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FACE TWO
WOMEN AND SOCIETY
OF PURELY LOCAL INTEREST.
PLEASE PHONE ALL LOCALS TO MRS R. F. TAYLOR, PHONE 136--L
Mrs. Edward Hutchins spent Wed¬
nesday in Macon.
Dr. Bearden and family are visit¬
ing relatives in Ellajay, Ga.
Mrs. Ed. Stephenson and little son
are visiting relatives in. Morrow.
Miss Mary Porter spent the holi¬
days with relatives in Porterdale.
Mrs. W. C. Clark and daughter, Miss
May Belle, spent Monday in Atlanta.
Dr. Bearden and daughter, Miss
Annie are guests of friends in Ellijay,
Ga.
Miss Clara Belle Adams’ house party
»guests left Sunday morning for Car¬
rollton.
Mrs. I. D. Brisendine was the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. King, in Atlanta
last week.
Mr. Jim Clial, of Atlanta, was the
guest of friends in North Covington
last week.
Mr. and Mrs .Alexander Berry
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs .Win¬
ter, in Redan.
Miss Nell Upshaw, of Social Circle,
was the attractive guest last week of
Miss Mary Sockwe.ll.
Mr. Parks Hays, of Atlanta, was
the week-end guest of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. N. Hays.
Mr. Boroks Pennington left Tues¬
day for Milledgeville, where he enter¬
ed the G. M. C.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Adams returned
Thursday from a pleasant visit to Mr.
Adams’ mother at Lyons.
Mr. Fred Robinson, of Atlanta, was
the guest of his friends in North Cov¬
ington during the holidays.
Mr. Claude Whitehead, of Atlanta,
spent the holidays with his mother,
Mrs. Ida A. Whitehead.
Mr. and Mrs. Worsham, of Macon,
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James
Carroll in North Covington.
Miss Eutha Cook and Mr. David
Cook have returned from a pleasant
visit to relatives in Atlanta.
Misses Rose and Elsie Rhebergh
have returned to Atlanta after a visit
to their father, S. C. ltliehergh.
Miss Nellie Miller, who is teaching
in Atlanta, has returned after spend¬
ing the holidays with her parents.
Mr. Mortimer Hays and children, of
Lithia Springs, spent several days last
week with Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Hays.
Mr. C. E. Speer and Mr. Harvey
Orr, of Atlanta, were the week-end
guests of M. L. D. Adams and family.
Mr. Frank Hopp, of Atlanta, has
returned from a pleasant visit to Mrs.
Barrett's family, in North Covington.
Mr .and Mrs. S. D. Cherry, of Du¬
luth, Ga., are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Briscoe, in North Coving¬
ton.
Miss Jesse Lee Davenport, of At¬
lanta, is the guest of Misses Winnie
and Brownie Iluson in North Coving¬
ton.
Mrs. W. N. Rainey and little son
have been spending the past two weeks
with Mrs. N. C. Carr in North Coving¬
ton.
Miss Mattie Moll Wright leaves the
latter part of the week for Griffin,
where she enters the trailing school
for nurses.
Mrs .Sherrod Campbell, of Mans¬
field. was the guest last week of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. R. Pen¬
nington.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Taylor and lit¬
tle daughter Anna Montgomery, have
returned from a visit to relatives in
Atlanta.
Mr. Raymond Christian, of East
Point, was the guest of Mrs. Lee
M right and family in North Coving¬
ton last wek.
Mrs. Daisy Lee Turner has re¬
turned to Atlanta after spending sev¬
eral weeks with her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. J. W. Lee.
Mrs. I. D. Brisendine, who has
spent several weeks in Atlanta with
her daughter. Mrs. L. D. King, has
returned home.
Miss Mamie Summerhour, who has
been the attractive guest of Miss Bev
erline Adams, has returned to her
home in Monroe.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Adams and fam¬
ily were the guests Friday of Mrs.
Adams' parents, Hon. and Mrs. T. J.
Speer, in Newborn.
