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The Wise Advertiser
Never Whispers—
He Shouts.
10, Number 19
FOR COMMENCEMENT
E rmon by Dr. Branson Sunday
Morning. Graduating Ex¬
ercises Wednesday Even¬
ing.
The annual commencement ex¬
cises of the Covington High
-hool will be held next week
then a class of twenty their boys diplomas and
jirls will receive
pom the Eleventh Grade of this
jpular school, which, under the
jle management of Superinten
lent H. B. Robertson, is com¬
peting one of the most success
il terms in the history of the
istitution.
A brilliant program has been
[rranged, will the opening number at the of
yhich be a sermon
lethodist church at 11 o’clock
iext Sunday morning Rica, by Rev. Ga., all T.
Branson, of Villa
ihe congregations in the city
foining in the services. beginning
Monday evening, at
o’clock, the Music and Expres¬
sion rection Departments of Misses Gheesling under the and di¬
■Stanford, will give a recital in
the school auditorium.
On Tuesday evening at the Su¬
perintendent’s home the Junior
Senior reception will be held.
The graduation exercises will
ae held Wednesday evening at
1:15 o’clock in the school audi¬
torium, at which time Hen. John
P. Boifeuillet, of the State Rail
[way fgia’s Con.mission, most popular one citizens of Geor- and
eloquent orators, will deliver the
annual address, after which the
diplomas will be awarde i
.School Notes.
On Monday morning at the
chapel exercises Superintendent
H. B. Robertson awarded to the
Covington High School the two
| beau 1 ’ful loving curs won by this
| schc School 1 during the recert High
Meet held here. It will
be remembered that the Coving
I ton school tied with Washington
| for Greensboro the Literary for trophy the and Athletic with
j Trophy and wishing to be gen
[ erous schools Covington to take the permitted these hand
i cups on
with them, awaiting our own
| awards dered. until others could be or¬
The Covington High School
will be well represented in the
State Meet to be held in Athens
early in June. Messrs. James
White and Richard Lester will
represent the Eighth District ir
Debate, Miss Evelyn Cohen wiF
represent the District in Spelling
I and Richard Lester will repre¬
sent the District in the 220-yard
| dash and the 440-yard dash in
| the athletics.
While the people of the county
and in Covington are striving
I this week to do their bit to raist
the Red Cross quota, the chil¬
dren of the Public Schools have
not been idle. On Monday the
teachers of the Covington school
announced to the children that
they would make a drive Tues¬
day to raise something to add tc
■he contributions of the grown
ups. On Tuesday at chapel the
reports from the various grade?
^ere the stage read out, while twelve seated Red Cross upon
were
nurses from the second grade.
nthusiasm was riot and every
fifrade made a splendid showing
^ ^ en the final report was
F ea f\ tne contributions amounted
*t32.56 with over 80 per cent
but' e C ^^ ren ma ^ing contri
*OR UNDER BAIL
RUNNING DOWN MAN
s 58jton, V Bird, formerly of Cov
ne was Tuesday bound over
, sa Perior court by the Re
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thp !!f Atlanta on
C rge °. f inv oluntary man
slm, anw^F; Bird driving
was the
Cien n° r, e vis struck retired Rev. Method- Lu
ist ' > a
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nessp-° ^ on Thursday after
wee k- Many wit¬
he^ ^ f a ^ ef i that the
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TO CONDUCT REVIVAL
Methodists Are Planning for a
Great Time on June 2nd.
Everybody is
Invited.
Rev. Charles M. Dunaway, of
DeFuniak Spings, Fla., one of
the most prominent and suc¬
cessful revivalists in Southern
Methodism, will commence a se¬
ries of revival meetings at the
Covington Methodist church on
Sunday morning, June 2nd, at
11 o’clock.
Evangelist Dunaway was in¬
vited to come to Covington by
Rev. T. J. Christian, pastor of
i;he church in which the revival
is to be held, who will co-operate
fully in the services, to which
the members of all denomina¬
tions and every one else is in¬
vited.
