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]V1E 11, NUMBER 20,
ILL HOLD THE COUNTY OCTOBER
ers hi Busmess M.n will offer
V,l„.Me Prizes I. E,,„
•y-Manager Henry Odum
Be Glad to Receive All
pjicants lor Informa¬
tion at His Office.
second annual exposition
Newton County Fair As
jon will be held on
"or which event the farm
usiness and professional
f Newton county are al
planning enormous exhib¬
iting one from every dis
in the county, besides a
number of individual dis
Fair Association and
gs men will offer a large
r of valuable premiums,
e competition will be hot
teresting. The success of
st fair, which was held last
under discouraging condi
convinced the skeptics that
ration and energy is pro
e of satisfactory results,
ere should be no hindrane
t into the path of the pro
s in promoting the second
ition.
jvements Being Planned
ded improvements at the
Grounds are being contem
and the association will
no expense to provide for
ccommodation of the d’"s
and individual exhibitors
T ery department. It may
:essary to extend the build
jand 1y convenient otherwise grounds, improve but the
he Lyric Theatre
TINEE 3:00 TO 6-.00. NIGHT 8:00 TO 10:30.
____SAT URDAY 1:00 OYlo ck.
MONDAY, MAY 12th.
JESSE L. LASKY presents
ETHEL CLAYTON
“Pettigrew’s Paramount Girl”
A Picture
A story of chorus-girl life that takes you behind the scenes and be
the froth. It turns the brilliant radience of the spot-light on the
hiss and fancies of that mysterious realm, chorus-girldotn. And the
ite light of the glowing arc reveals one, in all of that friyolous ga
y of beauties, who will reach your heart with the sacrifice she made
en she "gave up” her millionaire sweetheart to marry a man ‘‘poor
a church mouse.” She smashed a chorus-girl tradition when she did
never to "miss the money”—but she found a happiness greater than
aith. How? What’s it ail about? Try to come tonight and find out.
Added Attraction
Two Reel big V Comedy
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14th.
THOMAS II. INCE presents
ENID BENNETT
“ Partners Three”
A Paramount Picture
Zowie! Right where it will do the most good. Careful men! That’s
nat you h gst for mashing! Play safe; she may have a kick like a
m either hand! But let’s be serious This incident changed the
-VV® rt. eo “w® How? ’ n the girl’s life. Took her from a cabaret to a waterless
chance _ The story is too long. Come to see. You never take
on Enid Bennett.
Also
I Harold Loyd Comedy
FRIDAY, MAY 16th.
ELSIE FERGUSON
in
“The Danger Mark 1 ’
A Robert W. Chambers story
k. . Also
knristy Comedy Burton Holmes Travelogue
SATURDAY, MAY 17th
Another big program
THOMAS H. INCE presents
CHARLES RAY
iu
“The Sheriff' s Son’’
Also
CHARLIE CHAPLAN
The Million Dollar Comedian in
‘A Night In The Show”
Also
PEARL WHITE
% 4 * n
r Hie Lightning
Raider.
CoMtnnton 080
if
this will be accomplished as
soon as the need is apparent.
Office at Court House
Secretary - Manager Henry
Odum has established fair head¬
quarters at the county court
house, v here he will be glad to
receive all callers and furnish
any m formation desired relative
to exhibits in ail departments.
The* premium list is being pre
pared and will be circulated in
July or August. The list will
show valuable premiums in eve¬
ry department and the manage¬
ment guarantees a square deal
for everybody concerned.
Co-Operation Urged.
The citizens of the county are
urged to co-operate with Mana¬
ger Odum in every way possible,
so that plans may be devised for
holding the greatest county fair
ever promoted in the state. Prof.
J. K. Luck, farm demonstrator,
will be glad to advise with the
farmers, and Miss Lula Ed¬
wards, house emergency agent,
will render the ladies every pos¬
sible aid.
Card of Thanks.
We, the children of Mr. F. M.
Hays, wish to thank the many
friends w’ho were so faithful to
our every need during the sick¬
ness and death of our father.
May Heaven’s richest blessings
be upon each of you.
THE CHILDREN.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1919.
