Iest OEORGLV CHAM
F COMMERCE TELLS
0 shortage IN
P0OP states.
UNITED
nerve must he straiued, and
( , f time u*ed, to produce
U e ver.v pound of food sup
L jj 0lir of the Nation's need,”
[ sld ent II G- Hastings of the
Chauiiter of Commerce upon
from Washington a few days
|ere he went for a conference
nit Secretary of Agricul
K ,mau and otherVficlals of the
epartment of Agriculture.
[food supply of the TJ. S.,” said
Istings. “considering our own
llone. is almost below the dan
Further hundreds of milions
i rs worth are going to Europe,
I the men on the battle line in
laud Belgium, who are fighting
lies and who must he supplied
L, |od from America. The South
v station of this country that
chance to materially increase
I supply of the nation and Geor
Ihe cotton holt in general arc
Led as to he able to plant some
[most every month in tne year,
must be done.
must be no “laying-by” time
|sense of stopping work, either
Sr or the year after War ends
i exaggeration to say that th<
tractive of food importation in
jith, amount last year to ovei
11,000.00 worth of food and grain
Iron) the North and West, is one
•greatest sources of anxiety t<
Ivernment at Washington, for
jive full knowledge of the fact
i a matter of pure military ne¬
ither importations of food cat
plowed to come Xuth next Fail
and Spring, for they will al
tied to feed the industrial popu
Bin the Easf and for exportatioi
battle lines in France and Bel
effort made to increase thr
• iu food cops this Spring, is
Int we cannot stop at. this jioinf
[work. There must be a persis
plained effort toward continued
poductioii for many years to came
yeryone in the South must fully
- this situation,
may be impossible to get all the
losled to can the surplus that will
Fed in the vegetable gardens and
J orchards of the South this year.
> old system of drying vegetables
hiit productions will be resorted
1 st concluded very interesting ex
pats and methods have been work
i by which a large part of the veg
i products can l*e easily and thor
dried, retaining full flavor o,
getable so [ireserved. Announce
this method will doubtless
p by the department within the
*cek or so.
K ph the vital neeesity of impress
P^Ple in the Sonth with the
|i°n, It has been deemed wise to
ah th e energies of the Georgia
pr of Commerce for the imme
future in, first, promoting and
paging the production of every
in the way of food crops; and
|rt, in encouraging to the fullest
organization by the business
[lor Ind the establishing marketing faeili
arrangement for credits in
h" tra,lin « towns, so far that
j aii easily market ail surplus
have to local agencies
Tumblers, who would buy or ware
"hat the farmer has to offer, and
fle >t properly for sale the
| on gen
market.”
Georgia < handier of Commerce
grating an, j w Rb with the every agency in the
United States gov
in ‘ :ir rying forward a sustain
f Vpnie,lf looking to not only a tem
>' “ i,rea se of food stuffs in the
]>ermanent increase that
i‘ !lt the South on a self-sus
i *
' a> ’' * n a matter of food
be sup
result of such work will
Ian f ,?* ‘•‘•"(Hi 1 " lhe ^nth, at least,
IK>r year which now
f ** ‘^ outd f° r various food
lb 8 * whlch ln time of peace
n 1 great drain the South.
on
fcent^w lion aterest Uberty in money 8011(18 and
n» r a
M ^ enl int8rest In peace of
' lad Md Patriotism.
*»y to Country >Ti, 0 f The.’*
11 i-'btrt the bank to get United
y Bonds.
K 1 ^ tty bou Have * ht you? United
Kb* a present that
Ilos 0UV1NUTOX NCttl 'mmmt mil «; iMf,
CHURCH DIRECTORY
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. H. W. Williams, D. D., Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at 11 a. m
and 7 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday morn
ing at 9:45; r O King, Superintend
ent.
Prayer Meeting every Wednesday
evening at 7 p. in.
Board of Deacons—J. c. Upshaw,
Chairman; meets on Wednesday be¬
fore the First Sunday or each month
at 8 p. m.
Woman’s Missionary Union. Mrs. A
D. Meador, President. Meets every
First Monday in each month at ?> p. m.
Ladies’ Aid Society, Mrs. H. B. An¬
derson, President. Meets every Third
Monday afternoon at the homes ot
different members.
Y. W. A.’s. Miss Eleanor Butler,
President and Mrs. C. C. King Counse¬
lor. Meets on First Friday of each
month at 3 p. m.
Girl’s Auxiliary, Mrs. J. N. Gary,
President. Meets every First Friday
at ii p. m.
