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11-Year-Old Girl Faces Dim
Future Behind Prison Bars
A lonely teen-age girl sen-1
fenced to life imprisonment in
a jealousy murder sat in the j
grim county ja:l here and
"stared into a dismal future of
iron bars, prison garb and no I
cosmetics, according to a wire
service story datelined Con
yers. Georgia last week.
But 14-year-old Dorothy Sue
B: adford showed no concern.
Her child-like mind cannot con
ceive life in a training school
or a woman's prison.
Tn a cell on another floor, 18-
year-old Richard Byrd paced
the floor and puffed nervous- ;
ly on a cigarette. He also re
ceived a life sentence for his i
p -t in the shotgun killings.
Yet. for each there was a
d hope of freedom: another
c^nce to convince a jury each
v s forced by fear to watch
? n -vear-old Charles Byrd mow
drcn three teen-agers with
de’berate shotgun blasts.
For Charles Byrd 150 miles
away in Reidsville prison how
ever, there was no hope of a
return to the Rockdale County
f ^lds and woods he once roam
ed. His future is assured: a dai
]v round of prison cells, exer
cise periods and stern-faced
guards until he dies.
The Byrds and the Bradford
girl, whom Charles planned to
marry when he had wiped out
a .list of her former boyfriends,
w«re convicted in the murder
of 16-year-old Wayne Hender
son of Covington in a secluded
wood near here Dec. 27.
Each also was charged with
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I killing Wayne's 14-year-old
brother. Tommy, and with at-
। tempting to kill James Michael
Flanagan, 16, who made a
miraculous escape and lived to
be the state's star witness
against the trio in the trials
which ended last week.
Byrd, a beligerent moron,
was ruled sane enough to stand
trial. His court-appointed at
torney. Guy Barksdale of Con
yers. later entered a plea of
guilty and the youth was hustl- I
ed off to jail for life.
The court, after several ,
hours' negotiations with the j
oarents of the slain boys, agreed i
the other indictments against
Byrd should “hang over the j
boy’s head until he dies.”
Barksdale also defended the ;
younger Byrd, who lived in an ’
orphanage near here and used
to spend his weekends with
his “insane" killer brother. The
jury listened to Richard's tale
of intimidation by his brother j
and later sought to reduce the ■
charge of murder against the |
youth. But Georgia law leaves j
no alternatives but guilty or
innocent. Richard was found
guilty.
Dorothy Sue’s attorney, Hor
ace Greeley Ellis also claimed
the husky, well-developed girl
was “frightened to death” of
her sweetheart and that her
“moron’s mind” made her easi
ly misled.
But the jury found Dorothy
Sue lured the victims to her
boy-friend’s car, accused them
of molesrting her. and watched
while Charles killed the young
sters in cold blood.
Both juries recommended
mercy for Richard and Dorothy,
saving them from death in the
electric chair.
For the two youngsters de
tained here, the course of ac
tion is identical. Each will re
main in jail until the new trial
motions are heard — probably
within the next six months.
Dorothy Sue probably will
be removed to the DeKalb
County jail in Decatur where
there are better facilities for
women.
Richard may remain here, or
be held in custody at a train
ing school until the hearing.
If the new trial motions are
quashed, their cases will go to
the Corrections Department
and the youngsters will be as
signed to permanent prison
camps.
It is unlikely, whatever the
outcome, either will ever stand
trial on the remaining two in
dictments.
Charles Byrd's case is dif
ferent. At Reidsville he will
undergo a series of tests to de
termine what sort of work he
will spend the rest of his life
doing. He also will be exam
ined bv a panel of doctors and
could later be examined by
psychiatrists.
Farmers may deduct all or
dinary and necessary expenses
to operate income producing
farms for Federal income tax
purposes.
Forest diseases work quietly
and relatively unnoticed, but
destroy more trees than forest
fires, says Extension Forester
B. R. Murray.
Assured Os Results)
John Statham is Commissioned Second Lieutenant
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pinned on his shoulders by his mother, Mrs.P. L. White, and Lt. Col. James L. Culp, Pro
fessor of Military Science at Georgia State College, after Mr Statham was commissioned
a Second Lieutenant in formal ceremonies. John is the son of Mrs- P. L. White and the
late John Statham. He is the grandson of M'. and Mrs. A. L. English of Covington. He
is presently attending school for three months at Ft. Lee, Virginia, after which he will be
stationed at Richmond, Virginia.