SOUFHERN BAPTIST ARE
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State Convention Will Convene
in Atlanta on May 14—
Noted Preachers and
Laymen Be Present.
The southern Baptists are
closing the most successful year
in their history. This is indicat¬
ed by announcements just made
by the heads of the Home Mis¬
sion and Foreign Mission boards.
As the result of the financial
campaigns which closed on April
•‘■’0, the sum of .$2,223,114 has
been raised in the South and the
Southwest for home and fore-g 1 ''
missions. Of this sum $1,007,-
430.21 was raised by the Heme
Mission Board, according to a
statement by Dr. B. D. Gray, the
corresponding secretary and ex¬
ecutive head of the board, which
has head uarters in this city.
The sum of $1,215,834 was can ¬
ed by the Foreign Mission Board
which has headquarters in Rich¬
mond, Va.
Excellent reports covering nil
lines of activity will be present¬
ed at the Southern Baptist Con¬
vention, which meets here May
14-21, and Baptists throughout
the South are regarding with
satisfaction the remarkable re¬
sults accomplished during the
past year.
COLLECTOR BLALOCK SAYS
“LET C ONSCIEN CE GUIDE”
Official Announcement Made
Concerning “Luxury” Taxes
Effective May 1st.
“Let your conscience be your
guide,” is the slogan adopted by
A. O. Blalock, collector of inter¬
nal revenue for Georgia, in his
official announcement regarding
the new “luxury” tax which
went into effect on May 1. The
new impost, which affects prac¬
tically every commodity, is bas¬
ed on a 10 per cent levy on the
price of commodities beyond a
certain maximum. This is par¬
ticularly true of articles of cloth¬
ing, while soda fountains come
in under the section of the law
providing for 10 per cent tax on
all sales of 10 cents or fractions
thereof in the line of mixed
drinks, ice cream, etc. Collector
Blalock, whose duties have been
increased many fold by imposi¬
tion of the new tax, is depending consci¬
to a large extent on the
entious observance of the law on
the part of storekeepers and pa¬
trons.
HOLDER TO BE RE-ELECTED
WITHOUT OPPOSITION
Popular Speaker of The House
IIs More Popular Than
When He Defeated Cul¬
pepper and Bur well.
Atlanta, Ga., May 7.-A1
though the state senate has
lively race for presiding officer,
in the house of representatives, in
there will be no change
next legislature. the veteran
John N. Holder,
out opposition. He served as
speaker in the last house and
previous to that was speaker
Turing two or three different
terms quite
In the senate there is a
lively contest between Samuel
Lumpkin Olive, ot Richmond
county, and James J. Flynt, ot
Spalding county, with the
suit yet to be decided.
But in the house of
tatives there will be no contest
unless some eleventh hour can
didate should bob up at the last
moment, in which event the re
jer , suit would be the same. Speak
Holder’s re-election is assur-
j EDITORS AND STATESMEN
MULE |||
Addresses Were Made by Sec
retary of State Carter Glass,
’ Senator Hoke Smith and
Marcus W. Beck.
Atlanta, Ga., May 7.—The
Victory Loan in the South will
have more than ever before, the
power of the press behind it, it
was assured her by the more
than three editors who came to
Atlanta as the guests of the dis¬
trict Liberty Loan organization.
Many of them made vigorous
addresses pledging renewed ef¬
forts to lay the importance of
the last loan before the people,
with a view to having every citi¬
zen join in “finishing the job.”
Carter Glass, secretary of the
treasury and publisher of two
newspapers in Norfolk, was the
guest of honor. He spoke at
two meetings; one for the news¬
paper editors and active Victo¬
ry Loan workers, and one open
to the general public. He ex¬
pressed absolute confidence that
the American people would put
through this loan as they have
ail the others.
“The American who quits now
is like a deserter in the face of
the enemy,” he said. “The sol¬
diers in France and Germany
are sticking to their job until it
is finished. Shall we who staid
at home do less?”
The editors and many chair¬
men in the campaign who had
put their counties over the top
were guests at a luncheon giv¬
en at - Piedmont Driving dub
by the Liberty Loan organiza¬
tion. Haynes McFadden, exec
itive chairman, was toastmaster.
