
Each Piersop
Last week the elections for
cotton committeemen for the coun
ty were held wi.h the following
results: from the commuifity com
posed of Brickstore, Newborn,
Mansfield and Hays Militia Dis
tricts Henry Adams, W. C. Ben
ton and Carter Robertson were
elected wi.h E. M. Sigman as
ternate; the community composed
of Brewers, Leguinn, Gaithers and
Rockyplains Militia Districts, K.
G. Lassiter, L. L. Dick and R. W.
McDonald were elected with Harry.
S.ewaty as alternate; from the
community composed of Cedar
shoals, Almon, Stansell and
Militia Districts R. \\. Dobbs,
Hardeman and C. R. Rogers were
elected with J. Z. Almand as al
ternate; frpm the community com
posed of Oxford, Town, Wyatts
and Gumcreek Militia Districts
Henry Odum, W. H. Boggus and
Ira Williams were elected with J.
B. George as alternate, At a
meeting of the above community
committeemen the county commit
tee was elec.ed with the following
personnel; T. C. Meadors, chair
man, E. G. La.siter and Henry
Adams. Th£ election of
Adams and M>. Lassiter to the
county committee caused the al
ternate on their respective com
munities to step up to the rank of
committeemen which affected
Stewart and Mr. Sigman.
A list of all contract signers i*
the districts iias been prepared
and placed in the hands of the
chairmen of the various eominuEi
ties. The liSt shows the adjust
ed acreage and yield per acre. The
committeemen will post these lists
in convenient public places f° r
public inspection. Look ^thiese
lists over and maybe you can give
us some information as to the
justices done individuals last year
so the County Committee can
make proper adjustments.
It iias come to our attention that
several farmers in the county are
renting sedge fields to producers
with ;he idea that the tenant may .
ask for and secure an additional S
allotment to gin cotton in addition 1
to th/ allotment allowed the owner
or original producer in 1934. You
better go slow on such practices.
The allotment for a farm will bei
based on the average cotton pro
duced for the base period'and the
fact that a new tenant moves on,
tae farm does not entitle the farm :
to more allotment. Neither can
the cotton acreage so planted
the new tenant be excluded from j I
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Huey Long Returns
to Washington, D. C.
1
Echoes of Huey Long’s visit to j
Atlanta have followed since thej
Louisiana Kingfish, having ex
pounded his share-the-wealth doc
■trines here, was back in Washing
ton. Every since the Georgia
Legislature’s lower branch invited
him, critici'-m and argument have!
flared up, only to be side-tracked
by the plea that he was the guest
of the House and courtesy dem.i:id
ed that the subject be dropped.
Senator -Long spoke in the
House chamber (to a colorful crowd
that jammed the hall.
HONOR ROLL
The following subscribers have
been placed on our Honor Roll for
renewing their subscription? this
week. If you are in arrears
won’t you get on the Honor Roll.
Miss Irene Smith
Mabel B. Lee
Mrs. Richard M. Boring
Mrs. Eloise Boyd
Mr. G. E. Wood
Mrs. Frank Zeagler
W r . J. Gotoer
Howard Piper
T. A. Gibson
W. H. Robertson.
Mr. Wick Willingham
Mrs. Harold Stevens.
THIS PAPER IS
COVINGTON’S INDEX OP
CIVIC PRIDE AND
PROSPERITY
Number 51
UGHTAND POWER
RATES MAY BE
REDUCED BY CITY
Expert From Georgia
Company to Assist
i n Plan
REDUCTION IN THE
RESIDENCE RATES MAY
BE EFFECTIVE MAR. 1
Efforts Being Made to Cut
(j os t 0 f Light and
Power Rates
The City Council met Monday
niglu at t jj e City Hall and parsed
upon a number of important mat
£ers concerning the ci.izeas-of the
city.
One of the most important mat
ters brought before the council
was that of reducing the !igh, and
p OWe r rates in Covington. The re
Auction plan was argued by the
mem b e rs and after a leugthy dis
CU ssion, it was decided that an ex
pert b e called from the Georgia
p ower Company to assist in the
planne d reduction.
lt is expecte d that a reduction
in t be lighting of residences in
the city will go into effect in the
few weeks,
Sponsors of the plan in the
counC R believe that the reduction
w£d become effective by March 1
i and result in a. great saving to
jith@ citizens of the city.
The commercial rates for s.ores
and business houses will be taken
up as soon as the residence rates
re d U ctions have become effective,
T hfcse reductions can not be made
e ff ec ty ve until the Georgia Power
company and the Public Service
Commission "come to some agree
meat. Every effot” is being
11>ade tQ make -'every possible re
duct j 0n i n [be light and power
i rales i n Covington and the efforts
^ counc ii members backing
t b e bill are receiving the approval
I of c j lizens of t h e cny. '
It ig un der=tood the plan* for
buying Diesel engines and develop
. ng power at Snapping S boais have
beeu definitely tabled for the pree
ent
Efforts are also being made to
have power for the operation
he A u an tic Ic e and Coal Company
funils b e d by the city instead ot
dlrect { ro m the Georgia Power
Company. If the power can be
f Urn i S hed by the city, the cost of
power for Covington w'ill be re
duced because of the added
amoun , t of current used. These
neig0 .j at i ons havfe practically been
comp i ete d and it is expected
clty wiu , begin serving the
]ant - c Ice and Coa j Company in
the near £uture .
