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roLUME 11, NUMBER 24.
}IG COUNTY BARCECUE FOR SOLDIERS ON JULY 25th
S I, SMITH PISSES
WEDNESDAY
las Generally Recognized As
One of Newton County’s
First Citizens—Fun¬
eral Friday.
\ veil of sorrow was cast over
\ county early Thursday
*rning by the of announcement Mr. George T.
the passing Wesley Memorial
jth at the
Capital in Atlanta at 10:50
'dock Wednesday night, as the
suit of minigitis, which devel
U Duringthe K epidemic fall ..... Mr. of Smith - —
influenza last •
jas stricken, his place but was of business, able to
etum to
rhich he left for the last time
n March 15th, his illness being
iagnosed as pneumonia. He
m carried to Wesley Memorial
n May 10th, and for a time rel
tives and friends were hopeful
f his recovery, which was dis
lelied by reports from the hos
atal on Monday afternoon of
his week.
Mr. Smith, for twenty years
i leading druggist, was general
y regarded as one of Newton
iounty’s first citizens. In 1910
ie served four months of an un
ixpired term of mayor, which
ifffce he held in 1911-12-13. Un
ier his able administration Cov
ngton made many improve¬
rs, including the paved side
alks, which will be a lasting
monument to his liberal ideas,
energy and splendid executive
akility.
He was prominently and influ¬
entially identified with the va¬
rious Liberty Loan and other
war drives and to his patiotic
endeavors is largely due the
“over the top” record enjoyed
by Covington and Newton coun¬
ty. Every worth-while move¬
ment evoked his instant indorse¬
ment and generous support and
he did not spare himself in the
performance of a private or
public duty.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, three sons, Ivey, Lamar
and Theodore Smith and one
daughter, Miss Helen Smith, in
whom the father, realizing the
seriousness of his physical con¬
dition. had fixed his affection.
The remains were brought to
Covington Thursday afternoon
and the funeral was conducted
at the Methodist church at 11:00
o’clock Friday morning by the
Pastor, Rev. T. J. Christian, and
the pastor of the Baptist church
Rev. Waiker Combs, in the pres¬
ence of u large and sorrowing
Soncoume of relatives and
mends
The choir composed of Miss
Lucy Bush, Miss Florence Wells,
Miss Carrie Beck Davis and Mr.
p {er, Everitt; Mrs. R. R. Fow
organist, sang “Jesus Sav
! an d Abide , J?* With Saved By Grace
The Me.”
floral offering, one of the
argest and most magnificent
u>r seem in Covington, was a
*• , or the pt convincing high regard testimo
. enter
vi, ^ ° r ' he deceased by those
t£V ^pect ad tnbUte assembled f ,0Ve to pay him
° and r0 ‘
Vinu e ra -V° P bearers were A. C.
Mr Was associated with
C i’ i' G shields. .Seth’s R. C.
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Society Notes
Mrs. C. E. Stacy and son,
Howard, of Madison, were week¬
end guests of the former’s sis¬
ter, Miss Flore McCord.
Miss Ethel McCord has return¬
ed to Atlanta, after a pleasant
week-end visit to her sister, Miss
Flore McCord.
Miss Annie Peek returned
home Saturday night after a
most pleasant visit to Douglas,
where she was the guest of her
sister, Miss Lucile Peek.
Miss Agnes Duffey, of Mor¬
row, has returned home, after a
pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs.
R - E. Stephenson.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Wells,
Miss Florence Wells and
Mr. James Wells will make a
motor trip to Atlanta Sunday.
Mr. Tom Wells made a busi¬
ness trip to Atlanta Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Everitt
motored to Atlanta Wednesday.
Miss. Josephine Franklin will
return from Wesleyan Saturday
where she has been a student
since September.
Miss Martha Anderson is at
home for the summer vacation,
after attending Cox College the
past summer.
Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Hopkins
and children, Mr. and Mrs. W.A.
Berry attended the funeral of
Capt. H. G. Gheesling at the
Baptist church in Lawrencsville
Monday.
Miss Islah Mai Hopkins, who
is a student of G. N. and I. C.,
at Milledgeville, will return
home Monday, June 9th, for her
summer vacation.
Mrs. A. S. Hopkins and sons,
James Dickey and Elwyn Veas
v, left Wednesday for Warren
ton where they were guests of
Rev. and Mrs. P. G. Veasey for
a week.
Miss Allie Louise Travis, who
has been a student at Agnes
Scott college the past term, has
returned home for her vacation
which she will spend with her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. D.
