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Mrs. Berto B. Lee spent Sat¬
urday in LaGrange,
Sergeant Louis A. Pennie, of
Camp Gordon, visited friends in
the city Sunday.
Mrs. A. M. Callaway has re¬
turned from a visit to relatives
and friends in Atlanta.
Mr. Lowndes Meador is spend¬
ing a few days in Atlanta visit¬
ing relatives and friends.
Mrs. J. T. Pitts and son, of
Newborn, were in the city shop¬
ping Friday afternoon.
Mr. Clarence Meador, of Camp
Gordon, was a guest of the
Whitehead House Sunday.
Mrs. Berman, of Eiberton,
spent Monday night in the city,
the guest of Mr. W. Cohen and
family.
Mrs. Fred Bacon, of Maxeys,
and Mrs. R. D. Murrelle, of New¬
born, were visitors in the city
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Trapnell
and Mr. D. M. Rogers made a
motor trip to Jackson one even¬
ing last week.
Mrs. S. H. Adams and daugh¬
ter, Miss Beverline Adams, went
to Atlanta Thursday to heal
Geraldine Farrar.
Miss Ethel McCord, of Atlan¬
ta, was the week-end guest oi
her sister, Miss Flore McCord,
aif 1 other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Trapnell
motored to Calhoun Sunday and
were guests of the latter’s
mother, Mrs. Barrett.
Miss Caroline Wooten, who is
teaching in Atlanta, was the
week-end guest of her mother,
Mrs. Annie Pace Wooten.
Miss Rosa Lee Langford, of
Conyers, was the attractive
guest of Miss Florence Wells
? a turd y night and Sunday.
Mrs. Norman, formerly oi
Coving* on, now of Henry county,
was th i guest of relatives and
frendt a the city last week.
Mrs. Chester Cannon and
prett' r ‘ de daughter, Rene, of
Conyer were guests last week
of the ner’s mother, Mrs. J.
O. Cooper.
Mr. I alph Shepherd, formerly
of Covington, now of Camp Gor¬
don, was the week-end guest oi
his mother, Mrs. Callie Spence
Shepherd.
Miss Annabel Robinson is be¬
ing delightfully entertained by
relatives and friends in Athens :
where she has been visiting for
several weeks.
Mr and Mrs. Charles James
Cleveland, of Atlanta, returned
SuTidi y h’temoon, after a very
pk as; r visit to their aunt, Mrs.
C. A. F nklin.
Airs. . me Gilliard and daugh¬
ter, I Ii Mamie Gilliard Fon
vil!e, were week-end guests of
the former’s sister, Mrs. Charlef
Hardeman White.
Mr. Eugene Lester, of Camp
Forrest, Chattanooga, has been
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Paul
Walker, this week, at her home
in North Covington.
Miss Elizabeth Barrett, of
Monroe, was the week-end guest
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Elliott and
attended the K. A. reception ir
Oxford Saturday night.
Mrs Virginia Conley, of Col¬
lege Park, has been spending
several days in the city as the
guest of her sisters, Misses Fan¬
nie and May Livingston.
The many friends of Mrs. W.
Cohen wall be glad to know 7 that
she is rapidly recovering from
her recent operation at Dr. No¬
ble’s sanitarium in Atlanta.
Mrs. Ernest Callaway and
small son, Ernest Jr., who have
been visiting the father’s par¬
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Jordan,
in Atlanta, returned home last
week. '
Judge A. D. Meador, Miss L/u
cile Meador and Mr. Lowndes
Meador, motored to Indian
Spring Wednesday, where the
former is spending! about ten
days.
THE COtlNGTON NEWS, COVINGTON, GAi, THURSDAY MAY 23, 1918
[mnrn and iwtriij
OF PURELY LOCAL INTEREST
<*onetuct*d by Jlrs. Minnie &. Wright
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Miss Lottie Hendrick spent
Sunday nighfl and Monday in
Mansfield with Mrs. W. J. Hig¬
gins, who is quite ill. Her many
friends wish for her a speedy re¬
cover}'. jr
Mrs. R. A. Norris and daugh¬
ter, little Miss Sara Ethel Nor¬
ris, left Wednesday for Yates
ville, wher they will spend two
weeks with the formers mother,
Mrs. Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. James Stephen
phenson and children, of Atlan¬
ta, motored down to Covington
Sunday and were guests of the
former’s sister, Mrs. Charles H.
