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N EWTON COUNTY’S
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Our Far Earned Educational System is a Credit to
O n r People and Officials
We Choose
„blU‘ school system of Newton
TiMi p organized in 1871, soon
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the establishment of free schools
jJgH children of the slate, whether
1K j. 0 r rich
Befon this time there were schools
.
ttlt peer, and it was sometime after
t . . .
'em j’ „ r ,nation of our present freely school pat,
before they were
"„ liZ c,| hy the well-to-do citizens.
"'llio first Hoard composed of Education of the following: of the
l t yu ms
yuigg. Henry L. Graves. A.
jjourv Hearing, Thos. ('. Davis,
, Wp1) |, ,1. .1.
Smith. I, S. Means, E. I.. Tliom
j tv.
pirst exhibit
of Boys’ Corn
as. Henry Gaither. Asbury O. Mixon,
p tv. Mcrriwether, L, W. Drown, ono
from each militia district of the coun¬
ty, which then included ltockdale coun¬
ty also.
They organized on February 7, isTl.
and chose Dr. J. .1. Hearing president,
who served until 1890, when Prof. H.
H. Stone was elected. Thus for nearly
45 years Newton county has had only
two presidents of the Board of Educa¬
tion. Prof. Stone has served continu¬
ously longer than any man in the
bate. Probably no other county in the
state can boast of such a record, and
it can he said that no other county
Elegancb In Home Furnishings Without Excessive Cost
Our Furniture stands the test of If your home is not as cozy and
time. Its built of the best material--- comfortable as you would like it,
true in wood and workmanship--- wlty not come and complete its furn¬
good enough to hand down to your ishings here?
children as heirlooms.
You will find just the things to give your dwelling a touch of luxury with out
excessive cost.
R. E. EVERITT
FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING
Covington, Georgia
lias had two presidents who were men
of more gentle, lovable, sincere and
wise character than has our county.
It is also true that there have been
only a few changes in the member¬
ship of the county board. The fol¬
lowing names comprise the members
since the organization of the board,
besides those mentioned above: \V. S
Montgomery. S, II. Starr, \V. S. Pee'
A. S. Franklin, L. F. Stephenson, ,1.
Stephenson. .1. s. Stewart. P. W.
Douglas, ,1. L. Lunsford, It. It, Tuck,
■1. M. Mitcham, A. Heard. I). J. Ad¬
ams. T. J. Speer, Melvin ltavis, ,J. A.
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Cowan. C. Adams.
The present board is composed of,
II. II. Stone, president; A. .1. Belcher
,\f. c. Davis. S. R. Ellington and W. 11
King.
Newton county has had County
School Superintendents as follows:
H. T. Shaw. 1871-Blt; W. A. Shaw,
1SN1-82; .1. S. Stewart, 1882-92 and j j
1892-95: N. S .Hallman. lSOiTXpril to
August, died in office; W. C. Wright, '
1895-02; G. C. Adams, 1902-07 and:
1914; A. H. Foster, 1907-12; J. O. Mar¬
tin. 1912-14. |
For a number of years the time was
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1915.
fixed at tR) days and the teachers were
paid so much per pupil. Later, when
appropriations were increased, the term
u as lengthened to 80 days, and later
to 100 days.
M lieu Prof. W. C. Wright was elect¬
ed County School Superintendent, he
recommended that the salary system
be substituted for the per diem basis
of payment of teachers.
This was the first forward move¬
ment of consequence in the school sys¬
tem of Newton county. This plan gave
the school funds mainly hack to those
who paid the taxes. Under Prof.
Wright's administration the schools in
a large part of the county were consol¬
idated.
During the administration of Prof.
<>'. c. Adams in 1904 transportation
of pupils was inaugurated in Newton.