Addresses were made by several
members of the district organi¬
zation, including St. Elmo Mas
sengale, director of publicity,
who spoke of his cordial rela¬
tions with Southern newspaper
men for twenty-five years.
“Nobody has done more than
the newspapers and newspaper
men to put over the five loans,”
he said. “This county owes
them an enormous debt. They
have given services which could
not have been paid for in money,
not even with millions. And they
will continue to render this serv¬
ice as long as it is needed.”
Fi ank P. Glass, of Birming¬
ham, president of the American
Newspaper Publishers’ Associa¬
tion, was one of the principal
speakers at the meeting in the
forenoon. Senator Hoke Smith
introduced Secretary Glass.
The editors came from as far
avry as western Louisiana,
west Tennessee anti southern
Floiida. The'-e were several
who represented large dailies,
vTv’o many owners of small
country weeklies paid their first
visit to the district headquar¬
ters. They vied with one anoth¬
er in pledging hearty support
to the Victory Loan. Sixth Dis
Prospects for the
campaign are bright, ac¬
cording to reports from the
headquarters offices. Hundreds
of banks which had delayed in
making reports of subscriptions
wired them in .andI the Atlanta
was lifted Bom last
place to a position higher in the
line,
W. C. T. U., Meeting.
_.
The W. c. T U„ wi» nteet at
the , Academy bpring. May 13th,
at 4 o’clock. This meeting is to
celebrate “Mother’s Day” and
to receive new members. A most
successful drive for new mem
] 3ers }, as just been closed, ana
as we fi as old membersaoni shr
they are most cordially’ invited,
as we jj as 0 j^ members, to at
MRS j E HUTCHINS,
R *_ See’tv *
j ; —
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e( j beyond a doubt. He is one
0 f the ablest speakers that ever
served in the house and is ex
| c eedingly popular with the
j members of that body.
SOLDIERS TO SEPARATE
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Elaborate Reception Being Pre¬
pared For 151st, Which
First Goes to Macon and
Then to Camp Gordon.
Atlanta, Ga., May 7.—The
city of Atlanta wants to enter¬
tain the boys of the one hun¬
dred and fifty-first machine gun
battalion, the only distinctive
Georgia unit w r ith the American
troops over seas. While the one
hundred and fifty-first goes di¬
rectly to Macon for a great wel¬
come home celebration and pa¬
rade, Atlanta is desirous of ex¬
tending every courtesy and at¬
tention to the boys when they
return from the Central City to
Camp Gordon for final demobili¬
zation. A telegram has been
sent to Lieutenant Colonel Coo¬
per D. Winn, commanding the
batialion, inviting him to con¬
vey to the officers and men of
the organization the city’s earn¬
est desire to entertain them in
royal fashion.
CAPTAIN GHAS. W. POWELL
BURIED AT LtTHDNIA
Was One of Covington’s Best
Known and Most Highly
Respected Citizens.
Captain Charles Wesley Pow
jbII, aged 78 years, passed into the
fuller experience of life at 11:00
o’clock Friday morning, April
25th, at the Georgian Hospital in
Atlanta, after an illness of some
time.
Captain Pow r ell had been
resident of Covington for twenty
years, making his home with his
{daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Frank
lin. He was a gentleman of the
old school; ever gracious, court¬
ly, tender and considerate of
those with whom he came in con¬
tact.
During the war between the
States he served with distinc¬
tion on General Hardee’s staff,
being at all times a valiant and
gallant defender of the Stars
and Bars. At the time of his
death he was a loyal member of
the Newton County Camp of the
United Confederate Veteran,
and u-as always a welcome visit¬
or at the county court house
and other public places.
Captain Powell was born near
Dawson, Ga., on April 29, 1841.
He is survived by four daugh¬
ters: Mrs. Minnie P. Wright
and Mrs. Charles A. Franklin of
Covington, Mrs. A. B. Cleveland
and Mrs. C. L. Pendley of At¬
lanta and one son, Frank Pow¬
ell, of Birmingham, Ala. The
funeral and interment took place
at Lithonia, where his wife was
buried a number of years ago,
on Sunday afternoon, April 27th.