White, for the day.
Mr. C. T. Ezell, Miss Ruby
Ezell, Miss Lizzie Ballard and
Mrs. Merrie Ezell, of Monticello,
motored over to Covington Sun¬
day and were guest of Mr. and
Mrs. John L. Callaway for 1 a
short time. v
Mr. Charles Williams, former¬
ly of Covington, now of the
United States Navy stationed at
Charleston, but who has been on
a two months’ cruise, arrived in
the city Saturday and has been
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Fowler several days.
Miss Natalie Turner, who has
been one of the popular students
at Shorter College, Rome, for
several terms, arrived in the city
Tuesday to spend her summer
vacation at home with her par¬
ents, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Turner.
She was accompanied home
t
Mrs. Samuel Charles Candler,
who, with Lieutenant Candler,
has been making her home* in
Charlotte, N. C., near Camp
Green, has arrived in the city
and will be with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P. W. Godfrey, ’during
her husband’s absence in France
and on the front.
Mrs. Callie S. Shepherd was
called to Atlanta Monday by the
critical condition of her son, Mr.
Ralph Shepherd, who was re¬
turning to Camp Gordon from a
visit to his mother in Covington,
when the car he was in collided
with an electric car, and he was
very seriously injured with a
number of other soldiers.
MRS. CALLAWAY’S RECITAL
One of the most interesting
events of the past week was the
recital given by the music pupils
of Mrs. John L. Callaway, assist¬
ed by Miss Lena Holt and her
violin pupils on Friday evening
at the beautiful home of the for¬
mer on Emory street. The home
was attractively decorated with
f ems and cut flowers.
There were about one hundred
guests invited.
LYRIC PROGRAM
Friday, May 24—William Far
num in “Les Miserables.”
Saturday, May 25—Pearl
White in “The House of Hate.”
Eddie Polo in “The Bull’s
Eye.”
Sunshine Comedy.
Monday, May 27—William
Farnum in “The Heart of a
Lion.”
Lonesome Luke in “Pipe thi
Whiskers.”
Wednesday, May 29—Jack
Pickford in “His Majesty, Bunk¬
er Beau.”
Fifth episode “The Eagle’s
Eye.”
Help the Red Cross
HON. F. D. BALLARD ON
TOUR OF INSPECTION.
Hon. F. D. Ballard has re¬
turned from an official visit as
member of the Prison Commit¬
tee of the House to Dougherty,
Worth, Turner, Lee and Crisp
counties, where, in company
with Representatives Clifton,
Merry and Matthews, he inspect¬
ed the county convict camps. At
Cordele the committee was en¬
tertained at supper at the Su
wanee Hotel by Representative
Doris, the occasion being a very
pleasant feature of the tour.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
“I Wonder.”
“When 1 go walking down the
street,”
Said Miss Virginia Dare,
“I wonder why the men all stop,
And stare and stare and stare.”
W. B. R. Pennington, well and
iavorably known business man,
has opened up Pennington’s
Ready-to-Wear Store in the
building recently vacated by L.
D. Adams. Miss Johnnie Tolar
will be in charge of the business,
as Mr. Pennington will devote
his attention largely to the sales
management of the Oakland cars
and other interests. *
Prof. 0. G. Lancaster, princi¬
pal of the Newborn High School,
was in the city Monday and paid
The News office a highly ap¬
preciated call. Prof. Lancaster
has been elected principal of the
Rutledge High School for the en¬
suing year, the term beginning
in the fall.
Prof. W. F. Melton, of Emory
College, is spending a few days
which he will deliver an address
in Cuthbert.