Mr. Q. Martin, of Lawrenceville,
was the guest of friends in the city
for the week-end. Mr. Martin was re¬
turning to Auburn school.
Little Miss Wynelle Williams, of
Gordon, is the guest of her grandpa¬
rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Williams.
Mr. John Rush Lester has returned
to Auburn after spending the holidays
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Lester.
Misses Nelle Speer and Mae Pitts,
and Mr, Guy Jones, of Newburn, were
guests for several days last week of
Miss Clara Belle Adams.
Miss Florence Thompson, of Griffin
Training School for Nurses, is the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Eugenia
Thompson in North Covington.
Messrs. Jno. Rush Lester, of Auburn
Ala., and Eugene Lester, of Atlanta,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. It.
I’. Lester during the holidays.
Miss Clyde Willis, who has been
spending the holidays with her parents
in Greensboro, has returned to re¬
sume her duties in the High School.
Mrs. B. L. Wright and two beauti¬
ful children, George Legrande and
Berto Carswell, are the guests of Mrs.
Lee Wright and family in North Cov¬
ington.
Misses Emmie and Lillie Penning¬
ton return to their schools this week
after spendng the holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. It. Pen¬
nington.
Miss Beverline Adams returned to
Macon Tuesday to resume her studies
at Wesleyan , after spending her va¬
cation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. H. Adams.
Miss Pauline Odum, of the State
Normal College, and Mr. Edward Od¬
um, of Georgia University, are spend¬
ing the holidays with their parents in
North Covington.
Mrs. .T.A. Burney and children and
Miss Cora Lee Maddox have returned
from Madison, where they spent the
holidays with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. IV. E. Maddox.
Miss Eugenia Guinn, who lias been
the attractive guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. It. C. Guinn, for two
weeks, has returned to Brenau Col¬
lege, at Gainesville.
Misses Olga Rheburgh, Maggie Ad¬
ams, Corinne St. John and Lucy
White return to the G. N. I. C. at Mil¬
Tuesday, after spending the
holidays with home folks.
Miss Annie Pauline Anderson re¬
turned to Macon Monday to resume
her studies at Wesleyan after spend¬
ing the holidays with her parents, Dr.
and Mrs, N. Z. Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. James Porter, of Ma¬
con, have returned after a visit to
Mrs. T. C. Swann. They were among
the out-of-town guests attending the
Simms-Turner wedding on Wednesday
evening.
Misses Vivian Broadnax, Margur
ite Adams, Mary Stevens, Claire Hol
derness and Caroline Stewart, of Car¬
rollton. and Martha Frances Cook, of
Mansfield, who have been delightfully
entertained as the guests of Miss
Clara Belle Adams, have returned to
thei rhomes.
Messrs. Guy and Reginald Robin¬
son. Guy Rogers, Jack Porter, J. P.
Pharr, of the G. M. C. at Milledge¬
ville. Edward Odum, of the Universi¬
ty of Georgia. Carlton Lee and .Toe
Huson, of the Medical College in At¬
lanta. and Rufus Franklin ,G. M. A.
at College Park, have returned to col¬
lege after spending their vacations
with home folks.
Mr. Donald Corley, of New York,
and Mr. Neil Corley, of Jacksonville,
Fla., returned to their homes Sun¬
day night, after a visit to tlioir pa¬
rents.-Mr. and Mrs. J. .T. Corley. Mrs.
Corley entertained members of the
family with a beautiful six o’clock din¬
ner on Wednesday evening in their
honor.
Chestnut-Cowan
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cowan announce
the marriage of their daughter, Stel¬
la Belle, to Mr. David Samuel Chest¬
nut on Wednesday .December 30.
For Miss Simms
Mrs. Richard Lester and Miss Annie
Mae Lester entertained a number of
friends on Monday afternoon at a 5
o’clock tea at the home of Mrs. Les¬
ter in North Covington, the affair be¬
ing a pretty compliment to Miss Bon¬
ner Simms, whose marriage to Mr.
