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The Wise Advertiser
Never Whispers—
He Shouts.
10. Nun
ttend The Great Newton County Fair On October 1-2-3-4-5
b THE JJNITEO DRIVE
belt R. Fowler Has Been
Sleeted Chairman and Will
Have Assistants in All
the Districts.
that Newton county will do
or jre negotiate than its share the United to success¬ V 'var
Irk Campaign in November in
fch (oughout $170,500,000 the nation will be so raised that
r work may be continued
. in
ong the troops and the men
Navy by the seven organiza
£ jis, is the positive prediction
R. Fowler, Chairman of the
jv e for Newton county. tha:
lr. Fowler, in stating
parations for the campaign
. looming up optimistically, Wilson
llained that President
(decided that the seven recog
fed societies doing welfare
Ik among the American soi¬
l’s at home and overseas shad
[duct kLs a joint campaign to carry on for their the
[k necessary
] during the coming year.
Fowler believes that Newton
pity will have much to be
tad of when the final report of
[fund-raising led to Elv R. Callaway, campaign who is re- is
Ictor of the United War Work
Ipaign for Georgia State.
Ir. Fowler, in explaining the
Ion for the joint campaign
The President’s decision was
|munlcated Fosdick, to chairman of the commis- Ray
Id D.
on Training Camp Activi
who. in making public the
,
Bident’s letter, announced the
Ipaign would be conducted
|iber Ing the week beginning No-
11th, and that the Amer
peonle would be asked to
[hundred ! one hundred seventy million
thousand to the or
jfization. Ided follows: The budget Y. M. will C. A, be
as
[hundred pen million; million; National Y. W. Catholic C. A.,
Council ^including work of
?hts of Columbus) and the
jiia! war activities of women,
teen million ; Jewish Welfare
fs, two million, five hundred
|ation, iisand; American Library As
three million five hun
Mty thousand; War Camp Com
Ration Service, fifteen million:
hundred Army, three million.
| thousand.”
Ir. Fowler stated further the
tents of President Wilson’s
Er in part, as below:
It was evident from the first
has become increasingly ev
M the that the services rendered
|>ur agencies to our Army and
Allies are essentially one,
all of a kind, and must of a
Bssity, if well rendered, be
tiered in the closest co-oper
l n ; It is my judgment that
Kill receive the best results in
matter of support of these
Incies, if these seven societies
I unite their forthcoming ap
r for funds, in order that the
Tit of the country in this mat
I may be expressed without
paction of race, of religious
|. 10n m support of what is ir
| [Y • a common service.
ill you not, therefore, as
[irman finmg Camp of the Commission Activities, on
be
L mough to request the so
pes in question to combine
F approaching appeal for
g\ s ln , a single campaign, pref
C?- T during the week of No
, e . r iDb, so that in their so
jation of funds, as well as ir
lir w 'jrk in the field, they
I into* complete may
F co-operation.
1 a sypossihle ?
L l-’ 11 these orga'niza-
11 ew evi dence of
, ? —J'j. ..firefly ( 4l!£j'To-operation, understood T
luel? \ ; iF^ pliance
I ihf wit;h this
V1 in any sense im
l IracTp^ £ ^mender on the part of
1 ^ ° f its distinctive
[ an d autonomy, because
Comndton A'ta®
DEFERRED CLASSIFICATION
FOR SKILLED LABORERS
important Meeting to be Held in
Interest of the Farmers
Monday Morning.
An agreement between the au¬
thorities has been reached,
whereby skilled labor on the
farms, which was registered on
the 12th of September may be
placed in deferred classification.
In order that this may be done
correctly in each case, the exact
labor needs of each county must
be thoroughly known. An ad¬
visory board will be appointed to
act jointly with each District
Draft Board, in order that labor
may be properly classified.
On Monday morning, Septem¬
ber 23rd, at 10:30 o’clock, the
County Agents’ Advisory Com¬
mittee will meet in the court
house to discuss the farm labor
situation in Newton county. One
member from each militia dis¬
trict in the county is represent¬
ed on this committee. This prob¬
lem will be thoroughly gone into
at this meeting by these repre¬
sentative men from over the
county and the exact condition in
each militia district will then be
turned over to the proper au¬
thorities, so that they may have
a correct guide to go by in classi¬
fying farm workers in the coun¬
ty.
Any farmer, business or other
man in the county may be pres¬
ent at this meeting, and is
strongly urged to come. You
should be there to make a true
representation of the facts con¬
cerning the labor situation as
you know r it in your community.