Prof. H. B. Robertson was
called to Cedar Hill, Tenn., last
week by the death of his mother.
Mrs. J. B. Robertson, which oc¬
curred on Friday night. Mrs.
Robertson was
years of age and is survived by
her husband and numerous oth¬
er relatives.
R. B. HARRISON DELIVERS
THREE ADDRESSES TUESOAV
Representative of U* S. Food
Administration Bpent the
Day in Newton County.
R. B. Harrison, representative
of the United States Food Ad¬
ministration, delivered three in¬
teresting lectures on food con¬
servation in Newton county
Tuesday, speaking at 10 o’clock
to an interested audience at the
Lyric Theater, at 11 o’clock tc
several hundred school
at Porterdale, and in the after¬
noon to a number of children at
the Covington High School. Mr.
Harrison’s lectures were highly
important and instructive anc
would have been heard by larger
crowds had his coming been
properly announced.
Five room house on Monti¬
cello street to rent,
tf C. C. Brooks.
Help the Red Cross
Four-room house for rent
North Covington at $7.00
month. Henry Odum.
Help the Red Cross
This is the
week when we
should all do
our bit by con
tributing to the Red Cross War
Relief Fund. You owe it to the
boys “over there,” who are giv¬
ing their all to defend the rights
and insure the future freedom
of our great country—America.
What will you
give to keep
the Red Cross
aiding them ?
Food New Mexico Has Helped
Send Over There
Yearly rations for 57,100,600 people:
384,000,000 bushels of wheat and
wheat flour.
2.000. 000.000 pounds of pork.
1.044.000. 000 pounds of sugar.
212.750.000 bushels of oats.
24.310.000 bushels of corn.
443.484.000 pounds of fresh beet
3,618.000 bushels of butter.' rye. s
28.998.000 pounds of
Must Use Flour Cards
All county administrators hare been
notified that use of the flour permit
cards by farmers is obligatory. Re¬
tailers violate the law in making
sale without requiring a card.
FOR SALE
Two good, young
mules. TermsL cash
or on time.
W. H. Pickett
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
At Covington, in the State of Georgia,
at the close of business on May 10. 1918
Resources*
Loans and dis
coufits......$194,850.40
$194,850.40
Overdrafts, secured $1,387.45
Overdrafts, un “ $1,155.50
2,542.96
JD. 8. Bonds depos¬
ited to secure cir¬
culation ............... 40.000.00
F. S. Bonds and Certificates
of indebtedness owned and
unpledged............. 38,000.00
Liberty Loan Ronds
unpledged, 3^ per
cent and 4 per
cent.................. 4.500.00
Payments actually made on
•4 1*4 per cent bonds____ 25,000.00
Stock of Federal Reserve
Bank (50 pc of subscrip
tion)................... 1,800.00
Furniture and Fixtures... 4,541.37
Real estate owned other than
banking house .......... 586.25
Lawful Reserve with Feder
eral Reserve Bank...... 17,404.48
Cash in vault and net
amounts dvie from nation¬
al banks............... 29,600.3*
Net amouut due from banks,
bankers and trust com¬
panies.......~.......... 6,175.35
Checks on other banks in
the same city or town as
reporting bank .......... 1.418.10
Checks on banks located out¬
side of city or town of re¬
porting bank and other
cash items.............. 2,254.00
Redemption Fund with U. S.
Treasurer and due from
U. S Treasurer.......... 2,000.00
TOTAI.................$370,873.24
Liabilities
Capital Stock paid in......$ 50,006.00
Surplus Fund............ 10,000.00
Undivided proflits. .$8,423.95
Less current expen¬
ses, interest and
taxes paid....... 2,280.73
6.143.22
Circulating notes outstand¬
ing ..................... 40,000.00
Net amount due to National
banks................ 5,702.30
individual deposits subject
to check............... 160,036.68
Certified checks............ 279.03
Cashier’s checks outstand¬
ing............. 2,369.16
Dividends unpaid.......... 8.00
Savings deposits .......... 14,831.54
Certificates of deposit...... 81,218.02
Liabilities other than those
above stated........... 285.29
TOTAL................$370,873.24
State of Georgia—County of Newton.