COVINGTON CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. F. X. Credle, pastor.
Sunday. Preaching Everyone every First and Third ]
cordially invited.
Sei\ices CHRISTIAN Sunday SCIENCE. morniug 1.1 j
at ■
o’clock. Wednesday evening at 7.30. !
METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. T. R. Kendall, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning at
11 o’clock and evening at 7:30.
Prayer Meeting every Thursdav at
i :30.
Sunday School every Sunday morn¬
ing at 9:45. C. D. Gibson, Superin¬
tendent.
Woman’s Missionary Soeietv meets
every First Monday in each month at;
> o’clock, p. m.
Young Ladies Missionary Society
meets every Third Monday in each
month at 3 u. in.
Juvenile Missionary Society meets
every First Sunday at 8 o’clock, p. in.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. J. B. Ficklen, Pastor.
Services, Sunday School 9:45 a. in.,
F. S. Gardner, Superintendent.
Preaching Service 11 a. m.
Luther Hays, First Sunday 8 p. m
ind 7:30 p. m.
Woman’s Missionary Society IJ'-ets
Monday after Fourth Sunday, 3 p. in.
Mrs. H. W. King, President.
Ladies’. Aid Society meets Monday
after Second Sunday at 3 p. m. Miss
Lottie Hendricks, President.
Junior Missionary Society meets
First Sunday at 3 p. ra. Mrs. J. R.
Stephenson, President.
NORTH COVINGTON METHOD1SI
CHURCH.
Rev. M. S. Williams, Pastor.
Services every Sunday morning.
Services every First and Third Sun
day evening by the Kpworth League
Sunday School every Sunday morn,
inj^ at 9 o’clock. Mr. E. M. Smith,
Superintendent
Woman’s Missionary S iclety meet-*
on First Wednesday in fiery month.
Junior Missionary Society meets on
the First Monday in every month
Mrs. E ; M. Smith directress, *H.-s
Claire. Johnson, assistant,
MANSFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rpv. C. B. Jones, Pastor.
Preaching every 3rd Sunday at 11
a. m. and 7 p. m.
Prayer meting every Tuesday night
Hawkes Optician
Will be at our Store
Thursday, June 28 th
ONE DAY ONLY
Eyes examined free of charge. Remem¬
ber the Date and Place.
E. H. MOBLEY
Covington, Georgia
at 7 o’clock,
Woman’s Missidlieity Society fitcets
every 3rd Wednesday at 8 p. m.
1’. V. P. U. meets every Friday even
iug at 7 p. m. Miss Jewell Freeman,
President.
MAIiSFIELD METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. W. A. Simmons, Pastor.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday at
7 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday morn
ing at 10. , 1 . s. McGarity, Superin¬
tendent.
Womans Missionary Society meets
Monday at 3 p. »i„ after and and 4th
Sundays.
Preaching every 2nd and 4th Sunday
mornings at 11 o’clock and evenings at
7.30.
CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. .1. ,|. Winburu, Pastor.
Preaching every First Sunday at Id
a. in.
Prayer Meeting every Sunday night
Sunday School evry Sunday at 8 p.
in.
WALNUT GROVE METHODIST.
CHURCH.
Rev. G. XV. Tumlin, Pastor.
Preaching every Third Sunday morn
Sng and night.
Sunday School every Sunday moru
>< U ' Ml W ’ S ' 0a '' t( ‘ 1 '
Wntendent
Woman’s Missionary Auxiliary nioc's
eVfry Third Sunday afternoon'at 2.80
o’clock, " Mrs. J. C. Broadnax, Presi
dent.
Parsonage Aid Society meets every
Third Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
Mrs. A. C. Clay, President.
PROSPECT METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. J. s. Strickland, pastor.
Preaching every Fourth Sunday and
the Saturday before, morning and
night. Sunday School at 10 o’clock
every Sunday morning; Mr. T. W.
Hicks, superintendent.
LUTHER HAYS, H USTON, OA.
Rev. .1. B. Ficklen, Past* r.
Preaching service on the 1st and Sort
Sundays at 4 o’clock.
SNAPPING SHOALS METHODIST
CHURCH.
Rev. J. S. Strickland, Pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday after¬
noon at 3 o’clock. R. R. Time, Prof. E.
N. Raynolds, of Mansfield. Superin¬
tendent.
A1.MON BAPTIST mURCIl.
Rev. Richard Floyd. Pastor.
