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CROSS DRIVE TO
u
ijn's Quota of the $100,
(000 is $3,500. Every¬
body is Invited to
Contribute.
Human Newton Thomas County G. Calla- Red
D f the about
. Committee, has
■eted details for the drive
(500 which will commence
£ y 20th ano continue for
leek, the object of the cam-
1 being the securing of
ton’s quota of the $100,000
Ueded in the promotion of
>oss work.
■airman Callaway has
d the following well known
■ ers tc act as district chair
land they will be expected
point as many assistants as
hsidered advisable:
|m Creek District—K. C.
1 am.
latt District—R. E. Lee.
fc'ck Store District—Mrs. J.
eeves
Iwborn District—G. B. Nel
^nsfield District—J. S. Mc
fiys (ty.
District—A. C. Belcher
)r. R. L. Hollis.
[•ewers Lithers District—W. C. Pope
District.—R. F. Dick
fguin District—Will "Cook.
Dcky Plains District—James
npson.
owns District—J. W. King.
N. Hicks, L. W. Jarman,
orterdale—Mass Mary Por
,lmon District—J. W. F.
k, W. S. Marbut.
xford District—Prof. N. A.
Itansells dyear
District—C. D. Ram¬
in raising the district quota
committees should receive
liberal co-operation ofl all
biotic citizens. It is true
It other funds have been su¬
ited past for few the Red Cross during
bnty weeks, but Newton
is expected to subscribe
1500 to the national fund to be
fleeted May 20-27.
The chairman or any member
the committee will take pleas
e in furnishing any informa
n desired and will recive and
me receipts for subscriptions,
tere are more than tv/enty
ousand people residing in
swton county arid the required
lount should be raised in four
jfhe ys.
Red Cross Society is do¬
te a wonderful work for the
lied armies and they must be
|pported home. by those who remai
pTTER FROM DR. MELTON
ddor Covington New r s:
Mr. Richard P. Lester has ap
•mted you, Dr. R. L. Hollis, of
Cr™’ Pmmittee and for me the as Red a publicity
Pmpagn. May Cross
20-27. The ap
K l n ^ as made some time
«o, u but T I have deferred
be matter up because taking
son advised President
, so all committee
fnairmen. 1
uader ftand that the quota
13 A 8Kle COdnty is only
umha from the large
:‘ * af , ^ plendid young mer.
„ ow J 1 ! 1 the colors, the
}ea . ‘ . across
training in the
iastVn H eS ’ ^ ew ton county
I 8 / hu !*° r of being the home
town C ? vin ^ ton nom.
*ho vf h/ of n been Howard r selected W. Odum, Home
en n y as
-eor^a of th e Amer
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bon Upert ?V r b i . lshed , m cabled in the informa Atlanta
u f ppears that
three in?hVl? at least
Saturd^t ^ de r that ®° unt y ^ys reviewed were
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ln London by the king
DuimK, * iu lt°n, England: O^tab
P ‘ e Cantain Young
Ralph It Tk^ ' 1h °mpson. Ser ' and Many Serceant
of l? more
there 8 soon be “over
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Contributed by VV. L. Starrett.
OFFICERS WAGE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST AUTO SPEEDERS
Recorder C. C. King Assessed 12
Fines in Police Court Mon
day Morning.
Recorder C. C. King Monday
morning assesed tines against
twelve persons charged with vio¬
lating the speed ordinance of the
City of Covington.
Recorder King stated that the
m nirr um fine for speeding would
be five dollars and costs for ordi
nary violations, which would be
increased if the court deemed it
advisable.
The officers are on the alert
and any flagrant violators of the
ordinance will be arrested and
arraigned before the Recorder
at the regular Monday morning,
matinee.
speedily raise our quota an d go
over the top with a whoop?
Various plans for raising this
money may be suggested when
our committee gets together this
week. In the meantime, I would
suggest tljat every man, woman
and child in the county give “one
day’s pay” to this very sacred
cause. The women and girls,
God bless them, know how to
raise money for worthy objects
and I would suggest that they
make their plans at once.
In this connection I wish to
state that twelve young men of
Emory have kindly consented to
accompany me to any point in
the county, where a public gath¬
ering can be arranged, and to
deliver four-minute speeches on
Red Cross-. These young mer
are Messrs. Ray Mullins, Rags¬
dale, Stephenson, Ballard. Cross,
Spears, Sanders, Stone, Melton,
Stubbs and Humphrey. We are
ready to be called by any com¬
munity in the county.
Respectfully.
W. F. Melton, Chmn.,
Publicity Committee.