I, H. L. Hitchcock, cashier of the
above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
H. L. HITCHCOCK, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this, 22nd day of May, 1918.
J. W. HARWELL, C. N. P„
Newton County Georgia.
Correct—Attest:
R E. Stephenson,
W. B. R. Pennington,
W. R. Roberts,
Directors
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We Sell thisIX
Ditcher on the
10-DayTriaI Plan
TT Vy TE knowhowmuch
time, money and
hard labor this
machine will save you.
Bigger crops — better
farms. That’s why we
offer 10 days* trial and a
positive guarantee with
every sale of
Farm Ditcher
Run sn-i« V-thaped ditches
or thio.r up come terraces
with it. Vou’lt say It’s one of
the rco.'.t useful implements
on your farm.
It fills up srullles.leve!s bumps,
grades roads. Lasts a life¬
time. because all-steel. Ad¬
justable for narrow or wide
cut. Reversible—throws dirt
to either side.
Try H lO day*—yomr
money hack if yon
tvanl it, but you won't
STEPHENSON HDW.
COMPANY,
Covington, Ga.
Made by
O wntin
OtoW aa4
Crfcd.r C... U*.
V V V V V v V
Vulcanizing
Have your Automobile Tires Repaired
and you will be able to get Several
Hundred Miles more service.
We also carry a complete line of
Federal Tires and Tubes for Automo.
bile and Bicycle.
Automobile Accessories, Windshield
and Lamp Glass, Bicycle parts and
Repairing.
We Sell Mobiloil and Gasoline,
Come to see us when in Town. South Side ol Square
next to Stephenson Hardware Co.
PHONE NO 106
Loyd & Haile
COVINGTON, GA.
OPENING OF
Pictorial
Review
Pattern
DEPARTMENT
II i store Of] Ol in,; inasiy lor die requests past irom have the been pstrons received of dur- out
Pictorial Review Patterns
ffjEE that, merits, after thorough have decided investigation to sell Pictorial of their
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Review Patterns from now on in our et
tablishnnnt. /
Slipover Blouses, Sleeveless Over Bh>us*s, Eton
Blouse- and Jackets, l\>ny Jackets, Sleeveless
Sports Coats, Sports Skirts, Tunics 1 he with Beach Irregultf Throw,
Lower Kdre, Surpiice Collars,
New Flowing Bell Sleeves, Bell Cuffs and innu
men,hie designs for Gingham Dresses, for Ch»r
meuse, Ctfcpe Meteor, Satins, Baronette Satina,
Serge, Gabardine, Gingham, Silk Gingham, Georg¬
ette Crop;, Printed Georgette and Chiffons,.Wool
rnd Silk Jersey, TafC-ta. I ricvur.e, Poiret Twill,
Co mi me 7820 Shantung, Heavy Silk trSpe, Roohanara the Crtf*,
25 cetils Tussah Silks ana Khaki-Kooi are latest notes
in Summer Fashions.
June Patterns
\re on Sale Now, slao the
S U M M 'l R F A S HIO N BOOK
t t Pictorial Review Patterns
We recommend to all 'v..- > -» r * no* v**t ualnced with the superior merits 0/
pattern* to ' on—’''S ON r F. f r «vi!l <v»nvtn-v rhem that Pictorial Review ratw*»
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CANNON SUPPPLY COMPANY, Covington, Georgia
Special Revival Services
Will commence at the Coving*
ton Methodist Church at
1 1 O’clock,
SUNDAY, JUNE 2ND, 1918
In which the pastof
will be assisted by
Evangelist
CHARLES M.
DUNAWAY
Inspiring music will be *
feature 4 of the services
Evangelist Dunaway needs no
introduction to the people adjoin*
Covington, Newton and
ng counties.
YOU ARE INVITED—COME
T. J. CHRISTIAN, Pastor
