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If IV V. That fa lUm toy iioTTO i jusTfcS, Accuracy and pcodtsss tlim Lnt tUm yaC xxiv. NEWTON, NEWTON COUNTY, RUSCSIPPI. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 24, 1925. No.

32 IVaDSSBSSDPPO STAH JACKS I 4 i I I 01l90O up shown and Mr. Bedenbaugh spoke andf thousand centuries or erosion have HARVEST CEPAIGN the unfortunate victim and her family or apreciate more than I do the necessity 61 having the law against such crimes executed to the "In this instance, two, of the most horrible crimes known to civilization were committed. One was the of a good woman by a brute and the other was the rape of law by an angry infuriated mob' CHILD IS KILLED. i' WO PEOPLE KILLED BY TRAIN AT PACIIUTA WERE RELATED TO NEW-TON COUNTY FOLKS. Enjin of Auto Goe Dead on Track, and Mr.

W. Walker and Son Vietiinik, CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS OPENED EYES OF PEOPLE TO COUNTY'S POSSIBILITIES Fine Cotton, Dairy, PouUiy Farms, Orchards, VUitdl and Were a Revelation. THE "Know-Newton-County and Mississippi Better" campaign in Newton County the past week was a big success and opened the of the people of this section as to the possibilities we' have, '''J Wednesday was spent in visiting farms in the Newton community and about thirty-five 'peopft. were in the party, that toured that section of the county, visiting the hatchery, J. W.

Haddon's cotton farm, J. R. Wood-hamV Turner's poultry farm Frank Simmons' 4airy. herd, T. Doolittle's firm and on oxer the Kbf man settlement, We saw some fine Jersey cattle, beef cattle, and cotton farms as will be found in'bt state, and the farmers ail agreed! lhat we had great possibilities in this night we had a fine program and pictures on Mississippi at the city hall in Newton, where a large crowd attended.

Thursday was spent iri the Union community, visiting farms. We visited Mr. Cooper's dairy farm; J. O. Majure's hog farm, where we saw ai fine hogs as will be found anywhere.

He is getting them ready to show at the Memphis Fair and other fairs at this time. We visited S. Smith's farm," where he has made $350 worth of hay and oats off of five acres this year and where he is getting night where he spoke- to PEOPLE of this community were shocked ien the Information reached here Friday- evening of the fate that befell the P. Walker family, of the Hero community, relatives of A the Walker families of near 4' Newton, when the auto in which they were riding was struck by a fast train on the New Orleans and North-, eastern 'railroad, near Pachuta. The following account of the tragedy is i taken from the Meridian Star of "Mrs.

W. F. Walker and her sort Talmadge Walker, were instantly killed at Pachuta, twenty-seven miles from Meridian, -Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock, when the roadster in which "they were riding was. struck by a fast passenger train of the New Orleans and Northeastern road. The accident occurred on a slight slope rising on i the tracks, and the engine of the car went dead on the tracks, it is re- ported.

"Two other occupants ot the car, i W. F. husband of the dead woman and Mrs. Fred Herrington, 17-year-old daughter of: Mr. and Mrs.

Walker, were also injured, They were brought to Meridian Friday "night on a special train and carried to Turner's xhospitaL Reports from there Satur day are that Mr. Walker Js seriously injured and Mrs. Herrington is suf-" fering from bruises and cuts, though 4 'her injuries are thoughrnot to be ot a serious nature as are those of her father. "Talmadge Walker, who lived at Hero fifteen -miles from Pachuta, is survived by bi: wife and 1 several children. One daughter, of Enterprise and three sons survive Mrs.

Walker besides those in' the car with her at the time of the tragedy. "Funeral services for the victims of the accident will be held Sunday afternoon at Hero." Injured Improviac. Meridian, Sept. 22. Reports from Turner's hospital are to the effect that W.

Walker, and his daughter, Mrs. Fred Herrington who were an arddtnt occurrinsr at Ui VA Pachuta Jate, Friday, when a fast train of the New Orleans and Northeast-txn railroad -struck the, roadster in which thev ridingf are doing as well as could be expected. Mrs. i Walker, and Ta1 Wal- icer, wife and son of the injured man were killed instantly in the accident Crime Ascinst Law, Mob Action Termed Gov. Whitfield Calls Upon People to Uphold Law.

J.lr.ni Miu. Sm. 21 "The time has come when the law-abiding citi 'ns of Mississippi should assert them -2 selves in no uncertain terms agamst such mob" action' and should Tally to the suDort of the peace, officers in maintaining the integrity of, the, law, Governor Whitfield declared in a sign some of the local farmers made short talks. Friday was spent in the part of the county, visiting J. F.

Williamson's farm where he has. now about 1,900 pullets and hens ready for service. He is installing a 7,000 egg incubator for this season also visited. J. C.