Travis.
Mrs. Barron Kelly and little
daughter, Dorothy Lee, of Mon
ticello, were he guests last
week of the former’s father,
Mr. E. O. I/ee.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Estes,
St.Louis, who have been the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. If. D.
Bush, left Monday for Dallas,
Texas,where they will make
their future home.
Mrs. R. A. Norris and
Ethel, will leave Friday for the
mountains of North Geargia,
where they will spend about
two weeks. Mr. Norris will join
them later with his car and ac¬
company them home.
Miss Frances Dearing has re¬
turned home from Agnes Scott
college where she was a student
the past term and will spend
vacation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John M. Dearing.
Mr. Presley Christian,
has been traveling since he re¬
ceived his discharge from
army, arrived in the city
and will spend some time
his parents, Rev. and Mrs. T. J.
Christian.
Mr. Henry Wright, son of
and Mrs. J. W, Wright, who
listed in the Canadian army
beginning of the war, has
turned home after
months’ service over seas.
Messrs. Charles White
James Wells went up to
Thursday to bring down a
Knight car for Mr. and Mrs.
T. Wells.
Miss Gertrude Cheney,
Corsicana, Texas, is spending
a month with her sisters,
H. D. Bush and Mrs.
and other relatives in the city.
Miss Willie Fulton, of
son City, Tenn. arrived in
city Wednesday evening to
it her sister, Mrs. William
Stillwell, at the home of
and Mrs. R. E. Everitt,
Misses Annie White and
gnia Guinn went up to
Thursday to see “The
able Sul”
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1919.
DISTRICT COMMITTEE NAMED FOR BIG' '
EVENT BT COUNTY CHAIRMAN ROMS
Everybody Is Urged To Co-Operate With Promoters in
Making Coming Occasion The Greatest in the History
of Newton County.
At an enthusiastic meeting of
of the business men and women
of the county at the Court House
Tuesday morning it was decided
to pay tribute to the heroes of
Newton county at Academy
Spring in Covington, with a bar¬
becue. on Friday, July 25th.
Colored l o honor their Soldiers
at same plane on Saturday, July
26th, the same day following.
The Plan For July 25th.
Tickets for admission into the
grounds will be sold in the vari¬
ous districts of the county by
the appointed committees at one
dollar each. The soldiers will
of course be admitted free. They
will also be given a pass for their
mother, wife or sweetheart.
And they are asked to see the
committee in charge in their dis
trict and secure these passes, if
the committee fails to present
same lllv to v" them. vlldllt
The Confederate soldiers ofI
the free county of charge, will be admitted j
as will children i
under five years of age. All oth¬
ers must have tickets.
These tickets will be put on
sale not later than July 7th, and
sale of them closed on July 19th.
This will have to be done in or¬
der to give the committee in
charge an opportunity to know
how many guests to prepare for.
If there should be any .money
left over it will remain in the
bank and later be used as a do¬
nation on some form of a mem¬
orial to be erected in the county,
or in some way in which the
soldiers will be benefitted. If
the necessary expenses for this
occasion are not raised by this
ticket system the balance will be
raised by subscription imme
ately after. The management
of course cannot hope to run out
even.
Veterans will also form in line
and march with the veterans of
the late war.
There will be plenty of music
The principal address will proba¬
bly be before noon. In the af¬
ternoon some of the boys will
tell us some interesting tales.
It is hoped that all of the boys
will be home by then. But. if
through misfortune some fail to
get here they will be remember¬
ed on the occasion as well as
those that have paid the su¬
preme sacrifice over there.
The business houses in Cov¬
ington, the place the occasion is
to be held, will be asked to close
heir places of business prompt¬
ly at eleven o’clock, the date set.
They are also requested to de¬
corate their places of business
for the occasion.
The Committees Appointed:
C. W. Adams, County Ch’rm.
J. K. Luck, County Secretary.
J. E. Phillips. County Treas.
Covington—Sandford Stead¬
man, chairman Lester Lee. De
Witt Weaver. Rernie Chapman,
ers must have tickets.
Misses Eugenia Guinn, Beverline
Adams, Lucy White.
OXFORD—Dr. E. K. Turner,
chairman; F. A. Henderson, Em¬
ory Stone, Misses Kate Nichols,
and Emily Melton
Wyatt—Henry Boggus. chair¬
man ; Robert Lee, Miss Annie
Lee. Cook, ,
Gum Creek—Luther St.
chairman: H. C. Hyatt, Boh
John. T. ^ Dyer,
Brick Store—P. J.
chairman: J. B. Reeves. Mrs.