Covington, Georgia, Thursday, May 16, 1918
TRACKER DROPS DEAO
AT 0XF0RDJ0ME TUESDAY
Had Just Cranked His Automo
Bile Preparatory to Driving
to Covington.
Mr. Henry B. Thacker, a prom
inenet and popular citizen of Ox¬
ford, died suddenly about 8
o’clock Tuesday morning, as he
was leaving home to bring his
children to Covington to school,
death striking him from the
field of action just after he had
cranked his automobile and
leaned to the front to adjust the
mechanism.
Mr. Thacker was about forty
five years of age, and while he
had not been in vigorous health
for several weeks, his unexpect¬
ed death was a great shock to
his family and friends, apoplexy
being assigned as the cause.
The deceased is survived by
.his wiodw, four daughters, one
son and numerous other rela¬
tives, many of whom were pres¬
ent at the funeral Wednesday
afternoon in Oxford, Rev, Wil¬
liam Duncan, and Rev. J. B.
Ficklen, of the Presbyterian
church* of which Mr. Thacker
was a member, conducting the
obsequies.
The Woodmen of the
officiated at the grave, practic¬
ally the entire membership of
the camp being present to pay to
the last tribute of respect
their worthy brother, in whose
memory' tney will unveil a mon¬
ument at a time tc be announced
later.
TOURISTS HERE SATURDAY
The executive committee of
the Georgia Automobile Associ¬
ation, headed by Walter P. An¬
drew’s, president: and Frank T.
Reynolds, secretary, will be in
Covington uviji *Sat Lun iiuiij from U* nday^afternoon"and 3:00 ^ until 3:30
o’clock large!
should be greeted by a
crowd in the Central Park.
AUBIE GOINS DIES AS
RESULT OF INJURIES
Young Soldier from Starrsville
Was Caught Beneath Auto¬
mobile Saturday Night.
Aubie Goins, of Company E,
121st Infantry, Camp Wheeler,
a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Goins, of Starrsville, ffied at 2
o’clock Monday morning at the
base hospital as the result of
injuries sustained ih an auto¬
mobile wreck near Byron last
Saturday night, w r hen he was
pinned beneath an overturned
car.
It was first thought that
young Goins’ neck was broken,
but a careful examination dis¬
closed that the backbone had
been injured, which was fol¬
lowed by paralysis, from which
he failed to rally.
Just how the accident oc¬
curred is not known, but the car
overturned and the soldier was
pinned beneath. The remains
were brought to Starrsville for
interment.
Oliver Allgood Under Bail
For Violating Speed Law.
Oliver Allgood, driver of the
automobile which was wrecked
on Sunday’ afternoon, May r 5th,
killing Miss Lillie Mae Ollie and
seriously injuring Miss Annie
Foster, was on Thursday after¬
noon of last week acquitted of
the charge of criminal negli¬
gence, Justice Joe S. Peek pre¬
siding. but was placed under bail
in the sum of $100.00 for vio¬
lating the Staff law’ against
speeding.
B. B. Lee, who recently ten¬
dered his services to the United
States Government at Fort Ogle
Thorpe, was rejected on account
of minor defects and has re
turned to Covington.
ANNUAL CHAUTAUQUA WILL BEGIN
FRIDAY WITH EXCELLENT PROGRAM
HUNDREDS OF TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD AND CITI¬
ZENS ARE URGED TO CONTRIBUTE TO SUC¬
CESS OF ANNUAL EVENT. SAVE MONEY
BY PURCHASING SEASON TICKET.
NEWTON SHOULD HAVE
MANY GREAT EXHIBITS
Li\ cstock Exhibit Should be the
Largest of Any County Or¬
ganization in Georgia.
Many Specials.
The livestock exhibit of the
Newton County Fair this fall
can easily be made the best of
a»y county fair in the State of
Georgia. Those who saw the
cattle and hogs last fall at the
little one-day show which we
held, can testify to the quality of
them, and the quantity, too. One
farmer from Conyers who was
present on that day and saw the
exhibit said that he was going
back home and sell what he had,
and buy some cattle. The south¬
ern representative of a certain
cream separator concern re¬
marked that the number of reg¬
istered Jersey cows on farms in
this county was surprising, and
that he knew of no other place
where Jersey cattle was so com¬
mon, about all over the county.
The same thing could be said in
this county of beef cattle and
hogs.
Livestock breeders are anx¬
ious that the stock exhibit be a
big success. There is only one
way to make it that, and it is to
get ready, and start at it now.