Newspaper Women to
^ g e Honored at I reSS
mhlHUie in III iAHiciio Afhpn<S
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Announcement of a dinner hon
the women members of
Georgia Press Aseocia.ion com
plete, one of the most varied
attractive programs ever arranged
lor the Georgia Press
which will be held in Athens Feb
ruary 20-23 in cooperation with
the University of Georgia.
The dinner, sponsored by the
Savannah Morning News and the
Savannah Evening Press, will be
tendered at the Georgian Hotel,
Friday evening, Februa-ry 22.
Herschel V. Jenkins, president of
the two papers will act ae host,
and Miss Emily Woodward, P aSi
president of the I ress Association,,
founder of the Insti.ute, will
be chairman of the program.
Although details of :he wo
men’s program have been with
held, It is knowm that nearly a
score of Georgia’s leading
paper women will take part. In,
addition to Miss Mood ward, those
participattag will be Mis. \ irginia
Polhill Price, editor of the Louis-,
ville News and Farmer; of Mrs_ Ben] Mil
Neal, assistant editor the
len New's; Mrs. Elizabeth New, of;
the Pearson Tribune; Mrs. John
Hodges, of the Houston
published in Perry; Mrs. Lloyd
Harris, wife of the editor of the
Marietta Journal; Miss Martha Lin
Manley, of the Dalton
Miss Kathryn Charlton, society
editor of the Savannah Morning
News; Mrs. Estelle Rimes,
of the Ludowici News; Mrs.
dred Seydell, columnist of the At
lanta Georgian; Mrs. Bessie
Stafford, society editor of the At
lanta Constitution; Mrs. Medora
Field Perkerson, of the Atlanta
Journal,
TO DIE
FOR MURDER OF
LINDBERGH BABY
Comes to an End After
Thirty Days of
Testimony
DATE OF EXECUTION
WILL PROBABLY BE
HALTED BY APPEAL
Defendant’s Lawyer to Carry
the Case to the Supreme
! Court for Verdict
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was
condemned \o the electric chari
late Wednesday night for the mur
der of the infant son of Charles
Lindberg, by a jury of 8 men and
4 women to ring down the final
cur.ain at Flemington, N. J. af
-er one of he longest and most
sensational triais in the history of
thi,- country.
More than 30 days ago, this triai
which auracied world wide atten
tion began at the small Herndon
don County court house, Af ter
H hours and 6 minutes, the jury
returned a verdict of “Guil.y of
murder in the first degree” and
later each juror repeated these
words as their names were called
after the Deiense Attorney, Reilly
insisted that each juror repeat
f^ e verdict.
Citizens over the entire nation
as well a| people in foreign eoun
tries tensely awaited the outcome
and after the verdict openly ex
pressed their opinion of the case
an d what their verdict might have
been. Judge Trenchiard, when
delivering his charge to the jury
instruc.ed them to re.urn one at
two verdicts. They were “Guilty
of murder in the first degree' and
''acquital” meaning thav it was
UP to the jury to dectie whether
Dauptmann shoftld receive the
“Death Sentence” or be given tois
freedom a, far as -this case was
concerned.
Immedia.elyafterJudgeTronch
aid instructed Hauptmann to
stand up and receive lfis sentence
j to death, Defense Attorney Ed
ward J. Reilly announced that he
would appeal to the highest court
in the land. Several days ago,
one of the defense attorneys an
nounced that they were hampered
due to lack of funds,
In a statement, Reilly said:
“Although 'the jury has render
ed a verdict on the facte in the
case, we still believe that a great
many errois in law have been «om
mitted, which will mean ultimately
the reversal of this judgment.”
On the other hand, prosecuting
attorney Wilentz said. “The :re
mendous responsibilities imposed
upon Hunterdon' county was
shouldered without flinching. The
nation is indebted to hese owir
a ^ e0U8 men and women.
Reilly, in moving for an appeal
will seek a stay of sentence 4*om
Justice Xren - chard and the n45ceg .
writg tQ carry {he a aJ
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i The Mysferian Sezj
) ;
, Editor The News
j Covington, Ga.
Feb. 21, 1935,—I read by
tbe papet6 (-j la£ (to e Legislature <
is gonna invite the President;
j and some other folks to speak
\ t0 £bem sometime soon, If
£be y are pa yin the -peakers
; anything, I’d like to apply for
the job and j suspec t R > u d
j do j ugt ab0 ut as much good.;
| j^ 0 w, you take Huey Long, he
spo ke on dividin up the money
j ( £n j. be na£ j 0n between every
body and givin the poor man a
j bouse, automobile and th ree
square meals a day. It’s sort
er funny but anybody thats got
all this nowadays is called rich.
He must be talkin about the
millionaires. It aint but about
! one way we can keep the money 1
j divided rfght an that is just :
divide it up every Saturday
i jRght. Some of us ud then
be broke Sunday mornin, but 1
^ maybe we’ud enjoy it while it
j i a gtg. You gotter hand it to
Huey though cause he does
sound convincin, but there ain’t
no guarantee that goes with It
—That’s the catch.
Yours just broke,
THE MYSTERIAN.