B. Reeves. Miss Louise Adams.
Mansfield—Irwin Epps, chair¬
man: Rill Harwell, Misses Addie
Lou Ozbum, Annie Maud Greer.
Newborn—Bill Porter, chair¬
man; H. G. Smith. Mrs. Jess
Childs. Miss Mellie Pitts.
Havs—Gradv Benton, chair¬
man. Dr. R. L. Hollis. Mrs. R-L.
Hollis. Mrs. E. E. Lunsford, Mrs.
Gaithers—R. F. Dick, chair¬
man : J. C. Bates.
Brewers—W. C. Pope, J. T.
-Tubbs, Miss Iver Yancey.
Cedar Shoals—Wick Porter,
5airman; James Carroll, Mrs.
Pearl Taylor.
Downs—L. W. Jarman, chair¬
man; J. W. King, Mrs. G. Q.
Liviingston.
Stansells—C. R. Rogers, chair
man: J. Z. Almand, Mrs. T. J.
Ramsey.
It will be the duties of the
above named district committees
to see that the tickets are offer¬
ed to every person in their re¬
spective districts, and that each
soldier from their district be no
ified to l>e present on the date
set, and also present him with a
complimentary pass for some
loved one. If he cannot be pres¬
ent. issue a pass to his mother,
wife or sweetheart. This com
° f tlckets ^ a “ °? so as u ^ ed -^?, Uth s ^ day of
5 <J , ^bcck and report
^’ an up
amount of tickets sold to County
Chairman and turn money and
unsold tickets over to the Treas¬
urer at once.
Committee to Purchase Bar¬
becue meat—C. A. Sockwell,
chairman. W. S. Cook. W. W.
Childs, J. T. Swann, C. O. Nixon.
Committee on Arranging Seats
and Tables—S. H. Adams, R. E.
Everitt, D. A. Thompson.
Committee in Charge of Dec¬
orating for the Occasion—Mrs.
F.E.Heard, Mrs.Evens Lunsford
Mrs. P. W. Godfrey, Mrs. C. A.
Sockwell, Miss Frances Dearing,
Miss Mabel Thomas.
The Red Cross organization
and the Women’s Clubs
throughout the cojuntyand all
other ladies who will volunteer
their services are requested to
serve the meats and other re¬
freshments.. The Red Cross
members are especially asked
to serve the soldiers. The ladies
will serve are reqhested to
do so under the chairmanship
of Mrs. W. W. Childs and Mrs.
C. H. White.
A complete program of The af¬
fair will be published at a later
date.
The leading colored citizens of
throughout the county and all
the county who are interested in
this movement toentertain their
own troops are requested to
meet, with Mr. Adars at the
County School Commissioner’s
office at the county court house
on Saturday morning, June 14,
at ten o’clock promptly. He will
be glad to assist in any w r av pos¬
sible.
Recital By Pupils of
Miss Lunsford.
Among the interesting events
of May, 1919, was the Piano
Recital by the pupils of Miss
Fletcher Lou Lunsford Thurs¬
day evening, May 29th, in the
Auditorium of the First Baptist
church of Covington, Ga. The
performance of all from the ti¬
niest tot to the more advanced
pupil was excellent.
The program included 30 num¬
bers wdiich were listened to with
deep interest by the large audi¬
ence assembled in the spacious
Auditorium. Some of the best
quartettes which had been learn¬
ed for the occasion were omitted
on account of an. unavoidable
change in the place and plans.
The rostrum of the auditorium
was not sufficiently large for 6
pianos.
Miss Lunsford can claim all
of the honor of the rapid ad¬
vancement of many of her pu¬
pils, for she is the first and only
teacher many of them ever had.
Miss Lunsford has been won¬
derfully ambitious and success¬
ful After years of diligent
Matt Moseley Suicides
At Porterdale Tuesday.
Matt Moseley, 24 years of age,
a son of Mrs. Ben Moseley, com¬
mitted suicide at the Moseley
home at Porterdale last Tues¬
day afternoon by blowing off the
upper portion of his head with
a shot gun, for which act ill
health was assigned. The young
man was alone at the time and
the coroner’s jury returned a
verdict of suicide. The deceased
is survived by his mother, three
brothers and two sisters. The
interment was made in the Al¬
mand cemetery, near Conyers,
Wednesday afternoon.
study under the best music
toahhers of the Covington High
School, Miss Lunsford attended
the best Conservatory in Atlan¬
ta, and graduated with distin¬
guished honors.