Ferguson's orchard, A. Armstrong's poultry farm, and. in the afternoon went out to the modern home of Jeff Smith, where he has installed water works and lights and his son Roy, has planted out TlOO peach trees, 250, pecans, and 250 sand pears. This is going to be one of the best orchards in this section in just a few years. Friday night we had a program at the Aericultural high school at Decatur' and had splendid' talks, Mr.

Bedenbaugh talked on the progress of Mississippi and what we may expect in j'ust a few years. Pictures made in Mississippi were shown and everybody seemed to enjoy same I don't. think we could hive done any thing in Newton county that will go as far as this in getting the "people to 'realize that we have great possibilities and all we need to do is to develop them. Will everybody in the county begin to pull, and boost for our section and help to bring this section into its own? I take this opportunity to thank every one in helping to make, this campaign a success. Yours for greater Newton county, L.

C. McWHXIAMS, County Agent Funm of Newton Maka FhM i-v-i; Showmg. y.S l'; The following reference to the Newton county campaign is taken from the Jackson Daily of recent date: T. Calhoun, state supervisor of rural schools, was in- Newton one of the mosk enthusiastic meetings he has seen in several weeks. In giving us the history of the work at is being donb in that county, Mr.

Calhoun said that, the people are taking interest and showing more enthusiasm than they hae heretofore, owing to the splendid work that is being done; by L. C. Mc- Williams, county agent "Mr. McWilliams has been working to arouse this interest and has Spcceeded in organizing a co-operative movement to visit each section of the county to investigate the conditions and crops, studying all phases of farming, and learning different ways the crops are being handled. "This has resulted in much good work among the and they are taking advantage of the plan McWilliams has worked out and are attending these meetings in Jarge numbers.

the meeting Wednesday night at Newton, held at the city hall, one of the well known farmers, Mr. W. E. Sansing, spoke in glowing words of the these men have made and told about the good that is being ac complished by them. 4 "He was followed by Mr.

Calhoun, who told about the benefits that are being and will be derived from the Know Mississippi Better train, about the value of the train to individuals who prepared exhibits and to people who accompanied the" train to the northwest: "A number of other talks were made by (citizens. of. Newton, 'and the meeting was declared a complete success." U. tA II. ft wbrra id- ttjxz Roliablo? AGAIN! touched it as lightly as the clouds touch the sky.

Since the dawn of Creation it has stood unchanged, unchanging, imperishable. On its northern side Stone Mountain drops in a sheer, perpendicular precipice almost a thousand feet from summit to base. Across this mammoth backsroud of granite, Gutzon Borglura, greatest living sclptor, is carving the supreme monument of history- in memory of the men and women who dared all, suffered all and sacrificed all for th Southern Confederacy. His plan provides for three main features: 1. The Panorama.

2. The Memorial Had. 3. The Amphitheater. Beginning on the right of the precipice near the summit and sweeping downward and across it distance ot 1,350 feet, will be carved in full relief, and upon a scale in keeping with the immesnsity of the mountain, a Panorama representing the Confederate armed forces mobilizing around their leaders.

At the top will be artillery, appearing at the summit as if coming over the mountain, and dropping downward and toward the left across the precipice in a life-like procession of men, horses and guns. On the left of the artillery will be Confederate cavalry in full forward motion. In the center of the precipice, where it bulges forward in a great promontory, will be carved a colossal group representing the Confederate high command. Swinging around the central group and far away to the left will be column upon coloumn of Confederate gray-clad infantry carved in the gray and everlasting granite. Central Group I Massive.

Without the Panorama 'of which it will be a part, the central group alone would surpass all 'other monumuents. It will consist of tieneral Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall Jackson, President Jefferson Davis and four lieutenant-generals now being selected by an historical commission comoosed of the state historians of the thirteen southern All of the seven will be on horseback. General "Lee will be approximately one hundred and sixty-five feet high trom the crown ot his hat to his horse's hoofs, or almost as high' as a fifteen-story office building. General Lee's head and hat' cover an twenty-five feet square.

A dozen men can be vseated comfortably on the brim of the hat. A luncheo'n fof thirty people was given by Mr. Bor glum on January 18, the day before the unveiling of Lee's head, on a ledge of granite which will form Lee's shoulder. The head -of General Lee's horse will be' more than forty feet from the tip of the nostril to the tip of the ears. President Davis.

General Jackson and the other figures of the central group will be of the same1; immense No sculptured figure of ancient or modern times begins to compare with these in magnitude or grandeur. The great Sphinx of Egypt if placed up aorai'ne fli nn -T aa'a shoulder would conceal only a part of General Lee's head and neck. The' Colossus of Rhodes, which was not a carved figure, but. a rather clumsy structure a of timbers overlaid with sheets of brass, was not as large as any of the figures will be in the- central group of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial There has never been in any. country in any age any Worx ot sculpture, which approaches a sinsle figure of the central eroun.

