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ANS PERFECTED FOR HOLDING GREAT PATRIOTIC
ALLY SN COVINGTON NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Rate is
ROTTEN COSH
are Experiencing
irable Difficulty
Making Condem¬
nations.
ita, Ga., April 3.—(Spe
b’nless extreme precau
[re taken in the matter of
stock on corn shipped in
|)-gia, there will be more
bimals in the State in the
months than ever be
om any single cause.
isandb u! T'°^ upon coinal< thousands of |
18 h e( K i
into -eoTgiuKun l u. ;
wtht, an tie ^ c b u,e ,
epaitment is laving ,
t can do m keeping.track |
’ condemning such ship
is corn was harvested har
under unfavorable weath
|iditions and the result is j
|te, it comes into the Georgia
full of moisture, it be-
3 overheated, ferments, and 1
ii,, ; n fgp ’j Stltl hpro j
ben cases in which
Food Inspector P. A. Meth- j
n opening a car of hot con,
eal for inspection, found j
tench so great that it had ;
allowed to air for some
before any one could go in j
Similar conditions have.
found to prevail with a {
[her or cars of “sweet feeds' !
live Iped into Georgia with 1
moisture in them. j
Augusta the ,, other ,, day, , __ Mr.
;hvin condemned $35,000
h of spoiled corn, and or
led it denatured so that 1 • ,
not be used as stock feed.
|s There corn had already been bush- pait;
are now 10,000
lof meal in Atlanta under eon
nnation for similar reasons,
plore than 100,000 bushels of
corn and meal are now tied
jin [ten the and State, putrid on condition. account of Un¬ its,
is a stop can be put to these
[pments, bushel** there will be a mil
here within the nexi
frty which days, most of it paid for.
ter the purchaser i
thout redress.
ecellent Program is Being Ar¬
ranged by Ladies of
the Memorial
Association.
Hon. Hooper Alexander, oi
[tlanta, the Northern United States Attorney
n' District of
| leorgia, has accepted an invita
on from the Ladies’ Memorial
Association to deliver the Memo
lal address in Covington at 3
dock on Friday afternoon,
pnl 26th, for which occasion
In CtiVe pl ' 0frram is
mnged
it is requested that prepare
. he
ions made for the suspension
f all business operations during
he exercises and it is believed
hat every citizen of Covington
rtll gladly comply with this rea¬
sonable request.
Special provision will be made
R 1 The comfort and
[y The Confederate Veterans
r 1S hoped that every one
F an attend will be present
hear one of Georgia’s most
quent and patriotic sons
them.
The Emory College
°JP S w iU participate in the
r a y. e y the other features
p'hich 1 will be later.
announced
dime @wmgm ”NW
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Many Shipments Made During
Conservation Period. Ef
fective Again May 1st.
Suspension for thirty days of
the federal food administration
regulations governing meatless
days will begin Tuesday, accord¬
ing to an announcement by Ma¬
jor D. F. McClatc-hey, executive
secretary of the food adminis¬
tration for Georgia.
Meatless days became effec¬
tive last fall when the plan was
p rov ^ e( j j )y government to
aid in conservation of meat in
country to increase export
supplies of food products to the
na j.j ons 0 £ E ur 0 p e associated
Sam in the vvar .
As a result of the strict ob¬
servance of the rule by hotels
and restaurants and the homes
in the United States, enormous
supplies of meat accumulated
during the past few months toi
foreign shipments. The legu
lations will be abandoned for the
next month to give the Govern
™ ent an opportunity to increase
Their shipping facilities to han
die the meat consignments foi
Europe,
QJftRTERLY .. CONFERENCE AT .*
BED ---------- 01 ON APRIL ----- 20TH --
Churches of the Newton Circuit
Will Assemble in Second
Session.
__
The second quarterly confer
tillvv of the Newton circuit will
be held at Red Oak on Saturday,
April 20th. It is necessary to
change the date from June 1st
to April 20th and we request
each member of Gaithers, Love
joy, Red Oak and Covington
Mills who sees this notice to as
■ sist in announcing the date and
I
I place.