The class of Miss Lunsford
numbers near 40. One of the
most.pleasing features of the
concert was the chorus by the
entire class. The sweet young
voices blended so harmoniously
The soft of the “Alto” of Miss
Irene McCord enhanced the
melody of the song. A medal
was awarded to little Miss Julia
v Lvudor foil faitful prartice.
This medal was presented by
Rev. Walker Combs, in which he
expressed some gems of thought
upon music. The Heavenly—
the immortal—the Divine Art.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Peek, of
near Oxford, have received no¬
tice of the safe arrival from
overseas of their son, Ray, who
is expected to return home in
the near future.
The Lyric Theatre
MATINEE 3:00 TO 6:00. NIGHT 8:00 TO 10:30.
SATURDAY 1:00 O’cloc k._______________
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MONDAY, JUNE Hh.
DOROTHY DALTON
“The Horaebreaker’’
She Could Sell Snowballs in Sitka—
But she couldn’t sell her sweetheart the idea that she didn’t want
to share her attentions with some “Broadway Jane,” until she—!
Well, the fur flew and then Sweetheart Came Marching Home. A
story of a saleswoman who stacked up against the best men on the
road and won easily, bnt found it hard to win her own best pal,
LONESOME LUKE COMEDY
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11th.
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
The most absorbing, thrilling, detective drama of her career
“Cheating Cheaters”
ADDED ATTRACTIONS
Two Real Big V Comedy Bray Pictograph
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FRIDAY, JUNE 13th
CECIL DeMILLES
Production
“For Better, For Worse”
Vanity, jealousy, love, bate—each of the fads, foibles and freaks of
human nature have been painted by Cecil B. DeMillein his productions.
But never before has be shown you the feelings of & woman face to face
with a man she loves but who is, in her eyes, a despiseable coward.
The heat of her anger at the man she loves, yet hates, shocks you. The
punishment she metes out to him makes you say to yourself, judgment “Serves
him right”. But the sublimity of his sacrifice makes you halt
for a moment and then—By the queerest twist of fate love conquers
and the woman sees through the man’s eyes and—Come! Its too great
a pleasure to miss.
Also
Burton Holmes Travelogue
SATURDAY, JUNE Uth.
He’s in a Harem, Now!
The Queen of the Harem needed help. Could she get it? Could
she! Who could give it better than our loose-fisted American
riend!
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
“Bound in Morocco”
Basba Ei Harib, Governor of the Province of Harib, was reckoned a
tough guy in bis home town.
There were two world’s champion scrappers in Yankeetown where
“the Boy,’ came from and he was both of them. The tough guy of
Morocco and “the Boy” mix things up Saturday.
also
MACK SENNETT COMEDY
With cross eyed Ben Turpin in “LOVE IS BLIND”
Seldom do we urge you to tee a picture. Each feature for
the week is a special in every sense. It is the best program
offered at the Lyric in some time.
Afi Ad in The News Is
Worth Four On
The Fence.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
LOCA L NEWS ITEMS
The numerous friends of Dr.
S. L. Waites were pleased to
greet him on the streets again
last week, after a few days visit
in Atlanta, where he went to
take treatment for rheumatism,
with which he has been suffer¬
ing for the past few weeks.
Rev. J. F. Davis, pastor of the
Newborn charge, was in Cov¬
ington Monday and paid The
News office a highly appreci¬
ated call. Mr. Davis stated that
the Newborn charge had gone
“over the top” in the Centenary
drive and that the affairs of the
charge were in a highly satis¬
factory condition.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. R. Pen¬
nington and children and Mrs.
W. F. Gay, mother of Mrs. Pen¬
nington,of Newborn, are expect¬
ing to leave in a few days for
White Springs, Fla., where they
will be the guests of one of the
hotels for some time.
Hon. John N. Holder, Speaker
of the Georgia House of Repre¬
sentatives, has accepted an urg¬
ent invitation to deliver an ad¬
dress at the annual Fourth of
July celebration at Oak Hill, for
which patriotic event an excel¬
lent program is being arranged.
Colonel Holder has a large num¬
ber of friends in Newton county,
a number of whom have served
with him in the legislature, and
he will receive a cordial welcome
on this occasion.
The Covington, banks were
closed on Tuesday, July 3rd, in
honor of the birth day of Presi¬
dent Jefferson Davis, of the
Southern Confederacy. The ob¬
servance was not general among
the business houses.