The Covington news. (Covington, Ga.) 1908-current, June 26, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textju , Wise Adfertiswf Wb'^ers— He Shouts. rjME 1L XUMB^^ 0-. is Meeting In Interest 01 Bond Election At Court House Tuesday Morning i[US OF EVERT DISTRICT ARE URGED TO M ANIFEST INTEREST oNi foR and against accepting government fund r oTHKR MATTERS will come up for open DISCUS s10N IT is THE DUTY OF OF ALL THE PEOPLE TO _ G0 ON RECORD ON THIS OCCASION. ut to call, a uurnbei- ot di¬ , court ssembled at the county 3>U 0 o'clock on Monday aftor tfc’is W eek for the purpose large of plans for securing a lace at a county-wide mass pan will be held in the su wuxt room at 10:00 o'clock on L morning, July tet, at which Led that hundreds of represen Icitizeii/ will be present. Lis occasion the proposition of a bond election to match the appropriation for the perma Jriii Lrovemeut r of rhe public high be thoroughly iliscusseu. |ii a steadily increasing seuti Newton county i» tiros: it I mad* and the object of the next Tuesday is to afford ^terested citizen an opportunity 6s his sentiments either for jtist good road s bonds. Swan*, J. 1- Stephenson and ; Ramsey were authorized to ap Lb-eommittees and urge lample ly district to l>e present at Jj’cloek next Tuesday morning, implying Inirements, with certain reasou Newton county can (from the Federal Government ^ementdiy fund equal t# that for in the issuance ot bends iere is an insistent demand on It o* a majority of rhe citizens jeiioite action be publicly on thought probable that plans considered Tuesday tliat will Fin good roads for New ton, and loped that there will be an en png rejmrt from every district county. [date is Tuesday. July 1st; the- 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon; pee is the county court house— I invited. MSS HOL MES TO C LOSE TUMMY, JULY FOURTH. I the undersigned, agree to close pPective places of buslnsa, till 'riday, .July 4th, 1010, it being kl Holiday; |d, White k Co. i of Newton County, for Bros., Co won Bros,, (noon.; jU |v5 4 Hardware Company, Co moon.) (Cohen. • Stradlev, (10c Store.) p% harw,u Supply Co., Hardware Co. *®U Furniture Co, 1 Oober, (Barter shop.) Jackson, i Barter shop, i ® r Milliuery Co " Hardware Co St. John. 1 fritting <jy., ; ® U3 h. (noon.) • Mtumi ars. . Mobley. •Wains ■ Huini. j *, nf Covington. 1 Austin, ,B arber ldtBUi ghop ) k Ballard. Seigd, • Levtg Kaphij, !t ^’atii^a] Rank. pb!f ^ 0n,> 4 Reatlv Callawav. - t0 -* , «ar Store. L** 7 (noon.) * mn - <*<**.) A C - s " fnooi w "-' »-) c » * * , Cray • E Eevaritf * E lNSF0RI> THv *NTBB8 I NSlRANCE FIELD. '^Unent of the 0 fV ' Klser “ *** Luns- ° f oaux,tv' , ° f C |on ® vin Kton, as m ,e f e f ut ative of the IS* Cnw Xa Ut>nai Firt and the . rr m •»aent ^ S ford 8 for h idling completing the Hart -r.--.. ms Quick To Commend baptist district MISSIONARY RALLY. A very pleasant occasion of the week was the Baptist District Mis¬ sionary Rally which was held *t the Baptist church here Tuesday after¬ noon. There were a number of delegates from Lithonia, Conyers, Social Circle and other towns in the District. Quite an interesting program was given, after which delicious punch and su ndwi -lies were served in the church -ception room, where a pleasant time was spent by those present, MISS GUINN ENTERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB. Miss Euenia Guinn was hostess I’hursday afternoon at a bridge party ( her attractive home on Davis street. Ferns and garden flowers added a i glit touch to the pretty reception rooms and after the game a delicious alad course with iced tea was served. The guests included Mrs. Joseph Gaither Hall, Mrs. Robert H. Trippe. vs. X. S. Turner, Mrs. Samuel Char¬ 's Candler, Mrs. Lillian Wearer, Mrs. John Porter. Mrs. Ernest Calk.way. Misses Christine ami Annie 'White Eva Stephenson, Caroline Wooten aid Eugenia Guinn. BRIDGE LUNCHEON' IN HONOR HOUSE GUESTS. A pretty party of Friday morning was the bridge luncheon given by Mrs. J. O. Cooper, at her home on Usher street, in compliment to her two charming house guests. Mrs. Alva K. Cooper, of Prattsville. *ila., and Mrs. Chester R. Cannon, of Conyers. The house was very attractive with its decorations of ferns and bright ardiui flowers. The table- with its civuiy lace cover had as its central '.