I There will be preaching i\t 11
| o’clock by the presiding elder, the
| Rev. B. F. Fraser, dinner on
' ground and conference at 2:30.
‘ As there will be special business
j ! before tion of the delegates conference, to district the con
| ference and other business trust of
circuit-wide intrest, we
each member will feel it his duty
to be present.
Everybody invited.
J. W. O. McKibben, P. C.
W. S. S. Sales at Post Office
During March Were $6,533.17
Under the direction of Post¬
master J. L. Callaway, who is
manifesting an active interest in
the movement, $6,533.17 worth
f of War Savings Stamps
j so i d during the month of
throught the Covington Post
The > )eo >’ le “ f
c ™nty , are convinced that
Government offers no better
vestment than the stamps,
no person can purchase
than one thousand dollars
There is no limit to the
Bonds, which are as good as
Government.
Drug Store Building New
Contractors are at work
structing a new front for
handsome building occupied
Smith’s Drug Store, which
make it one of the most
tive drug stores in this section
the State.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4,
« MTV PARADE TO ECLIPSE
MV EVER BEFORE ATTEMPTED BT
ANT OF THE SMALLER CITIES
MILITARY BAND, CITIZENS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, RELA¬
TIVES, FRIENDS AND ORGANIZATIONS EXPECTED
TO PARTICIPATE. DR. DAVID MARX, ELO¬
QUENT RABBI, WILL DELIVER ADDRESS.
Bearing a star for every boy and man from Newton county
who is serving his country in the great war for Democracy, a huge
service flag will be flung to the breeze in the public square in Cov¬
ington at three o'clock Saturday afternoon. The flag-raising will
be preceded by a monster patriotic mass meeting to which every
< ne is invited.
It is particularly requested that the parents and brothers and
sisters and wives of those w r ho have gone to the front attend the
meeting. Reserved seats have been provided for all soldiers’ and
sailors’ parents as they will have an especial part in the ceremony.
Music for the occasion will be furnished by a regimental band from
Camp Gordon.
Rev. David Marx, of Atlanta, will deliver a patriotic address
and an officer of the great army of France which so valiantly de¬
fended Verdun and at Somme, will bring a message to the parents
of Newton county boys in the army. He will describe to them
what he has been through during his three years of service. His
message will inform the parents of our boys “Over There” the
actual conditions on the line of battle.
It is especially fitting that Newton county should hold its
flag-raising on Saturday, that day being the first anniversary of
our entering the World War. It also marks the opening of the
Third Liberty Loan campaign.
The gigantic service flag, which will have more than 200 stars,
was made especially to be presented to Newton county by the girls
of the State Normal School at Athens. The presentation will be
made to County School Superintendent G. C. Adams by Misses
Olenda Taylor and Ruth Milner. Every school in Newton county
is expected to be represented by a large delegation and arrange¬
ments are being made to accommodate the largest crowd Covington
has ever witnessed. . »■
Covington’s part in the opening of the -Third Liberty Loan
campaign will be similar to that of every other city in the country.
At seven in the morning whistles will be blown and church bells
rung. In the afternoon, starting at half-past two, a huge parade
will form in line at the school building. The line of march will be
i ! announced and auto in the county is invited to have
every owner
his car at the public school building before that hour.
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PROGRAM. *
u i <irdu0. , ......................................♦ 0 .on P m
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Song—“America”.................School children of the
Accompanied by Regimental Band.
Invocation...............................Dr. Wm. Duncan.
Introduction of Speaker...................Dr. Elam Dempsey.
Address..................................Dr. David Marx.
Music
Address...............................By a French Off icer.
Song—“Star Spangled Banner.”
Presentation of the Newton County Service Flag by Miss Olenda
Taylor.
Acceptance of Flag on Behalf of the County......By G. C. Adams.
Song—Doxology.
