The Maycomb Daily

August 28, 1932 THE MAYCOMB DAILY

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JUSTICE PREVAILS IN THE TOM ROBINSON CASE By Noah Egbert

In the late hours of December 21st of last year, Burris Ewell called the police to report the rape of his daughter, Mayella. She alleged to having been “choked and taken advantage of” by Tom Robinson, a negro. Many people came to attend the trial of

Tom Robinson. The story from Burris Ewell involves him witnessing the event through a window and reporting the event to Heck Tate. Mayella’s story was one of tragedy and assault while Tom Robinson, on the other hand, told a story where Mayella was the one who initiated the event and that she said “might as well kiss a nigger”. This caused some tension in the courtroom and brought a new perspective to the case. The defendant’s attorney, Atticus Finch, had fabricated a story to the extent that he blames the Ewell’s of lying about their daughter being raped and makes many attempts and to mislead the jury to prove his client innocent. He goes out of his way to attempt to prove the negro innocent of raping the assaulted Mayella. This infuriated the Ewell’s who were outraged of the accusations that arose during the trial. Regardless of the under handed efforts of Atticus Finch; Tom Robinson was unanimously proven guilty and convicted.

What to see in this issue of The Daily Maycomb:

Page 2: Local House on Fire by Jacob

Page 3: Mrs. Dubose’s Legacy by Parijat Singh

Page 4: Mr. Underwood’s Editorial by Parijat Singh

Page 5: Dog gone Mad by Jacob


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LOCAL HOUSE ON FIRE

By Jacob Berger

Last night, in the darkness of dawn a dark pillar of smoke rose from the home of Miss Maudie. Blazing hot and hungry, the fire claimed her entire house in a fury of heat, yet she was surprisingly at peace with the incident. In a personal interview with the victim of this tragedy Miss Maudie stated “Don’t you worry about me. Why, I’ll build me a little house and take me a couple of roomers and—gracious, I’ll have the finest yard in Alabama.” Despite having lost her house, Miss Maudie seemed cheerful and her to build a smaller house and plant a larger garden seem more and more realistic. Miss Maudie reveals her own brand of courage, one that many of us could emulate. She refuses to feel sorry for herself because she lost her home. She views her loss as an opportunity, not an insurmountable hurdle. She has faith in herself and a belief in a brighter future. Fortunately for Miss Maudie, she would not have to start over without anything due to Mr. Avery and other neighbors boldly running into the fire to save Miss Maudie’s few unburned possessions including a mattress and some fine furniture.

The Maycomb fire department acted quick enough to prevent the fire from spreading to any other houses however all that remains of Miss Maudie’s home is ash. A quote from Miss Maudie herself reveals the origin of the fire as "Probably the flue in the kitchen. I kept a fire in there last night for my potted plants." As a result of this catastrophe the Maycomb fire department is advising citizens of Maycomb county to (despite the harshness of this winter) keep the use of wood stoves to a minimum as well as to keep a watchful eye on all open flame whether it be a stove or flue fire, sparks can jump and result in a house.


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THE LEGACY OF MRS. DUBOSE by Parijat Singh

Dubose, age 80, died today after a long illness. Mrs. Dubose was preceded in death by her husband Henry Lafayette Dubose. She was a fine and outstanding member of the Maycomb community. She enjoyed gardening, especially her prized camellias, and being read to. She was conservative in that she felt that boys should not be rowdy and girls should be "lady like". She was also known to some "as a crotchety old woman with a sharp tongue" when, in actuality, she had a substance abuse problem that others needed to take into account. Mrs. Dubose's health had steadily declined over the years. The prescription drug morphine had to be administered to relieve her constant pain; unfortunately, she had become addicted to it. Before she died, her last wish was to overcome her addiction to this powerful drug. She vowed that she would leave this world "beholden to nothing and nobody". Therefore, she spent her last days and nights in bed, suffering through morphine withdrawal. It was a difficult time for her but she mustered up enough stamina to resist further drug use, and died shortly thereafter. She decided to try to do what she felt was right, no matter how impossible it seemed or how painful it was; she defined true courage.

Visitation will be held today 6-9 PM and Wednesday 2-9 PM at the Maycomb Funeral Parlor on Main Street. Burial will be this Thursday morning at 11 AM at the Cemetery. Please come and visit Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose, not for her death but for her LEGACY.


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UNDERWOOD CHANGES VIEWS

By Parijat Singh

Recently, Mr. Underwood, a man who has not done much work for the Maycomb area, unlike the many other citizens, has written a strongly worded and overall bitter editorial in The Maycomb Tribune, giving the people of Maycomb another reason to not read the Tribune. Braxton Bragg Underwood, who we will refer to as B.B. Underwood, solely owns, writes, and publishes in The Maycomb Tribune, also our only sole competitor. B.B. Underwood has not been affiliated with Negros, but recently has changed his side, helping Tom Robinson. Though he never seems to collect information himself, it was a strange sighting seeming that he arrived at the Maycomb county jail, where he helped Atticus protect Tom Robinson from a lynch mob that was attempting to take him away, to where should have died in the first place, not needing a useless trial. Now after the rapists death, he is claiming that the trial was unfair directly in his last publish of The Maycomb Tribune. He tried to show himself as one who doesn’t care about race though has never had even the thought of coming near a Negro. He tried to write that he was against the unfair trial of the “crippled” as he called the Negro. B.B. Underwood has no right to say this for the man was tried openly; convicted by 12 good and true men. Was this not a fair trial?


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A RABID DOG IN FEBRUARY?

By Jacob Berger

There were reported sightings of a rabid dog from Jeremy Finch and Jean Louise Finch “He was twitching and his torso was twisted. He was moseying along so slowly that you couldn’t tell, but he was heading our way” says Jeremy Finch. The dog belonged to Harry Johnson, and though usually dogs go mad around august, his had already lost it. Immediately after the sighting the county sheriff, Mr. Heck Tate was called to put the dog down but handed the job over to Mr. Finch otherwise known as one shot finch. Mr. Finch was reluctant to do the job at first stating that he was “out of practice from not shooting for 30 years” However he had shown his retention of his ability with his first shot landing spot on the old dog, knocking it down to the sidewalk instantly. Neighbors are advised to stay in the safety of their homes in fear of the dog being as dangerous dead as alive, even though the incident had already been cleaned up by Zeebo, the eldest son of Calpurnia. Our Sheriff is asking that if people find a mad dog that they take example in this so that the problem of mad dogs can be solved as soon as possible.


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