Several State Parks Planning
Many Improvements in O
With the public enjoying [
more leisure time and greater 1
mobility, Georgia State Parks,
are becoming increasingly po-1
pular. One of the ranidly in
creasing interests in State
Parks today is the group com
monly called “family campers”
which has increased about 10
per cent each year for the past
five years. This has brought
about a demand for more and
better facilities in our camping
areas throughout the State
Park System.
Contracts have already been
awarded by the Department of ।
State Parks for fourteen (14)
comfort stations to be con-1
structed at Amicolola Falls|
State Park, Juno, Ga.; Fort!
Mountain State Park, Chats- j
worth, Ga.; Cloudland Canyon
State Park, Rising Fawn, Ga.;
Chehaw State Park, Albany,
| Ga.; Hard Labor Creek State
■ Park, Rutledge, Ga.; B 1 a c k
' Rock Mountain State Park,
Mountain City, Ga.; Unici
State Park, Helen, Ga.; Crook
ed River State Park. St. Mary’s,
Ga.; Georgia Veterans State
Park, Cordele, Ga.; Red Top
Mountain State Park, Carters
ville, Ga.; Indian Springs State
Park, Indian Springs. Ga.; Lit-
Bell Telephone
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World Coverage
Bell Telephone users can
i call 138.239,700 telephones, 97 6
per cent of all the telephones in
the world, according to Ra y
Reece of Southern Bell in Cov
ington.
This includes the 244 tele
phones in Muscat and Oman, all
three of the telephones in the
British Virgin Islands and 60
. per cent of the estimated 4,276.-
! 000 telephones in Russia.
According to the 1961 edi
tion of “lire World’s Tele
phones”, released by the
American Telephone and Tele
graph Company, there were
141.700,000 telephones at t h e
beginning of 1961, a gain of 8,-
100,000 in 1960.
AU figures of the report are
of January 1, 1961, since it takes
a year to collect and compile
the data. At that time the
United States had 74.342 tele
phones. more than 40 per 100
persons. Today there are some
77,500.000 telephones in this
country. Russia had about 2
telephones for every 100 per
sons.
The report shows the number
of telephones in the world al
most doubled since 1951. The
United State*, with 52 per cent
of the world's telephones, ac
counted for 47 per cent of the
entire gain of the past decade.
The United Kingdom was
second in the number of tele- I
phones with 8.270.000, or 16
per 100 persons. West Germany <
ranked third with 5.994,051. or j
11 per 100 persons. Canada had I
32 telephones per 100 persons. :
for a total of 5,728.167.
While Canadians ranked 4th in ,
the number of telephones, they I
apparently use their phones
more than anyone else. In 1960,
Canadian, averaged more than
538 telephone conversations per
person. In the United States,
• the average was 520. Sweden,
with 37 telephones per 100 per
i sons, ranked third with 349
conversations per person.
Two- thirds of the world’s
telephones are privately oper
ated. but the majority of coun
-1 tries have government operated
, systems.
THE COVINGTON
tie Ocmulgee State Park, Me- ’
Rae, Ga.; and two of the negro ।
State Parks, Keg Creek State
Park, Appling, Ga.: and Lin
coln State Park, Millen, Ga.
These comfort stations will
provide showers and restroom
facilities for overnight tent and
trailer campers. New comfort
stations have already been
opened and are in operation at
G.orge Washington Carver
State Park, a negro park, at
Acworth, Georgia; Kolomoki
Mounds State Park, Blakely,
Ga.; Alexander H. Stephens)
State Park, Crawfordville, Ga.:
and Elijah Clark State Park.
Lincolnton, Ga.
Camp site capacities have
been increased by clearing of
additional land and the erec
tion of many new concrete pic
nic tables and grills. All camp
sites are being numbered and
rules and regulations establish
ed for better operation of the
camping areas.
To provide better swimming
facilities, new bath houses are
being constructed in 1962 at
Alexander H. Stephens State
Park in Crawfordville, Ga., and
Reidsville State Park, Reids
ville. Ga. Historically - minded
people will be interested to
know that three additional mu
seum areas will be open in I
State Parks in 1962. These mu- )
seums are located at Indian
Springs State Park, Georgia
Veterans Memorial State Park. I
and Elijah Clark State Park.
These are in addition to thel
archaeological museum whicn
was opened in 1961 at Kolo-|
mold Mounds State Park, and ■
a Southern historical museum I
at Jefferson Davis State Park.
The museum at Alexander H.
Stephens State Park, Crawford- ,
ville, Ga. and the home of Ale- I
xander H. Stephens have been |
renovated. The authenticity of
these museums has been great
ly improved.
No Federal tax deduction is
allowed for donations made to)
organizations not recognized to;
receive tax deductible contri- ;
butions by the Internal Reven- :
nue Service.