Benediction.............................Rev. B. F. Fraser.
NEWTON COUNTY BOYS NOW IN THE SERVICE:
Charles Mobley
Rupert Moblej.
Bryfce Thompson.
George G. Huson.
Quimby Melton.
Iverson Adams.
Bernard Piper.
Ernest Smith.
Ernest Peek.
A. L. Loyd.
Virgil Stevens.
Myers Dillard.
Fielding Dillard.
J. O. Bradshaw.
Clarence Meador.
Jack Meador.
Herbert Boland.
John Hutchens.
Cleve Crenshaw.
W. B. Shepherd.
Carl Lunsford.
George Towlar.
Fred Barnes.
T. C. Swann.
W. R. S til well.
Charlie Clark.
Claiborne Cash.
James W. Crowley.
James R. Savage.
John Kelly.
James Stone.
Lover Harwell.
Genius Tuggle.
Joe Moore.
Luther H. Cooper.
Lorenzo Langley.
j Allen Cook.
Walter Weaver.
Gordon Neal.
Joe Collins.
Levie Gaither.
James Gordon.
Ornest Heard.
Hubert Banks.
Eddie Lovgan.
Grady Terrell.
Homer Barnes.
Johnnie Benford.
Carlton A. Lee.
Clarence Christian.
Augustus Hawkins.
Victor Grubbs.
Otis H. Adams.
Roy Davis.
B. P. Hand.
William Heard.
Roy Rouse.
Willie Bonner.
Starr Dial.
Lucius Dobbs.
Holland Banks.
H. J. Bowers.
William Bailey.
John Dvyakind.
Reynolds Smith.
John Lee Bowers.
William Hewell.
Aubie Goins..
Clayton Smith.
Ethan Melton.
Henry Meador.
Roy Stephenson.
John Clarke.
Continued on Last Page, Col. 4
m [0 J! mcepied ts
ROW. HIE NIL CARRIERS
Services in Past Have Been
Quite Satisfactory and Feld
is Again Open.
Women are to be taken on as
rural route mail carriers all over
the country as a war emergency
measure, according to informa¬
tion given in the office of the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General, James I. Blakslee. The
first examination to which wom
en will be eligible will take place
on April 27 in all sections where
there are vacancies and where
men carriers are unattainable.
Eligible First Time Since 1911
This is the first time since
1911 that women have been eli¬
gible for such posts, except in
rare cases as substitutes. Pre¬
vious to that time the service
was opened to them for a short
time, but while their work was
satisfactory, climatic conditions
in the Northwest were such as
to make it inadvisable to use
them generally, and the privilege
of examination was denied them.
Two Hundred Now in Service.
There are now in the ruarl
route service 200 women carriers
who are holdovers from those
early examinations. According
to the Fourth Assistant Post
Master General, who has charge
of rural routes, their services
have been quite satisfactory, and
in opening IJie field again to
women his office looks for grati¬
fying results.
HI6H SCHOOL SELECTS
SEVERAL CONTESTANTS
9- Monday night 77 7 m the school
n
auditorium the Covington High
School held its final preliminary
to select representatives of this
vir*hr>r>l to the District MpGt to b6
held in Covington this month.
Strong competition was evident
in every feature of the work and
taken as a whole the contest was
very creditable indeed and it
predicted that Covington school
will be close runner-up in the lit¬
erary events. It will be remem¬
bered that this school brought
back the literary trophy from
Elberton last year. The follow¬
ing young people will represent
Covington in the various events
on April 18th and 19th:
Boys’ Spelling, James White;
Girls’ Spelling, Evelyn Cohen;
Boys’ Ready Writing, Pierce
King; Girls’ Ready Writing,
Margaret Porter: Debate, Jack
Davis, Joseph Gary, James
White and Richard Lester; Mu¬
sic, Eugenia Thompson; Decla¬
mation, Jack Davis; Recitation,
Josephine Franklin.