Few men preach the gospel
with more p.wer than Mr. Duna¬
way, who is especially gifted for
revival work, w r hich, with his
knowledge of men, women and
Lhe ways of the world, make him
a mighty factor for good. Un¬
der his ministry men and women
n all walks of life have been con¬
certed, not only in Georgia, but
several other States, and his
meetings are always wide-open
.o the public.
Whether or not one believes in
modern evangelism, the results
af the Dunaway revivals cannot
be doubted, there being hundreds
of people in Georgia who were
won to Christ under his minis¬
try. Mr. Dunaway doesn’t hesi¬
tate to preach the gospel in its
fullness and he never fails to
grip a congregation. Covington
needs a revival of religion and
the man who is to come among
as is a happy, willing worker
who may be depended on to do
more than his part.
OVER THE TOP WITH
RED CROSS DRIVE
Chairman Callaway Issues Im¬
portant Announcement to
the District Com¬
mittees.
The committees have received
sufficient contributions to insure
the collection of Newton county’s
quota of $3,500 for the National
Red Cross Fund. The people of
the city district are responding
liberally and incomplete reports
from a number of the rural dis¬
tricts are not entirely reassur¬
ing, but it is hoped that the dis¬
trict committees will speed up
and report collections in full by
Saturday.
The Red Cross drive com¬
menced Monday morning and no
verson in Covington was slighted
by the soliciting committee, the
mbscriptions ranging from 25
2 ents to $25.00, several of which
were subject to increase without
notice.
Newton will go “over the top”
in the Red Cross drive just as it
did in the Third Liberty Loan
and as it proposes to do in all
other patriotic undertakings, the
people having been fully aroused
to the seriousness of the situ¬
ation.
Chairman T. G. Callaway, of
the County Committee, Wednes¬
day issued the subjoined an¬
nouncement :
Come Good and Strong.
Let every district in Newton
county come good and strong
with subscriptions to tha Red
Cross War Fund, and Monday
morning will find us far beyond
our quota to this Fund of Mercy,
five thousand if every man will
We could and should make it
half way do his duty.
T. G. Callaway, Chmn.
MRS. ARMOR WILL BE
RERE FRIDAY NI6RT
Everybody is Invited to Hear
“The Georgia Cyclone” at
the High School Audi¬
torium.
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, Na¬
tional Lecturer for the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union,
“the Georgia cyclone,” who has
blown consternation into many
anti-prohibition districts, will de¬
liver a free lecture at -the Cov¬
ington High School auditorium
on Friday evening, May 24th, be¬
ginning at 8:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Armor is too well known
to need any introduction and
those who have experienced the
great pleasure of hearing her on
former occasions know that a
rare treat is in prospect for those
who visit the auditorium Friday
evening.
The press of the Nation has
expressed the sentiment that
Mrs. Armor is America’s most
eloquent and forceful woman or¬
ator and it is unnecessary to sub¬
mit clippings' from the newspa¬
pers of many States to prove a
fact generally admitted.
The Oxford Band and the Em¬
ory Glee Club will furnish inspi¬
ring music and a more attractive
program has seldom been ren
dered in Covington except on
Chautauqua occasions. It is
hoped that Mrs. Armor, who is
on a tour of the South, will be
greeted by a large audience on
her appearance here, that she
may know of a certainty that she
is fully appreciated.
ALBERT YANCEY BURNED
BY ELECTRIC WIRE
Was Installing Meters at Porter
dale last Saturday When
Circuit was Formed.
Albert Yancey, of Atlanta,
was seriously burned about 10
o’clock last Saturday morning
while installing a meter at Por
terdale, a circuit being formed
by an iron frame on which he
was sitting and a wire carrying
22,000 volts, towards which he
inadvertently leaned too far.
The electric fire, quick to jump
the arc^ seared the workman
from the left hip to the foot,
which was fearfully burned.