Ralph Lesley Turner was a pretty
event of Wednesday evening. Tea was
served by Miss May Belle Clarke. The
guests included the bridal party and
Miss Simms' most intimate friends.
Theatre Party for College Girls
Miss Annie Mae Biggers entertained
a few friends on Friday afternoon at
a matinee party at the Lyric, the af¬
fair being a pretty compliment to a
bevy of attractive college girls who
were home for the holidays, the hon
orees including Misses Eugenia Guinn.
Lucy White. Beverline Adams, Annie
Pauline Anderson and Corinne St.
John. After the show refreshments
were served at the City Pharmacy.
Sixteen guests were invited to me^t
the guests of honor.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6 ,1915,
When a bit of sunshine hits ye,
After passin’ of a cloud;
When a fit of laughter gits ye,
An’ yer spine is feeling proud;
Don't fergit ter up an’ fling it
At a soul that’s feeling blue,
For the minit that ye sling it
It's a boomerang to you.
Simms-Turner
Wide social interest centered in the
marriage of Miss Bonner Simms and
Mr. Ralph Lesley Turner, which was
solemnzed at the home of the bride’s
mother, Mrs. Sarah Jackson Simms, on
Wednesday evening, the occasion be¬
ing one of the brilliant social events
of the year.
The lower floor of the home was
elaborately decorated with smilax
that extended from the ceiling to meet
palms and ferns that banked the altar.
Candelbras with their slender tapers
illuminated the scene with a soft rad¬
iance and lighted up the clusters of
Faster lillies that made a beautiful
contrast against the tropical mass of
foliage.
Mr. Irwin Proctor at the piano, and
Miss Proctor, with violin, furnished an
appropriate musical program preced¬
ing the entrance of the bridal party
during the ceremony.
The officiating minister was Mr. Jno.
G. Logan, pastor of the First Meth¬
odist church. Mr. M. .G Turner and
Mr. Walton Clark acted as ushers.
The color scheme of white and yel¬
low was beautifully carried out in the
costumes of the bride’s attendants.The
first two bridesmaids to enter were
Miss Mary Emily Fitts, of Tuscoloosa,
Ala., and Miss Frances Neal, of Mc¬
Donough. They were followed by Miss
Annie May Lester and Miss Frances
Henderson. The bridesmaids’ gowns
were of white charmuse with draper¬
ies of yellow chiffon edged with white
fur. Mi's. Charles R. Thompson and
Mrs. A, It. Simms, of Atlanta, both
sisters of the bride, were matrons of
honor, and entered together. They
wore beautiful gowns of yellow with
draperies of the same color. Miss
Hyda Heard, the maid of honor, was
lovely in white satin and chiffon.
The attendants each carried an arm¬
ful of Easter lillies tied with yellow
tulle. The little flower girl, Miss
Louise Smith, carried a basket filled
with roses. Master Jack Craft, the
ring hearer, carried the ring in a lily.
The bride, of a beautiful brunette
type, entered wth her brother, Mr. A.
15. Simms. She was gowned in white
charmuse and tulle, with trimming of
dutcliess and rose point lace.the grace¬
ful tunic bordered with a delicate trac¬
ery of seed pearls. A court train of
satin embroidered in pearls was
caught to the shoulders with an ex¬
quisite butterfly of pearls, and the
long tulle veil that fell in soft folds
formed a enn of rare lore caught to
her dark hair on either side with or¬
ange hossoms. The groom's gift, a
platinum pendant set with diamonds,
was the only ornament worn, and the
flowers carried were a shower of val¬
ley lilies.
Mrs. Simms wore a handsome gown
of channelise with tunic of black lace
combined with tulle. Her corsage bou¬
quet was of violets.
A reception followed the ceremony.
Assisting in entertaining the guests
were Mrs. Nat S. Turner. Mrs. P. W.
Godfrey, Mrs. .T. E. Phillips. Mrs. R.