••uufiou a .crystal basket of.pink sweet peas, the long handle of which t ied with a pretty tulle bow. and •indlestick* held pink shaded taper*. A flee (lie interesting game which ms won by Mrs. Henry Pickett. - ’•ms salad course with tea wtys •ved. The guests playing included Mrs Alva. K. Cooper., of Prattsville, Ala. Mrs. Chester R. Cannon, of Conyers, Mrs. Henry Pickett, Mrs. Ernest L. Callaway. Mrs. Berto Lee, Mrs. Chas. Candler, Mrs. Ed Fowler, Misses Christine and Annie White. Eugenia Guinn, Caroline and Lucy Wooten. ■ MRS COOPER GIVES FIVE O’CLOCK TEA FOR Gt'ESTA The five o’clock tea given Friday afternoon by Mrs. .J. O. Cooper, at her home ou Usher street, was in honor of her house guests .Mrs. Alva K. Coojier and Mrs. Chester R. Gan¬ non. The rooni s where the guests as¬ sembled wrer adorned with vases sod -basket* of bright garden: Sowers, while the table in the dining room with its handsome lace cov.ec. had «* its center piece an artistic arrange¬ ment of pi ilk sweet peas and the can¬ dlesticks held pink shaded tapers. The mint* and bon bons were in the same dainty color. Much pleasure was added to the oc¬ casion by a vocal solo rendered by Miss Florence Wells and a reading by tittle Miss A lief- Cooper* dainty young ’randdauehter of the hostess. The many features of the afternoon and one which created much merri ment wax an observation contest which was won bp Mrs. TT. Kilpatrick Punch and an ice course was serve 1 to the fifty guests prevent. Mr. Guy Rogers has received his honorable discharge from the army, after several months' service over seas and is now at home with IP? parents. Mr. and Mrs. Butler Rogers. COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Thursday, june ae, 1919 . MUCH INTEREST SHOWN IN COUNTY BARBECUE COUNTY CHAIRMAN WRIGHT AD¬ AMS ANNOUNCES COMMIT¬ TEES IN LEGUIN, ALMON AND ROCKY PLAINS. Much interest is Being manifested in the county barbecue which will be held at Academy Spring in honor of the returned soldiers on July 25th. :>7 G. Wright Adams, county chairman, makes the supplementary announce¬ ment to that published in a* recent is¬ sue of The News showing the mem¬ bers of the committees in the militia districts: *" ,, Leguin Disthiet—W. R. Smith, chairman; Rev. Mr. Chambers. Mrs. Will Cook. Mrs. Chamber*. Anion District—Carl Park, chair¬ man: Dr. S. W. Everett, Mr*. R. D. Archer. Rocky Plain-* District—Boyce Har¬ vey, chairman: J. O. I.mnmus, H. H. Mabry, Mis? Estelle Thompson, 22222"! : «(2:112'1' ""Mﬁ'l“ 1“"‘3’1‘713‘.’ .92 V .2 I. I'M W V ', s ‘ u -§ - :aja3M '1» \ 14!! W . lg a K 1,: , \ “(iv/7 - : ’:\«\ \ (7/ 7].! ,‘IM/ ‘ f - h)“ «:2» 23mm 2}; ,,;{/.':</2::‘-=:ufw2aiz'= gsdnfégﬂéww‘lﬁb Miss Florence Bower spent last week in Atlanta. Mr. R E. Everitt made a business tri[> to Atlanta Mondap. Miss Alma Piper returned from Jackson, where she visited her sister. Mrs. Marvin King. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gibson and chil¬ dren s[Kmt last week in Madison. Lexington and Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Hitchcock and lovely little daughter, Mta'garet. motored to Augusta Sunday. Mrs. C. A. Franklin, Miss Josephine Franklin and Mr. Rufus Franklin motored to Atlanta Monday. Mr*. R. E. Hastings and children, of Atlanta, were week-end guests of Judge and Mrs. A. D. Meador, Miss Marguerite Adams, of Carroll¬ ton. was the .guest last week of her cousin, Mis* Clara Belle Adam*. Miss Ruth Hollis, of Hardwick. Oa. is the attractive little guest of her cousin, Miss Mary Evelyn Willis. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin King, of Jackson, were week-end guests of their parents, Mr. and Mr*. A. 8. Plpe } ‘ Mr. W. G. Norman, formerly of Cov¬ ington. now of Griffin, was in the city Monday mingling with his friends. Mr. Li-on Colien is taking his vaea vb.H< he is spending very pleas ,i:tlv visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. .T. S. Peek left Tuesday for At¬ lanta where *he will visit her son and daughter, .Mr, and Mr*. Ernest Peek. Mr*. J. W. Stephenson spent sever¬ al days of last week in Conyers, the guest of her daughter, ill’*. Hollings¬ worth, Misses Valentine and Neenrh Bill ingslee. of Macon, are visiting their grand-pa rents, My. and Mr*. R. L Weaver. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Adams and family, of Carrollton, were In the city last week guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Adams. Miss Mary Ism Arnold, of Monroe arrived in the city Tuesday for an ex¬ tended visit to Mr*. Lester Lee. "n Conyers street. Mrs. R. L Weaver ami Mrs. Joe Pittman spent Tuesday and Wednes¬ day iu Macon, the guests of the for¬ mer’s daughter, Mrs. BilHngslee. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Browu. of Griffin motored over to Covington Sunday to bring Mis* Annie Peek home who ha* been their guest for the past two weeks, where she has been delightfully entertained. Not Afraid To Condemn BOTH TELEIRAPH OFFICES OPEN FOR BUSINESS COVINGTON IS EXPERIENCING LITTLE INCONVENIENCES ON ACCOUNT OF STRIKE. Operator W. S. Scruggs, who Is not a member of the Telegraphers’ Union, returned from his annual vacation oh Sunday and immediately resumed charge of his duties at the office of the Postal Telegraph company, which was kept open by Mrs. Scruggs, after the departure of the union operator who was acting as relief. Mrs. Scruggs rendered valuable assistance to the business and professional men of Cov¬ ington by transmitting message by Postal Telephone to nearest telegraph office and receiving answers t nd other messages by telephone. Operator Rushiu is still on duty at the office of the Western Union and Covington is experier/ing little in¬ convenience on account of the strike. The Covington Telephone operator* are taking no part in the controversy between employers and employees in Afirnta. lumen anil §ortety OF PURELY LOCAL INTEREST SontfuctmO btf ^Kinme SP. Wright C 7 *(tfth»nr 2 &‘ H J 'Miases M&riim and Mabel NVidia have returned home after spending sometime with relatives a: Macon ana Milledgeville. Mis* Lyda Sue Bower goes to At¬ lanta every week where she tabes violen under George Linder at the Atlanta Conservatory of Music. , Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gibson had as their guest* Sunday Mrs. Tom Wood, Mr. and. Mrs. Jessie Wood, of Gresh .<mriUe, and Mrs. Ida Dial, of Cov¬ ington. Mrs. W. Cohen accompanied her daughter. Miss Evelyn Cohen, to LG berton Sunday where they were the guests of the former's mother, Mr*. Berman. Mr. Charlie Clark.who has )»een iu Atlanta since he received lii* dis •harge from the army, was the week¬ end guest of his parents, Mr. Mid Mrs. Charlie A. Clark. Mr. and Mrs.'.I. J. Hunt and daugh¬ ters, Harriet and Margaret Hunt, of Atlanta, have returned home after a pleasant week-end visit to Judge t nd Mrs. A. D. Meador. Vr. Mr*. Sandfonl Steadman .did lovely little daughter, Margaret, hate returned from a most delightful visit to Indianapolis, where they ware guests of relatives. Miss Florence Harwell left Thurs¬ day morning for Cleveland. Ohio, where she went to attend a big Cen¬ tenary Convention. She will be gene two or three week*. Dr. c. W. Wright left Thursday for Ijiwrcnceville, where his marriage to Mis* 8ara Ot,mp was a pretty social event- taking place at the home of the bride Thursday evening at 8 o’cock. Miss C. B. Branham, who has been teaching at LaGronge. returned homo last week &nd . left Tuesday for At¬ lanta, where she will enter Emory University for a nine months' course. Mr. Tom Adams, who has been sta¬ tioned at Camp Pike for a number of mouths, has received hi* honorable discharge from the army and returned to his home in Covington, and will again enter the business world. Mis* Willie Fulton, of Johnson City Twin., returned home Wednesday af¬ ter a pleasant