PIPER-KING.
A surprise marriage of much
interest to the many friends of
the young couple, was that of
Miss Mae W. Piper, the popular
and efficient general delivery
clerk at the Covington postoffice, S.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Piper-, and Mr. J. Marvin King,
of Jackson, wfiiich took place at
the residence of Mr. W. C. King
of Oakhurst, an uncle of the
groom, at 1:00 o’clock on the af¬
ternoon of April 7th, the by cere¬ Rev.
mony being performed May 15th
Mr. Brinsfield. After
they will make their home in
Jackson, where Mr. King is en¬
gaged in the garage business.
D. A. R., Notice.
The Sergeant Newton Chap¬
ter of the D. A. R’s., will meet
with Mrs. R. P. Lester on Wed¬
nesday, May 14th, at 4 o’clock.
MRS. H. KILPATRICK,
Recording Sec'ty.
“An Ad in The Newrs is Worth
Four on the Fence.”
An Ad in The News Is
Worth Pour On
v
The Fence.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION JUNE HTH
Excellent Program Has Been
Arranged and Largest At¬
tendance in History of
Organization Expected
Information received from
dr. D. W. Sims of Atlanta, chair¬
man of the program committee
for the State Sunday School
Convention, indicates that the
committee has secured some of
the best talent in America for
the annual convention which is
to be held at Rome, June 10th,
11th and 12th.
Speakers
The information indicates that
the following out-of-state speak¬
ers have been secured: Mr. Mar¬
ion Lawrance, Chicago, 111., the
general secretary of the Inter¬
national Sunday School Associa¬
tion, said to be the world’s very
greatest ist; Prof. Sunday School special¬
M. A. Honline, pro¬
fessor of religion, education at
Bonebrake Theological Semina¬
ry, and educational superintend¬
ent of the International Sunday
School Association; Mr. J. R.
Marcum, Huntington, W. Va.,
one of the leading Young Peo¬
ple’s Division workers in Amer¬
ica. In addition to these about
fifty of the leading Sunday
School workers of Georgia will
take part on the program.
Delegates
Every Sunday School in the
state is being asked to send
three delegates besides the pas¬
tor and superintendent who are
delegates by virtue of their of¬
fice. The Sunday Schools are
also requested to elect three al¬
ternate delegates who can take
the places of any regular dele¬
gates who find it impossible to
attend. Train will be met by the
Home Assignment Committee.
After registering the delegates
will be assigned homes for free
entertainment for lodging and
breakfast. This arrangement,
same as the last three years,
was made because experience
has show T n that delegates prefer
getting their own luncheon and
suppers at downtown restau¬
rants near the Convention Hall.
Other Items of Interest
The program as planned is
for tw’o afternoons to be used
for special conference on Chil¬
dren’s, Young People’s and Adult
Division work. There will also
be a lunch and conference for
the pastors and superintendents
on Wednesday, the 11th, and a
supper and conference for all of¬
ficers of Country Sunday School
Association. Mr. Robert H.
Coleman, of Dallas, Texas, a
famous convention song leader,
will have charge of the music
at the Convention.
REV. WALTER ANTHONY AIDS
IN CAPTURING DISTILLERY
Officers Make Successful Raid
in DeKalb County, Near
City of Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., May 9th.—
A thirty-five gallon still, with
more than three hundred gallons
of beer, was captured by revenue
officers on Sunday afternoon
through the efforts of one of
Georgia’s best known ministers,
Rev. Walter Anthony, pastor of
the St. Mark’s Methodist church
of this city. Dr. Anthony’s par¬
ticipation in the raid resulted
from his discovery of the still
while strolling along the banks
of a little stream just over the
DeKalb county line on Saturday.
He did not realize the nature of
the outfit at the time, but on
Sunday morning, reading news¬
paper accounts of other still cap¬
tures, decided that his find was
indeed a regular “moonshine”
factory and accordingly notified
the revenue officers. He then
accompanied them to the spot,
witnessed the destruction of the
outfit and returned in time to
preach at his regular evening
service.