The injured man, after being
given local medical aid, was
rushed to Atlanta for treatment
in one of the hospitals.
Dr. J. T. Pitts, of Newborn,
was a visitor to Covington last
Monday. The Doctor has many
friends in the city who are al¬
ways glad to welcome him
among them.
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W C. T. 0. MEDALS
AWARDED LAST WEEK
Miss Martha Ivey and Joseph
Gary Were Declared Winners
By the Board of
Judges.
The Woman’s Christian Tem¬
perance Union medal contest af¬
forded ap evening of rare enter¬
tainment in the school auditori¬
um on Wednesday evening of
last week.
Many relatives and friends of
the contestants were present to
witness the fight for the silver
medal offered by the local union
and the program was interesting
throughout.
The opening song was beauti¬
fully rendered by twelve little
girls attired in white and the au¬
dience was made to feel at home
from the opening number.
Misses Ruth Gary, Beth Flow¬
ers, Thelma Hennessee and Mar¬
tha Ivey spoke for the girls’ med¬
al, Miss Ivey being declared the
victor by the judges.
John Edward Martin, Jospeh
Gary and Perry Lunsford con¬
tested for the boys’ medal, Jo¬
seph Gary winning.
The competition was warm
and the speakers were given an
attentive hearing by those pres¬
ent.
SINGING AT GAITHERS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
There will bo a singing at
Gaithers church next Sunday af¬
ternoon, May 26th, to which ev¬
erybody, especially people who
sing, is invited. The committee
requests all leaders to bring
books.
SI! MEN BOUND OVER
ON PROHI VIOLATION
Officers Secured Ten Gallons of
Whiskey in Porterdale Raid
Recently.
With Justices J. W. Carroll
and Joe S. Peek, presiding in
criminal court last Monday
morning, J. G. Bonner, W. H.
Price, Roland Bonner, A. M. Mc
Cune, B. E. Ellis and Warner
Hill, all white men, were placed
under bond to appear at the July
term of Newton superior court
to answer to the charge of vio¬
lating the prohibition law. On
the premises of J. G. Bonner the
officers captured ten gallons of
whiskey, while the contribution
of the others ranged from three
quarts to five gallons.
Private Horace Lunsford, of
Camp Gordon, a former member
of The News’ composing room
force, spent last week-end in
Covington with his parents, Mr. I
and Mrs. J. F. Lunsford.
# GREAT SUCCESS
Guarantors Were Called On to
Liquidate Deficit, but Pro¬
gram was Worth the
Money.
The Lincoln Chautauqua Sys¬
tem closed a five-days’ series at
the tent on the high school lot
Tuesday night with a grand con¬
cert by the American Glee Club,
which was immensely enjoyed
by the old and young. The at¬
tendance during the week was
disappointing and the guaran¬
tors were called on to liquidate a
small deficit, which they did
with pleasure.
Undoubtedly the feature of
the Chautauqua was the lecture
of Montaville Flowers on “The
Case of Germany,” which was in
U1 probability the most illumi¬
native address on the war with
Germany that has ever been de¬
livered in Georgia Mr. Flowers
has one son in the army and an¬
other in the .navy and expressed
the intention of joining them if
such action was necessary to
make “America” and “The Star
Spangled Banner” ring out in
the streets of Berlin. His lec¬
ture was profound throughout
and was listened to with intense
interest.
Many of the numbers were
worth more than the price of ad¬
mission anfl those who failed to
co-operate in this great educa¬
tional attraction missed rare mu¬
sical and literary treats. Under
the able management of Super
intendent Wallace Tuttle, then
were no tiresome delays and
nothing happened; to mar the
pleasure of this annual event.
It is considered probable that
another chautauqua will be held
next year, as the loss of a few
dollars is insufficient to discour¬
age Covington. President S. H.
Adams has the satisfaction of
knowing that he performed his
duty in a faithful manner and
the general testimony is that he
displayed marked ability for an
inexperienced promoter.