visit to her brother and sistar. Mr. and Mrs. William Ross Stillwelll, who accompanied her home for a visit. Mi** Dorcas Greer and young neph¬ ew. Sidney Chambliss, of Atlanta, Miss Pearl Maddox, of Jackson, and Mi*s Bcsaie Chandler, of Griffin, were guest* of the former's brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Redman, in North Covington, Sunday. "HUB" GAITHER SHOW'S THE FIRST COTTON BLOSSOM. W. H. Gaither was exhibiting a cotton blossom on June lOtli, of which he say* that he has many on liis farm near the city. Mr. Gaither also intimated that he has a very fine Patch of water melons ami hinted that he was contemplating delivering a sample at The New* office by the second week in July. Mr. Gaither will receive a most cordiiS welcome from all the members of the force. W. T. Wallace, a Snapping Shoals farmer, reported cotton blossoms on June 19th. just three days after Mr. Gaither submitted his evidence. Far¬ mer Wallace made no reference to either water melons or cantejopes, bur it is thought that he will make an early score. Mr. Eugene Lester has received honorable discharge from the army after several months’ service over *e«8. and returned to Covington last week to visit his sister. Mrs. Paul G. NN alker and uncle and aunt. Mr. and Sirs. Richard P. Lester, in North Cov¬ ington. The Lyric Theatre MONDAY, JUNE 30th. VIVIAN MARTIN “THE HOME TOWN GIRL” also Harold Loyd Comedy WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2nd. DOROTHY DALTON “HARD BOILED” ADDED ATTRACTIONS Bilie West Comedy Bray Pictograph FRIDAY, JUNE 4th. JULY 4th SPECIAL “THE WOMAN THOU 6AVEST ME” A Pa ram ount-Art craft Special WIFE IN NAME ONLY ! - Married! The record signed. The words at the altar spoken. The world informed that this man and his woman were one till their lives should end. And it was all a ghastly lie! He, a wastrel, traded his name for a wife, and money to spend on his paramour. "She, a sweet innocent girl, was sold like a slave to feed her father’s lust for power. Sold to a man she loathed! Yet she was glow¬ ing with youth, thirsting for love and life. Then came the inevitable—another man, finer nobler than any she had known. was he wrong? See “The Woman Thou Gavest Me.” See HallCain.s startling romance of a woman's soul. As a novel, it stirred two continents and has been translated into every civilized tongue. As a picture, it is Hugh Ford’s masterpiece of direction — a stupendous Paraniount-Artcraft Special; pulsing with emotion; vivid with action; filled with sensational scenes iu England, India, Africa and the Polar regions of the South. Played by a brilliant cast including Katherine MacDonald, Theodore Roberts, ‘Milton Sills, Fritzi Brunet te and Jack Holt. If you have read the book you’ll surely see the Corue! picture. If you have not read the book—you must see the picture. also ROSCOE “FATTY” ARBUCLE in his first comedy on his $3,000,000 contract “A DESERT HERO” The best comedy he ever made. Admission -.....* it) unci *25 cts. MATINEE 4:00 NIGHT 8:00 SATURDAY, JUNE 5th. Win. S. Hart “The Money Corral Also FATTY ARBUCKLE in “The Desert Hero” Admission 10 and 20 cts. 6 New Ceiling Fens Have Been Added, Which Now Makes The Lyric One Ot The Coolest Places In The City. An Ad in The News Is Worth Four On The Fence. $1.50 Per Year in Advance BAPTIST REVIVAL 10 REV. WALKER COMBS WILL BE ASSISTED BY REV. L.E. ROB-.. ERTS, OF COLLEGE PARK. PROF. W. W. COMBS WILL DIRECT THE MUSIC. The {fuinial revival will be com¬ menced at the Covington Baptist church on Sunday morning, June 29th, in which (lie popular and able pastor. Rev. Walker Combs, will be assisted by Rev. L. E. Roberts, a prominent minister of College Park. Prof. W. W. Combs, of Lawrenee burg, Temi., one of the South’s sweet- 681 singers ’ wiU direot tbe music the singing of tile large choir will, be an inspiring feature of every service. The pastor extends a cordial invi tion to the public generally to attend the entire series of sen - ices, further announcement of which will be made at church Sunday morning.