Therefore it can be said without exaggeration that the central group alone, were nothing elese carved, would immeasurably surpass every other monument of history. Each figure in the central group will be, of course, an individual portrait of the man it represents. The likeness- of General Lee will be carried out not only in the face, which has been carved, but in every detail, and the same with the others. these seven figures will not be the only, portraits stone carved on the mountain. Each of the states which composed the Confederacy, has designated, through a commission appointed by the Governor for that purpose, its five'most distinguished Confederate generals, and all -6f these, sixty-five in number, will be carved in likeness in the Panorama.

Mr. Borglum's nlan is to olace them wherever they naturally belong, accord- aring to whether they commanded artillery, cavalry of infantry. Swrw HaoM Carnal Fifvras. Mr. Borslum estimates that the working out of the whole Panorama will involve at least seven hundred carved counting artillery guns ana gun carriages.

All hgures, naturally 'will not be 'as large as those of the central These seven Iran will form: the dramatic center of the great but every eroay and every figure, from the farthest gun carnage on the right near tie summit, to the farthest marchu? infantryman' oa 'the left extremity cf the Panorama, will be in scale vii the central group. Memorial Hall will not be a struc ture, but an immense grotto forme 1 by tunneling into the moontaia. Half is strikb-rV simple. lie vrl forty feet 'hi: i tie cetttr area selected far tie frcxt I i wia est thts rtr tt droth cf tie L.ii sry Cj siie cf cr-tnJ i FOn stoi GOVERNOR URGES CAM- PAIGN TO BE, PUSHED. Interesting Description of This Proposed Memorial to the Con federacy.

ITH the hope of stiring 'up or re: newing interest in the Moun tain Memorial coin movement which seems to have lagged somewhat of recent weeks, Governor Whitfield has addressed a form communication to the men who were designated early in the campaign as county chairmen for carrying on the drive in Mississippi The letter calls attention to the ac tion taken by the governors of Georgia, Florida, Tennes see, Louisiana and Mississippi, end other 'southern states, in providing for a harvest campaign sale of me morial coins. v. In his letter Gov. Whitfield says, in part: Mississippi has accepted and agreed to sell in the "Harvest Campaign this fall, along with the other' southern1 states," its quota of 100,000 Con- federate memorial coins, and I am ask ing the 'hearty co-operation of each bank in Mississippi in this campaign. It is our purpose to redistribute and so allocate the coins that there will be 'placed in the banks of each town and city coins equal to its quota.

The' banks agreeing to accept Confederate Memorial half dollars, (express charges to be paid by the association) paying for them at (50c) their face value, and to hold all coins not sold in their legal reserve and not put them in circulation until January 1st, .1926, and agree the association 30 days from that date in which to have the coins returned to the federal reserve bank. No Coins to be sold for less than one (1.00) and the profit to be remitted to Jos. A. McCord, treasurer, of Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association, Atlanta, Ga. on the first and fifteenth of each unless otherwise directed by the association.

It is highly important to the success of the campaign that this information be forwarded immediately, and I assure you I am relying on your fullest co-operation in. every way to carry through to a glorious success this great undertaking in honor of the memory of our Confederate heroes. Newton Cowaty Qaota. While a number of these coins have been sold in Newton county, the full quota has not been disposed of, and Chairman H. w.

Brown would like to 'dispose of the hemaining, coins he has on hand. If you have not obtained one ot these, call on your local bank and it can be supplied Many people are not familiar with the Stone Mountain memorial, and the following interesting account of it from the Columbian Household Guest about a year ago is published for benefit of all: How is the work orosfressimr? This is the. question most freauentlv asked in connection with the great stone Mountain vontederate Memorial. It is 'well, -therefore, to inform the friends of the Memorial concerning these points before going in into a des- cnntion at tne Memorial nlan The central group of the Confederate military panorama was selected as the first, to be carved on the precipice, ana tne nea ot General Robert E. Lee "was selected as the first detail of this group to.

be carved. General Lee's head was finished and unveiled oftJanuary 19, Lee's birthday, with ceremonies nutractmg world-wide at tention, jsince that tune the great stone face, high up on the mountain has been acclaimed by thousands of visitors' as a masterpiece ot sculpture. Stone Mountain Js situated sixteen miles east of Atlanta in DeKalb coun ty, Georgia. As its name implies, it is inerauy a mounutn ot stone, eight thousand feet long, seven miles around the base, and a mile to the summit uo the slopmj side. It i the largest solid body of granite' in the; world, contain- mg 4jy3u cuotc teet ot stone above the surface.