H. W. Bingham,
County Agent.
FOR EMORY COLLEGE
Over Three Hundred Students
Present Wednesday Morning
at the First Exercises
of the Term.
The fall term of Emory Col¬
lege opened on Wednesday of
this w r eek with about 350 stu¬
dents, the opening being in of every
way the most gratifying re¬
cent years, according to those
connected with this famous old
institution.
The principal address was de¬
livered by Bishop Warren A.
Candler, the popular and learned
Chancellor of Emory University,
who was at one time President of
Emory and under whose man¬
agement the college enjoyed a
number of its most prosperous
and satisfactory years.
The address of welcome in be¬
half of the student body was de¬
livered by Kelso Mullins, of the
Senior Class and the response for
the faculty was made by Dr. W.
F. Melton” Dr. E. H. Johnson,
the Dean, also spoke impressive¬
ly to the assembled teachers and
pupils.
On Tuesday night the Acade¬
my boys w’ere tendered an ele¬
gant reception by the ladies of
Oxford, which was a very enjoy¬
able event. On Thursday night
the College boys will be tendered
a reception.
The barracks are being com
nleted for the arrival of the two
United States Army officers,
who will have charge of the mili¬
tary training of the boys of
draft age. It is expected that
they will arrive one day this!
week.
I fully recognize the fact that
f 'aeh of them has its own tradi¬
tions, principles, and relation^
ship which which if preserved it properly and prizes strength¬ and
ened makes possible the largest
service.”
OLD GLOTHING WANTED
Local Organization Will be Glad
To Receive Donations of AU
Kinds, to be Sent to
Belgium.
The American Red Cross has
been asked to collect five thou¬
sand tons of used clothing for
Belgium and has gladly accept¬
ed the opportunity to help this
oppressed nation, having set
aside next week, Septembr 23-30,
to make the collection.
Every sort of garment is need¬
ed, for men, women, children and
infants. Only durable clothing
should be donated, for the gar¬
ments are intended for practical
use, not for adornment. Under¬
garments of all sizes for both
sexes are called for; outside clo¬
thing, wraps, shoes, caps and
household articles—also pieces
of cotton flannel, outing woolen
material, etc.
It is probable that in nearly
every home in Newton county
there are garments which have
been discarded because they
have been outgrown, or that are
out of fashion, that are admira¬
bly adapted to the needs of the
war sufferers.
Everybody in the county is
asked to take stock and donate
as many articles as possible dur¬
ing next week’s campaign, for
the Red Cross must not fail in
this requirement.
Mrs. T. G. Callaway, of Cov¬
ington, has been made chairman
of next week’s campaign and
may be consulted at any time.
The various Red Cross branch¬
es in the county are asked to
handle the matter in their com¬
munities, the following chairmen
having been named:
Oxford, Mrs. W. F. Melton;
Gaithers, Miss Nina McDonald;
Mansfield, Mrs. A. B. Barber;
Brick Store, Mrs. Grady Adams;
Covington, Mrs. R. E. Everitt;
Snapping Shoals, Miss Alma
Chesnut; Newborn, Mrs. J. J.
Carter; Salem, Mrs. C. D. Ram¬
sey; Porterdale, Miss Charlie
Porter.
Newton county must not fail
behind in her allotment of gar¬
ments for this collection, so each
chairman is urged to push the
campaign locally to the best of
her ability. After the garments
have been collected, bring them
to the Covington Library, where
they will be packed and shipped
to the Commission for Relief in
Belgium.
KELLER MELTON GOES
TO BOWOOIN COLLEGE
Eighteen Year Old Oxford Boy
Appointed Second Lieutenant
At Plattsburg.
Keller F. Melton, the eighteen
year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. W.
F. Melton, of Oxford, has been
appointed Second Lieutenant to
the Plattsburg Training Camp
and assigned to the duties of mil¬
itary instructor at Bowdoin Col
lege at Brunswich, Maine.
News of the bestowal of this
signal honor upon the worthy
young man, who will wear it well
despite his youthful years, was
received with pleasure by hH
many friends.
Covington Indies Invited
To Render First Aid
r " •' *— ‘ " " " **T * k «' p' y ^
The fields are yhite with.
ton. and many of oiir people ary
complaining that , they 3 gannot
get help to piQk it.