Reports are coming in from
other schools and a great meet¬
ing is anticipated for April 18th
and 19th. Covington will be full
of young people. Perhaps two
hundred and fifty delegates will
be here. Let everybody do bis
part to make the meet a success.
Prepare to take care of some 01
the delegates and you will feel
amply repaid for the trouble by
the enthusiasm of these young
people. Many visitors will be
coming but let us take care of
our delegates first and then visi¬
tors second.
I All together for the greatest
| meet district in the Association. history of the Eighth
:
DO YOUR BIT FOR THE U. S.
-
It is the patriotic duty of
ery loyal citizen of Newton coun
ty to co-operate with the Liberty
Ix)an Committee in securing
Newton county’s apportionment
! of $200,000. The campaign will
open next Saturday and every
person in the county will be giv
en an opportunity to purchase
one or more bonds.
PATRONIZE OUR
ADVERTISERS
MENTION THE NEWS
$1.50 Per Year In Advance
w. S. S SAFES SHOW
A DEGIOED INCREASE
Chairman of Committee Urges
Upon the People the Full
Performance of Their
Duty.
The War Savings Stamp cam¬
paign is waxing warm in Newton
county. More than $2500 worth
were bought last week. One
person joined the $1000 club and
several the $100 club.
We need two new $1000 mem¬
bers each weke until the end of
the year and three $100 mem¬
bers each day. We must have
100 $1000 members and 1000
$100 members this year, and ev¬
erybody in the county, old and
young, boys and girls, men and
women, black and white are re¬
spectfully urged to buy at least
one 25c stamp.
The Third Liberty Loan cam¬
paign will begin soon. This is
intended for the wealthy, as only
$1000 worth of stamps can be
sold to one person. All those
w r ho desire (and have the mon¬
ey) may buy a million dollars’
worth of the Liberty Bonds.
Most of us in Newton county will
confine ourselves to War Stamps
and show our love for country by
investing our savings in them.
They are the best paying se¬
curity ever sold by the Govern¬
ment. They pay 4.27 per cent.
It is to be hoped that no per¬
son in our county will feel that
he is doing too much for a Gov¬
ernment that has protected him,
his property, and his family all
his life, when he lends all the
money he can spare to it even if
he must do without some lux¬
ury.
If you think you need a new
suit be a Christian Scientist to
the extent of feeling that it is
only mortal mind in error, while
the war is going on at least.
Wear the old pair of shoes and
hat and make them fashionable
during the war. Turn the chil¬
dren barefoot as in the old days
and let them use the money the
shoes would cost to buy War
Savings Stamps to make our
own United States stronger to
conquer the world-domineering
Kaiser.
Make no more excuses—you
can spare the money. Your
country needs it; you owe it to
the U. S. Our boys bear the
brunt of battle to save our homes
to be our castles still. Are we
so little and stingy, selfish and
our worship of Mammon that it
tears asunder our joints and
marrow to part from it?
Some of us have the financial
sweeny. Our hide needs pulling
away from the bone and a peg¬
ging awl used to puncture it so
that it may be blown up. For
God’s sake stop limping around
and squeezing your pennies, but
buy War Savings Stamps to the
point of hurting a little.
j Our boys must have our loyal
j sup p or t Let us lend the Gov¬
ernment money liberally so that
they may have plenty of every¬
thing they need. Let us deny
ourselves and follow Him who
said, ‘Come unto me all ye that
labor and are heavy laden and I
will crive vou rest.”
G. C. ADAMS. Chmn.
W. S. S. Committee.
Negro Doctor Ordered to Leave
Dr. J. H. Hammond, the negro
practitioner, convicted of oper
! ating without a license during
j the reent term of Newton Sup«
rior court, was sentenced to pay
> a fine of $100 or a fine of $50 and
j agree to leave the eouny, accord- his
ing to report, has transferred
operations to Rockdale county.
Hammond claims to be skilled in
the distillation of herbs and
roots and introduced witnesses
to prove the efficacy of his ad
ministrations.