Its foundations un derlie almost half the state of Georgia. At varyipj depths tbe sub-strata of Stone Mountain granite have been encountered in borings as far north as the Blue Ridge llountains, seventy-five miles distant and as far south as the coastal pLu cse hundred, and City mites distant Time has net produced the V-tst decay this monol' i all tie a fn. Tett Jwglar Vain SvrarW by Broewti PopUu-rilU, Spt George Daniels, three years old was killetd and his baby sister sligthly injured here to day when the' automobile, which was parked at the top of a hill, and which the children were playing started moving down a driveway, throwing the bcr through the windshield and severing his juglar vein. Mrs, R. C.

Daniels, the children's mother, made a desperate aterapt to stop the car with her bare hands, but it bounded into a ditch. The deceased was a nephew of Daniels and Mrs, R. of Newton. Mr. and Mrs, R.

P. Miley and Mrs. H. E. Daniels went down to Poplarvflle to attend the funeral r.IACHINERY AT OIL MILL NEW ADDITIONS MAKE IT WITHOUT A SUPERIOR.

Institution Now Has Gin Equip ment with a Capacity of Mora Than ICO Bales IEWTON county largest manu- ll" facturing establishment, the New ton Oil Mill, has been undergoing improvements during the past year and is now one of the best 'plants of the kind in i the state, with few equals. In the oil mill proper, a 600 horse-power boiler was installed dur ing the past year, '-and in position to know, is considered as the best boiler installation in Mississippi The entire oil mill plant is up to the minute in every respect and is a de cided credit to, the county. The latest adition to the concern, is the gin equipment, which makes ft with out a superior, if an equal in the state. A new iull Deisel oil engine, 80 horse has just been installed to propel the vginsjn adition to the 75 horse-power electric motor, giving two units, so that one or both can be used, This engine, manufactured by Fair banks, Morse can be started on a moment's notice, and needs no battery; magneto or blow torch to start it to firing. The compression is so great thai it creates the spark and as soon as the heat it going; It is the last word in a modern oil engine, and the finest to be ob tained.

I With eight new Continental Gin Mounger type, ball-bearing gins, with a capacity of 120 bales a day, not withstanding the large number of wagons loaded with the fleecy staple that gather there every -day, it is not necessary for', anybody, to -wait long to convert the seed cotton into lint The wagons, drive under, a blow or suction pipe (there being" two of these)' and the wagons are unloaded by air and the cotton carried io the gin a large- It is ginned as fast as is unloaded, and While being conveyed 7fo' the gin it passes through a separater which eliminates all trash, dust, boll weevil, and other foreign 'substances which happen to be' it, and goes' to the press clean and On being the', seed is con veyed to another building by ma chinery, and the lint goes into the Continental latest improved type of press, -where it is. wrapped and pack ed and the wagon drives from the unloading pipe to the other side of the building, where the; bales are immediately reloaded and taken Sway. The seed can also be carried at the same time, when they are not sold to the oil mill Everything that it is possible to operate that way, works In purchasing this new equipment, W. D. Lowe, the capable and experienced manager, who is personally acquainted with the manuf actprers and a fxT riJS iz-llztty ii every oUnds of seed cotton off of three acres of Thursday night we had a fine meeting at the high school, "at Union, where Mississippi pictures were detail, 'was enabled to get the Very latest 1 devices for each of the ma chines, and it is needless to say that this is beneficial to the patrons, as well as to the owners of the plant Noth jng is too good for "Jhe patrons of this instiution.

George and John Monroe, who are among the best gin ners in the have charge of (the gin, and everything must.be right when it passes through their hands. They will not allow the cotton to be ginned too fast, but it must be done and everyone can count on geting a good sample 'from the cotton when it comes from this without saying aught against aliy other gin. With the big crop that has been made in this vicinity this year and the extremely hot weather' which has caused it to open more rapidly perhaps than' ever before, this modern ginnery has. come in handy to keep up'wjth the work of ginning the staple as fast as 'it comes to town. It is well worth the time of anyone to make a trip to this plant and see it in operation.

Some die of 'heart failure, but more live with it, after' a fashion. Conscience is always a respecter of big profits. "A good story is" none the by being twice Jold." worse COMING NEWTON CASH STORE 3 RetxH iia Groceries aid FeJ StsTa ii a Pries' -4 statement issued to-day, in which he denounced the lynching of L. Ivy, a negro, near New Albany yes-tr terday. "Officers charged with the -espon-' sibility Of protecting criminals should resort to extreme measures in thwart- ing a mob.

Had the governor, received notice of the crime he would have given ample support to the sheriff the prevention of so horrible a crime i against the law. "This Crime against the. law is shocking to every sense xf respect JEor law and' Christianity. It is true the ffensevis' a most astrodous one cal- culated to arouse public indignation to the Yet, the records of the past show conclusively that the: penalty of the law is always meted 'out to such '-one more than myself can feel ti ccsica cf LccitsJ near dot oa G. lodl tea aFon): u2 CCa mid TC-jo- Old 4.