P. Lester and Mrs. TV. C. Clark. Miss
Frances Godfrey and Miss Christine
White served punch.
Among the out-of-town guests were:
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Simms, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Candler, Dr. and Mrs.
Sehallenbarger, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Biekerstaff, Mr. and Mrs. ,T. R. Ellis,
of Atlanta; Miss Mary Emily Fitts, of
Tuscaloosa. Ala.; Mr. Walton C’ark.
of Savannah; Mr. and Mrs. James IT,
Porter, of Macon: Mr. and Mrs. E. NT.
Smith. Mr. and Mrs. TI. B. Neal. Mr.
Renton Neal. Miss Eloen Neal, of Mc¬
Donough; Mr. and Mrs. .T. C. Craft, of
Hartwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner left during the
evening for a trip to Florida and
Cuba.
PIN LOST.
One B. P. O. E. pin with small sol
itare diamond, between Covington
school building and Ga.. railroad. Re¬
ward will he paid if returned to the
Covington News office.
.Mrs. Godfrey’s Luncheon
Mrs. P. W. Godfrey entertained at
a beautiful luncheon on Monday at
her home on Conyers street for Miss
Simms and her bridal party. A de¬
licious luncheon was served from a
table beautiful in its appointments of
cut glass and silver. Covers were
laid for eight. All of the decorations
were in red and green, suggestive of
the Christmas holidays.
For Miss Simms
Mrs. James F. Rogesr entertained
a number of friends at a beautiful af
fair on Tuesday at her home on
Floyd street with Miss Bonner Simms
as guest of honor. This being the
first of the prenuptial parties that
were given for Miss Simms.
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In Honor of Miss l pshaw
Miss Mary Sockwell entertained a
number of friends on Wednesday af¬
ternoon at her home on Floyd street
in honor of her attractive guest, Miss
Nell Upshaw of Social Circle. An age
contest was the feature of the after¬
noon. Miss Evelyn Cohen winning the
first prize, a pretty box of stationery.
All of the details of the pretty affair
carried out the color scheme of gold
and white.
Invited to meet Miss Upshaw were
Misses Evelyn Cohen, Josephine Frank
lin, Allie Louise Travis, Martha An¬
derson, Inez Thomas, Dorothy Lee, Ina
Rogers, Laurie Gaither, Fannabel
Adams, Lucy Wooten, Eleanor Gordon,
Margaret Porter and Enabel Peek.
Mrs. Heard. Entertains
One of the pleasant events of the
hohlay season was that at which Mrs.
F. E. Heard entertained a number of
the college set on Thursday evening at
her pretty new home on Floyd street,
Miss Mabel Thomas being the honoree
of the occasion.
Progrssive conversation was the fea¬
ture of the evening. Misses Lucy
Wooten and Allie Louise Travis served
punch. A delicious salad course was
served at a late hour.
WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS SAY
GEORGIA IS IN GOOD SHAPE
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 6.—If the weekly
newspapers are the best index to Ihe
state's prosperity, as wise men have
remarked, then Georgia isn’t baling
such a hard time as the calamity howl¬
ers would have it appear.
I’ve never seen liver or more spir¬
ited weekly newspapers than those
which have reached my desk in the
past month,” said the exenange ed¬
itor of the leading dai’ies here. “1
can't believe Georgia is having a hard
time.”
“I note an increasing tonueney upon
the part of big business firms to ad¬
vertise in the country weeklies.” re
•narked an advertising er.i**rt at a re¬
cent banquet. “If the home merchants
were as quick to realize the excellence
of their home papers as an advertis¬
ing medium the publishers and the
towns would prosper more."
NOTICE.
Any person or persons caught hunt¬
ing on my lands will be prosecuted.—
C. R. Rogers.
How the Small Farmer May
Succeed Despite Low-Priced Cott<
Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
Suppose a farmer has 28 acres of
land fairly fertile on which he has
been growing cotton. Since cotton
is unprofitable what can he do?