, ladies pf thq towps organize hglp
triotic bands and go put fco the
i in the matter of gathering and
cotton while it is so white
fleecy ? This is a fine chance to
show real patriotism.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1918
COVINGTON SHOULD
HE DIG LYCEUM
High School Girls are Selling the
Tickets and Invite Co-Oper¬
ation of the People
l
Generally.
Will Covington have a lyceum
this season ? This is a question
which is being asked daily by our
people. Is there any good rea¬
son why we should not have the
course?
For the past hree seasons the
lyceum here has been under the
auspices of the Covington High
School and has been well attend¬
ed, liberally supported and great¬
ly enjoyed by our people. This
year finds the country at large in
a state of unrest and doubt as to
many lines of endeavor which
have heretofore been successful.
Two battles are in progress—
the one on the Western Front in
France, the other on our own
shores, mountains and plains of
the homeland. The one is di¬
rected toward destroying Ger¬
man barbarism, the other toward
the destruction of ignorance and
gloom, and despair and oppres¬
sion. The lyceum can be a
mighty factor in the latter strug¬
gle in any community.
President Wilson recently
said: “The work that the ly¬
ceum is doing has not lost im¬
portance because of the w r ar, but
rather gained new opportunities
for service. Let me express the
hope that the people will not fail
in the support of a patriotic in¬
stitution that may be said to be
an integral part of the national
defense.”
' We have come to learn that in
order for the boys to win the
people at home must keep cheer¬
ful and in good spirits. Enter¬
tainment, clean and inspiring,
and of an educational nature is
essential to the maintenance of
the morale of the people at home
in these days of trial and stress.
Covington needs the lyceum
and we predict will have it. If
the High School can manage it
successfully, well and good, if
not, let the business men and
good women of the town get be¬
hind it and see that this impor¬
tant matter is not neglected.
MANSFIELD IS STAYING
AT HOME ON SUNDAY.
Mansfield is observing the “au¬
toless” Sundays better than any
other section of the county. It
is to be hoped that all sections
will observe it better next Sun¬
day.
METHODISTS TO OBSERVE
ORPHAN’S HOME DAY
Excellent Opportunity Will Be
Afforded for the Believers
in Foreign Missions.
Orphan’s Home Day will be
observed with appropriate Methodist exer¬
cises at the Covington
church at 9:45 o’clock on the
fifth Sunday in September, to
which everybody is cordially in¬
vited. The occasion will afford
the economical citizen who
claims that he “is opposed to for¬
eign missions, but believes in
home missions,” an excellent op¬
portunity to make good, for the
orphans’ home is worthy of the
support of every person in Geor¬
gia.
| NEWTON’S CORN CROP
o
' ; j , RES£ -IN .HISTORY.
Npwton „county has the best
. she has
cqjg? grpp that ever
grown. Np.i sold, a in car the of county last
aorjn was
year-.. . We should have enough
corn for.the coming year to fur¬
nish all the meal used as well as
feed for all purposes.
W. S. S. PLED6ES SHOULD
NOT BE POSTPONED
Crops are Good and Money Plen¬
tiful. Everybody Urged
To Buy Them Now.
All those who pledged to buy
War Savings Stamps will please
meet the pledges promptly. If
you are in doubt as to how much
or when you were to buy, call on
the Postmaster or other person
or place, from whom or througn
whom, you agreed to buy.
As the stamps can be bought
.cheaper in any month than they
can in the following month, and
as money is more plentiful than
usual, it would be wise to buy is
early as possible, even if you did
not agree to buy until December.
Tn September the $5 certificates
cost $4.20, and in December they
cost $4.23; so that in buying
$1,000.00 worth in September
you would save $6.00, for $1,000
worth will cost in September
$840 and in December $846
They advance $2 per thousand
per month.
The crops seem to be good in
our county, and cotton is bring¬
ing the highest price that this
veneration has ever seen; then
let us add liberally to our sub¬
scriptions. Many who onlv
agreed to buy $80 or $100 worth
may find themselves 'vv '
buy $200 or $500 worth. The
more liberal we can be with the
Government the stronger it wO’
be to win the war.. We can show
our patriotism in no better way
than to be liberal and earlv in
the buying of War Savines
Stamns.' BUY THEM THE
FIRST TIME YOU CO TO
TOWN.
BURGLMRS 6EI THREE
(EARS IK THE GANG
Newton Superior Court in Ses¬
sion This Week, But Early
Adjournment is
Expected.