Preaching First Sunday and Satur¬
day before in.each month at ltl o’clock,
a. m. '
. ,
Sunday School at 3 o’clock, p. m.
day when Sunday School will meet at
10 o’clock. A. J. Wingate Superin¬
tendent.
ALMON METHDOIST CHURCH
Rev. .1. S. Strickland, Pastor.
Preaching every third Sunday and
Saturday before at 11 o'clock.
W. S. Marbut, Sunday School Suj>
erintenent
MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. W. S. Walker, of Monroe, pastor
Services every Fourth Sunday morn¬
ing and evening.
T. G. Roggus, Superintendent of Sun¬
day School, every Sunday afternoon
2:30 o’clock, except on Fourth Sun¬
day, when it is at 10 o’clock in the
morning .
SALEM METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. J. S. Strickland, pastor.
Preaching every Second Sunday
morning and night. Sunday School sit
10 o’clock every Sunday morning; Mr
Wm Boyd, Superintendent.
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THE BRAVER OF 4 MAN;
Teach ibe that sixty minutes make
' On- hour, sixteen ounces one pound,
and one hundred cents one dollar.
Help me to live so that I can lie down
at night with a clear conscience, with¬
out a gun under my pillow and un¬
haunted by the faoes'of those whom I
have brought pain.
Grant, I lieseech Thee, that I may
earn my meal ticket on the’square, and
in doing thereof that I may not. stick
ihe gaff where it does not belong.
Heafen me to the jingle of tainted
money and the rustle of unholy skirts
Blind me to the faults of the other
fellow, but reveal to me mine own.
Guide me so that, each night when I
look across the dinner table at my
"ite. who has been a hlessiny to me. I
will have nothing to conceal.
Keep m, young enough to laugh with
my children and to lose myself in play.
And when comes the smell of flowers
and the trend of soft steps, and the
rushing of the hearse's wheels in the
-Travel in front of my place, make the
*’rcinon.v short and the epitaph sim
ple: "Here lies a man.”—Ex.
Bankers Kill Help You
Buy U. S. Liberty Bonds
Patriotic bankers and brokers the
nation over are making it easy for
everybody to buy United States Lib
etry War Bonds. The fact that you
have not an abundance of readv
money need not prevent your helping
your government by ordering United
Sta'es Liberty bonds. See your bank
er or broker today and ask him about
easy terms.
The U. S. A. can make two and one
half cannon for every- one the Kaiser
builds. Help build, those cannon by
buying United States Liberty Bonds.
See your banker or your broker today
President Wilson has bought United
States Liberty Bonds. Have you?
Vour Governor has bought United
States Liberty Bonds. Have you?
MT. TABOR METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. W It. Branham, Pastor.
Services every Second Sunday morn¬
ing at 11 o’clock.
Preaching every First Sunday morn¬
ing and night. Sunday School every
Sunday morning at 10 o’clock; Mr. I.
N. Smith, and Saturday before.
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
J. J. Stephenson, Pastor.
E. T. Hull, Superintendent.
Preaching Third Sunday in each
month.
isfen!
There Is Money Waiting for You
Take advantage of it by gathering up all your Scrap
Iron and Junk, and letting us know about it.
We are located at Covington and are prepared to buy
Junk, Scrap-Iron, Metals, Rubber, Bags, Bags, Bones.
Old Automobiles a specialty. Also Boilers-spceial rates
in ear lots. We pay highest top market price for Junk
—more than any one else in this territory. We assure
you good weights, go to your home after it and pay you
for it,-you’re not out a penny. Tell us where it is and
let us make you a bid. Get money out of stuff that you
have thrown away. Remember us and call today.
DeKalb Junk Company
Branch Office: Covington
Location: Hendricks Barn Back ot Courthouse
COVINGTON, - - GEORGIA
faojs mi
For Good Job Priting Come to The News!
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GEORGIA RAILROAD
Efficient and Reliable
Passenger and Freight Route
Ample Train service and good connections
Elegant road bed and superb equipment
Special rates for special occasions very often in effect
Ask the Georgia Railroad Agent for rates and schedules
J. P. BILLUPS, General Passsenger Agent,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA i
mat
Many Bargains Await You
=AT OUR STORE—=
Children’s Dresses 25 to 50c
Ladies’ Dresses $ 1.00
Ladies’ Silk Hose 25c
Ladies’ Shirt Waists 50c
Corduroy Skirts 08c up
Dress Ginghams 11c yd
Lace 2 1=2 yd up
Not so much advances in our line
C0ME-LET US SHOW YOU
Pennington’s 5 & 10c
Dept. Store