First of all, he should minimize cot¬
ton production and not attempt to
devote more than five acres to this
crop in 1915. At least eight acres of
the land now in cotton should be seed¬
ed to cereals; three acres should be
used where the soil is suited to this
crop, for wheat and five acres for
oats. He should prepare an acre of
land as carefully as possible with tin;
idea of planting Irish potatoes as
early in the spring as it is practica¬
ble. When the Irish potato crop is
harvested the land should be devoted
to sweet potatoes. He should set
aside five acres to be planted to graz¬
ing crops to be harvested by hogs.
He should certainly devote a half
acre to a garden for his family and
to the production of such truck as
will sell most readily in the local
markets. .One-half acre of land should
be devoted to the growth of a variety
of crops suited to poultry. Eight
COST OF PRODUCING
COTTON IN GEORGIA
N. C. Murray of the United States
Department of Agriculture estimates
that it cost to produce cotton at the
taking of the last census, which was
in 1910, 8.48 cents to produce a pound
of cotton, which is virtually 8 1-2
cents. He divides the cost according
to cents and decimals of a cent as
follows: fertilizer .50, preparation .89,
seed .21, planting .19, cultivation 1.63,
gathering 1.79, ginning .63, rent 1.33,
miscellaneous .31.
\ cot¬
The cost in Georgia of raising
ton is higher than in any other cot¬
ton producing state except Texas,
which is 8:59 cents per pound. Other
Southern states are as follows: North
Carolina 8.22 cents, South Carolina 8.07
cents, Alabama 7.92 cents, Louisiana
8.09 cents, Arkansas 8.20 cents, Ten¬
nessee 8.19 cents, Oklahoma 8.44 cents.
A. P. Pike is now dairy expert as a
successor to, the late J. W. Hart, and
has an assistant, Mr. Howell. These
gentlemen will give their entire time
to visiting dairymen, assisting them in
meeting their problems.
One Turk and one Chinaman are
specializing in cotton at the Georgia
State College of Agriculture.
acres should be devoted to corn, with
velvet beans, peanuts or cow peas in
the middles. As soon as the oats and
wheat are ripe, the land should be
prepared thoroughly and sown to
peas or peas and millet for hay.
The cotton land should produce five
bales; the corn should yield at the
rate of 35 bushels, making a total of
280 bushels for the eight acres. The
three acres of wheat should yield 60
bushels of threshed grain; the five
acres of oats, 40 bushels per acre, or
200 bushels, all told. The Irish pota
oes should yield 100 bushels and the
sweet potatoes 100 bushels. The gar¬
den should provide an abundance of
food for the family and leave a con¬
siderable surplus for sale.
Allowing a liberal rental and for
taxes and fertilizers, the farmer
should have $800 at the end of the
year to pay for his labor and that
of his family. In addition, he has
lived off the land and lived well. He
also has for the enrichment and main¬
tenance of the productive power of his
soil an accumulation of 18 to 25 tons
of yard manure.
WHAT IS THE PROPER
CROP ROTATION IN GEORGIA?
John R. Fain, Professor Agronomy,
Georgia State College of Agr.
With the necessary elimination of
cotton from the farm program this
year, what other crops will be grown
and what rotation should be followed
to get the largest use of the land
and reduce its fertility least? Hay
must be considered as one of the great
essentials in a rotation. Georgia
farmers should consider for this pur¬
pose soy beans, cow peas, sorghum,
millet and sudan grass. The perma¬
nent pasture should be assigned a
place, the base of which should be
bermuda grass with which is sown
white and bur clover and rescue grass
to increase winter grazing. Paspalum
grasses should be encouraged of which
there are about 60 species growing in
the south.
The cereals should be given promi¬
nence with the legume worked in as
frequently as practical. Each farmer
must face his own problem. Many
enter into the consideration of
proper rotation, such as the amount
live stock to be fed, the market ad¬
for given crops, the adapta¬
of the soil to various crops, etc.
The College of Agriculture is now
its new green house and is
on winter vegetables.