The September term of New¬
ton Superior Court convened on
Monday of this week with Judge
Charles W. Smith, of the Stone
Mountain Circuit, presiding, and
Solicitor General George M. Na¬
pier at his desk. A large number
of attorneys, jurors and witness¬
es were present, including promi¬
nent members of the Conyers
and Monticello Bars.
Following the charge of Judge
Smith the Grand Jury perfected
organization by electing M. G.
Turner foreman and Henry F.
Branham and Henry Odum
clerks. The Grand Jury was in
session until 2:00 o’clock Wed¬
nesday afternoon, at which time
the General Presentments ap¬
pearing elsew’here in this issue of
The News, were read in open
court by Clerk Branham.
A number of civil cases were
tried and several divorces grant¬
ed by adjournment Wednesday
afternoon, among which were
two damage suits that were
promptly adjusted in compliance
with the verdict of the jury.
Pleas of guilty were entered in
part as follows, the names of all
the defendants not being avail¬
able at the time of going to
press:
John Kelley, colored, violating
the prohibition law, $150.00; Alf
Sharp, white, violating the pro¬
hibition law, $150.00; Lex Rob¬
erts, colored, reckless auto driv¬
ing, $100.00; Crete Tuggle,
white, carrying pistol, $50.00;
Bish Epps, ‘colored, larceny, six
months;- Emmett - Whitehead,
colored, burglary, three - years;
Frank Whitehead, colored, bur¬
glary, three years; C. E. Sigmau.
colored, reckless auto driving,
$150.00.-- • *-•■ • - .
It is thought that court will
adjourn Thursday night or by
noon Friday, as both the crimi¬
nal and civil dockets are light.
SENT 10 RE6ISTHI! 3
On Last Thursday 1998 Men
Qualified for the Selective
Military Service. 250 Less
Than Estimate.
The consolidated report shows
that 1998 men registered in
Newton county last Thursday in
compliance with the recently en¬
acted selective service law. Of
the number of registrants, 1,108
are white and 890 are black, the
total number being 250 less than
the estimate of the War Depart¬
ment.
The Newton County Exemp¬
tion and Examination Board,
through A. B. Meador, Chief
Clerk, is mailing out 96 question¬
naires daily to men between the
ages of 19 and 36, inclusive,
which must be properly filled out
and returned to the local board
within the specified time.
19-20 and 32-36 Called First.
Youths of 19 and 20 years and
men between the ages of 32 and
36, inclusive, who registered on
last Thursday will first be called
to the colors, Provost General
Crowder has announced, and un¬
til the supply of available fight¬
ing material in their ranks has
been exhausted, older men will
not be inducted into service.
Questionnaires will go out first
to registrants of those ages, and
local boards have been ordered to
proceed with their speedy classi¬
fication so that some of them
may be called in October.
Pointing out that in classify¬
ing men above the ages of 31 the
army draft would be “attacking
the country’s economic life and
entering an unexplored field,”
General Crowder in a public
statement to all employers and
industrial representatives be¬
sought their aid in applying the
plans of industrial deferments
so that “the maintenance of the
military establishment of the na¬
tional interest during the emer¬
gency” may not be interfered
with.
CONGRESSMAN BRAND
THANKS THE VOTERS.
Washington, D. C.
September 13, 1918.
Covington News,
Covington, Ga.,
Dear Sirs:
I wish to express my sincere
thanks and hearty appreciation
to the voters of the Eighth Dis¬
trict for the splendid vote they
have given me in my renomina
tion for Congress. Your vote of
confidence greatly encourages
and inspires me to faithfully and
fearlessly meet the serious and
difficult duties that will devolve
upon Congress.
I return to the Capitol with a
deep sense of my obligation to
you, and shall endeavor, so far as
heart and brain will allow, to
truly and loyally represent you
in all the great questions that
Congress is now being called on
to solve.
Respectfully yours,
C. H. Brand.
FIRES DESTROYS BARN
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
About 4:00 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon a small bam on the lot
of S. C. Rheburgh, on Floyd
street, was destroyed by fire. It
is not known just how* the blaze
was started. The building was
practically unused and the loss
very slight.
Report Shows 146 Bales Ginned.
According to the Government
report issued this week 146 bales
of cotton of the crop of 1918 had
been ginned in Newton county
prior to September 1st, compared
with 7 bales on the correspond¬
ing date last year.
An Ad in The News Is
Worth Four On
The Fence.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