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NEWS
P'dale Students
Present Program
At P-TA Meeting
PORTERDALE — Students
in both the Fourth and Eighth
Grades of Porterdale School
cooperated in presenting the
outstanding program honoring
Founders Day, February 17, at
the PT-A meeting in the school
auditorium on Friday evening.
February 16. Held in conjunc
tion with Valentine Varieties
which began at five o’clock,
this meeting took place at six
thirty and was well attended
by parents of the entire enroll
ment.
Mrs. Charlotte Adams, Pro
gram Chairman, directed the
presentation by the following
Eighth Grade students: Robert
Clay, John Dickerson, LaVerne
Hewell, Terry Hyatt, Dianne
Layson, Janice Shannon, and
Patricia Speer.
The Fourth Grades of Mrs.
Alma Patterson and Mrs. Doug
las Robertson led the inspira
tional which included Psalm
121, The Lord’s Prayer, and
“Flag Song”.
When the grade count was
made, winners having most
votes were Mrs. Douglas Rob
ertson's Fourth Grade and Mrs.
Lillie Mae Morris’ Sixth Grade.
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229 Decks of
Cards Sent
To Hospitals
Newton Countians contribut
ed 229 decks of playing cards ।
for the handicapped of hos
pitals in stitutions through the i
local drive conducted by the
Covington Elks Lodge Num
ber 1806, according to an an
nouncement Monday by Walker
Harris. Exalted Ruler of the
local Elks lodge.
One hundred and forty-five
decks were sent to the Dub
lin Veterans Hospital, Dublin,
Ga. and 84 decks shipped to
Hospital Braille Project, Phil
adelphia, Pa. The latter cards
will be Brailled for the pa
tients in the Philadelphia hos
pital.
Aphids on Pines
Become Nuisance;
Are Easy to Kill
Unusually heavy infestations
of aphids, or plant lice, have
attacked pine trees in Georgia
this winter, causing concern to
homeowners, reports Extension
Forester George D. Walker of
the University of Georgia Col
lege of Agriculture.
Mr. Walker pointed out that
the aphids some times get on
trees, just as they do roses and
other ornamental plants.
Although the insects are not
noticeable, the sticky sub
stance they secrete can become |
quite noticeable, especially if |
it falls on automobiles or parts I
of the house. This secretion is j
sometimes called honeydew, i
and is typical of all aphids, Mr. '
Walker said.
This secretion takes on a
black color due to fungus j
gro'th. This can cause litter un- ;
der infested pines to take on a
sooty, black appearance.
Large trees seldom suffer;
any noticeable affects from j
apiiid infestations. but the I
homeowner may want to get j
rid of the insects because the
secretions may become a nuis- •
ance. Small trees which are
heavily attacked may be in
jured, and it would be advisa
ble to spray them, the forester j
advised.
Mr, Walker said that sever
al insect sprays commonly used
in the home garden are effec
tive in getting rid of aphids.
Any Georgia county agent can
give recommendations on sprays
for this use.
Armed Forces family allot
ments must be included in com
puting total support for depen
dents claimed on Federal in
come tax returns.
Morale is Good,
You'll Get Over
Tlu' Quicker
With the sneezing season
here, it’s a good idea to check
your spirits. But don't spend
too much time looking over
liquor supplies — the spirits
that matter are your own. If
your morale is generally good,
chances are that if you get the
flue, you'll get better faster than
people who often have the
blues.
John Hopkins University
School of Medicine says'* de
pression-prone” people take
longer to get over flu than fel
low - sufferers with higher
spirits. Their findings are bas
pd on a study of twenty - six
Maryland flu victims who had
been given psychological tests
on their jobs before they got
sick.
Twelve took three long weeks
to get well. But they were not
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sicker in any physical way than
the fourteen who took only
three days to two weeks.
Their psychological tests
showed why.
They have a day-by-day de
pression and moral loss much
lower than the rapid recovir
ers. Johns Hopkins doctors dou
cluded: people who habi u v
get depressed are more b y
to feel low during an acute in
fection than people who aren t
usually depressed.
So if you're not the sort of
person to let things get you
down, vou’ll probably recov e>
fairly fast if flu hits you. B it
don’t count on your sunny dis
position to protect vou.
Ask your doctor to give you
flu vaccine. Especially if you
have tuberculosis, emphysema
or other respiratory ills, heart
disease, diabetes, or other- chro
nic illnesses. The vaccine is a.—
so important for pregnant wo
men and people over 65.
But with or without flu. try
not to be blue!