JUNE 5TH PROCLAIMED
REGISTRATION DAY
Young Men Who Have Attained
Age of Twenty-One Must Get
Ready for Duty Under Se¬
lective Service Act.
The Newton County Exemp¬
tion and Examination Board, Dr.
Luke Robinson, chairman, has
received notice that all young
men who have attained the age
of twenty-one years since June
5th, 1917, will be required to reg¬
ister on June 5th, 1918. A law
to this effect was recently enact¬
ed in Congress and President
Wilson is preparing a proclama¬
tion designating June 5th as reg¬
istration day throughout the
United States.
The local board estimates that
only about 170 men will be re¬
quired to register next month
and the office of the board will
be kept open from 7 o’clock in
the morning until 9 o’clock at
night for their accommodation.
All men subject to registration
must apply at the office of the
local board in the Star building,
as the number is not sufficient
to authorize the maintenance of
sub-stations in the rural dis¬
tricts.
Every young man who is 21
years of age, or who will have at¬
tained that age by 9 o’clock on
the night of June 5th, will be re¬
quired to register, for the refus¬
al of which a severe penalty is
provided.
Help the Red Cross
An Ad in The News Is
Worth Four On
The Fence.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
ENTHUSIASM RISING
OVER COUNTY FAIR
Much Interest is Being Mani¬
fested in Rural Districts.
Promoters Deserve
Co-Operation.
Gratifying reports concerning
the interest being manifested in
the Newton County Fair next
fall by the farmers and stock
breeders of rural districts are
a sufficient guarantee of a suc¬
cessful enterprise, but the mana¬
gers deserve and should receive
the unstinted co-operation of ev¬
ery intelligent person in the
county.
Newton offers agriculturalists
every opportunity to operate
with profit and pleasure and it is
pleasing to know that many are
not overlooking the possibilities
that confront them. The same
is true in practically all other
fields of endeavor and in appre¬
ciation of these favors it is the
duty of the people to make some
occasionally.
While all the plans have not
been drafted in detail, it is
known that they contemplate
the promotion of a fair that will
reflect credit on the citizens of
this section and arouse the inter¬
est of the people in all walks of
life. Necessarily a county fair
must be organized around the
Agricultural department and the
farmers are urged to make the
best display possible, so that
others may be inspired to do
their best.
Covington and Newton county
could not inaugurate a more de¬
sirable institution than is pro¬
posed, I which is generally recog¬
nized as the most satisfactory
investment'that any county can
make and as an advertisement
it has no equal. The exhibits
interest in farming
incite the employment of
methods and are other¬
educational.
The ladies’ department should
the center of attraction at ev¬
fair and the ladies of this
according to reports,
already busily engaged in
entries.
A handsome catalogue will be
next month and every
in the county should se¬
one as a guide for their
Nobody has ever
begun to get ready too early
interested people are invited
communicate with the officers
any time, either in person, by
or letter.
Help the Red Cross
Drug Store Shows
Spirit of The Red Cross.
Expressing the spirit of Red
Week, Smith’s Drug Store
displaying beautifully deco¬
windows in commendation
the work of this noble organ¬
In one of the windows
a life-size image of a Red
nurse whose eyes denote
appreciation of the campaign
waged for funds with
to prosecute the success
the department with which
is connected. Mr. Smith is
be congratulated on this pro¬
and patriotic endorse¬
of the drive for $3,500.
Help the Red Cross
PROTESTS
HIGHER POWER RATES
E. W. Fowler, Mayor; J. E.
Chairman of the Light
Water Committee; and R.
Milner, Attorney, represent¬
Covington before the Georgia
Commission Tuesday in
opposition to the proposed in¬
crease of rates as affects this
city, which is supplied by the
Georgia Railway and Power
Company, the petitioning corpo¬
ration. Practically all towns
served by the company are filing
against higher rates.