While lliis work at first brought about
some severe adverse criticism, it has
come non- to he a matter of course,
and practically no complaint is heard
from the system. Another movement
begun in Newton county during the
term of office of Professor Adam*
namely, the organization of the first
Boys' Corn Club in the south. This
was in October. 1904, and the first crop
cas grown in 1(905. Then the boys
were required to have one-eighth of
an acre, and the prizes were given for
the 20 heaviest ears. This work has
brought Professor Adams into state
wide and national prominence. It is
said to be “the greatest single piece
of work ever done in the south.”
More consolidation was done durin
the term of office of Professor A. H.
Foster. The High Point school, the
largest rural school in the county, is
a monument to him.
Prof. ,1. O. Martin put into our
schools individual drinking cups and
by his untiring efforts had every
school house in the county painted in¬
side and outside. He also had planted
at every school in the county flowers
and vegetable gardens.
Miss Clyde Willis and Miss Josie
SOUTHERN MASONIC FEMALE COLLEGE.
GEORGIA BULLETIN
BOOSTS COVINGTON
“(H R HOSTESS CITY” IS TITLE
OF W. C. T. U. OFFICIAL
PAPER’S INTERESTING
STORY.
The State Convention of the W. C.
T. U. will be lipid at Covington this
year. Surely there are very few peo¬
ple in the state who don’t know about
Covington, but since we will have del
egats at this convention coming from
every section of the state, even from
the mountains to the seaboard, just
as a reminder of what we may expect
at our Convention we are going to tell
you something about Covington. Cov¬
ington is one of the real live little
cities of the state, having about 3,500
people.
It is by everybody acknowledged to
be the best town between Atlanta and
Augusta ; and when we say best, we
mean best. It is one of the oldest
Reynolds made especial progress in
domestic science. They went from
school to school and from home to
home, carrying helpful inspiration and
encouragement to home-keepers.
There are 25 schools for whites and
25 for colored in the county. There
are 2,200 white pupils in the county
and 2,400 colored; 85 white children
_HVDt ATLAf/r ,I
Georgia towns; for years and years
it was the seat of Methodism in Geor¬
gia ;every Methodist knows Covington
as being the supply city for Oxford,
where Emory College is located, from
whence comes the great host of Metho¬
dist preachers. Covington and Oxford
are almost one and the same, the cor¬
porate limits of the one begins where
the other leaves off.
But Covington is not only the seat
of Methodism; it has strong churches
of other denominations, Baptist, Pres¬
byterian and Christian, all aggressive¬
ly moving forward and contributing
to the making of the very best jteo
j ())) ea ,q|j At our State Convention
( t() h(>ld soon< every one 0 f these vnr
; 1 ; olts churches are joining hands to help
j make the 1915 Convention the great¬
est in our history—and we believe they
will do It.
Not only has Covington a strong
Union, but Oxford also has a strong
Union. Covington folks believe in the
great work the W. C. T. U. is doing;
Newton county was one among the
first prohibition counties in the state;
Covington don’t tolerate near-beer sa¬
loons, nor any other form of anti-pro¬
PAGE THIRTEEN
of school age were not enrolled In the
schools last year and 700 colored.
The schools of the county are in
a healthy, prosperous condition. The
patrons are learning that sending
children to school Is as much their
duty as buying them clothing and
food for their bodies.
Great are 'he Newton county schools.
hibition, her people are a unit against
it.
It w r as In Covington that one of the
oldest girls' colleges in the state was
established long before the war be¬
tween the states. It occupied the
building which is now the public
school.
A modern distinction for our hostess
city that will be most interesting is
that she has more beautiful homes and
more automobiles than any place of
her size in Georgia. The Covington
people are enthused over the Conven¬
tion, too. Why, they had a big meet¬
ing at one of the churches the other
day to practice over the songs on our
newly printed Song Card. That is a
symptom of interest that we have
never yet been aware of in preparing
for any Convention of our Georgia W.
C. T. U. and it has a ring of happy
anticipation about it. We may expect
the heartiest of welcomes for Coving¬
ton folks tire permeated through and
through with the old Southern hospi¬
tality; they promise to give us enter¬
tainment second to none and what
they promise they will do.