You cannot wait until fall and
then get an animal ready for
show'. It must be fitted. The
premiums offered by the fair are
good and encouraging. Every
owner of some registered ani¬
mal in the county must make it
a point to show at least one ani¬
mal of the breed at our fair. If
they do this, then the stock ex¬
hibit w’ill be educative and worth
while seeing. If you cannot
show any stock yourself, then
talk to your neighbor and get
him to bring along that cow or
hog. It will mean something to
you and him. You will learn
more about animal raising by
doing this.
Some special prizes are going
to be offered in the Popltry De¬
partment. The competition here
is expected to be very keen. One
breeder in the county says he
will offer $25.00 in prizes for
poultry of a certain breed.
The Community Clubs in the
different districts are doing very
good work in getting ready for
the fair. One club is going to
have a special label printed to
place on all canned products. A
committee has already been ap¬
pointed to look after the club’s
exhibit.
The ladies of the county will
have a special department of
their own this year, and a part
of the buildings will be turned
over to this department to be
used exclusively by the ladies.
Every district in the county will
have a booth for the ladies’ de¬
partment, and in this will be
shown the canned products, fan¬
cy work, cooking, etc. This is
a special feature of the Newton
County Fair, and will prove very
successful.
, Every district in the county
will have a committee appointed
to look after the agricultural ex¬
hibits. Every district will have
a booth of its own and a big pre¬
mium is offered for the best
booth.
Begin now to get ready for
this. Collect oat and wheat ex¬
hibits as soon as they are ripe.
You cannot put this off. Pick
out some special crops that you
particularly like and are inter¬
ested in, and make a special ex¬
hibit of this. Plant crops to
show at the fair. This is the
only w’ay that we can make the
An Ad in The News Is
Worth Four On
The Fence.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
j Superintendent Wallace Tut
i tie, of the Lincoln Chautauqua
| ior System, and Miss Rutledge, Jun¬
Supervisor, are in the city
completing arrangements 3 or
the opening of the annual ebr u
tauqua Friday morning, at
which time Major Povah will tie
l’ver his popular and instructive
lecture on the war.
The tent has been erected on
the high school grounds instead
of the Central Park as it was at
first contemplated and every ef¬
fort will be exerted in the pro¬
motion of the comfort of the
large crowds expected to attend
the daily sessions.
Superintendent Tuttlq, makes
The positive assertion that the
program is the best securable
for the money guaranteed and
especially recommends Monta
ville Flowers, who will deliver a
lecture on “The Case of Ger¬
many.”
The program includes a num¬
ber of interesting and entertain¬
ing features, such as have sel¬
dom been presented in a city the
size of Covington, and the pro¬
moters of the enterprise deserve
rnd will doubtless have the lib¬
eral co-operation of the people
ef this city and vicinity.
Hundreds of tickets have been
sold, but there are many people
m Covington who have not re¬
sponded. Nobody can afford to
miss even one number of this
brilliant program, and by pur¬
chasing tickets before Friday
1 hey will relieve the pressure on
the minds of the promoters. Sea¬
son tickets are 01 sale at all the
drug stores and solicitors are
waging an active canvass of the
city.
Single admissions amount to
^4.30 for adults and $2.10 for
children. By taking advantage
cf the season rate all the attrac¬
tions may be seen for $2.00 for
adults and $1.00 for children.
The Chautauqua is a part of the
National Defense to keep the
home fires burning. It is a
v ommunity event and deserves
the support of every patriotic
citizen.
MEETING OF U. D. C.
The next meeting of the U. D.
C. will be held at the home of
Mrs. R. E. Everitt, on Floyd
street, on Thursday, May 23, at
3:30 o’clock, instead of Tuesday
the regular day, on account of
the Lincoln Chautauqua which
will be here at that time.
The Musical Club will have
charge of the program,* which
will be an interesting one, and a
large attendance is urged.
thing a success and what it
should be.
The stockholders and direc¬
tors will have to advertise in or¬
der that our fair may be a suc¬
cess. You will have to see that
the people in your community
get ready. Don’t put this off,
but start right now. If the
stockholders do not talk fair all
the time to everybody every time
they get a chance, then the ex¬
hibit this fall will be short, dis¬
appointing and discouraging to
all. People from nearby towns
and counties who come to Cov¬
ington to see our fair will go
away and think less of NewTon
county. They will believe that
few people here know how, or
are willing to do things for the
public and for the benefit of all.
There is no doubt that the fair
will be educative and cultural to
all w’ho see it and who are public
spirited. Let’s learn the spirit
of co-operation now’, and all bo
boosters. All must get together,
and do what we start out to do.
